Israel complies with UN Security Council Resolution 425 after 22 years of it issuance, which calls on Israel to completely withdraw from Lebanon. Israel withdraws from all of Lebanon, except the disputed Sheba Farms.

The Dairat Labguer massacre in Algeria; 50 people are killed.

Imre Nagy, the former Hungarian Prime Minister, is reburied in Budapest.

Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.

Soweto uprising: a non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.

The largest single-site hydro-electric power project in Canada is inaugurated at Churchill Falls, Labrador.

Red Army Faction member Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.

Soviet Space Program: ''Vostok 6'' Mission – Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.

Imre Nagy, Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed.

A Communist government is installed in Lithuania.

World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Premier of Vichy France.

Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.

The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the USSR, Artek, is established.

The Whampoa Military Academy is founded.

General election in the Irish Free State: a large majority goes to the pro-Treaty Sinn Féin.

Foundation of the British Women's Institute.

A 772 gram stony meteorite strikes the earth near Kilbourn, Columbia County, Wisconsin damaging a barn.

Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".

Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolai Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.

Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo, Norway.

The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.

A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.

John Abbott becomes Canada's third Prime Minister.

The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England kills 183 children.

The University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests, except for courses in theology.

Battle of Morar takes place during the Indian Mutiny.

Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois.

The Papal conclave of 1846 concludes. Pope Pius IX is elected Pope beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy (not counting St. Peter).

The formation of the London Working Men's Association gives rise to the Chartist Movement.

Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before the Battle of Waterloo.

First Battle of Groix otherwise known as Cornwallis' Retreat.

Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the siege of Gibraltar begins.

Foundation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.

French and Indian War: the French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.

War of Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza.

Sir William Pepperell captures the French Fortress Louisbourg in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia during the War of the Austrian Succession.

British troops take Cape Breton Island, which is now part of Nova Scotia, Canada.

Mary, Queen of Scots, recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir and successor.

Battle of Stoke Field, the final engagement of the Wars of the Roses.