The Roman Catholic Archbishop Francois Poirier was forced out of Haiti. He had only one dollar to his name that he borrowed and no luggage. He was the highest official of the Haitian Catholic church, and had allegedly given $7,000 to students involved in Communist schemes. Police and guards arrested him and brought him to the airport, and quickly booked him a flight to Miami. Poirier denied all charges against him

An international team of scientists working in northeastern Ethiopia has found the partial skeleton of a three-million-year-old hominid that it claims is the most complete early man discovery ever made in Africa, the skeleton is better known and referred to as Lucy.