Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.

Construction begins on the Freedom Tower for the new World Trade Center in New York City.

The superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse, France.

The last successful telemetry from the NASA space probe Pioneer 10.

The 1996 Lebanon war ends.

South African general election, 1994: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote.

All members of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon in route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.

Russia and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history.

The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.

The U.S. Department of Justice bars the Austrian President Kurt Waldheim from entering the United States, saying he had aided in the deportation and execution of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.

Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.

Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.

28 people are killed in the Guatemala City air disaster.

10,000 march in Washington, D.C., calling for the impeachment of US President Richard Nixon

Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day.

Sierra Leone is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Prime Minister.

Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship.

The last Canadian missionary leaves the People's Republic of China.

Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed formally segregating races.

World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier.

World War II: German troops are finally expelled from Finnish Lapland.

World War II: The Communist Party of Slovenia, the Slovene Christian Socialists, the left-wing Slovene Sokols (also known as "National Democrats") and a group of progressive intellectuals establish the Liberation Front of the Slovenian People.

World War II: German troops enter Athens.

The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.

Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmery) are created.

Honduras becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.

Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.

The Australian Labor Party becomes the first such party to gain national government, under Chris Watson.

The steamboat ''Sultana'', carrying 2,400 passengers, explodes and sinks in the Mississippi River, killing 1,700, most of whom are Union survivors of the Andersonville and Cahaba Prisons.

The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.

President of the United States Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of ''habeas corpus''.

Foundation stone for new Palace of Westminster, London, is laid by wife of Sir Charles Barry.

War of 1812: United States troops capture the capital of Upper Canada, York (present day Toronto, Canada).

Beethoven composes his famous piano piece, Für Elise.

First Barbary War: United States Marines and Berbers attack the Tripolitan city of Derna (The "shores of Tripoli" part of the Marines' hymn).

American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Ridgefield: A British invasion force engages and defeats Continental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, Connecticut.

The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by granting it a monopoly on the North American tea trade.

First performance of Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks in Green Park, London.

The blind and impoverished John Milton sells the copyright of ''Paradise Lost'' for £10.

The Battle of Carbisdale: A Royalist army invades mainland Scotland from Orkney Island but is defeated by a Covenanter army.

Duel of the Mignons claims the lives of two favourites of Henry III of France and two favorites of Henry I, Duke of Guise.

Cebu is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.

Re-founding of the city of Bogotá, New Granada (now Colombia), by Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastián de Belalcázar.

Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapu-Lapu.

Pope Julius II places the Italian state of Venice under interdict.

Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated by Edward I of England.

David I becomes King of Scots.