2nd » A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters Wichita State University football team plane crash e.g crashes in Colorado killing 31 people.
5th » The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.
5th » Montreal: British Trade Commissioner James Cross is kidnapped by members of the Front de libération du Québec e.g FLQ terrorist group, triggering the October Crisis.
9th » The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.
10th » In Montreal, Quebec, a national crisis hits Canada when Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte becomes the second statesman kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group.
12th » Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas
15th » Thirty-five construction workers are killed when a section of the new West Gate Bridge in Melbourne collapses.
15th » The domestic Soviet Union known as Soviet Aeroflot Flight 244 is hijacked and diverted to Turkey.
16th » In response to the October Crisis terrorist kidnapping, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau of Canada invokes the War Measures Act.
17th » Montreal, Quebec: Quebec Premier known as Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte murdered by members of the FLQ terrorist group.
20th » Siad Barre declares Somali Democratic Republic e.g Somalia a socialist state.
23rd » Gary Gabelich sets a land speed record in a rocket-powered automobile called the Blue Flame (car) called Blue Flame, fueled with natural gas.
30th » In Vietnam, the worst monsoon to hit the area in six years causes large floods, kills 293, leaves 200,000 homeless and virtually halts the Vietnam War.
24th » Jeff Mangum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Neutral Milk Hotel, The Olivia Tremor Control, Synthetic Flying Machine, and Major Organ and the Adding Machine)
27th » Karl Backman, Swedish guitarist and songwriter (AC4)
27th » Felix Bwalya, Zambian boxer (d. 1997)
27th » Adrian Erlandsson, Swedish drummer (Cradle of Filth, At the Gates, Nemhain (band) called Nemhain, The Haunted, Nifelheim, and Brujeria (band) or Brujeria)
27th » Alama Ieremia, New Zealand rugby player and coach