Battle of Verona: The Ostrogoths under king Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time at Verona (Northern Italy).

Battle of Verona (489)OstrogothsTheoderic the GreatOdoacerVerona

Battle of the Baggage: Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus and capture their baggage train.

Battle of the BaggageTurgeshUmayyadKhuttalOxus

Henry IV is proclaimed King of England.

Henry IV of EnglandKing of England

Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his forces enter Tula territory in present-day western Arkansas, encountering fierce resistance.

Hernando de SotoTula peopleArkansas

Tainei-ji incident: A coup in Yamaguchi by the military establishment of the Ōuchi clan forces their lord Ōuchi Yoshitaka to commit suicide, and the city is burned.

Tainei-ji incidentYamaguchi, YamaguchiŌuchi clanŌuchi Yoshitaka

France and Spain defeat the Kingdom of Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo.

Kingdom of SardiniaBattle of Madonna dell'Olmo

The first performance of The Magic Flute, the last opera by Mozart to make its debut, took place at Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, Austria.

The Magic FluteWolfgang Amadeus MozartFreihaus-Theater auf der WiedenVienna

The National Constituent Assembly in Paris is dissolved; Parisians hail Maximilien Robespierre and Jérôme Pétion as "incorruptible patriots".

National Constituent Assembly (France)Maximilien RobespierreJérôme Pétion

Battle of Bárbula: Simón Bolívar defeats Santiago Bobadilla.

Simón BolívarSantiago Bobadilla

Britain's first tram service begins in Birkenhead, Merseyside.

TramBirkenheadMerseyside

Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States.

Thomas EdisonHydroelectricVulcan Street PlantFox River (Wisconsin)Appleton, Wisconsin

Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.

Jack the RipperElizabeth StrideCatherine Eddowes

The new Gresham's School is officially opened by Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood.

Gresham's SchoolEvelyn Wood (British Army officer)

The Royal Galician Academy, Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in Havana.

Royal Galician AcademyGalician languageHavana

McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.

McKinley National MemorialWilliam McKinleyCanton, Ohio

Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.

Radoje LjutovacAnti-aircraft warfare

University of Alabama opened the football season with a 110-0 victory over the Marion Military Institute which still stands as the school record for largest margin of victory and as their only 100 point game.

Alabama Crimson Tide footballAmerican footballMarion Military InstituteMargin of victoryList of 100 point games in college football

Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.

Babe Ruth

Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.

Voortrekkers (youth organisation)AfrikanerBloemfontein

The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.

Hoover DamU.S. stateArizonaNevada

Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.

United KingdomMunich AgreementSudetenlandCzechoslovakia

The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".

League of Nations

World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes commander-in-chief of the Polish Government in exile.

World War IIWładysław SikorskiCommander-in-chiefPoland

NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game between the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets and the Fordham Rams. Fordham won the game 34-7.

NBCFirst televised American football gameWaynesburg Yellow JacketsFordham Rams

World War II: Holocaust in Kiev, Ukraine: German Einsatzgruppe C complete Babi Yar massacre.

The HolocaustKievUkraineEinsatzgruppe CBabi Yar

The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point, New York was dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

United States Merchant Marine AcademyKings Point, New YorkFranklin D. Roosevelt

The Bourne End rail crash, in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43

Bourne End rail crashHertfordshire

The World Series, featuring the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, is televised for the first time.

World SeriesNew York YankeesBrooklyn DodgersTelevision

Pakistan joins the United Nations

PakistanUnited Nations

The Berlin Airlift ends.

Berlin Airlift