- January 12
- United Nations Security Council votes 11-1 to seat Palestine Liberation Organization. [1]
- January 13
- In Iceland, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurs. [53]
- January 14
- In the Kermadec Islands, magnitude 7.8 and 8.2 earthquakes occur, under an hour apart. [53]
- January 15
- Sara Jane Moore sentenced to life for attempting to shoot US President Gerald Ford. [1]
- US-German Helios B solar probe launched into solar orbit. [1]
- USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk. [1]
- January 17
- Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency. [1]
- January 21
- Supersonic Concorde, first commercial flights, by Britain and France. [1]
- January 22
- Bank robbery in Beirut, Lebanon, nets $20-50 million (record). [1]
- January 26
- Belgium catholic elite start amnesty campaign for war criminals. [1]
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- Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon. [1]
- January 27
- Morocco-Algeria battles in Westerly Sahara. [1]
- January 29
- Zeiss planetarium in Hague, Netherlands, destroyed by fire. [1]
- January 30
- A-Mark Coin Company of California pays $7.3 million at auction to acquire the LaVere Redfield hoard of about 407,000 US silver dollars. [913.4] (January 27 [914.14])
- February 4
- In Guatemala, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurs, centered about 160 kilometers northeast of Guatemala City. Over 23,000 deaths, thousands injured and homeless, extensive damage was extensive. [1] [53]
- February 7
- World's largest telescope (600 cm) begins operation (USSR). [1]
- February 8
- Hua Guofeng becomes premier of People's Republic of China. [1]
- February 13
- General Murtala Mohammed, head of Nigeria, killed during a coup. [1]
- February 17
- Macau adopts constitution (Organic Law of Macau). [1]
- February 19
- Frente Polisario forms Democratic Republic of Sahara. [1]
- In Cuba, a magnitude 5.9 earthquake occurs. [53]
- February 21
- Cardinal Willebrands installed as archbishop of Utrecht. [1]
- February 24
- Cuba adopts its constitution. [1]
- Leonid Brezhnev opens 25th congress of CPSU. [1]
- February 27
- Final meeting between China's Mao tse Tung and US President Richard Nixon. [1]
- February 28
- Ceuta and Melilla (Spanish Morocco) are last European African possession. [1]
- March 2
- Walt Disney World welcomes its 50 millionth guest. [1]
- March 3
- Mozambique closes border with Rhodesia. [1]
- March 5
- British pound sterling falls below US$2 for first time. [1]
- March 7
- Morocco and Mauretania break diplomatic relations with Algeria. [1]
- March 8
- 1,774kg (largest observed) stony meteorite falls in Jilin, China. [1] [523.35]
- March 11
- Near Newport, Rhode Island, a magnitude 3.5 earthquake occurs. [53]
- March 12
- South African troops leave Angola. [1]
- Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf announces his engagement to Silvia Renate Sommerlath of Federal Republic of Germany. [7]
- March 15
- Failed coup in Nigeria. [1]
- March 16
- British premier Harold Wilson resigns. [1]
- March 23
- International Bill of Rights goes into effect (35 nations ratify). [1]
- March 24
- Military junta in Argentina ousts President Isabela Martinez Perón and takes power. [1280.40] [1391.8]
- March 25
- Argentine military junta bans leftist political parties. [1]
- In Turkey, a magnitude 4.8 earthquake occurs. [53]
- March 30
- Israel kills six Palestinians protesting land confiscation. [1]
- April 1
- Respected astronomer Patrick Moore first reports the "Jovian-Plutonian gravitational effect" (later found to be a hoax). [5]
- Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniak incorporate the Apple Computer Company, on April Fool's Day. [1] [4] [5]
- April 2
- Cambodia's Khieu Sampan succeeds prince Sihanouk as premier. [1]
- Portuguese constitution assumed. [1]
- April 3
- France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island. [1]
- April 4
- Seni Pramoj's Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand. [1]
- April 5
- Harold Wilson resigns, as James Callaghan becomes Prime Minister of England. [1]
- April 7
- Chinese Politburo fires vice-premier Deng Xiaoping. [1]
- April 9
- In Ecuador, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake occurs. [53]
- US and Russia agree on the size of nuclear tests for peaceful use. [1]
- April 21
- International Nickel changes its company name to Inco. [228]
- Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing. [1]
- USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk. [1]
- April 22
- Director Ingmar Bergman leaves Sweden due to taxation. [1]
- April 25
- Elections in Vietnam for a National Assembly to reunite the country. [1]
- Portugal adopts constitution. [1]
- April 26
- Pan Am begins non-stop flights, New York - Tokyo. [1]
- April 29
- Minister Irene Vorrink begins fluoridating Dutch drinking water. [1]
- April 30
- Royal Canadian Mint opens a branch in Winnipeg, Manitoba. [3]
- May 3
- Panamá 747SP lands after record flight around world (46:26). [1]
- Pulitzer prize awarded to Saul Bellow (Humboldt's Gift). [1]
- Indonesia occupies whole of Portuguese territory on Timor. [285.501] [981.1035]
- May 5
- Train collision at Schiedam, Netherlands, kills 24. [1]
- May 6
- In Northeastern Italy, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurs. 1,000 killed, at least 1,700 injured, and extensive damage in the epicentral area. The quake was felt throughout Europe. [53]
- May 8
- The first steel coaster with a vertical flip opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain. [5]
- May 11
- J Anaya, Bolivian military/ambassador to France, is murdered. [1]
- May 14
- Oil tanker Urqui Ola explodes off Spanish coast. [1]
- May 17
- In Uzbekistan, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurs. Six killed and 10,000 homeless in Gazli area. [1] [53]
- May 19
- Gold ownership legalized in Australia. [1]
- USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk. [1]
- May 20
- USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan. [1]
- May 24
- First commercial SuperSonicTransport flight to North America (Concorde to Washington DC). [1]
- May 29
- In the Burma - China border region, magnitude 6.9 and 7.0 earthquakes occur, less than two hours apart. [53]
- June 3
- US presented with oldest known copy of Magna Carta. [1]
- June 5
- Teton Dam in Idaho burst causing $1 billion damage (14 die). [1]
- June 16
- Francis E Meloy Junior, US ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped and killed. [1]
- Student uprisings begin in Soweto, South Africa (Soweto Day). [1]
- June 19
- Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf marries Silvia Sommerlath of Germany. [7]
- June 23
- Islands of Aldabra, Farquhar, and Des Roches are returned from British Indian Ocean Territory to Seychelles. [700.1135]
- June 25
- In Papua, Indonesia, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurs. Over 350 deaths from the quake and 5,000 to 9,000 people missing and presumed dead from subsequent landslides. Six villages destroyed. [53]
- June 26
- The CN Tower opens in Toronto, Onario, Canada, becoming the world's tallest free standing structure, at 1,815 feet, 5 inches (553.33 meters). [1] [5] [457]
- June 29
- Seychelles gains independence. [240.237] [278.1086]
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