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More than 100 people are killed when anti-government forces attack key buildings in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan.
A segment of the Lanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately 150,000 l (40,000 US gal) of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River.
Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed.
The Indonesian passenger ferry MV Senopati Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths.
Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin.
A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.
Rizal Day bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a period of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.
In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.
Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
Israel establishes diplomatic relations with Vatican City and also upgrades to full diplomatic relations with Ireland.
Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.
The Guatemalan Air Force sinks several Mexican fishing boats alleged to have breached maritime borders, killing three and sparking international tension.
The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation is established to consolidate criminal investigation and intelligence into a single agency.
Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.
The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.
The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Moscow river three days later.
The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).
Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6-5.
Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.
Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.
The Treaty of St. Louis (1816) between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.
Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.
Hundred Years' War: Battle of La Rochelle
Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city.
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