The USA military ends its “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy which allows gay men and women to serve openly for the first time.

Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes tennis match.

The Treaty of Rijswijk is signed by France, England, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic to end the Nine Year War.

At the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, a dump truck full of explosives detonates  killing 54 people and injuring 266 others.