The Republic of Montenegro is admitted as the 192nd Member of the United Nations by General Assembly.

War in Afghanistan: Three U.S. Navy SEALs and 16 American Special Operations Forces soldiers are killed during Operation Red Wing, a failed counter-insurgent mission in Kunar province, Afghanistan.

Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.

Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield II – Tyson is disqualified in the 3rd round for biting a piece off Holyfield's ear.

The Constitution of Ukraine is signed into law.

Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan; 7 persons are killed, 660 injured.

The Constitution of Estonia is signed into law.

Paperback Software International Ltd. is found liable by a U.S. court for copyright violation for copying the appearance and menu system of Lotus 1-2-3 in its competing spreadsheet program.

The Mianus River Bridge collapses over the Mianus River in Connecticut, killing 3 drivers in their vehicles.

A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of Islamic Republic Party.

The United States Supreme Court, in ''Regents of the University of California v. Bakke'' bars quota systems in college admissions.

The Angolan court sentenced US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial.

Elections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly, which will lead to power-sharing between unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland for the first time.

Stonewall Riots begin in New York City marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.

Israel annexes East Jerusalem.

Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.

Seoul is captured by North Korean troops.

Boxer Dick Turpin beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era.

The Cominform circulates the "Resolution on the situation in the Communist Party of Yugoslavia"; Yugoslavia is expelled from the Communist bloc.

Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union.

The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.

The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces.

The Treaty of Versailles is signed in Paris, formally ending World War I between Belgium, Britain, France, Italy, the United States and allies on the one side and Germany and Austria-Hungary on the other side.

Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo by young Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip, the ''casus belli'' of World War I.

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The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.

An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston City, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.

El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form the Greater Republic of Central America.

Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.

In Milan in Italy inaugurated the first central European electricity power station.

The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.

Secret treaty between Austria and Serbia.

The Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.

The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.

The first conformation dog show is held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.

The Paris Opera Ballet premieres Giselle in the Salle Le Peletier

Coronation of Victoria of the United Kingdom.

Second British invasion of the Río de la Plata; John Whitelock lands at Ensenada on an attempt to recapture Buenos Aires and is defeated by the locals.

American Revolutionary War: Battle of Monmouth is fought between the American Continental Army under George Washington and the British Army led by Sir Henry Clinton.

American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.

American Revolutionary War: Fort Moultrie is attacked during the Battle of Sullivan's Island; this event is commemorated in Carolina Day.

A massive earthquake occurs on the same day in Komárom in Hungary, in Komárno in Slovakia and in Zsámbék in Hungary.

The Battle of Beresteczko between Poland and Ukraine starts.

Guadeloupe becomes a French colony.

Charles V is elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

Edward IV is crowned King of England.

The Ottomans defeat the Serbian army in the bloody Battle of Kosovo, opening the way for the Ottoman conquest of Southeastern Europe (see Vidovdan).

Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul.