- January 10
- Sheik Mujib ur-Rahman arrives in Dacca, East-Pakistan. [1]
- January 11
- Abu Sayeed Chudhury becomes president and sheik Mujib ur-Rahman premier. [1]
- East-Pakistan becomes independent state of Bangladesh. [1]
- January 14
- Frederik IX [Christiaan FFMKW], king of Denmark (1947-72), dies at age 72. [1]
- Queen Margrethe ascends throne of Denmark. [1528.12]
- January 21
- Assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh territory. [1]
- Belgium government of Eyskens-Cools forms. [1]
- Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become separate states of Indian union. [1]
- January 23
- Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party-100 die-New Delhi, India. [1]
- Entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest. [1]
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- January 25
- In Taiwan, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurs. [53]
- January 27
- Magnavox begins production of the Odyssey video game. The Odyssey is a primitive video game system, with no processors or integrated circuits. It plugs into a home TV set, displaying a moving white block that can be bounced by rotating remote paddles. [9]
- January 30
- In Londonderry, Northern Ireland, British paratroopers open fire on crowds at a civil rights demonstration, killing 13 civilians. [1] [57] (14 civilians [1424.49])
- Pakistan withdraws from the British Commonwealth. [1]
- January 31
- Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, king of Nepal (1955-72), dies at age 51. [1]
- Birenda becomes leader of Nepal. [1]
- Military coup ousts civilian government of Ghana. [1]
- US launches HEOS A-2 for interplanetary observations (396/244,998). [1]
- February 1
- First scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced (US$395). [1]
- February 4
- 6th round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks ends in Vienna, Austria. [1]
- In Central Italy, a magnitude 4.5 earthquake occurs, among a series of hundreds of relatively minor shocks near the Italian town of Ancona on the Adriatic coast. [53]
- February 5
- US airlines begin mandatory inspection of passengers and baggage. [1]
- February 9
- British government declares state of emergency after month-long miners' strike. [1]
- February 10
- Ras al Khaima joins the United Arab Emirates. [1] [994.937]
- USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk. [1]
- February 11
- Cruise ship Lindblad Explorer (2300 tons, under 100 passengers) runs aground in Admiralty Bay in South Shetlands. Passengers are rescued by Chilean ships, and the ship is towed off by South African Arctic tugboat. [965.27]
- Ras al-Khaima joins the United Arab Emirates. [796.28]
- February 13
- Grease opens on Broadway. [1]
- February 14
- Luna 20 (Russia) launched to orbit and soft landing on Moon. [1]
- February 15
- President Velasco Ibarra of Ecuador deposed for fourth time. [1]
- February 16
- German mass murderers "Three of Breda" freed. [1]
- February 17
- British Parliament votes to join European Common Market. [1]
- February 18
- Giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy. [1]
- February 20
- Sicco Mansholt becomes chairman of European Committee. [1]
- February 21
- US President Richard Nixon becomes first US President to visit China. [1]
- February 22
- Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani becomes Amir and Prime Minister of Qatar. [1]
- US President Richard Nixon meets with Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai in Beijing. [1]
- February 26
- Slag heap dam collapses above Buffalo Creek, West Virginia, USA, kills 125. [1]
- February 27
- US President Richard Nixon and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issue Shanghai Communique. [1]
- February 28
- US President Richard Nixon ends historic week-long visit to China. [1]
- February 29
- South of Honshu, Japan, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurs. [53]
- March 1
- Club of Rome publishes report Boundaries on the Growth. [1]
- March 2
- Jean-Bédel Bokassa appoints himself President for life of Central African Republic. [1]
- Pioneer 10 launched for Jupiter flyby. [1]
- March 4
- Last train run between Penrith and Keswick, United Kingdom. [1]
- Libya and USSR sign cooperation treaty. [1]
- March 5
- Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves communist party. [1]
- March 6
- Keswick to Penrith railway officially closes. [1]
- March 8
- First airship flown over Britain in 20 years (Europa). [1]
- March 10
- General Lon Nol becomes President and prince Sirik Matak premier of Cambodia. [1]
- USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk. [1]
- March 15
- Danish airliner hits mountain in Sheikdom of Oman killing 112. [1]
- March 18
- People's Rebublic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor. [1]
- March 19
- India and Bangladesh sign friendship treaty. [1]
- March 20
- Nineteen mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche. [1]
- Sicco L. Mansholt succeeds Franco M. Malfatti as chairman of European Committee. [1]
- March 24
- Great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland. [1]
- March 28
- USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk. [1]
- March 30
- North Vietnamese troops enter South Vietnam. [1]
- April 2
- Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin visits Cairo, Egypt. [1]
- April 3
- Official US gold price raised from $35 per ounce to $38. [397.52]
- April 4
- First electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating. [1]
- April 6
- Egypt drops diplomatic relations with Jordan. [1]
- April 7
- Abeid Karume, Tanzanian sheik/President, murdered. [1]
- April 9
- USSR and Iraq sign friendship treaty. [1]
- April 10
- In the Fars Province of southern Iran, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurs. Over 5,000 killed, 1,700 injured. [1] [53]
- US, USSR and 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons. [1]
- April 11
- USSR performs underground nuclear test. [1]
- April 16
- Two giant pandas (Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing) arrive in the US, from China. [1]
- Apollo 16 is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands). [1] [5]
- April 17
- Revised Dutch constitution proclaimed. [1]
- April 19
- Bangladesh becomes a member of the British Commonwealth. [1]
- Hungary revises constitution. [1]
- April 20
- Apollo 16 with John Young and Charles Duke lands on Moon with Boeing Lunar Rover #2. [1]
- April 21
- Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 4 (Copernicus) launched. [1]
- April 22
- Apollo 16 astronauts John Young and Charles Duke explore the Moon. [1]
- April 28
- Congressman John Rarick declares in House of Representatives "The Council on Foreign Relations is the Establishment." The CFR uses pressure from above and below "to justify the high-level decisions for converting the United States from a sovereign constitutional Republic into a servile member-state of a One-World dictatorship.". [916.128]
- April 29
- Ntare V, deposed King of Burundi, killed in an abortive coup. [1]
- April 30
- Arthur Godfrey Time ends a 27-year run on radio. [1]
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