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60 nations agree to ban shark finning, and whales begin beaching themselves near Tasmania.

The USSR tests its first fusion weapon, and the Northern Spotted Owl still needs protection.

The 'Piltdown Man' is declared a hoax, and activists seek legal protection for the stellar sea lion.

Lake Peigneur empties into a salt mine, and hackers steal thousands of emails from the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit.

A natural gas facility explodes in Mexico, and an oil tanker spills along Spain's northwestern coast.

Congress bans shooting wildlife from the aircraft, and Reagan signs the Ocean Dumping Act.

Tenzin Gyatso becomes the fourteenth Dalai Lama, and The Hibernia oil platform strikes oil.

Nixon signs the Trans Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act, and the U.N. Law of the Sea Treaty takes effect.

The Quebec Association of Indians blocks a hydroelectric project, and George H.W. Bush signs key amendments to the Clean Air Act.

A researcher predicts that we'll add 2.6 billion people to the Earth by mid-century, and 'Who Killed The Electric Car' is released on DVD.