Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone.
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.
Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.
Vice President Isabel Perón assumes powers and duties as Acting President of Argentina, while her husband President Juan Perón is terminally ill.
A Convair CV-580 and De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter collide above Lake Winnebago near Appleton, Wisconsin, killing 13.
Prior to re-entry (following a record-setting stay aboard the Soviet Union's Salyut 1 space station), the crew capsule of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft depressurizes, killing the three cosmonauts on board. Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Pa...
The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
The first Miss Universe pageant is held. Armi Kuusela from Finland wins the title of Miss Universe 1952.
Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.
The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
The Globe Theatre in London, built by William Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, burns to the ground.
Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island.