Paul Robeson performs a second concert in Peekskill, New York eight days after the Peekskill riots.

Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.

In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.

Spanish Civil War: Largo Caballero forms a war cabinet to direct the republican war effort.

Romulus Augustulus is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire.

Chrysler files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

American Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.

The 31 March Incident leads to the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.

Moriscos are expelled from the Kingdom of Valencia.

The Treaty of Alcáçovas is signed by the Catholic Monarchs of Castile and Aragon on one side and Afonso V and his son, Prince John of Portugal.

American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.

Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.

Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands

Seven civilians and the perpetrator are killed and another ten injured at a Queen's Day parade in Apeldoorn, Netherlands in an attempted assassination on Queen Beatrix.

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces.

The Sienese Ghibellines, supported by the forces of Manfred, King of Sicily, defeat the Florentine Guelphs at Montaperti.

Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.

Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.

The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.

Two Austrian army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon at the Battle of Abensberg on the second day of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory.