The 1906 Summer Olympics open in Athens.

The Hutt River Province Principality secedes from Australia.

The Bay of Pigs Invasion of USA backed Cuban exiles against Cuba fails.

The Treaty of London creates Belgium as a kingdom.

The cornerstone of the current Saint Peter’s Basilica is laid.

The Ford Mustang is introduced to the North American market for the first time.

More than 7000 refugees die when the German ship Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine.

The Titanic is struck by an iceberg and sinks.

The Yamasee War starts in South Carolina.