Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner makes its maiden flight from Seattle, Washington.

First flight of the F-35 Lightning II.

The 2005 Atlantic Power Outage began.

Introduction of the F-22 Raptor into USAF active service.

Argentina's president Néstor Kirchner announces the early repayment of its external debt to the IMF.

Latvia amends its constitution to eliminate possibility of same-sex couples being entitled to marry.

The Capital Center (formerly US Airways Arena) is demolished.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 to fortify it, without fixing its famous lean.

The 3rd reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.

A chartered Tupolev TU-154 from Tajikistan crashes in the desert near Sharja, United Arab Emirates airport killing 85.

The Treaty of Bangkok is signed allowing the transformation of Southeast Asia into a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone.

Palau becomes a member of the United Nations.

History of Northern Ireland: The Downing Street Declaration is issued by British Prime Minister John Major and Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds.

U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and cut off all relations with Taiwan

Samoa becomes a member of the United Nations.

John Paul Getty III, grandson of American billionaire J. Paul Getty, is found alive near Naples, Italy, after being kidnapped by an Italian gang on July 10, 1973.

South Korean ferry ''Namyong Ho'' capsizes off Korean Strait killing 308.

The Illinois State Constitution is adopted at a special election.

The Silver Bridge collapses, killing 46 people.

Gemini program: Gemini 6A, crewed by Wally Schirra and Thomas Stafford, is launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Four orbits later, it achieves the first space rendezvous, with Gemini 7.

In Jerusalem, Adolph Eichmann is sentenced to death after being found guilty of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people and membership of an outlawed organization.

Richard Paul Pavlick is arrested for attempting to blow up and assassinate the U.S. President-Elect, John F. Kennedy only four days earlier.

Jens Olsen's World Clock is started by Danish King Frederick IX and Jens Olsen's youngest grandchild Birgit.

The Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands was signed.

Occupation of Japan: General Douglas MacArthur orders that Shinto be abolished as the state religion of Japan.

The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse begins during the Guadalcanal campaign.

The American Federation of Labor adopts a no-strike policy in war industries.

Holocaust: German troops execute over 15,000 Jews at Drobitsky Yar, a ravine southeast of the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine.

''Gone with the Wind'' receives its première at Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

World War I: An armistice is reached between the new Bolshevik government and the Central Powers.

A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hojyo coal mine, Kyūshū, Japan, kills 687.

World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.

Nicaragua becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires Convention.

The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.

The Pushkin House is established in St. Petersburg to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin

The Wright brothers' first attempt to launch the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, NC

James Naismith introduces the first version of basketball, with thirteen rules, a peach basket nailed to either end of his school's gymnasium, and two teams of nine players.

Shogunate rebels found Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.

In the Battle of Nashville, Union forces under George H. Thomas almost completely destroy the Army of Tennessee under John B. Hood.

In Romania the mountain railway from Anina to Oravita is used for the first time.

The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.

Stephen III of Moldavia defeats Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, with the latter being injured thrice, at the ''Battle of Baia''.

Hulagu Khan captures and destroys the Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut in present-day Iran as part of the Mongol offensive on Islamic southwest Asia.

Sicilian chancellor Stephen du Perche moves the royal court to Messina to prevent a rebellion.

Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Ticameron.