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22 people are killed at an Ariana Grande concert in the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing.
The Republic of Ireland becomes the first nation in the world to legalize gay marriage in a public referendum.
An explosion occurs in Ürümqi, the capital of China's far-western Xinjiang region, resulting in at least 43 deaths and 91 injuries.
General Prayut Chan-o-cha becomes interim leader of Thailand in a military coup d'état, following six months of political turmoil.
Tokyo Skytree opens to the public. It is the tallest tower in the world (634 m), and the second tallest man-made structure on Earth, after Burj Khalifa (829.8 m).
An EF5 tornado strikes Joplin, Missouri, killing 162 people and wreaking $2.8 billion in damage—the costliest and seventh-deadliest single tornado in U.S. history.
An Air India Express Boeing 737 goes over a cliff and crashes upon landing at Mangalore, India, killing 158 of the 166 people on board. It is the worst crash involving a Boeing 737.
Civil Rights Movement: A jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murders of four girls in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.
In Sri Lanka, over 150 Tamil rebels are killed over two days of fighting for control in Jaffna.
A U.S. federal judge rules that U.S. Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a grand jury concerning the Lewinsky scandal involving President Bill Clinton.
The Burmese military regime jails 71 supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi in a bid to block a pro-democracy meeting.
A worldwide trade embargo goes into effect against Haiti to punish its military rulers for not reinstating the country's ousted elected leader, Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia join the United Nations.
North and South Yemen are unified to create the Republic of Yemen.
First ever Rugby World Cup kicks off with New Zealand playing Italy at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand.
Over 400 women in Derry, Northern Ireland attack the offices of Sinn Féin following the shooting by the Irish Republican Army of a young British soldier on leave.
Ceylon adopts a new constitution, becoming a Republic, changes its name to Sri Lanka, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
Apollo 10's lunar module flies within 8.4 nautical miles (16 km) of the moon's surface.
The nuclear-powered submarine the USS Scorpion sinks with 99 men aboard, 400 miles southwest of the Azores.
The L'Innovation department store in Brussels, Belgium, burns down, resulting in 323 dead or missing and 150 injured, the most devastating fire in Belgian history.
Greek left-wing politician Grigoris Lambrakis is shot in an assassination attempt and dies five days later.
Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board.
The Great Chilean earthquake, measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, hits southern Chile. It is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
The 1958 riots in Ceylon become a watershed in the race relationship of various ethnic communities of Sri Lanka. The total deaths is estimated at 300, mostly Tamils.
South Africa's government approves racial separation in universities.
Near Xining, China, a 8.3 quake causes 200,000 deaths in one of the world's most destructive earthquakes.
Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, the only volcano other than Mount St. Helens to erupt in the contiguous U.S. during the 20th century.
The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
American Civil War: After ten weeks, the Union Army's Red River Campaign ends in failure.
American Civil War: Union forces begin the Siege of Port Hudson which lasts 48 days, the longest siege in U.S. military history.
Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina severely beats Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made regarding Southerners and slavery.
Future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is issued a patent for an invention to lift boats, making him the only U.S. President to ever hold a patent.
The transportation of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.
The SS Savannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
A mob in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England, riots over high unemployment and rising grain costs, which spreads to Ely the next day.
On the second and last day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling (near Vienna, Austria), Napoleon I is repelled by an enemy army for the first time.
A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition officially began as the Corps of Discovery departed from St. Charles, Missouri.
Trevi Fountain in Rome is officially completed and inaugurated by Pope Clement XIII.
Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II and Danish King Christian IV sign the Treaty of Lübeck to end the Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War.
Start of the Wars of the Roses: At the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.
Pope Gregory XI issues five papal bulls to denounce the doctrines of English theologian John Wycliffe.
The Brussels massacre: Several Jews are murdered and the rest of the Jewish community is banished from Brussels.
Serbian King Stefan Uroš I and the Republic of Venice sign a peace treaty.
Henry Raspe is elected anti-king of the Kingdom of Germany, in opposition to Conrad IV.
King John of England and King Philip II of France sign the Treaty of Le Goulet.
A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys the undefended Damietta in Egypt.
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