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Typhoon Ketsana hits the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.
Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.
The PBS Kids Channel is shut down and replaced by a joint network with Comcast called Sprout.
An overcrowded Senegalese ferry, MV Le Joola, capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000.
The MS Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.
Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan, Indonesia, airport, killing 234.
The United Kingdom and China agree to a transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, to take place in 1997.
Australia II wins the America's Cup, ending the New York Yacht Club's 132-year domination of the race.
Soviet nuclear false alarm incident: Military officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike.
Baseball: Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
At the Oktoberfest terror attack in Munich 13 people die and 211 are injured.
In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.
Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.
United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
World War II: On the central front of the Gothic Line Brazilian troops control the Serchio Valley region after 10 days of fighting.
The Holocaust: August Frank, a higher official of the SS concentration camp administration department, issues a memorandum containing a great deal of operational detail in how Jews should be "evacuated".
As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.
World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the bloodiest single battle in American history, begins.
The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.
New Zealand and Newfoundland each become dominions within the British Empire.
Albert Einstein publishes his first paper on the special theory of relativity.
A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.
War of the 2nd Coalition: Second Battle of Zurich Austro-Russian forces under Korsakov are defeated by Franco-Swiss under André Masséna, leading to the collapse of Alexander Suvorov's campaign.
Marc-David Lasource begins accusing Maximilien Robespierre of wanting a dictatorship for France.
Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State, John Jay is appointed the first Chief Justice of the United States, Samuel Osgood is appointed the first United States Postmaster General, and Edmund Randolph is appointed the first United States Attorney General.
American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.
The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.
The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed by an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Morosini who are besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens.
Pope Alexander VI issues the papal bull Dudum siquidem to the Catholic Monarchs, extending the grant of new lands he made them in Inter caetera.
Serbian-Turkish wars: The forces of the Ottoman sultan Murad I's lieutenant Lala Şahin Pasha and the Serbian army under the command of Vukašin Mrnjavčević and Jovan Uglješa clash at the Battle of Maritsa.
Friso-Hollandic Wars: Frisians defeat Holland in the Battle of Warns.
Golden Bull of Sicily is issued to confirm the hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty.
William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until 1100.
Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to his mythical ancestor Venus Genetrix in accordance with a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus.
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