Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers responsible for the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the 21 July 2005 London bombings.

Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year old son, and a bodyguard.

Israel kills Salah Shahade, the Commander-in-Chief of Hamas's military arm, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.

The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.

Great Flood of 1993: levees near Kaskaskia, Illinois rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the Army Corps of Engineers.

Near Medellín, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the United States.

Martial law in Poland is officially revoked.

Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.

Japan completes its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during the imperial Japan's conquest of the country in the Second World War

Mariner program: ''Mariner 1'' spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.

Dezik (Дезик) and Tsygan (Цыган, "Gypsy") are the first dogs to make a sub-orbital flight.

King David Hotel bombing: a Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandate Palestine, resulting in 91 deaths.

The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland

World War II: Allied forces capture the Italian city of Palermo.

The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.

Holocaust: the systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto begins.

New Deal: the United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.

Outside Chicago's Biograph Theater, "Public Enemy No. 1" John Dillinger is mortally wounded by FBI agents.

Wiley Post becomes the first person to fly solo around the world traveling {{convert|15596|mi}} in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes.

In San Francisco, California, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a Preparedness Day parade killing 10 and injuring 40.

The first ever motorized racing event is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The race is won by Comte Jules-Albert de Dion.

American Civil War: Battle of Atlanta

Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular War

Napoleonic Wars: War of the Third Coalition

Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio "Cleveland" after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party.

Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing of Canada.

Albany, New York is formally chartered as a municipality by Governor Thomas Dongan.

Colony of Roanoke: a second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.

Battle of Dornach

Battle of Lochmaben Fair

Ottoman Wars in Europe: Siege of Belgrade

Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Falkirk (1298)|Battle of Falkirk

First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem.

Battle of Anzen: the Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids.