- 1990 – Egyptian and Moroccan troops joined U.S. forces in Saudia Arabia to help protect from a possible Iraqi attack.
- 1991 – The space shuttle Atlantis ended its nine-day journey by landing safely.
- 1992 – In Bloomington, MN, the Mall of America opened. It was the largest shopping mall in the United States.
- 1994 – The Tenth International Conference on AIDS ended in Japan.
- 1994 – A U.S. federal jury awarded $286.8 million to about 10,000 commercial fishermen for losses as a result of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.
- 1995 – All U.S. nuclear tests were banned by President Clinton.
- 1997 – U.S. President Clinton made the first use of the line-item veto approved by Congress, rejecting three items in spending and tax bills.
- 1998 – British Petroleum became No. 3 among oil companies with the $49 billion purchase of Amoco. It was the largest foreign takeover of a U.S. company.
- 2002 – US Airways announced that it had filed for bankruptcy.
- 2002 – Jason Priestly crashed his car during practice for a race in the Infiniti Pro Series. He suffered a spinal fracture, a moderate concussion, a broken nose, facial lacerations and broken bones in both feet.
- 2003 – Charles Taylor, President of Liberia, flew into exile after ceding power to his vice president, Moses Blah.
- 2003 – In Kabul, NATO took command of the 5,000-strong peacekeeping force in Afghanistan.
- 2006 – The oil tanker MT Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines, causing the country’s worst oil spill.
- 2012 – At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
- 2017 – At least 41 people are killed and another 179 injured after two passenger trains collide in Alexandria, Egypt.
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1981 – Daniel Poohl, Swedish journalist
- 1983 – Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor
- 1983 – Luke Lewis, Australian rugby league player
- 1983 – Pavel 183, Russian painter (d. 2013)
- 1984 – Melky Cabrera, Dominican baseball player
- 1984 – Lucas di Grassi, Brazilian race car driver
- 1985 – Jacqueline Fernandez, Sri Lankan actress
- 1986 – Mokhtar Benmoussa, Algerian footballer
- 1986 – Pablo Sandoval, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1987 – Dany N’Guessan, French footballer
- 1987 – Drew Storen, American baseball player
- 1988 – Rabeh Al-Hussaini, Filipino basketball player
- 1988 – Patty Mills, Australian basketball player
- 1988 – Mustafa Pektemek, Turkish footballer
- 1989 – Junior Heffernan, Irish cyclist and triathlete (d. 2013)
- 1989 – Sebastian Huke, German footballer
- 1990 – Lenka Juríková, Slovak tennis player
- 1991 – Cristian Tello, Spanish footballer
- 1994 – Storm Sanders, Australian tennis player
- 1994 – Anton Cooper, New Zealand cross-country cyclist
- 1994 – Joseph Barbato, French footballer
- 1997 – Sarah Clelland, Scottish footballer[