Cedar Revolution, where hundreds of thousands of Lebanese went into the streets of Beirut to demonstrate against the Syrian military presence in Lebanon and against the government.

An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale hits southeastern Iran.

Space Exploration: Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on-board a Russian launch vehicle.

Timeline of Linux development: Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released.

Gerry Adams, head of Sinn Féin, is seriously wounded in an assassination attempt in central Belfast.

In Poland, a plane crashes during final approach near Warsaw, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team.

In China, a Hawker Siddeley Trident crashes into a factory near Beijing, killing at least 200.

The Israeli Defense Force invades and occupies southern Lebanon, in Operation Litani.

Italian publisher and former partisan Giangiacomo Feltrinelli is killed by an explosion near Segrate.

The body of President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery.

A jury in Dallas, Texas, finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, assumed assassin of John F. Kennedy.

Korean War: For the second time, United Nations troops recapture Seoul.

World War II – The R.A.F. first operational use of the Grand Slam bomb, Bielefeld, Germany.

World War II

Orvan Hess and John Bumstead became the first in the world to successfully treat a patient, Anne Miller, using penicillin.

Slovakia declares independence under German pressure.

World War I: Cornered off the coast of Chile by the Royal Navy after fleeing the Battle of the Falkland Islands, the German light cruiser SMS ''Dresden'' is abandoned and scuttled by her crew.

Lakeview Gusher, the largest U.S. oil well gusher near Bakersfield, California, vented to atmosphere.

The Hay-Herran Treaty, granting the United States the right to build the Panama Canal, is ratified by the United States Senate. The Colombian Senate would later reject the treaty.

The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing United States currency on the gold standard.

The Mikado a light opera by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, had its first public performance in London.

Albert Einstein is born in Ulm, Germany.

Defeat of Titokowaru.

Burr is sworn in as the Vice President of the United States.

Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.

Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard {{HMS|Monarch|1747|6}} for breach of the Articles of War.

Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.

Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots defeat the forces of the Catholic League under the Duc de Mayenne during the French Wars of Religion.

The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice.