- Woodrow Wilson re-elected President of the United States of America. An advocate for democracy and world peace, Wilson’s campaign slogan was “He Has Kept Us Out of War”
- French soldiers on the Somme capture Ablaincourt and Pressoir, and advance to the outskirts of Gomiecourt
- British troops progress east of Butte de Warlencourt and repulse a German night attack west of Beaumont Hamel
- Russian forces on the Eastern Front succeed south of Dorna Vatra in southern Bukovina
