The first National Sorry Day was held in Australia to commemorate the mistreatment of the country’s indigenous population

Explorer 32 launches to study the Earth’s upper atmosphere.

Peter Minuit buys the island of Manhattan.

The Burgundians capture Joan of Arc while leading her army to raise the Siege of Compiegne.

The arcade game Pac-Man is released by Namco.

In Northern Ireland, the Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army.

The first prisoners arrive at a newly built concentration camp at Auschwitz.

Napoleon Bonaparte start the Legion of Honour.

Around 800 Jews are massacred in Worms, Germany during the First Crusade.

The first rules of Australian rules football are written by members of the Melbourne Football Club.