The Swedish warship Vasa sinks in the Stockholm harbor after only about 20 minutes of being launched.

Betty Boop makes her debut in Dizzy Dishes.

The “8888 Uprising” takes place in Burma.

The Iraqi government kils over 3000 Assyrians in the village of Simele. The day becomes Assyrian Martyrs Day.

The Soviet Union illegally annexes Estonia.

The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England on its first try to reach North America.

The Greenwich foot tunnel that goes under the River Thames opens.

Jesse Owens wins the 100 meter race at the Berlin Olympics.

The British win the Battle of the Nile.

396 people are killed in a supermarket in Asunción, Paraguay.