The Battle of Verdun begins in France.

Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York opens.

Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in Cyprus in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Cyprus authorities.

Thirteen people die in the Wah Mee Massacre in Seattle, Washington s part of a robbery-motivated murder.

The first post is made on the blog Running Research Junkie.

The so-called “Toddlers’ Truce”, a television close down between 6.00 pm and 7.00 pm is ended in the United Kingdom.

The Serbian revolution starts

A fire in a Dublin nightclub kills 48 people

The day after Charles M. Schulz dies, the last original “Peanuts” comic strip is published.

The Civil War in Austria begins.