Buffalo shooting
Ten people are killed in a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York.
Read sourceA chronological view of notable events, discoveries, and turning points recorded on this date.
Ten people are killed in a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York.
Read sourceChina successfully lands Zhurong, the country's first Mars rover.
Read sourceAgni Air Flight CHT crashes in Nepal after a failed go-around, killing 15 people.
Read sourceSpace Shuttle Atlantis launches on the STS-132 mission to deliver the first shuttle-launched Russian ISS component — Rassvet. This was originally slated to be the final launch of Atlantis, before Congress approved STS-135.
Read sourceBattle of Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester city centre between Zenit supporters and Rangers supporters and the Greater Manchester Police; 39 policemen injured, one police dog injured and 39 arrested.
Read sourceCrown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Mary Donaldson are married at Copenhagen Cathedral.
Read sourceRico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4815 crashes into the Amazon rainforest during approach to Eduardo Gomes International Airport in Manaus, Brazil, killing 33 people.
Read sourceThe Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun.
Read sourceCarrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky, hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire.
Read sourceFijian Prime Minister Timoci Bavadra is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant colonel Sitiveni Rabuka.
Read sourceSalvadoran Civil War: The Sumpul River massacre occurs in Chalatenango, El Salvador.
Read sourceA Dan-Air Boeing 707 leased to IAS Cargo Airlines crashes on approach to Lusaka International Airport in Lusaka, Zambia, killing six people.
Read sourceSkylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.
Read sourceAndreas Baader is freed from custody by Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin and others, a pivotal moment in the formation of the Red Army Faction.
Read sourceCivil rights movement: A white mob twice attacks a Freedom Riders bus near Anniston, Alabama, before fire-bombing the bus and attacking the civil rights protesters who flee the burning vehicle.
Read sourceCold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
Read sourceApproximately 7,100 brewery workers in Milwaukee perform a walkout, marking the start of the 1953 Milwaukee brewery strike.
Read sourceTrains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
Read sourceIsrael is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
Read sourceWorld War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHS Centaur off the coast of Queensland.
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