Emperor Severus II is captured and imprisoned at Tres Tabernae. He is later executed (or forced to commit suicide) after Galerius unsuccessfully invades Italy.

Flavius Valerius SeverusThree TavernsSuicideGalerius

Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers.

Owain GlyndŵrPrince of Wales

Pilgrims set sail from England on the Mayflower.

Pilgrim FathersMayflower

James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.

James Francis Edward StuartJacobitism

In Campo Maior, Portugal, a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two thirds of its inhabitants.

Campo Maior, Portugal

American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.

American Revolutionary WarBattle of Harlem Heights

American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.

Siege of Savannah

With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.

Grito de DoloresMiguel HidalgoMexican War of Independence

Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.

Robert CollegeIstanbulChristopher Robert

The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the nation's oldest, continuously-independent college daily.

The Cornell Daily SunIthaca, New York

Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.

Land Run of 1893Cherokee OutletOklahoma

The General Motors Corporation is founded.

General Motors Corporation

World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.

World War ISiege of Przemyśl

The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.

Wall Street bombing23 Wall Street

World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.

World War IIKingdom of ItalyItalian invasion of Egypt

World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno.

10th Army (Wehrmacht)Allied invasion of Italy

World War II: The surrender of the Japanese troops in Hong Kong is accepted by Royal Navy Admiral Sir Cecil Harcourt.

Royal NavyCecil Harcourt

Typhoon Kathleen hits Saitama, Tokyo and Tone River area, at least 1,930 killed.

1940-49 Pacific typhoon seasonsSaitama, SaitamaTone River

The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.

Juan Perón

A Soviet Navy Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.

Soviet NavyZulu-class submarineSubmarineR-11 Zemlya

TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.

TCNTelevision station

The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.

PhotocopierXerox 914

The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury.

National Hurricane Research ProjectSilver iodideHurricane EstherProject Stormfury

Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people.

Typhoon Nancy (1961)Tropical cycloneOsaka

Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head.

Space and Upper Atmosphere Research CommissionAbdus Salam

Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore soon leaves this new country.

MalaysiaFederation of MalayaCrown Colony of SingaporeCrown Colony of North BorneoSabah

The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.

Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center)Lincoln CenterSamuel BarberAntony and Cleopatra (opera)

King Hussein of Jordan declares military rule following the hijacking of four civilian airliners by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). This results in the formation of the Black September Palestinian paramilitary unit.

King HusseinJordanPopular Front for the Liberation of PalestineBlack September OrganizationPalestinians

Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia.

Papua New Guinea

Cape Verde, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations.

Cape VerdeMozambiqueSão Tomé and PríncipeUnited Nations