As part of the Holy See–United Kingdom relations a British monarch makes the first state visit to the Vatican.
Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
The first attempt of the apartheid analogy by Ahmad Shukeiri.
The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England.
Indonesian Army elements surrounded the Merdeka Palace demanding President Sukarno disband the Provisional People's Representative Council.
World War II: The USS Kearny becomes the first U.S. Navy vessel to be torpedoed by a U-boat.
Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.
Leeds United F.C. founded at Salem Chapel, Holbeck after the winding up of Leeds City F.C. for making illegal payments to players during World War I
Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open).
The silver deposits of Agua Amarga are discovered in Chile becoming in the following years instrumental for the Patriots to finance the Chilean War of Independence.
Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor Jacques I, is assassinated after an oppressive rule.
Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria, ending the War of the First Coalition.
American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army at Saratoga, New York.