17 August - Liverpool FC play their first match in Iceland, beating KR Reykjavik 5-0[2]
20 September - One of three single-engine planes en route from Halifax to Europe ditches in the sea off Iceland. The pilot is rescued by helicopter. Another is lost entirely and the third lands safely in Reykjavik.[3]
4 November - Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson paid a visit to Israel and met with Israeli prime minister Levi Eshkol.[citation needed]