17 January – Prototype Short SC.7 Skyvan short-haul freighter first flies.
25 March – Terence O'Neill succeeds Viscount Brookeborough as Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.
23 September – British Enkalon synthetic fibre factory opens in Antrim.
2 October – Second Short SC.1VTOL research aircraft (XG905), flying from Belfast Harbour Airport, crashes due to a control malfunction, killing the pilot, J. R. Green.[1]
28 October – Belfast Aldergrove opened as the principal airport for Northern Ireland, civilian facilities transferring from Nutts Corner.
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