NASA's Mariner 9 spacecraft performs a critical mid-course correction burn en route to Mars, refining its trajectory ahead of orbital insertion.

President Mobutu Sese Seko renames the Democratic Republic of the Congo as Zaire, part of his sweeping 'Africanization' campaign.

Lieutenant General A.A.K. Niazi signed the instrument of surrender in Dhaka, ending the Bangladesh Liberation War and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

Pakistani forces surrendered to Indian and Bangladeshi troops in Dhaka, ending the Bangladesh Liberation War and the nine-month genocide that preceded it.

Pakistani forces in East Pakistan formally surrender to the Indian Army, ending the nine-month Bangladesh Liberation War, one day after the initial capitulation.