Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.
Uttawar forced sterilisations: Mass vasectomy of nearly 800 men of Uttawar village, Palwal district, Haryana during India's Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi.
Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ is appointed to head the South Vietnamese government by General Dương Văn Minh's junta, five days after the latter deposed and assassinated President Ngô Đình Diệm.
World War II: The 1st Ukrainian Front liberates Kyiv from German occupation.
President William McKinley is re-elected, along with his vice-presidential running mate, Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York.
In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.
Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States with only 40% of the popular vote, defeating John C. Breckinridge, John Bell, and Stephen A. Douglas in a four-way race.
Battle of Jemappes in the French Revolutionary Wars.