1961 - The Colonial Secretary announces in the British Parliament that he hoped elections would take place in Malta before the end of 1961.

1968 - De La Salle Order in Malta appoints Brother Robert as first Vice-Provincial.

1969 - Buses resume service after recent strikes. Proposal to regroup buses.

1972 - The Embassy of the People's Republic of China is established in Naxxar.

1975 - Filming on "Sinbad - Eye of the Tiger" commences at the Malta Film Facilities in Rinella.

1975 - High frequency radio link with France inaugurated by Telemalta Corporation.

1976 - A man falls from the bastion at City Gate, a height of 70 feet, and lives.

1977 - Nearly 1,000 bank employees, members of the Malta Union of Bank Employees (MUBE), suspended from work after refusing to sign a circular requiring them to declare they would not obey their union's instructions for limited industrial action since these ran counter to their conditions of employment.

1992 - Melita Cable Television, Malta’s first cable tv service, inaugurated at Madliena by Prime Minster Fenech Adami.

1926 - Joseph G. Huntingford, Architect and Civil Engineer

1942 - William Axiaq, Educational Psychologist

1947 - Inez Farrugia, Actress

1964 - Carlos Cluett, Footballer (Sliema Wanderers/Naxxar Lions)

1979 - Wistin Camilleri, Statuary, dies at 94