After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore.

Pope Anastasius IIPope SymmachusLateran PalaceAntipope LaurentiusBasilica di Santa Maria Maggiore

The first King of all Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon.

BrittanyNominoeCharles the BaldBattle of BallonRedon, Ille-et-Vilaine

Pope Clement V issues the papal bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae which instructed all Christian monarchs in Europe to arrest all Templars and seize their assets.

Pope Clement VPastoralis PraeeminentiaeKnights Templar

Spanish navigator Juan Fernández discovers islands now known as the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile.

Juan Fernández (explorer)Juan Fernández IslandsChile

Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launch a pacification campaign against native villages, resulting in Dutch control of the middle and south of the island.

Dutch FormosaTaiwanDutch pacification campaign on FormosaTaiwanese aborigines

Off the coast of North Carolina, British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle with a boarding party led by Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard.

North CarolinaBlackbeardRoyal NavyRobert Maynard

Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom in his essay "To the People of Upper Canada", published in his newspaper The Constitution.

William Lyon MackenzieUpper Canada RebellionUpper Canada

American Civil War: John Bell Hood begins the Franklin-Nashville Campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to draw William Tecumseh Sherman back out of Georgia.

American Civil WarJohn Bell HoodFranklin-Nashville CampaignWilliam Tecumseh ShermanGeorgia (U.S. state)

In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched and is one of the last clippers ever built, and the only one still surviving today.

DumbartonClipperCutty Sark

The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.

Congress of ManastirAlbanian alphabet

The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.

Maurice RavelBoléro

Al-Mina'a SC is founded in Iraq.

Al-Mina'a SCIraq

The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.

China ClipperChina Clipper flight departure siteManila

World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.

World War IIGreco-Italian WarKingdom of GreeceAlbanian Kingdom (1939-43)Korçë

World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded.

Battle of StalingradFriedrich PaulusAdolf HitlerTelegraphy6th Army (Wehrmacht)

World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.

Cairo ConferenceFranklin D. RooseveltWinston ChurchillChiang Kai-shekCairo

Lebanon gains independence from France.

Lebanon

The Humane Society of the United States is founded.

The Humane Society of the United States

U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded by Lee Harvey Oswald

John F. KennedyAssassination of John F. KennedyTexasJohn ConnallyLee Harvey Oswald

William Clay Ford Sr. buys the Detroit Lions for $4.5 million.

William Clay Ford Sr.Detroit Lions

UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab-Israeli peace settlement.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 242Arab peopleIsrael

The Beatles release The Beatles (known popularly as The White Album).

The BeatlesThe Beatles (album)

The Italian Fascist organization Ordine Nuovo is disbanded.

Ordine Nuovo

The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.

United Nations General AssemblyPalestine Liberation Organization

Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco.

Juan Carlos I of SpainList of Spanish monarchsFrancisco Franco

British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.

British AirwaysConcorde

Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.

Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusionMax Headroom (character)

In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.

United States Air Force Plant 42Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit

In West Beirut, a bomb explodes near the motorcade of Lebanese President René Moawad, killing him.

BeirutRené Moawad

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Prime-Ministership.

Prime Minister of the United KingdomMargaret ThatcherConservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1990Premiership of Margaret Thatcher