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American political activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at an event at Utah Valley University.
Members of the Atlanta Police Department conducted a raid on a gay bar, with patrons later alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated and the city agreeing to pay over $1 million in settlements.
British forces freed soldiers and civilians who had been held captive by the militant group the West Side Boys, contributing to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
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American right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk is assassinated while onstage at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
Polaris Dawn, the first private crewed spaceflight to involve a spacewalk, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Hurricane Irma makes landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida as a Category 4, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean. Irma resulted in 134 deaths and $77.2 billion (2017 USD) in damage.
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999.
Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, becomes a full member of the United Nations.
Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated.
During his appearance on the British TV game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, contestant Charles Ingram reaches the £1 million top prize, but it was later revealed that he had cheated to the top prize by listening to coughs from his wife and another contestant.
Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France.
A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176.
Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain.
In the Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 15 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari, the deadliest accident in F1 history.
At the Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet.
World War II: In the course of Operation Achse, German troops begin their occupation of Rome.
World War II: The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign.
World War II: The submarine HMS Oxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war.
World War II: The Canadian declaration of war on Germany receives royal assent.
Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
The first world individual Speedway World Championship was held at London's Wembley Stadium.
The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally owned IND, is opened.
The Republic of German-Austria signs the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, ceding significant territories to Italy, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia.
Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan.
Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid 55 Pandora.
Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.
The United States defeats a British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
At the Battle of St. George's Caye, British Honduras defeats Spain.
American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
Johann Sebastian Bach leads the first performance of Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78, a chorale cantata based on a passion hymn by Johann Rist.
Reapers' War: Junta de Braços (Assembly of Estates) of the Principality of Catalonia summoned. It assumes the sovereignty and enacts a series of revolutionary measures which will lead to the Catalan Republic.
Fifty-five Christians are executed in Nagasaki during the Great Genna Martyrdom.
John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.
Edward Maria Wingfield is ousted as first president of the governing council of the Colony of Virginia; he is replaced by John Ratcliffe.
German pirate Klein Henszlein and 33 of his crew are beheaded in Hamburg.
Spanish Jesuit missionaries land in present-day Virginia to establish the short-lived Ajacán Mission.
Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima: Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts.
The Battle of Pinkie, the last full-scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI.
Thomas Wolsey is invested as a Cardinal.
An earthquake known as "The Lesser Judgment Day" hits Constantinople.
John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France.
The first synod of pope Urban II starts in Melfi, with seventy bishops and twelve abbots in attendance. The synod issues several decrees about church law and deals with the relation with the Greek part of the Church.
The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.