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A bomb exploded in the Myyrmanni shopping center in Helsinki, Finland (aftermath pictured), resulting in seven deaths and 159 injuries.
Sri Lankan Civil War: The Indian Peace Keeping Force began Operation Pawan to take control of Jaffna from the Tamil Tigers and enforce their disarmament as a part of the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord.
An estimated 750,000 people attended the "Great March" in Washington, D.C., to demand greater civil rights for the LGBT community.
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Soyuz MS-10, launching an intended crew for the ISS, suffers an in-flight abort. The crew lands safely.
A migrant boat sinks in the Channel of Sicily, with at least 359 people drowning.
A bomb attack in a Myyrmanni shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven.
The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission.
Air Botswana pilot Chris Phatswe steals an ATR 42 from Sir Seretse Khama International Airport and later crashes it into two other aircraft at the airport, killing himself.
Prof. Anita Hill delivers her televised testimony concerning sexual harassment during the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination.
The AIDS Memorial Quilt is first displayed during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
Start of Operation Pawan by Indian forces in Sri Lanka. Thousands of civilians, insurgents, soldiers die.
Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Iceland to continue discussions about scaling back IRBM arsenals in Europe.
Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.
Aeroflot Flight 3352 crashes into maintenance vehicles upon landing in Omsk, Russia, killing 178.
George Washington is posthumously promoted to the grade of General of the Armies.
NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful crewed Apollo mission.
The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
NASA launches Pioneer 1, its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit.
In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
The Tuvan People's Republic is annexed by the Soviet Union.
World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.
Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia.
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on 22 October.
The 7.1 Mw San Fermín earthquake shakes Puerto Rico. The quake and resulting tsunami kill up to 116 people.
First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.
The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.
The Juliana begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry in New York harbor.
The Royal Navy decisively defeats the Batavian Navy at Camperdown during the French Revolutionary Wars.
American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
Cromwell's New Model Army sacks Wexford, killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians.
The Burchardi flood kills around 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
The New Netherland Company applies to the States General of the Netherlands for exclusive trading rights in what is now the northeastern United States.
The peerage and clergy restrict the authority of English kings with the Ordinances of 1311.
A peace treaty ends the Jin–Song wars.
A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo; it is one of the most destructive earthquakes ever.