- 1992 – The U.S. announced that emergency airlifts of food to Somalia would begin. The action was being taken to stop mass deaths due to starvation.
- 1995 – Shannon Faulkner became the first female cadet in the history of The Citadel, South Carolina’s state military college. She quit the school less than a week later.
- 1997 – William Friedkin received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 1998 – A U.S. federal appeals court in Richmond, VA, ruled that the Food and Drug Administration had no authority to regulate tobacco. The FDA had established rules to make it harder for minors to buy cigarettes.
- 2000 – Valujet was ordered to pay $11 million in fines and restitution for hazardous waste violations in the crash that killed 110 people in 1996.
- 2000 – It was announced that Charles Grodin would be joining CBS’ “60 Minutes II” as a commentator.
- 2015 – In Havana, Cuba, the U.S. Embassy was re-opened after being closed 54 years earlier.
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1981 – Brendan Hansen, American swimmer
- 1981 – Óliver Pérez, American baseball player
- 1982 – Casey Burgener, American weightlifter
- 1982 – Germán Caffa, Argentine footballer
- 1982 – David Harrison, American basketball player
- 1983 – Siobhan Chamberlain, English association football goalkeeper
- 1985 – Nipsey Hussle, American rapper (d. 2019)
- 1987 – Ryan D’Imperio, American football player
- 1987 – Michel Kreder, Dutch cyclist
- 1987 – Sean McAllister, English footballer
- 1988 – Oussama Assaidi, Moroccan footballer
- 1989 – Joe Jonas, American singer-songwriter
- 1989 – Ryan McGowan, Australian footballer
- 1989 – Jordan Rapana, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1990 – Jennifer Lawrence, American actress
- 1991 – Petja Piiroinen, Finnish snowboarder
- 1992 – Baskaran Adhiban, Indian chess player
- 1993 – Clinton N’Jie, Cameroonian footballer
- 1993 – Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer
- 1994 – Lasse Vigen Christensen, Danish footballer
- 1994 – Kosuke Hagino, Japanese swimmer
- 1995 – Chief Keef, American rapper
- 1999 – Paola Reis, BMX rider[