President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea walks across the Military Demarcation Line into North Korea on his way to the second Inter-Korean Summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

Five school girls are murdered by Charles Carl Roberts in a shooting at an Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania before Roberts commits suicide.

Ethan Allen Boating Accident: The ''Ethan Allen'' tour boat capsizes on Lake George in Upstate New York, killing twenty people.

The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.

NATO backs U.S. military strikes following 9/11.

Swissair liquidates and the airline is replaced by SWISS.

The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.

Aeroperú Flight 603, a Boeing 757, crashes into the Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Lima, Peru, killing 70.

The Carandiru Massacre takes place after a riot in the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil.

Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked; after landing at Guangzhou, it crashes into two airliners on the ground, killing 132 people.

A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado killing 31 people.

A peaceful student demonstration in Mexico City culminates in the Tlatelolco massacre.

Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court.

The anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS television.

Guinea declares its independence from France.

Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published

World War II: Nazi troops end the Warsaw Uprising.

World War II: In Operation Typhoon, Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow.

The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá.

John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working television system.

The Geneva Protocol is adopted as a means to strengthen the League of Nations.

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed.

In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West.

American Civil War: Battle of Saltville I|Battle of Saltville

The Texas Revolution begins with the Battle of Gonzales: Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, Texas, but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.

Battle of Rancagua: Spanish Royalists troops under Mariano Osorio defeated rebel Chilean forces of Bernardo O'Higgins and Jose Miguel Carrera.

George Washington sends the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.

John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War, is hanged as a spy by American forces.

Conquest of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible.

Jacques Cartier discovers Montreal, Quebec.

The battle of Largs is fought between Norwegians and Scots.

Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.