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2006
The Republic of Montenegro is admitted as the 192nd Member of the United Nations by General Assembly.
2005
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.
2004
Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.
1997
Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield II – Tyson is disqualified in the 3rd round for biting a piece off Holyfield's ear.
1996
The Constitution of Ukraine is signed into law.
1994
Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan; 7 persons are killed, 660 injured.
1992
The Constitution of Estonia is signed into law.
1990
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.
1983
The Mianus River Bridge collapses over the Mianus River in Connecticut, killing 3 drivers in their vehicles.
1981
A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of Islamic Republic Party.
1978
The United States Supreme Court, in ''Regents of the University of California v. Bakke'' bars quota systems in college admissions.
1976
The Angolan court sentenced US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial.
1973
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.
1969
Stonewall Riots begin in New York City marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.
1967
Israel annexes East Jerusalem.
1964
Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
1950
Seoul is captured by North Korean troops.
1948
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.
1940
Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union.
1936
The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
1922
The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces.
1919
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.
1914
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.
1904
The {{SS|Norge||}} runs aground and sinks
1902
The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
1896
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.
1895
El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form the Greater Republic of Central America.
1894
Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
1883
In Milan in Italy inaugurated the first central European electricity power station.
1882
The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
1881
Secret treaty between Austria and Serbia.
1880
The Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
1865
The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
1859
The first conformation dog show is held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
1841
The Paris Opera Ballet premieres Giselle in the Salle Le Peletier
1838
1807
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.
1778
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.
1776
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.
1763
A massive earthquake occurs on the same day in Komárom in Hungary, in Komárno in Slovakia and in Zsámbék in Hungary.
1651
The Battle of Beresteczko between Poland and Ukraine starts.
1635
Guadeloupe becomes a French colony.
1519
Charles V is elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
1461
Edward IV is crowned King of England.
1389
The Ottomans defeat the Serbian army in the bloody Battle of Kosovo, opening the way for the Ottoman conquest of Southeastern Europe (see Vidovdan).
1098
Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul.