5th » The first Pacific Islands Forum (then known as the "South Pacific Forum") is held in Wellington, New Zealand, with the aim of enhancing cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean.
9th » The Troubles: The British Army in Northern Ireland launches Operation Demetrius. Hundreds of people are arrested and Internment known as interned, thousands are displaced, and twenty are killed in the violence that followed.
10th » The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York.
14th » Bahrain declares independence as the State of Bahrain.
15th » President of the United States called President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by Nixon Shock named ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
15th » Bahrain gains Bahrain Independence Day known as independence from the United Kingdom.
18th » Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
21st » A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party (Philippines) Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda bombing Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Ferdinand Marcos Marcos political candidates injured.
22nd » J. Edgar Hoover and John N. Mitchell named John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28.