1st » Helsinki Accords called CSCE Final Act creates the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe named Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
11th » East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor or Fretilin.
14th » 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show', the longest-running release in film history, opens at the USA Theatre in Westwood, Los Angeles, California.
15th » Takeo Miki makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent Prime Minister of Japan named prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.
20th » Viking program e.g Viking Program: NASA launches the 'Viking 1' planetary probe toward Mars.
27th » The Governor of Portuguese Timor abandons its capital, Dili, and flees to Atauro Island, leaving control to a rebel group.