Donald Trump becomes the first sitting US President to visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
Protests begin around Egypt against President Mohamed Morsi and the ruling Freedom and Justice Party, leading to their overthrow during the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état.
Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310-300, crashes into the Indian Ocean near Comoros, killing 152 of the 153 people on board. A 14-year-old girl named Bahia Bakari survives the crash.
A coup d'état in Sudan deposes the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi and President Ahmed al-Mirghani.
The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands.
Concorde 001 intercepts the path of a total solar eclipse and follows the moon's shadow, experiencing the longest total eclipse observation.
The first leap second is added to the UTC time system.
Belgian Congo gains independence as Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville).
The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.
The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States.
World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France.
Albert Einstein sends the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik.
The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".
Under An act to divide the Indiana Territory into two separate governments, adopted by the U.S. Congress on January 11, 1805, the Michigan Territory is organized.
Northwest Indian War: Native American forces under Blue Jacket attack Fort Recovery.
The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William, which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution.