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End of South Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam annexes the former South Vietnam to form the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Choi Kyu-hah, South Korean politician, 4th President of South Korea (died 2006)
Yun Posun, South Korean politician, 2nd President of South Korea (born 1897)
Syngman Rhee, South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea (born 1875)
Chung Dong-young, South Korean journalist and politician, 31st South Korean Minister of Unification
Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.
Kim Dae-jung, South Korean lieutenant and politician, 15th President of South Korea, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1925)
Yun Posun, South Korean activist and politician, 2nd President of South Korea (died 1990)
Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean soldier and politician, 9th President of South Korea (died 2009)
Toothfish Day (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)
United Nations Day for South–South Cooperation (International)
Salva Kiir Mayardit, South Sudanese politician, 1st President of South Sudan
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, South Vietnamese military officer and politician, 2nd President of South Vietnam (born 1923)
Two Austrian army corps are driven from Landshut by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon as two French corps to the north hold off the main Austrian army on the first day of the Battle of Eckmüh�
Desmond Tutu (pictured) became the first black leader of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.
Desmond Tutu became the first black leader of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.
Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to interdict the Ho Chi Minh Trail in an attempt to cut off supplies to the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army.
In Finland, a new electoral law is ratified, guaranteeing the country the first and equal right to vote in the world. Finnish women are the first in Europe to receive the right to vote.
World War II: Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor.
World War I: The first tank prototype, developed by William Foster & Co. for the British army, was completed and given its first test drive.