Matti Saari kills 10 people in a school before committing suicide in Kauhajoki.

National Geographic Magazine is first published.

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien’s is published.

The Treaty of Rijswijk is signed by France, England, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic to end the Nine Year War.

Ötzi the Iceman is discovered by some German tourists.

The Old Faithful Geyser is first observed by Henry D. Washburn during an expedition to Yellowstone.

The ‘Occupy Wall Street’ movement starts in Zuccotti Park, New York City.

To protect the ozone layer, the Montreal Protocol is signed.

The official opening of the Liverpool to Manchester railway line.

The 25th President of the United States, William McKinley, dies after an assassination attempt a week earlier.