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Gunmen attack Garissa University College in Kenya, killing at least 148 people and wounding 79 others.
A spree shooting occurs at the Fort Hood army base in Texas, with four dead, including the gunman, and 16 others injured.
A mass shooting at Oikos University in California leaves seven people dead and three injured.
Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; Tennessee is hardest hit with 29 people killed.
Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid; the attack is thwarted.
Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem into which armed Palestinians had retreated.
In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia.
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba, to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
Alabama governor George Wallace, a former segregationist, best known for the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door", announces that he will not seek a fifth four-year term and will retire from public life upon the end of his term in January 1987.
Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.
United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act.
A Soviet bio-warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock.
Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from Quảng Ngãi Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.
Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s.
As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS-TV. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
"Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, St Petersburg.
The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
American Civil War: Defeat at the Third Battle of Petersburg forces the Army of Northern Virginia and the Confederate government to abandon Richmond, Virginia.
American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.
French Revolutionary Wars: The British capture the Danish fleet.
Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna.
The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first sights land in what is now the United States state of Florida.
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