- 1990 – Iraq accepted a U.S. offer to talk about resolving the Persian Gulf crisis.
- 1990 – British and French workers digging the Channel Tunnel finally met under the English Channel.
- 1991 – Ukrainians voted overwhelmingly for independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1992 – Russian President Boris Yeltsin survived an impeachment attempt by hard-liners at the opening of the Russian Congress.
- 1994 – The U.S. Senate gave final congressional approval to the 124-nation General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
- 1998 – Exxon announced that it was buying Mobil for $73.7 billion creating the largest company in the world to date.
- 2013 – Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos revealed “Amazon Prime Air” on “60 Minutes.” The services was planned to use unmanned aerial vehicles to deliver packages to customers.
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1981 – Park Hyo-shin, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor
- 1981 – Luke McPharlin, Australian footballer
- 1981 – I Made Wirawan, Indonesian footballer
- 1982 – Riz Ahmed, English actor and rapper
- 1982 – Lloyd Doyley, English footballer
- 1982 – Christos Kalantzis, Greek footballer
- 1982 – Christos Melissis, Greek footballer
- 1985 – John Coughlin, American figure skater (d. 2019)
- 1985 – Janelle Monáe, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1985 – Chanel Preston, American porn actress and director
- 1985 – Emiliano Viviano, Italian footballer
- 1986 – DeSean Jackson, American football player
- 1987 – Simon Dawkins, English footballer
- 1987 – Tabarie Henry, Virgin Islander sprinter
- 1987 – Vance Joy, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1987 – Brett Williams, English footballer
- 1988 – Zoë Kravitz, American actress, singer, and model
- 1988 – Dan Mavraides, Greek-American basketball player
- 1988 – Tyler Joseph, American musician and singer
- 1989 – Sotelúm, Mexican trumpet player, composer, and producer
- 1990 – Tomáš Tatar, Slovak ice hockey player
- 1991 – Hilda Melander, Swedish tennis player
- 1991 – Sun Yang, Chinese swimmer
- 1991 – Noel Acciari, American ice hockey player
- 1992 – Masahudu Alhassan, Ghanaian footballer
- 1992 – Javier Báez, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1992 – Linos Chrysikopoulos, Greek basketball player
- 1992 – Marco van Ginkel, Dutch footballer
- 1993 – Reena Pärnat, Estonian archer
- 1994 – Seedy Njie, English footballer
- 1995 – Agnė Čepelytė, Lithuanian tennis player
- 1995 – Jenna Fife, Scottish footballer[
- 1995 – James Wilson, English footballer
- 1997 – Sada Williams, Barbadian sprinter[
- 1998 – Shimona Nelson, Jamaican netballer