World War II: Battle of Guadalcanal begins- U.S. Marines initiate the first United States offensive of the war with landings on Guadalcanal (Pacific Ocean island) and Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu-Tanambogo in the Solomon Islands.,
1998 U.S. embassy bombings: Bombing of the United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, kill 224 people and injure over 4,500.,