350 people and children are killed in a massacre in Beslan, North Ossetia:
Armed Chechen rebels took over 1000 people including school children at a school. The rebels demanded international recognition of an independent Chechnya.

The Wreck of the sunk ship Titanic is found in the North Atlantic Ocean:
A French-American expedition group found the wreck, which sunk on 14 April 1912 on her first voyage from Southampton, UK, to New York City, U.S.

Pioneer 11 makes its closest approach to Saturn:
The NASA built space probe was the first probe to encounter Saturn – it flew by the planet at a distance of 13,000 miles (21,000 km).

Life magazine publishes parts of the Old Man And The Sea:
It is Ernest Hemingway’s best-known works, the novel tells the story of an old man and his fishing misadventures. Just a few days after the publication of the excerpt, there were 5 million copies of the magazine sold.