The China National Space Administration launches an experimental lunar mission, Chang'e 5-T1, which will loop behind the Moon and return to Earth.
Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series.
Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes Zambia.
US President Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam.
The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid.
A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
The United Nations Charter comes into effect.
World War II: Japan's center force is temporarily repulsed in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
World War II: The USS Shark (SS-314) was lost with all 87 hands in the Bashi Straits after torpedoing the Japanese freighter Arisan Maru.
World War II: The USS Tang (SS-306) sank in the Formosa Strait after being struck by its own torpedo, with 78 of its crew lost.
A bloodless coup d'Γ©tat in Brazil ends the First Republic, replacing it with the Vargas Era.
"Black Thursday" on the New York Stock Exchange, the first day of the panic in the markets that contributes to the Great Depression.
World War I: Italian victory in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto.
World War I: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Caporetto on the Austro-Italian front.
First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Jiuliancheng: Under the command of General Yamagata Aritomo, the Imperial Japanese Army covertly crosses the Yalu River into Qing territory and launches an assault on the fortifications at Hushan.
The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.