The Chadian Civil War begins when rebel groups, allegedly backed by neighbouring Sudan, launch an attack in Adré.

First flight of the Douglas DC-3.

In Rugby Union, The “Match of the Century” is played between Wales and New Zealand at Cardiff Arms Park.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to stabilize it, without fixing its famous lean.

Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, are killed in Sandy Hook, Connecticut.

Abel Tasman is the first recorded European to sight New Zealand.

HMS Duchess sinks after a collision with HMS Barham off the coast of Scotland with the loss of 124 men

Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese in Cronulla, New South Wales;…

United Nations General Assembly recognizes the Convention against Torture.

A volcano on White Island, New Zealand, kills 22 people after it erupts.