1st » 'Titanic (1997 film) or Titanic' became the first film to gross over List of highest-grossing films named $1 billion worldwide.
4th » LGBT rights in the United States called Gay rights: 'Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services': The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex.
24th » Westside Middle School massacre known as Jonesboro massacre: Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden, aged 11 and 13 respectively, fire upon teachers and students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas; five people are killed and ten are wounded.
24th » A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India, killing 250 people and injuring 3000 others.
26th » Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria: Fifty-two people are killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of two.
27th » The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for male impotence, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.