The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the FengtienPolitical divisions of China, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.,
Four Canadian Forces soldiers are killed in Afghanistan by friendly fire from two United States Air ForceF-16 Fighting Falcons, the first deaths in a combat zone for Canada since the Korean War.,
