2017
A truck drives in a crowd of people in Lower Manhattan, killing at least 8...
2015
Metrojet Flight 9268 is bombed over the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on...
2014
During a test flight, the VSS Enterprise, a Virgin Galactic experimental spaceflight test vehicle, suffers...
2011
The global population of humans reaches seven billion. This day is now recognized by the...
2003
Mahathir bin Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia and is replaced by Deputy Prime...
2002
A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicts former Enron chief financial officer Andrew Fastow...
2000
Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.
2000
Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS...
1999
EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket, killing all 217 people on...
1999
Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop...
1998
Iraq disarmament crisis begins: Iraq announces it would no longer cooperate with United Nations weapons...
1996
TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 99 people.
1984
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two Sikh security guards. Riots break out...
1979
Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes on landing in Mexico City, killing 73 people.
1973
Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape. Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escape from Mountjoy Prison, Dublin...
1968
Vietnam War October surprise: Citing progress with the Paris peace talks, US President Lyndon B....
1963
A propane tank explosion at the Indiana State Fair Coliseum (now the Indiana Farmers Coliseum)...
1961
In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from the Lenin's Mausoleum, also known...
1956
Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of...
1943
World War II: An F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception by a United...
1941
World War II: The destroyer USS Reuben James is torpedoed by a German U-boat near...
1941
After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.
1940
World War II: The Battle of Britain ends: The United Kingdom prevents a possible German...
1938
Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils...
1926
Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime
1924
World Savings Day is announced in Milan, Italy by the Members of the Association at...
1923
The first of 160 consecutive days of 100° Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Western Australia.
1922
Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy
1918
World War I: The Aster Revolution terminates the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, and Hungary achieves...
1917
World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
1913
The Indianapolis Streetcar Strike and subsequent riot begins.
1913
Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.
1903
The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players...
1864
Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
1863
The Maori Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron...
1861
American Civil War: Citing failing health, Union General Winfield Scott resigns as Commander of the...
1822
Emperor Agustín de Iturbide attempts to dissolve the Congress of the Mexican Empire.
1614
First performance of Ben Jonson's comedy Bartholomew Fair by the Lady Elizabeth's Men company at...
1587
Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575.
1517
Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church...
802
Empress Irene is deposed and banished to Lesbos. Conspirators place Nikephoros, the minister of finance,...
683
During the Siege of Mecca, the Kaaba catches fire and is burned down.
475
Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor.