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Fifty-eight people are killed and 546 others injured in a mass shooting on a country music festival at the Las Vegas Strip; the gunman, Stephen Paddock, later commits suicide.
An independence referendum, declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia, Spain.
Heavy rains trigger a major landslide in the village of El Cambray Dos within Santa Catarina Pinula, killing 280 people.
Umpqua Community College shooting: A gunman kills nine people at a community college in Roseburg, Oregon.
A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in the village of Gorni Lom in Northwestern Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people.
A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
Militants attack the state legislature building in Srinagar, Kashmir, killing 38.
Palau gains independence from the United Nations (trusteeship administered by the United States of America).
Denmark introduces the world's first legal modern same-sex civil union called "registered partnership".
The 5.9 Mw Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley with a Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 200.
The Israeli Air Force bombs Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) headquarters in Tunis.
Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).
Epcot opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a constructive vote of no confidence.
Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T. & the M.G.'s), is fatally shot five times in the back in his own home.
Thrilla in Manila: Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
The Seychelles gain internal self-government. The Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands and take the name Tuvalu.
The first brain-scan using x-ray computed tomography (CT or CAT scan) is performed at Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon, London.
Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, United States.
West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with eighteen fatalities and no survivors 5.5 miles south of Wemme, Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
General Suharto puts down an apparent coup attempt by the 30 September Movement in Indonesia.
Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of University of California, Berkeley.
First broadcast of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
The United States Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military espionage organization.
The People's Republic of China is established and declared by Mao Zedong.
Daegu October Incident occurs in Allied occupied Korea.
World War II: USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru not knowing she is carrying British PoWs from Hong Kong
The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey and New York opens.
Sir Percy Cox lands in Basra to assume his responsibilities as High Commissioner in Iraq.
World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia", capture Damascus.
Los Angeles Times bombing: A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, killing 21.
Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present day
The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American system of watch manufacturing.
The News of the World tabloid begins publication in London.
Texian political delegates convene at San Felipe de Austin to petition for changes in the governance of Mexican Texas.
South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa; it will later separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.
Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination of Armenia.
Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleon the previous spring.
Spain cedes Louisiana to France via the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso.
The Austrian Netherlands (present-day Belgium) are annexed by Revolutionary France.
Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
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