| January 12 | Biafra surrenders after 32 month fight for independence from Nigeria |
| February | Triumph Stag Launched |
| March 1 | Rhodesia declares Independence |
| March 13 | First Production Triumph Stag off the Line |
| Hillman Avenger Launched |
April 10 | Paul McCartney announces that the Beatles have disbanded |
| May 1 | US troops invade Cambodia |
| May 31 | Earthquake in Peru kills 50,000 |
| June 18 | Edward Heath is elected Prime Minister of United Kingdom |
| July 21 | Aswan High Dam in Egypt completed |
| August | Range Rover Launched |
| September 1 | Our E-Type was built |
| September 13 | E-Type registered BBB 266J |
| October 26 | US and Soviet space researchers meet in Moscow |
| November 9 | Charles de Gaulle dies – he is buried November 13 |
| December 7 | UN general assembly supports the isolation of South Africa due to its apartheid policies |
| Total UK Car Production | 1,640,966 |
| World Population | 3.706 Billion |
| Medicine/Science | IBM introduces the floppy disk Bar codes introduced in England LCD invented in Switzerland US FDA warns that birth control pills may cause blood clots |
| Wimbledon Champions | Margaret Court beat Billie Jean King John Newcombe beat Ken Rosewall |
| Films | MASH Patten (George C Scott won Best Actor Oscar) Love Story Airport |
| Music | The Beatles break up Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin die of drug overdoses Simon and Garfunkel release Bridge Over Troubled Water |
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