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Supporters of Congolese religious leader Paul-Joseph Mukungubila carried out a series of attacks on television studios, the airport and a military base in Kinshasa.
Due to a rupture of the LanzhouâZhengzhouâChangsha pipeline in Shaanxi, China, caused approximately 150,000 l (40,000 US gal) of diesel oil flowed down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River six days later.
Pro-government counter-demonstrators held rallies (pictured) in several Iranian cities in response to recent anti-government protests on the holy day of Ashura.
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A large explosion at the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden kills at least 22 people and wounds 50.
More than 100 people are killed when anti-government forces attack key buildings in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
A segment of the LanzhouâZhengzhouâChangsha pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately 150,000Â L (40,000Â USÂ gal) of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River.
A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan.
MadridâBarajas Airport is bombed.
The Indonesian passenger ferry MVÂ Senopati Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths.
Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed.
Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin.
A fire in the RepĂșblica Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 194.
Rizal Day bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a period of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.
In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.
Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
Israel establishes diplomatic relations with Vatican City and also upgrades to full diplomatic relations with Ireland.
Stella Sigcau, Prime minister of the South African Bantustan of Transkei, is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General Bantu Holomisa.
Vietnam War: Operation Linebacker II ends.
Hurricane Creek mine disaster, near Hyden, Kentucky
Aeroflot Flight L-51 crashes near LiepÄja International Airport in LiepÄja, Latvia, killing 43.
The Guatemalan Air Force sinks several Mexican fishing boats alleged to have breached maritime borders, killing three and sparking international tension.
The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation is established to consolidate criminal investigation and intelligence into a single agency.
An RAF Avro Lancaster bomber crashes in Luqa, Malta after an engine failure, killing three crew members and a civilian on the ground.
Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.
Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
The Flint sit-down strike hits General Motors.
The Italian Air Force bombs a Swedish Red Cross hospital during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.
The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is formed.
Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin is murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Petrograd river three days later.
The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).
Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
The Discovery Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott attains a Farthest South at 82°17âČS in Antarctica.
The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.
Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6â5.
Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.
Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.
The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.
War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.
Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.
Reapers' War: Louis XIII of France swears the Catalan constitutions, being appointed Count of Barcelona and thus establishing the personal union of the Principality of Catalonia with the Kingdom of France.
Wars of the Roses: Lancastrians kill the 3rd Duke of York and win the Battle of Wakefield.
Hundred Years' War: Battle of La Rochelle.
Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city.
Battle of Glenmama: The combined forces of Munster and Meath under king Brian Boru inflict a crushing defeat on the allied armies of Leinster and Dublin near Lyons Hill in Ireland.
The second and final edition of the Code of Justinian comes into effect in the Byzantine Empire.