· 2005– J.K. Rowling’s book “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” was
released. It was the sixth in the Harry Potter series. The book sold 6.9 million copies on its first day of release.
· 2009– In Chicago, Sears Tower was renamed Willis Tower.
· 2011– The NASA space probe Dawn entered Vesta orbit.
· 2019 –100 years old building in Mumbai, India, collapsed, killing at least 10
people and many remaining trapped.
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1981 – Giuseppe Di Masi, Italian footballer
- 1981 – Robert Kranjec, Slovenian ski jumper
- 1981 – Zach Randolph, American basketball player
- 1981 – Vicente Rodríguez, Spanish footballer
- 1982 – André Greipel, German cyclist
- 1982 – Carli Lloyd, American soccer player
- 1982 – Michael Umaña, Costa Rican footballer
- 1983 – Duncan Keith, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984 – Hayanari Shimoda, Japanese race car driver
- 1984 – Attila Szabó, Hungarian decathlete
- 1985 – Mārtiņš Kravčenko, Latvian basketball player
- 1986 – Dustin Boyd, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1986 – Misako Uno, Japanese actress, singer, and fashion designer
- 1987 – Mousa Dembélé, Belgian footballer
- 1987 – AnnaLynne McCord, American actress and producer
- 1987 – Knowshon Moreno, American football player[
- 1988 – Sergio Busquets, Spanish footballer
- 1989 – Gareth Bale, Welsh footballer
- 1990 – Bureta Faraimo, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1990 – Wizkid, Nigerian singer and songwriter
- 1990 – Johann Zarco, French motorcycle racer
- 1991 – Nate Schmidt, American ice hockey player[
- 1991 – Andros Townsend, English footballer
- 1996 – Daniel Pearson, English actor and presenter