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===1901–present===
*[[1907]] &ndash; The start of the [[Brownsea Island Scout camp|first Scout camp]] on [[Brownsea Island]], the origin of the worldwide [[Scouting]] movement.
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Harriet Quimby]] takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The [[German Empire]] declares war on the [[Russian Empire]].
*1914 &ndash; World War I: The [[Military of Switzerland|Swiss Army]] mobilizes because of World War I.
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Patrick Pearse]] gives his famous speech "[[Ireland unfree shall never be at peace]]" at [[O'Donovan Rossa]]'s funeral in [[Dublin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucc.ie/en/news/archive/2015press/stamp-marks-pearses-graveside-oration-for-odonovan-rossa-.html | publisher = University College Cork | title = Stamp marks Pearse's graveside oration for O'Donovan Rossa | date = 2015 | accessdate = 2 November 2018}}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; The [[Nanchang Uprising]] marks the first significant battle in the [[Chinese Civil War]] between the [[Kuomintang]] and [[Chinese Communist Party]]. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the [[People's Liberation Army]].
*[[1933]] &ndash; Anti-Fascist activists [[Bruno Tesch (antifascist)|Bruno Tesch]], Walter Möller, Karl Wolff and August Lütgens are executed by the Nazi regime in [[Altona, Hamburg|Altona]].
*[[1936]] &ndash; The [[1936 Summer Olympics|Olympics]] opened in [[Berlin]] with a ceremony presided over by [[Adolf Hitler]].
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Josip Broz Tito]] reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH ([[League of Communists of Croatia|Croatian Communist Party]]) in woods near [[Samobor]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Operation Tidal Wave]] also known as "Black Sunday", was a failed American attempt to destroy Romanian oil fields.
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Warsaw Uprising]] against the [[Nazism|Nazi German]] occupation breaks out in [[Warsaw]], Poland.
*[[1946]] &ndash; Leaders of the [[Russian Liberation Army]], a force of Russian prisoners of war that [[Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy|collaborated with Nazi Germany]], are executed in Moscow, [[Soviet Union]] for treason.
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Guam]] is organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States as the President [[Harry S. Truman]] signs the [[Guam Organic Act of 1950|Guam Organic Act]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Department of the Interior|title=Years of Progress, 1945–1952|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior|date=1953|oclc=2183193|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l3CGAAAAMAAJ|pages=103–104}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; The United States and Canada form the [[North American Aerospace Defense Command]] (NORAD).
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Dahomey]] (later renamed [[Benin]]) declares independence from France.
*  1960   &ndash; [[Islamabad]] is declared the [[federal capital]] of the [[Government of Pakistan]].
*[[1961]] &ndash; U.S. Defense Secretary [[Robert McNamara]] orders the creation of the [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization.
*[[1964]] &ndash; The former [[Belgian Congo]] is renamed the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]].
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Frank Herbert]]'s novel, [[Dune (novel)|''Dune'']] was published for the first time. It was named as the world's best-selling science fiction novel in 2003.
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Charles Whitman]] [[University of Texas tower shooting|kills 15 people]] at the [[University of Texas at Austin]] before being killed by the police.
*  1966   &ndash; Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the [[Cultural Revolution]].
*[[1968]] &ndash; The coronation of [[Hassanal Bolkiah]], the 29th [[Sultan of Brunei]], is held.
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[The Concert for Bangladesh]], organized by former Beatle [[George Harrison]], is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Cyprus dispute]]: The [[United Nations Security Council]] authorizes the [[United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus|UNFICYP]] to create the "[[United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus|Green Line]]", dividing [[Cyprus]] into two zones.
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Niki Lauda]] has a severe accident that almost claims his life at the [[1976 German Grand Prix|German Grand Prix]] at [[Nürburgring]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=1976 German Grand Prix {{!}} Motorsport Database|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1976-german-grand-prix/|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Saward|first=Joe|date=2020-10-08|title=How the 1976 German Grand Prix Forever Changed the Fate of the Nurburgring Nordschleife|url=https://www.autoweek.com/racing/formula-1/a34313295/1976-german-grand-prix-changed-fate-nurburgring-nordschleife/|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Autoweek|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Vigdís Finnbogadóttir]] is elected [[President of Iceland]] and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state.
*  1980   &ndash; A [[Buttevant Rail Disaster|train crash]] kills 18 people and injures over 170 more in [[County Cork]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[MTV]] begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "[[Video Killed the Radio Star]]" by [[The Buggles]].
*[[1984]] &ndash; Commercial [[peat]]-cutters discover the preserved [[bog body]] of a man, called [[Lindow Man]], at [[Lindow Moss]], [[Cheshire]], England.
*[[1988]] &ndash; A British soldier was killed in the [[Chronology of Provisional Irish Republican Army actions (1980–1989)|Inglis Barracks bombing]] in London, England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch88.htm#Aug|title=CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1988|first=Dr Martin|last=Melaugh|website=Cain.ulst.ac.uk|access-date=4 August 2017}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; A [[Aeroflot Flight E-35D|plane crash]] in the [[Karabakh Range]] kills 46 people.<ref name="airdisaster.ru">{{cite web |title=Катастрофа Як-40 Армянского УГА близ Степанакерта |trans-title=Crash of Yak-40 of Armenian Civil Aviation near Stepanakert |url=http://www.airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=144 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130416080905/http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=144 |archive-date=2013-04-16 |access-date=2013-06-24 |website=airdisaster.ru |language=ru}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; The [[Great Flood of 1993|Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993]] comes to a peak.
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Puntland]], an [[Autonomous administrative division|autonomous state]] in northeastern [[Somalia]], was [[History of Puntland#Establishment of Puntland|officially established]] following a constitutional conference in [[Garoowe|Garowe]], [[Somali aristocratic and court titles#Traditional leaders and officials|Issims]] and [[tribal chief]]s agreed to create a [[Self-proclaimed|self-declared]] [[Government of Puntland|government]] until Somalia recovered.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.puntlandgovt.com/puntland-state-of-somalia |title=Puntland State of Somalia |access-date=31 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105202641/http://www.puntlandgovt.com/puntland-state-of-somalia/ |archive-date=5 November 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; A [[Ycuá Bolaños supermarket fire|supermarket fire]] kills 396 people and injures 500 others in [[Asunción, Paraguay]].
*[[2007]] &ndash; The [[I-35W Mississippi River bridge]] spanning the [[Mississippi River]] in [[Minneapolis|Minneapolis, Minnesota]], collapses during the evening [[rush hour]], killing 13 people and injuring 145.
*[[2008]] &ndash; The [[Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway]] begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.
*  2008   &ndash; Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth in [[2008 K2 disaster|the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering]].
*[[2017]] &ndash; A [[suicide attack]] on a mosque in Herat, [[Afghanistan]] kills 20 people.
*[[2023]] &ndash; Former US President [[Donald Trump]] is [[Federal prosecution of Donald Trump (election obstruction case)|indicted]] for his role in the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack]], his third indictment in 2023.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-live-updates-grand-jury-2020-election-probe-arrives-courthouse-rcna96825|title= Trump indicted: Grand jury charges former president in 2020 election probe|website= [[NBC News]]|date= 2 August 2023}}</ref>