Tesla launches the SUV Cybertruck. A gaffe occurs during the launch event when its "unbreakable" windows shatter during demonstration.
Robert Mugabe formally resigns as President of Zimbabwe, after thirty-seven years in office.
Massive protests start in Ukraine after President Viktor Yanukovych suspended signing the Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement.
The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, giving rise to massive protests and controversy over the election's integrity.
Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem "God Save the Queen" and "God Defend New Zealand".
Indian troops, partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas), defeat the Pakistan army in the Battle of Garibpur.
U.S. President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Satō agree on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. The U.S. retains rights to bases on the island, but these are to be nuclear-free.
The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI.
The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War.
"La Ronde" opens in Honolulu, the first revolving restaurant in the United States.
World War II: American submarine USS Sealion sinks the Japanese battleship Kongō and Japanese destroyer Urakaze in the Formosa Strait.
Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first female United States Senator.
Irish War of Independence: On "Bloody Sunday" in Dublin, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) assassinated a group of British Intelligence agents, and British forces killed 14 civilians at a Gaelic football match at Croke Park.
The Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as the national flag of the Republic of Estonia.
World War I: Mines from SM U-73 sink HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the war.
Albert Einstein's paper that leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula, E = mc², is published in the journal Annalen der Physik.
The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeat the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first-ever professional American football night game.
Port Arthur, China, falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War; Japanese troops are accused of massacring the remaining inhabitants.
Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.
American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin Secretary of War.