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War in Somalia: Somali National Army forces and their AMISOM and Raskamboni allies launched an offensive against Al-Shabaab in the latter's last major stronghold of Kismayo.
A protest held by 50,000 people in Conakry, Guinea, was forcefully disrupted by the military junta, resulting in at least 157 deaths and over 1,200 injuries.
Typhoon Xangsane passed Manila on its way to causing more than 300 deaths, mostly in the Phillippines and Vietnam.
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The 2023 Rotterdam shootings occurred, during which two people were killed in a shooting and arson incident at a residence in Delfshaven, Rotterdam. Additionally, one person lost their life in a classroom at the Erasmus University Medical Center.
Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Cayo Costa State Park, Florida as a category four hurricane, killing 169 and doing $113 billion in damage, becoming Florida's costliest hurricane and the deadliest in 89 years.
The 7.5 Mw 2018 Sulawesi earthquake, which triggered a large tsunami, leaves 4,340 dead and 10,679 injured.
The 2016 South Australian blackout occurs, lasting up to three days in some areas.
The 2014 Hong Kong protests begin in response to restrictive political reforms imposed by the NPC in Beijing.
Somali and African Union forces launch a coordinated assault on the Somali port of Kismayo to take back the city from al-Shabaab militants.
Sita Air Flight 601 crashes in Madhyapur Thimi, Nepal, killing all 19 passengers and crew.
The military junta leading Guinea attacks a protest rally, killing or wounding 1,400 people.
Falcon 1 becomes the first privately developed liquid-fuel ground-launched vehicle to put a payload into orbit by the RatSat mission.
The Singapore Grand Prix is held as Formula One's inaugural night race, with Fernando Alonso winning the event. Almost a year later it was revealed that Alonso's team-mate Nelson Piquet Jr. had been ordered to crash his car to help bring out the safety car and give Alonso the advantage and win.
Typhoon Xangsane passes over Manila after impacting parts of Southern Luzon and Eastern Visayas, becoming the strongest to affect the Philippine capital in 11 years.
Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits Al-Aqsa Mosque known to Jews as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of the Comoros in a coup.
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat sign the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
The cruise ferry MSÂ Estonia sinks in the Baltic Sea, killing 852 people.
A Pakistan International Airlines flight crashes into a hill in Nepal, killing all 167 passengers and crew.
The Democratic Progressive Party becomes the first opposition party in Taiwan.
The Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people are taken hostage, takes place in London.
The ITT Building in New York City is bombed in protest at ITT's alleged involvement in the coup d'Ă©tat in Chile.
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack in Cairo.
A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
Fernando Rios, a Mexican tour guide in New Orleans, dies of injuries sustained in an incident of gay bashing.
CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later.
World War II: Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Estonia.
World War II: The Drama uprising against the Bulgarian occupation in northern Greece begins.
Ted Williams achieves a .406 batting average for the season, and becomes the last major league baseball player to bat .400 or better.
World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland.
World War II: The siege of Warsaw comes to an end.
Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.
World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
PhilippineâAmerican War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.
The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a metre.
The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.
The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, having also been the capital of Ontario's predecessors since 1796.
Oscar I of SwedenâNorway is crowned king of Sweden.
The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is drafted. It will be made public on 13 October.
The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
American Revolution: French and American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.
American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
Juan RodrĂguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives at what is now San Diego, California. He is the first European in California.
OttomanâVenetian War: The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive victory over a Holy League fleet in the Battle of Preveza.
Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, defeats Frederick I of Austria in the Battle of MĂŒhldorf.
King James I of Aragon conquers Valencia from the Moors. Shortly thereafter, he proclaims himself king of Valencia.
Queen consort Gertrude of Merania is assassinated by a group of Hungarian lords.
King Henry I of England defeats his brother Robert Curthose at the Battle of Tinchebray.
William the Conqueror lands in England, beginning the Norman conquest.
Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, kills most members of the rival SlavnĂk dynasty.
Duke Wenceslaus I of Bohemia is murdered by a group of nobles led by his brother Boleslaus I, who succeeds him.
Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, and proclaims himself emperor.
Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius.
Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytus of Rome.
Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII.