3rd » A protest by agricultural workers in Baixa de Cassanje, Portuguese Angola, Baixa de Cassanje revolt e.g turns into a revolt, opening the Angolan War of Independence, the first of the Portuguese Colonial Wars.
12th » Soviet Union launches 'Venera 1' towards Venus.
13th » An allegedly Coso artifact e.g 500,000-year-old rock is discovered near Olancha, California, United States or US, that appears to anachronistically encase a spark plug.
14th » Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California, Berkeley e.g University of California.
15th » Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team, several coaches and family members.
16th » Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.
16th » The DuSable Museum of African American History is chartered.
27th » The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
16th » Liu Kang (football manager) known as Liu Kang, Chinese footballer and manager (d. 2013)
16th » Eric Red, American screenwriter and director
16th » Andy Taylor (guitarist) known as Andy Taylor, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Duran Duran and The Power Station (band) or The Power Station)