US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas.

A mine explodes and sinks HMHS Britannic in the Aegean Sea. 30 people are killed.

Native American activists seize control of Alcatraz Island until getting removed by the US Government on June 11, 1971.

Vincent van Gogh’s Portrait of the “Artist Without Beard” sells for $71.5 million.

The first push-button telephone is used in.

The Battle of Mizushima takes place in Japan.

Australia’s first national airline, Qantas, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd.

The revival of the modern Olympic Games starts in Athens, Greece.

James Bruce discovers what he thought was the source of the Nile.

David Gray shoots dead 13 people in Aramoana, New Zealand.