First flight of the F-16.
It was an accident. During high speed ground test a horizontal stabilizer was damaged and the test pilot took the aircraft off due to the severe oscillations it was experiencing.
One of the greatest fighter aircraft of all time, it remains in production, although not for the U.S.
English professional soccer was played for the first time in history on a Sunday.
Argentina's People's Revolutionary Army attacked the headquarters of the 10th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Azul in the Buenos Aires province. President Juan Perón vowed "to annihilate as soon as possible this criminal terrorism" later that same day.
The Dutch oil tanker Kopionella rescued 23 South Vietnamese sailors who had survived the Chinese sinking of the South Vietnamese Nhat Tao during the Battle of the Paracel Islands.
On the same day, the Chinese took 47 ARVN soldiers and one U.S. advisor prisoner, although they were later be released.
