Myanmar Air Force airstrikes a concert in Hpakant Township, Kachin state killing at least 80 people, including senior Kachin Independence Organisation officials, in the Hpakant massacre.
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-120, with Pamela Melroy becoming the second female space shuttle commander.
Yolanda Saldívar is found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of popular Latin singer Selena.
Secret police shoot several anti-communist protesters, igniting the Hungarian Revolution.
World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf begins.
World War II: Allied forces commence the Second Battle of El Alamein, which proves to be the key turning point in the North African campaign.
World War II: The Battle for Henderson Field begins on Guadalcanal.
Adolf Hitler and Francisco Franco meet at Hendaye to discuss the possibility of Spain entering the Second World War.
Second Zhili–Fengtian War: Warlord Feng Yuxiang, with the covert support of the Empire of Japan, stages a coup in Beijing against his erstwhile superiors in the Zhili clique, crippling their nearly victorious war effort against the Fengtian clique an...
First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo between the Serbian and Ottoman armies begins.
The Italo-Turkish War sees the first use of an airplane in combat when an Italian pilot makes a reconnaissance flight.
Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe.
Assommoir bombing: Anarchists such as Fanny Madignier commit the first deadly anarchist attack in France.
American Civil War: The Battle of Westport is the last significant engagement west of the Mississippi River, ending in a Union victory.
Second Opium War: Dissatisfied with imperial commissioner Ye Mingchen's reparations for the alleged slighting of a British-owned vessel and at Consul Harry Parkes's urging, British Rear-Admiral Michael Seymour launches an assault on the Barrier Forts...
The first National Women's Rights Convention begins in Worcester, Massachusetts.
General Claude François de Malet begins a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon, claiming that the Emperor died in the Russian campaign.
The First Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain convenes.
The Battle of Edgehill is the first major battle of the English Civil War.