February 15 — a decimal currency system is introduced in the United Kingdom.
March — construction of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant begins.
March 10 — Soviet citizens of Jewish origin applying for permission to emigrate occupy several offices in the building of the Supreme Soviet.
September 11 — Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev dies, former First Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR.