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Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 collided in mid-air with an Embraer Legacy business jet near Peixoto de Azevedo, Brazil, killing 154 people and triggering a national aviation crisis.
John Roberts became the 17th Chief Justice of the United States; he would be the first Chief Justice to serve for twenty years since Melville Fuller in 1908.
Archaeologists and volunteers began excavation of the remains of Fort Tanjong Katong in Singapore.
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Violence and low turnout mar the 2019 Afghan presidential election.
Eleven days after the Uri attack, the Indian Army conducts "surgical strikes" against suspected militants in Pakistani-administered Kashmir.
Over 42 people are killed by members of Boko Haram at the College of Agriculture in Nigeria.
The special court in India convicted all 269 accused officials for atrocity on Dalits and 17 for rape in the Vachathi case.
The 8.1 Mw⯠Samoa earthquake results in a tsunami that kills over 189 and injures hundreds.
The stock market crashes with the Dow Jones dropping a then record 778 points after the United States House of Representatives vote on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act fails during the beginning stages of the Great Recession.
Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion.
A Boeing 737 and an Embraer 600 collide in mid-air, killing 154 people and triggering a Brazilian aviation crisis.
John Roberts is confirmed as Chief Justice of the United States.
The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.
Burt Rutan's Ansari SpaceShipOne performs a successful spaceflight, the first of two required to win the Ansari X Prize.
Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello is impeached.
A Haitian coup d'Ă©tat occurs.
Construction of the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) is completed in Washington, D.C.
The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.
The Tampere Hall, the largest concert and congress center in the Nordic countries, is inaugurated in Tampere, Finland.
NASA launches STS-26, the first Space Shuttle mission since the Challenger disaster.
An Iranian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft crashes into a firing range near Kahrizak, Iran, killing 80 people.
Equatorial Guinean dictator Francisco MacĂas Nguema is executed by soldiers from Western Sahara.
WGPR becomes the first black-owned-and-operated television station in the US.
Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.
Oman joins the Arab League.
A Lockheed L-188 Electra crashes in Buffalo, Texas, killing 34 people.
The Kyshtym disaster is the third-worst nuclear accident ever recorded.
The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
During World War II, German forces, with the aid of local Ukrainian collaborators, begin the two-day Babi Yar massacre.
Two Avro Ansons collide in mid-air over New South Wales, Australia, remain locked together, then land safely.
Last day of the Battle of BoquerĂłn between Paraguay and Bolivia during the Chaco War.
The Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.
The Mandate for Syria and Lebanon takes effect.
The First American Track and Field championships for women are held.
Ukrainian War of Independence: The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic agree to a truce with the Makhnovshchina.
World War I: Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica ending its participation.
World War I: The Hindenburg Line is broken by an Allied attack.
World War I: Germany's Supreme Army Command tells Kaiser Wilhelm II and Imperial Chancellor Georg Michaelis to open negotiations for an armistice to end the war.
Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire, In this war , Italy gains Libya which ends Ottoman rule in North Africa .
The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought in the American Civil War.
The Treaty of Lisbon defines the boundaries between Spain and Portugal and abolishes the Couto Misto microstate.
The Philippine port of Iloilo is opened to world trade by the Spanish administration.
The papal bull Universalis Ecclesiae restores the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales.
The Battle of PĂĄkozd is a stalemate between Hungarian and Croatian forces and is the first battle of the Hungarian Revolution.
The Metropolitan Police of London, later also known as the Met, is founded.
The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130 for the feast of archangel Michael, based on Paul Eber's hymn in twelve stanzas.
An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.
The Cossacks of the Tsardom of Russia kill about 800 people overnight in Hailuoto during the Great Wrath.
Tegucigalpa, capital city of Honduras, is claimed by the Spaniards.
During the French War of Religion, Protestant coup officials in NĂźmes massacre Catholic priests in an event now known as the Michelade.
During the Hundred Years' War, Anglo-Breton forces defeat the Franco-Breton army in Brittany, ending the War of the Breton Succession.
The Treaty of Montgomery recognises Llywelyn ap Gruffudd as Prince of Wales, but only as a vassal of King Henry III.
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, is excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX for his failure to participate in the Crusades during the Investiture Controversy.
Danes capture Canterbury after a siege, taking Ălfheah, archbishop of Canterbury, as a prisoner.
Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.