Events

• Age of majority for most legal purposes reduced from 21 to 18 under terms of the Family Law Reform Act 1969.
• Control of London Transport passes from the London Transport Board (reporting to the Minister of Transport) to the London Transport Executive of the Greater London Council, except for country area (green) buses which pass to London Country Bus Services, a subsidiary of the National Bus Company.
• Half crown coin ceases to be legal tender.
• National Westminster Bank begins trading following merger of National Provincial Bank and Westminster Bank.
• The cities Fort William and Port Arthur are merged to create Thunder Bay, Ontario
• UNIX epoch begins.

Births

• Brooke Looney
• Kimberly Page, American model
• Shelley O’Donnell, netballer

Deaths

• Rose Dolly, American actress (b. 1892)