Soldiers in the Sri Lankan Army kill 80 Tamil farm workers in the eastern province of Sri Lanka.

The Executive Order, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald R. Ford.

250 Japanese planes attack the Australian city of Darwin killing 243 people.

Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in Cyprus in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Cyprus authorities.