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The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian-Kurdish forces.
A gunman kills twelve people at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.
Mercenaries working for Blackwater Worldwide shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad
One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people.
The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.
Hurricane Ivan makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane.
The British government lifts the broadcasting ban imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988.
Black Wednesday: The pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark.
The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega ends in the United States with a 40-year sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering.
The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge.
The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.
Lebanon War: The Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon takes place.
The 7.4 Mw Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 15,000 people were killed.
Armenian champion swimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen into a Yerevan reservoir.
Cape Verde, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations.
King Hussein of Jordan declares military rule following the hijacking of four civilian airliners by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). This results in the formation of the Black September Palestinian paramilitary unit.
The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.
Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore soon leaves this new country.
Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head.
Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people.
The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury.
The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.
A Soviet Navy Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.
Typhoon Kathleen hits Saitama, Tokyo and Tone River area, at least 1,930 killed.
World War II: The surrender of the Japanese troops in Hong Kong is accepted by Royal Navy Admiral Sir Cecil Harcourt.
World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno.
World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.
The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.
Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.
The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the nation's oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.
American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
In Campo Maior, Portugal, a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two thirds of its inhabitants.
James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
Emperor Severus II is captured and imprisoned at Tres Tabernae. He is later executed (or forced to commit suicide) after Galerius unsuccessfully invades Italy.
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