Several Russian drones incur on Polish airspace and are subsequently shot down, marking the first time a NATO member has engaged Russian military assets.
The Indian space agency puts into orbit its heaviest foreign satellite yet, in a streak of 21 consecutive successful PSLV launches.
The Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated.
Space Shuttle Program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-115 to resume assembling the International Space Station. It is the first ISS assembly mission after the Columbia disaster back in 2003.
Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-64.
Tajikistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
Allegheny Airlines Flight 863 collides in mid-air with a Piper PA-28 Cherokee over Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana, killing all 83 people on board both aircraft.
The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near New Orleans, leaving 76 dead and $1.42 billion ($10–12 billion in 2005 dollars) in damages, becoming the first hurricane to cause over $1 billion in unadjusted damage.
Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
Second Sino-Japanese War: The Empire of Japan formally surrenders to China.
World War II: The Fatherland Front takes power in Bulgaria through a military coup in the capital and armed rebellion in the country. A new pro-Soviet government is established.
World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy.
World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon.
George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.
The Greco-Turkish War effectively ends with Turkish victory over the Greeks in Smyrna.
World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
Amalthea becomes the last moon to be discovered without the use of photography.