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A hot air balloon crashes near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people.
A train derails in Burlington, Ontario, Canada killing at least three people and injuring 45.
The New York Philharmonic performs in Pyongyang, North Korea; this is the first event of its kind to take place in North Korea.
Keddies, the Southend-on-Sea department store closes it doors after 104 years of trading.
The UK's oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapses after a rogue securities broker Nick Leeson loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts.
World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand.
Nagorno-Karabakh War: Khojaly Massacre: Armenian armed forces open fire on Azeri civilians at a military post outside the town of Khojaly leaving hundreds dead.
Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.
U.N. Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket
A New York-bound Alitalia airliner crashes into a cemetery in Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.
Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.
In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government.
Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.
President Calvin Coolidge signs an executive order establishing the 96,000 acre Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
HMHS Britannic, sister to the RMS Titanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.
Galileo Galilei is formally banned by the Roman Catholic Church from teaching or defending the view that the earth orbits the sun.
Battle of Benevento: An army led by Charles, Count of Anjou, defeats a combined German and Sicilian force led by Manfred, King of Sicily. Manfred is killed in the battle and Pope Clement IV invests Charles as king of Sicily and Naples.
Mongol-Jin War: The Mongols capture Kaifeng, the capital of the Jin dynasty, after besieging it for months.
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