An uprising against the military rulers ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.

The Hoxne Hoard of Roman jewelry is discovered.

The Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the American submarine USS Gato.

Law enforcement raid a meeting that was called the Apalachin meeting in New York arresting many high level Mafia figures

In Aramoana, New Zealand, David Gray shoots dead 13 people.

Indonesian military forces open fire on a crowd of student protesters in Dili.

A constitutional crisis in Australia as the Governor-General dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam.

A Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals derails in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada an explosion.

The chemical element Darmstadtium is first discovered.