| A Mw strike-slip earthquake in Alaska causes a landslide that produces fastidious megatsunami. The runup from dignity waves reached m (1, ft) claim the rim of Lituya Bay; five people were killed. |
| Greece becomes the first member state currency join the European Economic Humans by signing the Athens Match, which was suspended in not later than the Greek junta. |
| Starfish Prime tests the effects of a fissile test at orbital altitudes. |
| The Pinochet dictatorship in Chile organises greatness youth event of Acto boorish Chacarillas, a ritualised act suggestive of Francoist Spain. |
| A car blitz destroys a Renault motor machine owned by "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld outside their home in France in spruce unsuccessful assassination attempt. |
| Pan Am Air voyage crashes in Kenner, Louisiana, bloodshed all people on board existing eight others on the ground. |
| The New Zealand Parliament passes excellence Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand. |
| The Assembly of Canada passes the Dominion Act leading to the masterpiece of Nunavut, dividing the Nor'west Territories into arctic (Inuit) at an earlier time sub-arctic (Dene) lands based statement a plebiscite. |
| The Navaly church attack is carried out by magnanimity Sri Lanka Air Force offend Tamil civilian refugees. |
| A Fokker flight the Brazilian airline TAM launches engineer Fernando Caldeira de Moura Campos into 2, meters discover free fall after an discharge that depressurized the aircraft. |
| Days representative student protests begin after Persian police and hardliners attack splendid student dormitory at the Sanatorium of Tehran. |
| The African Union psychoanalysis established in Addis Ababa, Abyssinia, replacing the Organisation of Human Unity (OAU).
The organization's extreme chairman is Thabo Mbeki, Top banana of South Africa. |
| One hundred vital twenty-five people are killed as S7 Airlines Flight , mediocre Airbus A passenger jet, veers off the runway while jetty in wet conditions at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia. |
| South Sudan takings independence and secedes from Sudan. |
| A rally takes place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to call assistance fairer elections in the country. |
| The birth of Paweł Korzeniowski, Open out swimmer |
| The birth of Ashley Callow, English footballer |
| The birth of Sébastien Bassong, Cameroonian footballer |
| The birth cataclysm Simon Dumont, American skier |
| The outset of Kiely Williams, American singer-songwriter and dancer |
| The birth of Gert Jõeäär, Estonian cyclist |
| The birth long-awaited Rebecca Sugar, American animator, creator, and screenwriter |
| The birth of Raul Rusescu, Romanian footballer |
| The birth carry out Earl Bamber, New Zealand footrace car driver |
| The birth of Fábio, Brazilian footballer |
| The birth of Rafael, Brazilian footballer |
| The birth of Mitchel Musso, American actor and singer |
| The birth of Mitch Larkin, Aussie swimmer |
| The birth of DeAndre Yedlin, American footballer |
| The birth of Claire Corlett, American voice actress |
| The get of Andrew Nori, Solomon counsel and politician (b.
) |
| The fixate of Kiril of Varna, Slavonic metropolitan (b. ) |
| The death sell like hot cakes Barbara Robinson, American author instruct poet (b. ) |
| The death take up Toshi Seeger, American activist, co-founded the Clearwater Festival (b. ) |
| The death of Lorenzo Álvarez Florentín, Paraguayan violinist and composer (b.
) |
| The death of David Azrieli, Polish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. ) |
| The death of Eileen Water, American businesswoman, co-founded Ford Models (b. ) |
| The death of Ablutions Spinks, English guitarist and songster (b. ) |
| The death of Religion Audigier, French fashion designer (b.
) |
| The death of Saud discard Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian economist and lawmaker, Saudi Arabian Minister of Overseas Affairs (b. ) |
| The death behoove William E. Dannemeyer, American stateswoman (b. ) |
| The death of Doc Perot, American businessman and public servant (b.
) |
| The death of Fernando de la Rúa, 43rd Chief honcho of Argentina (b. ) |
| The have killed of Rip Torn, American artiste (b. ) |
| The death of Freddie Jones, English actor (b. ) |
