The Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.

Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria; 53 killed.

The ''Washington Post'' and ''The New York Times'' publish the Unabomber's manifesto.

Ötzi the Iceman is discovered by German tourists.

A terrorist bomb explodes UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing 171.

Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.

A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.

Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.

Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :-) and :-( on the Carnegie Mellon University Bulletin Board System.

The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.

Turkish Airlines Boeing 727 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Osmaniye, Turkey, killing all 155 passengers and crew.

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has his investiture.

A parcel bomb sent to Israeli Embassy in London kills one diplomat.

Montagnard troops of South Vietnam revolt against the rule of Nguyen Khanh, killing 70 ethnic Vietnamese soldiers.

Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of Geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos.

The first Glastonbury Festival is held at Michael Eavis's farm in Glastonbury, United Kingdom.

Betty and Barney Hill claim that they saw a mysterious craft in the sky and that it tried to abduct them.

Nikita Khrushchev is barred from visiting Disneyland.

First American underground nuclear bomb test.

The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.

The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.

Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) is sentenced to death in London.

Armistice between Finland and Soviet Union is signed. (End of the Continuation War).

Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz in order to smuggle out information and start a resistance.

Bruno Hauptmann is arrested for the kidnap and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr..

Women's suffrage: in New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.

President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting.

Having invaded the Papal States a week earlier, the Italian Army lays siege to Rome, entering the city the next day, after which the Pope described himself as a Prisoner in the Vatican.

Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Paris begins, which will result on January 28, 1871 in the surrender of Paris and a decisive Prussian victory.

American Civil War: Battle of Chickamauga.

American Civil War: Battle of Iuka

George Washington's farewell address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.

The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States.

First Battle of Saratoga/Battle of Freeman's Farm/Battle of Bemis Heights.

Giles Corey is pressed to death after refusing to plead in the Salem witch trials.

Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.

Battle of Poitiers: an English army under the command of Edward, the Black Prince defeats a French army and captures the French king, John II.

Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I.