The first of many attacks on Mumbai, India are fired. These ten coordinated attacks by Pakistan-based terrorists kill 164 and injure more than 300 people in Mumbai.

Male Po'ouli (Black-faced honeycreeper) dies of Avian malaria in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct.

Ruzhou School massacre: a man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou, China.

Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.

Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Republic of Ireland's parliament.

The Delta II rocket makes its maiden flight.

Iran-Contra scandal: U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the Tower Commission.

Brink's-MAT robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-MAT vault at Heathrow Airport.

'Vrillon', claiming to be the representative of the 'Ashtar Galactic Command', takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes at 5:12 PM.

In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1 mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded.

Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire and is later awarded the Medal of Honor.

In the Hammaguir launch facility in the Sahara Desert, France launches a Diamant-A rocket with its first satellite, ''Asterix-1'' on board, becoming the third country to enter outer space.

Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China launch a massive counterattack in North Korea against South Korean and United Nations forces (the Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River and the Battle of Chosin Reservoir), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict.

The Indian Constituent Assembly adopts India's constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.

World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop on New Cross High Street, United Kingdom, killing 168 shoppers.

World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium.

World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia.

Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates the incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.

''Toll of the Sea'' debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor (''The Gulf Between'' was the first film to do so but it was not widely distributed).

Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.

The Podgorica Assembly votes for "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.

The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.

Phi Sigma Sigma is founded at Hunter College in New York City.

Sigma Alpha Mu is founded in the City College of New York by 8 Jewish young men.

Battle of Papudo: The Spanish navy engages a combined Peruvian-Chilean fleet north of Valparaiso, Chile.

American Civil War: Battle of Mine Run|Mine Run

The University of Notre Dame is founded.

At Union College in Schenectady, New York a group of college students form Kappa Alpha Society, the first college social fraternity.

Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.

A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as recommended by President George Washington and approved by Congress.

The Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of the United States established.

In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.

Vlad III Dracula defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Bathory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.

The Asturian queen Adosinda is put up in a monastery to prevent her kin from retaking the throne from Mauregatus.