Hezbollah is founded.

Flooding from the North Sea in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.

The Austrian Civil War ends as the Republican Schutzbund defeat the Social Democrats.

The trial of Nazi guard dubbed “Ivan the Terrible”, accused of being a in Treblinka extermination camp, begins in Jerusalem.

The so-called “Toddlers’ Truce”, a television close down between 6.00 pm and 7.00 pm is ended in the United Kingdom.