2014-10-09

Syrian civil war: Turkish forces began an offensive into north-eastern Syria following the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the region.

Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai (pictured) was severely injured by a Taliban gunman in a failed assassination attempt.

The Phantom of the Opera, a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and currently the longest-running Broadway show in history, opened in London's West End.

Nick Holonyak, an engineer for General Electric, gave the first public demonstration of a light-emitting diode.

A footman shot and killed two colleagues and wounded the lady of the house at Knowsley Hall, England.

World War II: American forces defeated the Japanese at the Third Battle of the Matanikau in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, reversing the Japanese victory a couple of weeks earlier.

The Mortimer War Memorial (pictured), designed by Herbert Maryon in memory of local servicemen who died in the First World War, was dedicated.

World War I: The civilian authorities of Antwerp surrendered and allowed the German army to capture the city.

Carrying a cargo hold full of highly flammable chemicals, the ocean liner SS Volturno caught fire in the north Atlantic and sank, resulting in 136 deaths.

Following a reduction in pay, textile workers in Little Falls, New York, walked out of their mill, starting a three-month strike.