The first commercial photocopier, the Xerox 914, is demonstrated.

The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba to set in motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar. To do so, they skip eleven days.

The United Kingdon, Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia sign the Treaty of Worms.

Australia’s first commercial interstate airline, Ansett Australia closes with 10,000 people loosing their jobs.

The USA embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked. Four are killed.

The Large Hadron Collider is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.

A Japanese plane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon.

In the USA, The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.

Desmond Tutu becomes the first black person to head the Anglican Church in South Africa.