General Sporting Events
- Third All-Africa Games held in Algiers, Algeria
- Eighth Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand
- Central American and Caribbean Games held in Medellin, Colombia
- British Commonwealth Games held in Edmonton, Canada
- Ninth Winter Universiade held in Špindleruv Mlýn, Czechoslovakia
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