- 1994 – It was announced that the season was over for the National Baseball League on the 34th day of the players strike. The final days of the regular season were canceled.
- 1998 – Jaime Jarrin received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 1998 – Israel announced that they had successfully tested its Arrow-2 missile defense system. The system successfully destroyed a simulated target.
- 1999 – Disney World closed down for the first time in its 28-year history. The closure was due to Hurricane Floyd heading for Florida.
Disney movies, music and books - 1999 – It was announced that “US” magazine would change from monthly to weekly and change its name to “USWeekly.”
- 2001 – Nintendo released the GameCube home video game console in Japan.
- 2001 – The FBI released the names of the 19 suspected hijackers that had taken part in the September 11 terror attacks on the U.S.
- 2009 – Greyhound UK began operations as an hourly service between London and Portsmouth or Southampton.
- 2015 – In Livingston, LA, and Hanford, WA, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors detected gravitational waves for the first time. The news was reported on February 11, 2016.
- 2019 – Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim responsibility for an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1981 – Miyavi, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1981 – Katie Lee, American chef, author, and critic
- 1981 – Stefan Reisinger, German footballer
- 1981 – Yumi Adachi, Japanese actress and singer
- 1982 – SoShy, French-American singer-songwriter
- 1982 – Petr Průcha, Czech ice hockey player
- 1983 – Arash Borhani, Iranian footballer
- 1983 – Josh Outman, American baseball player
- 1983 – Frostee Rucker, American football player
- 1983 – Amy Winehouse, English singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
- 1984 – Ayushmann Khurrana, Indian film actor, singer and anchor
- 1985 – Paolo Gregoletto, American bass player and songwriter
- 1985 – Trevis Smith, American football player
- 1985 – Aya Ueto, Japanese actress and singer
- 1985 – Delmon Young, American baseball player
- 1986 – Jonathan Monaghan, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1986 – Steven Naismith, Scottish footballer
- 1986 – Barış Özbek, German-Turkish footballer
- 1986 – Alan Sheehan, Irish footballer
- 1986 – Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer and actress
- 1987 – Michael Crabtree, American football player
- 1987 – Tinchy Stryder, Ghanaian-English rapper and producer
- 1988 – Martin Fourcade, French biathlete
- 1988 – Diogo Salomão, Portuguese footballer
- 1989 – Jessica Brown Findlay, English actress
- 1989 – Jimmy Butler, American basketball player[
- 1989 – Tony Finau, American golfer
- 1989 – Logan Henderson, American singer-songwriter
- 1989 – Jesse James, American actor
- 1989 – Lee Jong-suk, South Korean actor and model
- 1989 – Miriam Zetter, Mexican ten-pin bowler[
- 1990 – Douglas Costa, Brazilian footballer
- 1990 – Petar Filipović, German-born Croatian footballer
- 1990 – Belinda Hocking, Australian backstroke swimmer
- 1990 – Cecilie Pedersen, Norwegian footballer
- 1991 – Dee Milliner, American football player
- 1991 – Nana, South Korean singer, actress and model
- 1991 – Shayne Topp, American actor and Smosh cast member
- 1992 – Connor Fields, American cyclist
- 1992 – Zico, South Korean rapper
- 1993 – Brandon Brown, American race car driver
- 1994 – Brahim Darri, Dutch footballer
- 1994 – Gary Harris, American basketball player[
- 1994 – Daniel O’Shaughnessy, Finnish professional football central defender
- 1994 – Krasimir Stanoev, Bulgarian footballer
- 1995 – Deshaun Watson, American football player
- 1996 – Hugh Bernard, English cricketer
- 1996 – Myles Wright, English professional footballer