1580 - Frances Drake completes circumnavigation of the world, sailing into Plymouth aboard the Golden Hind
1907 - New Zealand and Newfoundland each become dominions within the British Empire.
1954 - Typhoon hits Japan - 5 ferryboats sink killing about 1,600
1959 - Typhoon Vera, hits Japanese island of Honshu, causing the deaths of 4,580 people with 658 missing
EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES
WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DAY
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE TOTAL ELIMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
