Keir Starmer is appointed Prime Minister by Charles III, becoming the first Labour prime minister since Gordon Brown in 2010 and the first one to win a general election since Tony Blair at the 2005 general election
The first direct Indonesian presidential election is held.
U.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
Armenia adopts its constitution, four years after its independence from the Soviet Union.
Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are born and, in the following years, will continue to kill with the tactic.
Swedish tennis player Björn Borg wins his fifth Wimbledon final and becomes the first male tennis player to win the championships five times in a row (1976–1980).
The Pakistan Armed Forces under Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq seize power in Operation Fair Play and begin 11 years of martial law. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown.
Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.
The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by President Richard Nixon.
The official independence of Algeria is proclaimed after an eight-year-long war with France.
The BBC broadcasts its first daily television news bulletin.
Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
Korean War: Task Force Smith: American and North Korean forces first clash, in the Battle of Osan.
Micheline Bernardini models the first modern bikini at a swimming pool in Paris.
The United Kingdom holds its first general election in 10 years, which would be won by Clement Attlee's Labour Party.
World War II: An Allied invasion fleet sails for Sicily (Operation Husky, July 10, 1943).
World War II: German forces begin a massive offensive against the Soviet Union at the Battle of Kursk, also known as Operation Citadel.
World War II: Operation Barbarossa: German troops reach the Dnieper river.