2017 -Jacinda Ardern is sworn as the 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand following a coalition deal between the New Zealand Labour Party and New Zealand First, she is also the youngest prime minister in New Zealand's history aged 37.: null
2016: An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes central Italy.
2015: A 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes in the Hindu Kush mountain range in northeastern Afghanistan, killing 398 people and leaving 2,536 people injured.
2003: The Cedar Fire, the second-largest fire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000 km2), and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego.
2002: Moscow theater hostage crisis: Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before.
2001: The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
1967: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran and then crowns his wife Farah Empress of Iran.
1958: Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris, France.
1955: Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.
1955: After the last Allied troops have left the country and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares permanent neutrality.
1947: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu agrees to allow his kingdom to join India.
1944: World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory.
1943: World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil".
1942: World War II: In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign, one U.S. aircraft carrier, Hornet, is sunk and another aircraft carrier, Enterprise, is heavily damaged, while two Japanese carriers and one cruiser are heavily damaged.
1936: The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
1918: Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
1912: First Balkan War: The Ottoman occupied city of Thessaloniki, is liberated and unified with Greece on the feast day of its patron saint Demetrius. On the same day, Serbian troops captured Skopje.