A nightclub fire in Gothenburg, Sweden results in 63 deaths

Benito Mussolini leads a march on Rome and takes over the Italian government.

Riots starts in Paris after two Muslim teens are killed.

The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral at Tombstone, Arizona takes place.

Bombings in Baghdad kills 155 and wounds at least 721.

The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais, ending the first phase of the Hundred Years’ War.

Chechen terrorists seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow.

A run on the shares of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will lead to a depression in the “Panic of 1907”.

A slag pile collapses on the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people.

The Sydney Opera House is opened.