President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto announces that Pakistan will immediately begin a nuclear weapons program.
Anti-British riots take place throughout Ireland. The British Embassy in Dublin is burned to the ground, as are several British-owned businesses.
The British government declares a state of emergency over a miners' strike.
A Lufthansa plane is hijacked and taken to Aden. Passengers are released after a ransom of 16 million German marks is agreed.
Operation Linebacker and Operation Custom Tailor begin with large-scale bombing operations against North Vietnam by tactical fighter aircraft.
Three out of 6 bombs explode in the Axel Springer AG media company offices in Hamburg, Germany, injuring 17; the Red Army Faction claims responsibility.
Seven men and three women hijack a plane from Czechoslovakia to West Germany.
A national dock strike begins in Britain.
Dictator Idi Amin declares that Uganda will expel 50,000 Asians with British passports to Britain within 3 months.
Rioting Maze Prison inmates cause a fire that destroys most of the camp.
Cod War: British Foreign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home says that Royal Navy ships will be stationed to protect British trawlers off Iceland.
The Provisional Irish Republican Army kidnaps Jean McConville in Belfast.
Imelda Marcos is stabbed and seriously wounded by an assailant; her bodyguards shoot him.
The Yellow River dries up for the first time in known history.
Persimmon Homes is founded by Duncan Davidson.
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