The United States established diplomatic relations with East Germany.
Gen. Creighton Abrams, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, died at age 59 due to complications following a lung removal surgery. He was a heavy cigar smoker.
Abrams had entered the Army following West Point as a cavalry officer. He was a highly successful commander under Patton during the Second World War. His tenure as commander in Vietnam was less successful. Following that, he was appointed Chief of Staff by President Nixon.
All three sons of the general and his wife became Army general officers and all three daughters married Army officers. Raised as a Methodist, he converted to Catholicism in Vietnam.
President Ford appointed George H. W. Bush to be the Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office to the People's Republic of China.
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