- 1992 – The U.S., Canada, and Mexico announced that the North American Free Trade Agreement had been created after 14 months of negotiations.
- 1993 – U.S. President Clinton lifted the ban on rehiring air traffic controllers that had been fired for going on strike in 1981.
- 1994 – Major league baseball players went on strike rather than allow team owners to limit their salaries. The strike lasted for 232 days. As a result, the World Series was wiped out for the first time in 90 years.
- 1998 – Swiss banks agreed to pay $1.25 billion as restitution to World War II Holocaust victims.
- 1999 – Hang Thu Thi Ngyuen shot an arrow from a bow with her feet on “Guinness World Records: Primetime” and hit a target that was 16 feet and 5 inches away.
- 2000 – The Russian nuclear submarine Kursk sank and its 118-man crew died during naval exercises in the Barents Sea.
- 2004 – The California Supreme Court voided the nearly 4,000 same-sex marriages that had been sanctioned in San Francisco earlier in the year.
- 2008 – Russia halted its five-day assault on Georgia.
- 2015 – At least two massive explosions kill 173 people and injure nearly 800 more in Tianjin, China.
- 2018 – Thirty-nine civilians, including
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1981 – Tony Capaldi, Norwegian-Northern Irish footballer
- 1981 – Djibril Cissé, French footballer
- 1982 – Boban Grnčarov, Macedonian footballer
- 1982 – Alexandros Tzorvas, Greek footballer
- 1983 – Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Dutch footballer
- 1983 – Kléber Giacomance de Souza Freitas, Brazilian footballer
- 1983 – Manoa Vosawai, Italian rugby player
- 1984 – Bryan Pata, American football player (d. 2006)
- 1985 – Danny Graham, English footballer
- 1985 – Franck Moutsinga, German rugby player
- 1986 – Andrei Agius, Maltese footballer
- 1986 – Kyle Arrington, American football player
- 1987 – Vanessa Watts, West Indian cricketer
- 1988 – Tyson Fury, English boxer
- 1988 – Matt Gillett, Australian rugby league player
- 1989 – Tom Cleverley, English footballer
- 1989 – Hong Jeong-ho, South Korean footballer
- 1989 – Sunye, South Korean singer
- 1990 – Mario Balotelli, Italian footballer
- 1990 – Marvin Zeegelaar, Dutch footballer
- 1990 – Martin Zurawsky, German footballer
- 1991 – Jesinta Campbell, Australian model
- 1991 – Sam Hoare, Australian rugby league player
- 1992 – Cara Delevingne, English model and actress
- 1992 – Isabella Escobar, Guatemalan tennis player
- 1992 – Jacob Loko, Australian rugby player
- 1992 – Teo Gheorghiu, Swiss pianist and actor
- 1993 – Ewa Farna, Czech singer-songwriter
- 1993 – Luna, South Korean singer, actress and presenter
- 1996 – Julio Urías, Mexican baseball player
- 1998 – Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greek tennis player
- 1999 – Matthijs de Ligt, Dutch footballer
- 2000 – Tristan Charpentier, French racing driver[