The Vega de Tera dam fails, triggering a disastrous flood that nearly destroys the town of Ribadelago and kills 144 residents

President of the United States George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.

U.S. President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation

Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor at Mystras.

The Khmer Rouge proclaim the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea.

Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, falls to Earth from orbit

A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower.

Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, North America, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.

John V is proclaimed King of Portugal and the Algarves in Lisbo