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Hurricane Irma makes landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean. Irma resulted in at least 134 deaths and over $62 billion (2017 USD) in damage.
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999.
Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, joins the United Nations.
Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated.
Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France.
A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176.
The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain.
Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari.
At the Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet.
World War II: German forces begin their occupation of Rome.
World War II: The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign.
World War II: Canada declares war on Nazi Germany, joining the Allies: Poland, France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.
World War II: The submarine HMS Oxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war.
Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
First World Individual Motorcycle Speedway Championship, Held at London's (England) Wembley Stadium
The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.
Austria and the Allies sign the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan.
Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
The United States defeats the British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
At the Battle of St. George's Caye, British Honduras defeats Spain.
American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.
Spanish Jesuit missionaries land in present-day Virginia to establish the short-lived Ajacán Mission.
Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima: Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts.
The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, the last full-scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI.
An earthquake known as "The Lesser Judgment Day" hits Constantinople.
John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France.
The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.
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