Cyclone Tracy destroy a large part of Darwin, Australia.

The opera Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.

The shoe bomber, Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.

A bomb explodes on board Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie.

Richard the Lion-Heart is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after signing a treaty with Saladin ending…

The very last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London.

During World War 1, the Battle of Verdun ends when German forces are defeated by the French and British.

The Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria and is assumed to have drowned.

The Great White Fleet starts its circumnavigation of the world

The Leaning Tower of Pisa finally reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 to fortify it.