Friday, May 7, 1976. Jacelyne Khoueiry at Martyrs' Square.

Maronite Catholic Jacelyne Khoueiry and six other Lebanese Christian women defended a building in Martyrs' Square in Beirut from an attack by 300 Palestine Liberation Organization fighter.

Khouneiry would go on to command a female Christian unit of 1,500 members before laying down her arms in 1986.  She'd go on to found charitable and prolife organizations and participated in a 2012 synod on the Middle East and the 2014 Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops.  She was appointed to the Pontifical Council for the Laity.

Last edition:

Friday, April 30, 1976. The end of the Greek Language Question.

Labels: 1970s, 1976, 2000s, 2006, boxing, Cod Wars, fishing, Greece, Greek, Health, Iceland, Icelandic Coast Guard, languages, Mental Health, Third Cod War

Sunday, April 13, 1975. Start of the Lebanese Civil War.

Members of the Phalangist Kataeb militia, a Maronite Christian Democratic party, attacked a bus carrying Palestinian Muslims to the  inauguration of a new mosque in the Beirut suburb of Ain El Remmeneh., killing 27 and wounding 18.

This would soon lead to a protracted civil war.

While they modified over time, the Lebanese Phalangist, as the name would indicate, were inspired by the European fascist parties, including those of Italy, Span, and Germany (the Nazi Party).

Chad's president François (Ngarta) Tombalbaye was assassinated in a coup d'état by soldiers led by General Félix Malloum.

The last Canadian airlift of Vietnamese orphans took place.

The U.S. Navy deposited those rescued in Operation Eagle Pull in Thailand.

The 1970s were not great.

Lou Bega was born on this day.

Last edition:

Saturday, April 12, 1975. Eagle Pull.

Labels: 1970s, 1975, Battle of Xuân Lộc, Cambodia, Cambodian Civil War, Operation Eagle Pull, Phnom Penh, South Vietnamese Air Force, Thailand, The Troubles, U.S. Navy, Ulster, United States Marine Corps

An Appeal to the States of the World by the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and All The Orient