- 1990 – Russian republic president Boris N. Yeltsin announced his resignation from the the Soviet Communist Party.
- 1998 – 1.7 billion people watched soccer’s World Cup finals between France and Brazil. France won 3-0.
- 1999 – Walt Disney Co. announced
that it was merging all of its Internet operations together with Infoseek into
Go.com.
Disney movies, music and books - 2000 – Russia launched the Zvezda after two years of delays. The module was built to be the living quarters for the International Space Station (ISS.)
- 2000 – The movie “X-Men” premiered in New York.
- 2006 – The 2006 Lebanon War begins.
- 2007 – U.S. Army Apache helicopters engage in airstrikes against civilians in Baghdad, Iraq; footage from the cockpit is later leaked to the Internet.[
- 2012 – Syrian Civil War: Government forces target the homes of rebels and activists in Tremseh and kill anywhere between 68 and 150 people.[
- 2012 – A tank truck explosion kills more than 100 people in Okobie, Nigeria.
- 2013 – Six people are killed and 200 injured in a French passenger train derailment in Brétigny-sur-Orge.[
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1981 – Adrienne Camp, South African singer-songwriter
- 1981 – Pradeepan Raveendran, Sri Lankan director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1982 – Antonio Cassano, Italian footballer
- 1984 – Gareth Gates, English singer-songwriter
- 1984 – Jonathan Lewis, American football player
- 1984 – Natalie Martinez, American actress
- 1984 – Michael McGovern, Irish footballer
- 1984 – Sami Zayn, Canadian professional wrestler
- 1985 – Paulo Vitor Barreto, Brazilian footballer
- 1985 – Gianluca Curci, Italian footballer
- 1985 – Keven Lacombe, Canadian cyclist
- 1985 – Ismael Londt, Surinamese-Dutch kickboxer
- 1986 – 360, Australian rapper
- 1986 – Didier Digard, French footballer
- 1986 – Hannaliis Jaadla, Estonian footballer
- 1986 – JP Pietersen, South African rugby player
- 1986 – Simone Laudehr, German footballer
- 1988 – LeSean McCoy, American football player
- 1988 – Inbee Park, South Korean golfer
- 1989 – Nick Palmieri, American ice hockey player
- 1990 – Bebé, Portuguese footballer
- 1990 – Rachel Brosnahan, American actress[
- 1991 – Salih Dursun, Turkish footballer
- 1991 – James Rodríguez, Colombian footballer
- 1992 – Bartosz Bereszyński, Polish footballer
- 1993 – Kurt Capewell, Australian rugby league player
- 1994 – Kanako Momota, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1995 – Luke Shaw, English footballer
- 1995 – Jordyn Wieber, American gymnast[
- 1996 – Moussa Dembélé, French footballer
- 1996 – Jordan Romero, American mountaineer
- 1997 – Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani-English activist, Nobel Prize laureate[