1998 – “Image of an Assassination” went on sale. The video documentary is of Abraham Zapruder’s home video of U.S. President Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas.
1998 – RealNetworks Inc. rolled out a test version of RealSystem G2. G2 is a streaming video and audio delivery system.
2000 – The United States and Vietnam singed a major trade agreement. The pact still needed to be approved by the U.S. Congress.
2000 – Sprint Corp. and WorldCom canceled their planned merger due to opposition by regulators in the United States and Europe.
- 2003 – French DGSE personnel abort an operation to rescue Íngrid Betancourt from FARC rebels in Colombia, causing a political scandal when details are leaked to the press.
- 2008 – Battle of Wanat begins when Taliban and al-Qaeda guerrillas attack US Army and Afghan National Army troops in Afghanistan. The U.S. deaths were, at that time, the most in a single battle since the beginning of operations in 2001.
- 2011 – Mumbai is rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush hour, killing 26 and injuring 130.
- 2011 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 1999 is adopted, which admits South Sudan to member status of United Nations.
- 2013 – Typhoon Soulik kills at least nine people and affects more than 160 million in East China and Taiwan.
- 2016 – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron resigns, and is succeeded by Theresa May.
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1981 – Ágnes Kovács, Hungarian swimmer
- 1981 – Mirco Lorenzetto, Italian cyclist
- 1982 – Shin-Soo Choo, South Korean baseball player
- 1982 – Simon Clist, English footballer
- 1982 – Dominic Isaacs, South African footballer
- 1982 – Nick Kenny, Australian rugby league player
- 1982 – Yadier Molina, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
- 1983 – Kristof Beyens, Belgian sprinter
- 1983 – Marco Pomante, Italian footballer
- 1983 – Liu Xiang, Chinese hurdler
- 1984 – Ida Maria, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1985 – Trell Kimmons, American sprinter
- 1985 – Guillermo Ochoa, Mexican footballer
- 1985 – Charlotte Dujardin, English equestrian
- 1988 – Marcos Paulo Gelmini Gomes, Brazilian-Italian footballer
- 1988 – Colton Haynes, American actor, model and singer
- 1988 – Steven R. McQueen, American actor and model
- 1988 – Raúl Spank, German high jumper
- 1988 – Tulisa, English singer-songwriter and actress
- 1989 – Leon Bridges, American soul singer, songwriter and record producer[
- 1989 – Charis Giannopoulos, Greek basketball player
- 1990 – Kieran Foran, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1990 – Eduardo Salvio, Argentinian footballer
- 1992 – Elise Matthysen, Belgian swimmer
- 1993 – Daniel Bentley, English footballer
- 1995 – Cody Bellinger, American baseball player
- 1995 – Dante Exum, Australian basketball player
- 2002 – Deborah Medrado, Brazilian rhythmic gymnast[
- 2003 – Wyatt Oleff, American child actor
- 2005 – Kyle Harrison Breitkopf, Canadian child actor