Five thousand people gathered in the town of Kherrata, Bejaia Province to mark the second anniversary of the Hirak protest movement. Demonstrations had been suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.
A bomb blast at a market in Hazara Town, Quetta, Pakistan kills more than 80 people and injures 190 others.
The last Mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.
The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.
The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004–05 regular season and playoffs.
Emery Worldwide Airlines Flight 17 crashes near Sacramento Mather Airport in Rancho Cordova, California, killing all three aboard.
China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a road and residential area near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan, killing all 196 aboard and six more on the ground.
A Chicago-bound Amtrak train, the Capitol Limited, collides with a MARC commuter train bound for Washington, D.C., killing 11 people.
Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua.
The Soviet liner MS Mikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
China Airlines Flight 2265 crashes into the Pacific Ocean near Penghu Airport in Taiwan, killing all 13 aboard.
Iran launches Operation Dawn 5, a major offensive during the Iran–Iraq War targeting the Basra–Baghdad highway, resulting in heavy casualties on both sides.
The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75.
The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago).
In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
Civil Air Transport Flight 010 crashes near Shongshan Airport in Taiwan, killing 21 of the 63 people on board and one more on the ground.
The Great Sheffield Gale impacts the United Kingdom, killing nine people; the city of Sheffield is devastated, with 150,000 homes damaged.
Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.
Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.
The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
World War II: American forces land on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.
The Alaska Equal Rights Act of 1945, the first anti-discrimination law in the United States, was signed into law.
World War II: In the early phases of the Third Battle of Kharkov, Red Army troops re-enter the city.
World War II: Attack on Aruba, first World War II German shots fired on a land based object in the Americas.
World War II: In Athens, the Greek People's Liberation Army is established
World War II: Altmark incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer HMS Cossack. A total of 299 British prisoners are freed.
Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
The Popular Front wins the 1936 Spanish general election.
The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republikanischer Schutzbund.
The Commission of Government is officially sworn in; ending 79 years of responsible government in Newfoundland.
Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
The Southern Cross expedition led by Carsten Borchgrevink achieves a new Farthest South of 78° 50'S, making the first landing at the Great Ice Barrier.
Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).
Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.
American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate USS Philadelphia.
Colombo in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) falls to the British, completing their invasion of Ceylon.
Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.
First Leopoldine Diploma is issued by the Holy Roman Emperor, recognizing the Greek Catholic clergy enjoyed the same privileges as Roman Catholic priests in the Principality of Transylvania.
Battle of Torrington, Devon: The last major battle of the First English Civil War.
Dutch forces led by Hendrick Lonck capture Olinda in what was to become part of Dutch Brazil.
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of Karuse.
Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire.