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After losing a league home match to local rivals Persebaya Surabaya, some 3,000 Arema supporters invaded the stadium's pitch and met with police resistance, causing a stampede that killed 135.
The International Court of Justice ruled that Chile was under no obligation to restore Bolivia's access to the Pacific Ocean, which it had lost in the 19th century.
A lone gunman fired more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition from his hotel suite on a crowd attending the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip, resulting in 60 deaths and 867 injuries.
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Israel invaded Southern Lebanon, marking the fifth Israeli invasion of Lebanon since 1978.
One hundred and thirty-five are killed in a human crush following a football match at Kanjuruhan Stadium in East Java, Indonesia.
The 2020 World Expo in Dubai begins. Its opening was originally scheduled for 20 October 2020 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kuopio school stabbing: One dies and ten are injured when Joel Marin, armed with a sabre, attacks a school class at Savo Vocational College in Kuopio, Finland.
The International Court of Justice rules that Chile is not obliged to negotiate access to the Pacific Ocean with Bolivia.
An independence referendum, later declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.
Sixty people are killed and 867 others injured in a mass shooting at a country music festival at the Las Vegas Strip in the United States; the gunman, Stephen Paddock, later commits suicide.
The leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, Pedro Sánchez, resigns. He would return to the position a year later.
A gunman kills nine people at a community college in Oregon.
Heavy rains trigger a major landslide in Guatemala, killing 280 people.
The American cargo vessel SS El Faro sinks with all of its 33 crew after steaming into the eyewall of Hurricane Joaquin.
A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people.
A double bombing of an elementary school in Homs, Syria kills over 50 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.
The popular and controversial English-language imageboard 4chan is launched.
Militants attack the state legislature building in Kashmir, killing 38.
3G wireless technology first becomes available when it is adopted by Japanese telecommunications company NTT Docomo.
Israel-Palestinian conflict: Palestinians protest the killing of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah by Israeli police in northern Israel, beginning the "October 2000 events".
Palau enters a Compact of Free Association with the United States.
Croatian War of Independence: The Siege of Dubrovnik begins.
Denmark introduces the world's first legal same-sex registered partnerships.
The 5.9 Mw Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley with a Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 200.
Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israel attacks the Palestine Liberation Organization's Tunisia headquarters during Operation Wooden Leg.
Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a constructive vote of no confidence.
EPCOT Center (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) opens at Walt Disney World in Florida.
Sony and Phillips launch the compact disc in Japan; on the same day, Sony releases the model CDP-101 compact disc player, the first player of its kind.
Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
The MTR, Hong Kong's rapid transit railway system, opens.
Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.
The first practical CT scanner is used to diagnose a patient.
Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
Guyana nationalizes the British Guiana Broadcasting Service, which would eventually become part of the National Communications Network, Guyana.
West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with no survivors in Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
At dawn, seven Indonesian Army officers and a police inspector were assassinated by the September 30 Movement at Lubang Buaya, East Jakarta. In addition, two more officers were killed in Yogyakarta. The Army pinned the murders to the Communist Party of Indonesia, resulting in mass killings of suspected leftists.
The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.
Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
On its third anniversary as an independent nation, Nigeria became a republic.
James Meredith becomes the first African American student to enroll at the University of Mississippi.
The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization.
East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
The CTV Television Network, Canada's first private television network, is launched.
Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is replaced by NASA.
The motto In God We Trust first appears on U.S. paper currency.
The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
Andhra State is formed, consisting of a Telugu-speaking area carved out of India's Madras State.
A United States-South Korea mutual defense treaty is concluded in Washington, D.C.
The People's Republic of China is established.
The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
Nazi leaders are sentenced at the Nuremberg trials.
The Daegu October incident occurs in Allied-occupied Korea.
World War II: After the Four Days of Naples, Allied troops enter the city.
World War II: USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru, not knowing that she is carrying British prisoners of war from Hong Kong.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy Warsaw.
Pursuant to the Munich Agreement signed the day before, Nazi Germany begins the military occupation and annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland.
Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of Catalan defence militias over to the Generalitat.
The George Washington Bridge in the United States is opened, linking New Jersey and New York.
Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.
The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
Newark Liberty International Airport opens, becoming the first airport in the New York City metro area.
The 1923 Imperial Conference opened in London.
Georges Carpentier knocked out former British heavyweight champion Joe Beckett a mere twenty seconds into the first round of their boxing match at Olympia in London.
World War I: The Egyptian Expeditionary Force captures Damascus.
Sayid Abdullah becomes the last Khan of Khiva.
The Metamorphosis written by Franz Kafka is published in the German journal Die Weißen Blätter
A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
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.
Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.
Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
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.
Texian political delegates convene at San Felipe de Austin to petition for changes in the governance of Mexican Texas.
The South African College is founded in Cape Town, later separating 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.
The Congress of Vienna opens with the intention of redrawing Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleon in the previous spring.
Via the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, Spain cedes Louisiana to France, which would sell the land to the United States thirty months later.
More than a year after the Battle of Sprimont, the Austrian Netherlands (present-day Belgium) are officially annexed by Revolutionary France.
First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
The city of Tampere, Finland (belonging to Sweden at this time) is founded by King Gustav III of Sweden.
Ahmed III is forced to abdicate as the Ottoman sultan.
The coronation of Shah Abbas I of Persia occurs.
The coronation of Queen Mary I of England is held at Westminster Abbey.
Pope John XIII is consecrated.
Edgar the Peaceful becomes king of all England, in succession to Eadwig.
Pope Damasus I is consecrated.
Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.