The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant requires Christians to either accept dhimmi status, emigrate from ISIL lands, or be killed.

TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board.

The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy opens.

Massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by the Austrian police in Vienna.

Nazi eugenics programme begins with the proclamation of the Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring requiring the compulsory sterilization of any citizen who…

Mumbai is rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush hour, killing 26 and injuring 130.

U.S. Army Apache helicopters engage in airstrikes against armed insurgents in Baghdad, Iraq, where civilians are killed; footage from the cockpit is later leaked to…

Mumbai train bombings: Two hundred nine people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India.

Telstar, the world’s first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.

The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins.