Military coup in Haiti

Nine people are taken hostage in the Spaghetti House siege in London.

The Balinese Tiger is declared extinct.

An incoming nuclear missile is identified as a computer error and not an American first strike against Russia.

The Battle of Stamford Bridge marks the end of the Viking invasion of England.

Gold prices drop after plot to control the market is foiled.

30,000 Turks are massacred in Tripolitsa during the Greek War of Independence.

A patent is granted for the Kinetic Wedge.

The first flight of the B-29 Superfortress.