| Lufthansa Flight , an Airbus A, crashes into an embankment after overshooting the runway at Okęcie International Airport (now Warsaw Chopin Airport), killing two people. |
| The rest of the Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike. |
| Eighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad-Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India. |
| Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom. |
| Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations. |
| Microsoft releases Windows Me. |
| Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks.
A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital. |
| Total Linhas Aéreas Flight crashes near Paranapanema, Brazil, killing both pilots on board. |
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