Islamic revolution of Iran establishes an Islamic theocracy under the control of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne collides with the destroyer HMAS Voyager off the coast of New South Wales, Australia.

Geochang massacre during the Korean War takes place

Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of Al Mansurah (the Seventh Crusade)

Bushfires in Victoria, Australia left 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in the countries history.

The Treaty of Waitangi is signed, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.

The astronauts on the  Apollo 14 mission land on the moon.

A stampede occurs in the ULTRA Stadium near Manila killing 71

A Baghdad market bomb blast kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339.

The British embassy in Dublin is destroyed in protest at Bloody Sunday