The Nathu La pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
The Comoros declares independence from France.
Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.
Althea Gibson wins at the Wimbledon Championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.
Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
World War II: The German army launches its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk.
The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeated the National League 4–2.
The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
The Republican Party of the United States held its first convention in Jackson, Michigan.
The second day of the Battle of Wagram; France defeats the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the Napoleonic Wars.
First Battle of Algeciras: Outnumbered French Navy ships defeat the Royal Navy in the fortified Spanish port of Algeciras.
Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces in the Caribbean during the American Revolutionary War.
American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, sets out from Dover to war with France, which eventually resulted in the loss of the city of Calais, the last English possession on the continent, and Mary I never seeing her husband again.
First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo: Charles VIII defeats the Holy League.