The 2007 Kahtaniya bombings kills 796 people.

The Battle of Shanghai begins.

The 1994 World Series is cancelled as the baseball players go on strike..

Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs.

Battle between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place in the Yellow Sea.

British security forces in Northern Ireland launch Operation Demetrius.

The “8888 Uprising” occurs in Burma.

George Washington invokes the Militia Acts of 1792 in order to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in Pennsylvania.

The world’s oldest tree, Prometheus, is cut down.

Harry Houdini spends 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.