- 1990 – U.S. President Bush vowed “Saddam Hussein will fail” while addressing Congress on the Persian Gulf crisis. In the speech Bush spoke of an objective of a new world order – “freer from the threat of terror, stronger in the pursuit of justice, and more secure in the quest for peace”.
- 1991 – Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev announced that thousands of troops would be drawn out of Cuba.
- 1997 – John Lee Hooker received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 1997 – Scotland voted to create its own Parliament after 290 years of union with England.
- 1998 – Independent counsel Kenneth Starr sent a report to the U.S. Congress accusing President Clinton of 11 possible impeachable offenses.
- 1999 – The Wall Street Journal reported that Bayer Corp. had quit putting a wad of cotton in their bottles of aspirin. Bayer had actually stopped the practice earlier in the year.
- 2001 – In the U.S., four airliners were hijacked and were intentionally crashed. Two airliners hit the World Trade Center, which collapsed shortly after, in New York City, NY. One airliner hit the Pentagon in Arlington, VA. Another airliner crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. About 3,000 people were killed.
- 2012 – Terrorists attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Four Americans were brutally murdered and ten others were injured.
- 2015 – A crane collapses onto the Masjid al-Haram mosque in Saudi Arabia, killing 111 people and injuring 394 others.
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1981 – Andrea Dossena, Italian footballer
- 1981 – Hallowicked, American wrestler
- 1981 – Charles Kelley, American singer-songwriter
- 1981 – Dylan Klebold, American mass murderer, responsible for the Columbine High School massacre (d. 1999)[
- 1982 – Elvan Abeylegesse, Ethiopian-Turkish runner
- 1982 – Yelena Parkhomenko, Azerbaijani volleyball player[
- 1983 – Vivian Cheruiyot, Kenyan sprinter
- 1983 – Ike Diogu, American basketball player
- 1983 – Jacoby Ellsbury, American baseball player
- 1984 – Aled de Malmanche, New Zealand rugby player
- 1984 – Benson Stanley, New Zealand rugby player
- 1985 – Shaun Livingston, American basketball player
- 1985 – Zack Stortini, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1986 – Dwayne Jarrett, American football player
- 1986 – Chiliboy Ralepelle, South African rugby player
- 1987 – Robert Acquafresca, Italian footballer
- 1987 – Tyler Hoechlin, American actor
- 1988 – Mike Moustakas, American baseball player
- 1990 – Jo Inge Berget, Norwegian footballer
- 1990 – Jarrod Croker, Australian rugby league player
- 1991 – Jordan Ayew, Ghanaian footballer
- 1991 – Rhema Obed, English footballer
- 1991 – Kygo, Norwegian DJ
- 1992 – Jonathan Adams, English discus thrower
- 1992 – JC Caylen, American YouTube personality
- 1993 – Farrah Moan, American drag queen and entertainer