The Rodney Riots take place in Jamaica following the barring of Walter Rodney from the country.

The Cuban missile crisis between the United States, Cuba, and the Soviet Union starts after the US President John F. Kennedy sees photographs of the…

The Australian Coalition opposition parties using their senate majority, vote to defer the decision to grant supply of funds for the Whitlam Government’s annual budget.

Reinhold Messner becomes the first person to summit all 14 Eight-thousanders.