President Of Pakistan Pervez Musharaf resigned due to pressure from opposition.

Massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java, affecting almost 100 million people.

Dennis Rader is sentenced to 175 years in prison for the BTK serial killings.

A Federal jury finds the US EPA guilty of discrimination against Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, later inspiring passage of the No FEAR Act.

Wang Laboratories files for bankruptcy.

Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia.

Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 22 people and causing over USD $1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).

Japanese election law is amended to allow for proportional representation.

Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa. He would later die of the injuries sustained during this arrest bringing attention to South Africa's apartheid policies.

In the Korean Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjeom, the Axe Murder Incident results in the death of two US soldiers.

Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.

Vietnam War: the Battle of Long Tan occurs, when a patrol of 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment encounter the Viet Cong.

Vietnam War: Operation Starlite begins – United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war.

American civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first black person to graduate from the University of Mississippi.

Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel ''Lolita'' is published in the United States.

Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium is assassinated by far-right elements.

The Australian cricket team completed a 4–0 Ashes series win over England during their undefeated ''Invincibles'' tour.

Adolf Hitler orders a temporary halt to Nazi Germany's systematic T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and the handicapped due to protests.

The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York State, United States with Ontario, Canada over the St. Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.

A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.

Mayor of Tokyo Yukio Ozaki presents Washington, D.C. with 2,000 cherry trees, which President Taft decides to plant near the Potomac River.

German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright Brothers.

Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.

Asaph Hall discovers Martian moon Phobos.

Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.

French astronomer Pierre Jules César Janssen discovers helium.

American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern

Minnesota trader Andrew Myrick is killed and has his mouth stuffed with grass.

Camila O'Gorman and Ladislao Gutierrez are executed on the orders of Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas.

The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton Roads in 1838

A huge fireball meteor is seen across the United Kingdom as it passes over the east coast.

The Covenant of the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts is first signed.

Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.

John White, the governor of the Colony of Roanoke, returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted.

Virginia Dare, granddaughter of governor John White of the Colony of Roanoke, becomes the first English child born in the Americas.

Marriage in Paris of the future Huguenot King Henry IV of Navarre to Marguerite de Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.

The city of Riga is founded.