Eight US soldiers are killed in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis.

Winston Churchill receive his knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II.

The Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open becoming the first to die during a space mission.

Argentina invades the Falkland Islands

Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open.