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December 20 - General Secretary of the Polish Communist Party, Władysław Gomułka, resigns; Edward Gierek replaces him.

December 20 - An Egyptian delegation leaves for Moscow to ask for economic and military aid.

December 22 - The Libyan Revolutionary Council declares that it will nationalize all foreign banks in the country.

December 22 - Franz Stangl, the ex-commander of Treblinka, is sentenced to life imprisonment.

December 23 - The Bolivian government releases Regis Debray.

December 23 - The North Tower of the World Trade Center is topped out at 1,368 feet, making it the tallest building in the world.

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December 25 - The ETA releases Eugen Beihl.

December 27 - India's president declares new elections.

# December 28 - Burgos Trial: Three Basques are sentenced to death (3 twice), others sentenced for 12-62 years, and 1 is released.

# December 28 - The suspected killers of Pierre Laporte, Jacques & Paul Rose and Francis Sunard, are arrested near Montreal.