The American submarine {{USS|Greeneville|SSN-772|6}} accidentally strikes and sinks the ''Ehime-Maru'', a Japanese training vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School.

The Irish Republican Army declares the end of its 18 month ceasefire shortly followed by the explosion of a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf.

Space Shuttle astronauts Bernard A. Harris, Jr. and Michael Foale become the first African American and first Briton, respectively, to perform spacewalks.

Voters in Lithuania vote for independence.

The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.

Biju Patnaik of the Pragati Legislature Party is elected leader of the opposition in the state assembly in Orissa, India.

Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned moon landing.

Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The 6.4 on the Richter Scale Sylmar earthquake hits the San Fernando Valley area of California.

First test flight of the Boeing 747.

Vietnam War: The first United States combat troops are sent to South Vietnam.

The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers.

Joanne Woodward receives the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Second Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.

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World War II: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal.

Year-round Daylight saving time is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.

World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.

The Balkan Entente is formed.

Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

Under the terms of the Spitsbergen Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.

Russo–Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur

The Davis Cup competition is established.

William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.

The United States Department of Agriculture is established as a Cabinet-level agency.

The first Japanese government-approved immigrants arrive in Hawaii.

The U.S. Weather Bureau is established.

American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.

New Roman Republic established

After no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States.

The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.

American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.

Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.

Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake.

Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.