The Second Boer War begins in South Africa. The war was fought between the British Empire and the two independent Boer states, the Orange Free State and the South African Republic (Transvaal Republic). AI analysis
Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane. He flew for four minutes aboard a Wright brothers biplane in St. Louis, Missouri. AI analysis
First commercial jet, the de Havilland Comet, makes its maiden flight from London to Johannesburg. AI analysis
Action of 11 October 1960: Cuban revolutionary Camilo Cienfuegos dies in a plane crash. AI analysis
Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo mission, is launched with astronauts Wally Schirra, Don Fulton Eisele and Walter Cunningham aboard. AI analysis
The last hand-cranked telephones in the United States are decommissioned as they are replaced by touch-tone phones. AI analysis
The Polaroid Corporation files for bankruptcy. AI analysis
The Large Hadron Collider is officially inaugurated. AI analysis
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons wins the Nobel Peace Prize. AI analysis
Eleven people are injured in a bomb blast in Istanbul's Sultanahmet Square. AI analysis