Lebanon elected former army commander Joseph Aoun as President, ending a two-year presidential vacancy.
The European Union's climate service declared that 2023 was the hottest year on record.
The 79th Annual Golden Globes awards occurred privately, and results were shared on the Golden Globes social media.
Five minutes after take-off, Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 crashed north of Jakarta, Indonesia, killing all 62 passengers.
Steve Jobs announced Apple's very first smartphone, the iPhone 1.
The second Sudanese War ends.
Michael Jackson accepted the Artist of the Century award in Los Angeles at the American Music Awards.
Apple announced iTunes at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco.
NASA's Columbia Space Shuttle launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-32.
During WWI, The Battle of Gallipoli concluded with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces were evacuated from the Peninsula.
The first shots of the American Civil War are fired.
The French Academy of Science announced the first-ever photograph.
The first-ever all-female golf tournament was held.
Income tax was introduced in the UK so that prime minister William Pitt could collect funds to beat Napoleon.
Jean Pierre Blanchard flew the first hot air balloon in the US.
Connecticut became the 5th state to join the United States of America.
Philip Astley opens the world's first modern circus.
France declared war on Spain, leading to the War of the Quadruple Alliance that lasted two years.
The trial against Joan of Arc begins.
During the Black Death persecutions, 700 Jews were burned alive in their own homes in Basel, Netherlands.
