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A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people.
A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people.
The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments.
Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.
Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.
The Miss Sarajevo beauty pageant is held in war torn Sarajevo drawing global attention to the plight of its citizens.
The Russian parliament elects Boris Yeltsin as president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
Signing of an agreement between Egypt and the United States, allowing the manufacture of parts of the F-16 jet fighter plane in Egypt.
The U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.
Falklands War: British forces defeat the Argentines at the Battle of Goose Green.
Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.
Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.
The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber.
World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin.
Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad.
The Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
Jenny Lind leaves New York after her two-year American tour.
Mustafa IV became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
United Irishmen Rebellion: Between 300 and 500 United Irishmen are executed as rebels by the British Army in County Kildare, Ireland.
Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States' colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. state.
American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
The right of settlers in New France to enslave natives is upheld at Quebec City.
English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Byzantine Empire.
Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.
Battle of Monte Porzio: A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel.
Battle of Uclés: Almoravid troops under the command of Tamim ibn Yusuf defeat a Castile and León alliance under the command of Prince Sancho Alfónsez.
The Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city.
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