The Republic of Ragusa is founded.

Republic of Ragusa

Cornish rebels Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank are executed at Tyburn, London, England.

CornwallMichael An GofThomas FlamankTyburn

The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs.

Stratford MartyrsBurned at the stakeProtestant

In the Battle of Dettingen, George II becomes the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle.

Battle of DettingenGeorge II of Great Britain

General James Wolfe begins the siege of Quebec.

James WolfeQuebec

Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina during the Anglo-Cherokee War.

CherokeeBritish EmpireBattle of EchoeeOtto, North CarolinaAnglo-Cherokee War

British forces take Buenos Aires during the first British invasions of the River Plate.

Buenos AiresBritish invasions of the River Plate

Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are killed by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.

Joseph SmithLatter Day Saint movementHyrum SmithDeath of Joseph SmithCarthage, Illinois

Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War.

Battle of Kennesaw MountainAtlanta CampaignAmerican Civil War

The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.

Baltimore and Ohio RailroadRoyal Blue (train)Railway electrification system

The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.

CircumnavigationJoshua SlocumNova Scotia

During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.

Russo-Japanese WarRussian battleship Potemkin

Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi convenes an eleven-day conference to discuss Japan's strategy in China. The Tanaka Memorial, a forged plan for world domination, is later claimed to be a secret report leaked from this conference.

Prime Minister of JapanTanaka GiichiEmpire of JapanTanaka Memorial

Romanian authorities launch one of the most violent pogroms in Jewish history in the city of Iași, resulting in the murder of at least 13,266 Jews.

Romania in World War IIIași pogromIași

German troops capture the city of Białystok during Operation Barbarossa.

BiałystokOperation Barbarossa

In the Canadian Citizenship Act, the Parliament of Canada establishes the definition of Canadian citizenship.

Canadian Citizenship Act 1946Parliament of Canada

The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.

Korean War

Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land.

Decree 900

The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.

Obninsk Nuclear Power PlantSoviet UnionNuclear power stationObninsk

The 1954 FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match between Hungary and Brazil, highly anticipated to be exciting, instead turns violent, with three players ejected and further fighting continuing after the game.

1954 FIFA World CupHungary national football teamBrazil national football teamBattle of Berne (1954 FIFA World Cup)

Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas-Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana.

Hurricane AudreyTexasLouisianaCameron, Louisiana

After only three years in business, rock promoter Bill Graham closes Fillmore East in New York, the "Church of Rock and Roll".

Bill Graham (promoter)Fillmore East

The President of Uruguay Juan María Bordaberry dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship.

President of UruguayJuan María Bordaberry

U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union.

President of the United StatesRichard NixonSoviet Union

Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.

Air FranceOperation EntebbeTel AvivAthensPalestine Liberation Organization

France grants independence to Djibouti.

Djibouti

Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870, also known in Italy as the Ustica disaster, mysteriously explodes in mid-air while en route from Bologna, to Palermo, Italy, killing all 81 on board.

Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870BolognaPalermoItaly

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issues its "Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China", laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong.

Central Committee of the Communist Party of ChinaCultural RevolutionMao Zedong

Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.

Space Shuttle ColumbiaKennedy Space CenterSTS-4

The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people.

Gare de Lyon rail accidentParis