NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission.
The AIDS Memorial Quilt is first displayed during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
Start of Operation Pawan by Indian forces in Sri Lanka. Thousands of civilians, insurgents, soldiers die.
Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.
NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful crewed Apollo mission.
The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
NASA launches Pioneer 1, its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit.
CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.
First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.
The Juliana begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry in New York harbor.
The Royal Navy decisively defeats the Batavian Navy at Camperdown during the French Revolutionary Wars.
American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.