Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco.
The famous Hand of God goal, scored by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England, ignites controversy. This was later followed by the Goal of the Century. Argentina wins 2–1 and later goes on...
Virgin Atlantic launches with its first flight from London to Newark.
Charon, the first of Pluto's satellites to be discovered, was first seen at the United States Naval Observatory by James W. Christy.
The Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea is signed.
The ship HMT Empire Windrush brought the first group of 802 West Indian immigrants to Tilbury, marking the start of modern immigration to the United Kingdom.
King George VI formally gives up the title "Emperor of India", half a year after Britain actually gave up its rule of India.
World War II: The Battle of Okinawa comes to an end with an American flag-raising ceremony.
World War II: Opening day of the Soviet Union's Operation Bagration against the Army Group Centre.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.
World War II: Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the Axis capture of Tobruk.
World War II: Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa.
World War II: France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany, in the same railroad car in which the Germans signed the Armistice in 1918.
The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of Tijuana.
British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
Cherokee leaders Major Ridge, John Ridge, and Elias Boudinot are assassinated for signing the Treaty of New Echota, which had resulted in the Trail of Tears.
France declares war on Russia, starting Napoleon's invasion.
Haitian Revolution: The Battle of Cap-Français ends with French Republican troops and black slave insurgents capturing the city.