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Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years. Her captors, Phillip and Nancy Garrido, are apprehended.
Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.
Greco-Turkish War (1919–22): Turkish army launched what has come to be known to the Turks as the Great Offensive (Büyük Taarruz). The major Greek defense positions were overrun.
Born: Jim Davis, American actor (died 1981).
John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
Died: Louis II, Count of Blois.
The Battle of al-Harrah concludes, with Yazid I's army killing 11,000 people of the city of Medina.