- 1998 – Los Angeles sued 15 tobacco companies for $2.5 billion over the dangers of secondhand smoke.
- 2001 – Beijing was awarded the 2008 Olympics. It was the first time that the China had been awarded the games.
- 2003 – Jerry Springer officially filed papers to run for the U.S. Senate from Ohio.
- 2008 – The iTunes Music Store reached 10 million applications downloaded.
- 2008 – In Japan, construction began on the Tokyo Skytree tower.
- 2009 – The iTunes Music Store reached 1.5 billion applications downloaded.
- 2015 – NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft became the first space mission to explore Pluto.
- 2016 – A terrorist vehicular attack in Nice, France kills 86 civilians and injures over 400 others.
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1981 – Matti Hautamäki, Finnish ski jumper
- 1981 – Robbie Maddison, Australian motorcycle racer
- 1982 – Dmitry Chaplin, Russian-American dancer and choreographer
- 1982 – Achille Coser, Italian footballer
- 1983 – Igor Andreev, Russian tennis player
- 1983 – Thomas Howard, American football player (d. 2013)
- 1983 – Tito Muñoz, American conductor and academic
- 1984 – Renaldo Balkman, American basketball player
- 1984 – Erica Blasberg, American golfer (d. 2010)
- 1984 – Lenka Dlhopolcová, Slovak tennis player
- 1984 – Mounir El Hamdaoui, Moroccan footballer
- 1984 – Samir Handanović, Slovenian footballer
- 1984 – Nilmar, Brazilian footballer[
- 1985 – Billy Celeski, Australian footballer
- 1985 – Darrelle Revis, American football player
- 1985 – Chris Wright, English cricketer
- 1986 – Alexander Gerndt, Swedish footballer
- 1986 – Nikolay Kulemin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1986 – Dan Smith, English singer-songwriter
- 1987 – Aqeel Ahmed, English director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1987 – Margus Hunt, Estonian-American football player, discus thrower, and shot putter
- 1987 – Adam Johnson, English footballer
- 1987 – Dan Reynolds, American singer-songwriter
- 1987 – Sean Smith, American football player
- 1987 – Ryan Sweeting, Bahamian-American tennis player
- 1988 – Conor McGregor, Irish mixed martial artist
- 1988 – Jérémy Stravius, French swimmer[
- 1988 – James Vaughan, English footballer
- 1989 – Sakari Mattila, Finnish footballer
- 1989 – Rolando McClain, American football player
- 1989 – Cyril Rioli, Australian rules footballer
- 1991 – Shabazz Napier, American basketball player
- 1993 – Sayaka Yamamoto, Japanese singer
- 1995 – Megan Cunningham, Scottish footballer
- 1995 – Serge Gnabry, German footballer
- 1995 – Kim Hyo-joo, South Korean golfer
- 1995 – Federico Mattiello, Italian footballer
- 1997 – Cengiz Ünder, Turkish footballer