** The 1977 IAS Cargo Boeing 707 airplane crash in Lusaka, Zambia kills all six on board.

** Beverly Lynn Burns becomes the first woman Boeing 747 captain in the world.

** Boeing and McDonnell Douglas complete a merger.

** At Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Northwest Airlines Flight 1482 ( a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 ) collides with Northwest Airlines Flight 299 ( a Boeing 727 ) on the runway, killing 8 passengers and 4 crewmembers on Flight 1482.

** A Boeing 737 military jet crashes into a mountain north of Dubrovnik, Croatia.

** Paris and Rome-bound TWA Flight 800 ( Boeing 747 ) explodes off the coast of Long Island, New York, killing all 230 on board.

** An Aeroperú Boeing 757 crashes into the Pacific Ocean when the instruments fail just after takeoff from Lima Airport, killing all 70 on board.

** A Sabena Boeing 707 crashes near Brussels, Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team and several coaches.

** A Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey crashes in the Potomac River as it approached Marine Corps Base Quantico, killing all seven people on board.

** A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into the side of the mountains near the Venezuelan border, killing 143.

** United Airlines Boeing 737 from Washington National to Chicago Midway crashes short of the runway, killing 43 of 61 passengers and 2 people on the ground.

** A Boeing 727 carrying Pan Am Flight 708 crashes near Berlin, Germany, killing all three people on board.

** A USAir Boeing 737-300, Flight 1493 collides with a SkyWest Airlines Fairchild Metroliner, Flight 5569 at Los Angeles International Airport, killing 34.

** An American Airlines Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff at New York International Airport, after a rudder malfunction causes an uncontrolled roll, resulting in the loss of control of the aircraft, with the loss of all life on board.

** United Airlines Flight 227 a Boeing 727-22, crashes short of the runway and catches fire at Salt Lake City International Airport in Salt Lake City, Utah.

** A Royal Jordanian Boeing 707 flight from Jeddah crashes in Kano, Nigeria ; 176 people are killed.

** Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes into the ocean near Bombay, killing 213.

** Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314, a Boeing 737-200, crashes in Cranbrook, British Columbia, killing 44 of the 50 people on board.

** PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides with a small private airplane and crashes in San Diego, California ; 144 are killed.

** VASP Flight 168, a Boeing 727 passenger jet, crashes into forest Fortaleza, killing 137.

** Pan Am Flight 759 ( Boeing 727 ) crashes in Kenner, Louisiana, killing all 146 on board and 8 on the ground.

** NASA announces the names of 4 companies awarded contracts to help build Space Station Freedom: Boeing Aerospace, General Electric's Astro-Space Division, McDonnell Douglas, and the Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell.

** A Mexicana Boeing 727 jetliner crashes at Maravatio, Mexico, killing 173.

** The Boeing 767 airliner makes its first flight.

** The maiden flight of the Boeing 367-80 ( or Dash 80 ), prototype of the Boeing 707 series.

** Battle of Placentia — Emperor Aurelian is defeated by the Alemanni forces invading Italy

** Emperor Ai of Jin, a Jin Dynasty ( 265-420 ) emperor

** Emperor Ai of Han ( 27 BC – 1 BC )

** Emperor Ai of Tang ( 892 – 908 )

** Liber ad honorem Augusti by Peter of Eboli, narrative of the conquest of Sicily by Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor ( Latin )

** Imperial Prince Nunakura Futotama-Shiki ( Emperor Bidatsu ); born 538 ( second son )

** Imperial Prince Oe or Ikebe ( Emperor YOMEI ); born 540 ( fourth son )

** Imperial Princess Ohotomo or Ohomata ; born about 560 ; married to her nephew Prince Oshisako no Hikohito no Oe, son of Emperor Bidatsu

** Imperial Princess Toneri, born about 565 ; died 603 ; married to her nephew Prince Tame Toyora, son of Emperor Yomei

** Imperial Princess Hasetsukabe no Anahobe no Hashihito, born about 560 ; died 621 ; married ( A ) to her half brother Emperor Yomei ; married ( B ) to her nephew and stepson Prince Tame Toyora, son of Emperor Yomei

** Imperial Prince Hatsusebe ( Emperor SUSHUN )

** Prince Oshisako no Hikohito no Oe, born about 556, married ( A ) Princess Ohomata ( Ohotomo ), his aunt, daughter of Emperor Kimmei and Soga no Kitashi-Hime, by whom he had a son and a daughter ;( B ) Princess Nukate-Hime ( his half sister ), by whom he had 3 sons ; ( C ) Princess Woharida ( his half sister ), by whom he had a son and a daughter:

** Princess Uji no Shitsukahi ( Uji no Kahitako ), born about 570, married to Prince Shōtoku, son of Emperor Yōmei and Empress Anahobe

** Princess Tame, married to her nephew Emperor Jomei

** Second son: Imperial Prince Ohito ( 緒仁親王 ) ( Emperor Go-En ' yū )

** First son: Imperial Prince Motohito ( 幹仁親王 ) ( Emperor Go-Komatsu )

** Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor

** Der Tag wird kommen ( The day will come, Josephus and the Emperor ), 1942

** Emperor Constantine I

** The Treaty of Münster ( Instrumentum Pacis Monasteriensis, IPM ), concerning the Holy Roman Emperor and France and their respective allies.

** The Treaty of Osnabrück ( Instrumentum Pacis Osnabrugensis, IPO ), concerning the Holy Roman Emperor, the Empire and Sweden and their respective allies.

** Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor.

** Emperor Charles I of Austria gives up his absolute power but does not abdicate.

** WWII: Emperor Hirohito announces Japan's surrender on the radio.