Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the National Hockey League

Jim Hines of the becomes the first man ever to break the so-called “ten-second barrier” in the 100-meter sprint in the Olympic Games held in…

In Chile, the Copiapó mining accident in comes to an end when all 33 miners arrive at the surface after surviving a record 69 days…

The ship, USS Cole is badly damaged in Aden, Yemen, by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39

Off the coast of Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships defeat a Japanese fleet on their way to reinforce troops on the island.

A suicide bomber driving a pick up truck in Orakzai kills 110 and injures 200 more

Binh Tai massacre occurs during the Vietnam war.

United States and South Vietnamese forces launch a new operation in the Mekong Delta called Operation Sealords.

The musical, Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before it closes on September 10, 2000.

All 73 people on board are killed as Cubana Flight 455 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after taking off from Bridgetown, Barbados after two…