The 2023 Rugby World Cup final is held at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France. It saw South Africa defeat New Zealand 12 to 11, claiming their fourth Webb Ellis Cup, becoming the first nation to do so.
Jair Bolsonaro is elected president of Brazil with 57 million votes, with Workers' Party candidate Fernando Haddad as the runner-up. It is the first time in 16 years that a Workers' Party candidate is not elected president.
A rocket carrying NASA's Cygnus CRS Orb-3 resupply mission to the International Space Station explodes seconds after taking off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops Island, Virginia.
NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its short-lived Constellation program.
US President Barack Obama signs the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina.
Hungarian Revolution: A de facto ceasefire comes into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who begin to withdraw from Budapest. Communist officials and facilities come under attack by revolutionaries.
Paul Hermann Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.
The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at Dawson Creek in Canada.
World War II: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania a few hours later.
Indonesia Raya, now the national anthem of Indonesia, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
World War I: A new Polish government in western Galicia is established, triggering the Polish–Ukrainian War.
World War I: Czech politicians peacefully take over the city of Prague, thus establishing the First Czechoslovak Republic.
US president Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
The United Tribes of New Zealand are established with the signature of the Declaration of Independence.
American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.
The Treaty of Ripon is signed, ending the hostilities of the Second Bishops' War.
Christopher Columbus lands in Cuba on his first voyage to the New World, surmising that it is Japan.
The Byzantine Empire recovers Antioch from Arab rule.