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Rioting spreads to Miami's mostly African-American neighborhoods of Overtown and Liberty City following the previous day's courthouse protests.
The Organisation of African Unity is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
March Against Fear: African-American civil rights activist James Meredith is wounded in an ambush by white sniper James Aubrey Norvell. Meredith and Norvell are photographed by Jack R. Thornell, whose�
The United States and the United Kingdom agree in the Lyons–Seward Treaty to suppress the African slave trade.
The Central African Republic's former emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-year rule.
The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.
A Boeing 707 crashes near Bangui M'Poko International Airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, killing 28.
The Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.
The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
The two-day Slocum massacre commences in Texas, a race riot in which more than 100 African Americans are murdered.
Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American male in Ferguson, Missouri, is shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer after reportedly assaulting the officer and attempting to steal his weapon, s�
P. T. Barnum begins his career as a showman and circus entrepreneur by exhibiting Joice Heth, an octogenerian African slave whom he claims was George Washington's nursemaid.
Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.
Arsenal and Galatasaray fans clash in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots in Copenhagen
The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London, United Kingdom.
Jerrie Mock completes the first around-the-world airplane flight by a woman. Her solo flight in the Spirit of Columbus, which took 29 1/2 days, took off and landed at the Port Columbus International A�
Peter O'Connor sets the first World Athletics recognised long jump world record of 24 ft 11.75 in (7.6137 m), a record that would stand for 20 years.