May 31, 1921
The Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, also known as Black Wall Street, burns during the 1921 race massacre. Prior to the massacre, the district was thriving. On the evening of May 31, 1921, over 35 city blocks were burned to the ground and hundreds of Black citizens were killed.
December 18, 1942
A Japanese soldier wades into the sea off Cape Endaiadere, New Guinea, with a grenade held to his head moments before it goes off. The soldier's suicide was an act of defiance against an Australian soldier calling for his surrender.