- 2005 – West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes in Machiques, Venezuela, killing all 160 people on board.
- 2008 – The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423 m), at the time becoming the world’s highest residence above ground-level.
- 2012 – South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute at Marikana near Rustenburg.
- 2013 – The ferry St. Thomas Aquinas collides with a cargo ship and sinks at Cebu, Philippines, killing 61 people with 59 others missing.
- 2015 – More than 96 people are killed and hundreds injured following a series of air-raids by the Syrian Arab Air Force on the rebel-held market town of Douma.
- 2015 – Trigana Air Flight 267, an ATR 42, crashes in Oksibl, Pegunungan Bintang, killing all 54 people on board.[
- 2017 – The Minamata Convention on Mercury enters in force.
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1981 – Roque Santa Cruz, Paraguayan footballer
- 1982 – Joleon Lescott, English footballer
- 1983 – Nikolaos Zisis, Greek basketball player
- 1984 – Matteo Anesi, Italian speed skater
- 1984 – Didier Cuche, Swiss skier
- 1984 – Candice Dupree, American basketball player[
- 1984 – Konstantin Vassiljev, Estonian footballer
- 1985 – Cristin Milioti, American actress
- 1986 – Yu Darvish, Japanese baseball player
- 1987 – Carey Price, Canadian ice hockey player[
- 1987 – Eri Kitamura, Japanese voice actress and singer.[
- 1988 – Ismaïl Aissati, Moroccan footballer
- 1989 – Wang Hao, Chinese race walker
- 1989 – Moussa Sissoko, French footballer
- 1990 – Godfrey Oboabona, Nigerian footballer
- 1991 – José Eduardo de Araújo, Brazilian footballer
- 1992 – Diego Schwartzman, Argentinian tennis player[
- 1993 – Cameron Monaghan, American actor and model
- 1996 – Caeleb Dressel, American swimmer[
- 1997 – Greyson Chance, American musician
- 1999 – Karen Chen, American figure skater