Sangoulé Lamizana, president of Upper Volta, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Colonel Saye Zerbo.
Suriname gains independence from the Netherlands.
State funeral of John F. Kennedy; after lying in state at the United States Capitol, a Requiem Mass takes place at Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle and the President is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends in a Chinese victory. American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle".
World War II: Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina is re-established at the State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
World War II: HMS Barham is sunk by a German torpedo.
World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
Românul de la Pind, the longest-running newspaper by and about Aromanians prior to World War II, ceases its publications.
American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack the sleeping village of Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife at the headwaters of the Powder River.
A cyclone slams into south-eastern India. An estimated 300,000 deaths resulted from the disaster.
The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy.
American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City, three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Later, Fort Pitt will be built nearby and grow into modern Pittsburgh.
The siege of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, ends with the Treaty of Granada.
Elizabeth of York is crowned Queen Consort of England.
Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates the first of his three triumphs for his victory over the Etruscans.