June – The federalAustralian Government removes 1969 novelPortnoy's Complaint from the list of books prohibited from import into Australia in the face of its widespread legal availability in the country. It is the last literary publication to have been challenged with censorship before the Australian courts.[1]
December 24 – The Dutch writer and broadcasterGodfried Bomans is buried in the Sint-Adelbertskerkhof (St. Adelbert Cemetery) inBloemendaal, the Netherlands, two days after he dies from a heart attack.