Islamic State operatives carry out a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris, including suicide bombings, mass shootings and a hostage crisis. The terrorists kill 130 people, making it the deadliest attack in France since the Second World Wa...
War on terror: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
Philippine House Speaker Manny Villar passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.
As part of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) project, Joel Armengaud discovers the project's first Mersenne prime number,
Mozambique becomes the first state to join the Commonwealth of Nations without having been part of the former British Empire.
The High Court of Australia rules in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented.
Xavier Suárez is sworn in as Miami's first Cuban-born mayor.
The first of its many UFO sightings is made at Pudasjärvi, Finland.
Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.
The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Guadalcanal campaign.
Walt Disney's animated musical film Fantasia is first released at New York's Broadway Theatre, on the first night of a roadshow.
The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
World War I: Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
World War I: beginning of the First Battle of Monte Grappa (in Italy known as the "First Battle of the Piave"). The Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces, despite help from the German Alpenkorps and numerical superiority, will fail their offensive against th...
World War I: Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism by Charles Lafontaine, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.
American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomery occupy Montreal.
First English Civil War: Battle of Turnham Green: The Royalist forces withdraw in the face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London.