2nd » In the early morning hours a fire breaks out at the Sunshine Mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, ID, killing 91 workers.
5th » Alitalia Flight 112 crashes into Mount Longa near Palermo, Sicily, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy.
6th » Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara for attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.
8th » Vietnam War U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his order to place Naval mine or mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation.
8th » Four Black September terrorists Sabena Flight 571 hijacking called hijack Sabena Flight 571. Israeli Sayeret Matkal commandos recapture the plane the following day.
13th » Faulty electrical wiring ignites a fire underneath the Sennichi Department Store Building fire named Playtown Cabaret in Osaka, Japan. Blocked exits and non-functional elevators lead to 118 fatalities, with many victims leaping to their deaths.
13th » The Troubles: a car bombing outside a crowded pub in Belfast sparks Battle at Springmartin named a two-day gun battle involving the Provisional IRA, Ulster Volunteer Force and British Army. Seven people are killed and over 66 injured.
15th » Okinawa Prefecture known as Okinawa, under U.S. military governance since its Battle of Okinawa named conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.
15th » In Laurel, Maryland, Arthur Bremer shoots and paralyzes Governor of Alabama known as Alabama Governor George Wallace while he is campaigning to become President.
22nd » Ceylon adopts a new constitution, thus becoming a Republic, changes its name to Sri Lanka, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
26th » Willandra National Park is established in Australia.
26th » The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
30th » The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout the United Kingdom.
30th » In Tel Aviv, Israel, members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.