** WWII: The First Sisak Partisan Brigade, the first anti-fascist armed unit in occupied Europe, is founded by partisans near Sisak, Croatia.

** Spherical aberration, which occurs when light rays strike a lens or mirror near its edge

** The Post Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2011, soaring food prices, especially for grains, led to calls for the government to provide more immediate assistance to the population of more than 40 % in the " poverty tunnel " and to strike a " new deal " on agriculture policy and reform.

** īcō, īcere, īcī, īctus ( to strike, to smite )

** Chicken Scheme has a < strike > OpenGL egg </ strike > gl-suite project

** Games scheduled by UEFA, the European governing body of soccer, that were scheduled for September 12 and 13 were postponed ( games had been played on the 11th as the first plane strike took place at 2: 46 PM CET ).

** Four of 5 railroad operating unions strike against the Illinois Central Railroad without warning, bringing to a head a 5-year dispute over railroad work rules.

** 20, 000 London policemen strike for increased pay and union recognition.

** Dock workers strike in the UK.

** Martial law is declared in Britain because of the general strike.

** UK General Strike 1926: In the United Kingdom, a general strike by trade unions ends ( the strike began on May 3 ).

** Cordobazo: A general strike and civil unrest break out in Córdoba, Argentina.

** WWII: After flying from Britain, 160 American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German-controlled Vemork, Norway.

** New York City's Transport Works Union Local 100 goes on strike, which continues for 11 days.

** A lightning strike causes the crashing of Pan Am Flight 214 near Elkton, Maryland, killing 81 people.

** A general strike takes place in the People's Republic of Congo.

** The general strike in France is ended by the Matignon Agreements.

** A seamen's strike is called in Britain.

** A sailors ' strike, organised by the National Union of Seamen, ends in the United Kingdom.

** In South Vietnam, Thich Tri Quang ends a 100-day hunger strike.

** Severe earthquakes strike the Azores and the village of São Miguel sinks.

** WWII: The Royal Navy launches the first aircraft carrier strike in history, on the Italian battleship fleet anchored at Taranto naval base.

** Under the pressure of a general strike, the Belgian Federal Parliament accepts a proposal to accept general multiple suffrage.

** Lughnasadh, traditionally begins on the eve of August 1.

** The breech refers to the mass of solid metal behind the bottom of the bore extending to the base of the breech and including the base ring ; it also generally refers to the end of the cannon opposite the muzzle, i. e., the location where the explosion of the gunpowder begins as opposed to the opening through which the pressurized gas escapes.

** Día de las Velitas, begins after sunset.

** Quema del Diablo, begins after sunset.

** Jōban Line: Officially, the line begins at Nippori Station, although most trains start / terminate at Ueno Station

** Pope John Paul II begins the first official visit by a Roman Catholic pontiff to Israel.

** CKO ( a now-defunct Canadian all news radio network ) begins broadcasting.

** The deadly Christmas flood of 1964 begins ; It becomes one of the most destructive weather events to affect Oregon in the 20th century.

** The giant German cannon, the so-called Paris Gun, begins to shell Paris from away.

** The United States Post Office Department ( later renamed the United States Postal Service ) begins the 3rd regular airmail service in the world ( between New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, DC ), the 1st being from Allahabad to Naini Junction in India on the 18th February 1911 and the 2nd being from London to Windsor Castle on the 22nd June 1911.

** U. S. President Woodrow Wilson begins his second term.

** Russian General Brusilov begins a major offensive in Galicia, initially advancing towards Lemberg.

** Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq refuses to allow UNSCOM inspectors to use its own aircraft to fly into Iraq, and begins military operations in the demilitarized zone between Iraq and Kuwait, and the northern Iraqi no-fly zones.

** Greek legislative election, 1993: Andreas Papandreou begins his second term as Prime Minister of Greece.

** The U. S. Senate Committee on Armed Services and U. S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations begins its closed door hearings into the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur by U. S. President Harry S Truman.

** Judy Garland begins her legendary concerts in New York's Palace Theatre.

** The International Geophysical Year begins.

** Ireland's first regular radio service, 2RN ( later Radio Éireann ), begins broadcasting.

** The British miners ' union begins negotiations with the government

** In Williamsburg, Virginia, the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg begins.

** People's Democracy begins a march from Belfast to Derry, Northern Ireland in support of civil rights.

** The Battle of Dong Ap Bia, also known as Hamburger Hill, begins during the Vietnam War.

** The Beijing Subway begins operation.

** Cold War: The Berlin Blockade begins.

** Operation Magic Carpet to transport Jews from Yemen to Israel begins.