- 1994 – Major League Soccer announced that it would start its inaugural season in 1996.
- 1997 – China released Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident from jail for medical reasons. He had been incarcerated for almost 18 years.
- 1998 – In Burlington, WIsconsin, five high school students, aged 15 to 16, were arrested in an alleged plot to kill a carefully selected group of teachers and students.
- 1998 – It was announced that Monica Lewinsky had signed a deal for the North American rights to a book about her affair with U.S. President Clinton.
- 1998 – The U.S. Supreme Court said that union members could file discrimination lawsuits against employers even when labor contracts require arbitration.
- 1999 – Johnny Depp received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 1999 – Chrica Adams, the pregnant girlfriend of Rae Carruth, was shot four times in her car. She died a month later from her wounds. The baby survived. Carruth was sentenced to a minimum of 18 years and 11 months in prison for his role in the murder.
- 2000 – Bill Clinton became the first serving U.S. president to visit Communist Vietnam.
- 2001 – The movie “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” opened in the U.S. and U.K.
- 2004 – A NASA unmanned “scramjet” (X-43A) reached a speed of nearly 10 times the speed of sound above the Pacific Ocean.
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1981 – Fernando Cabrera, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1981 – Allison Crowe, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1981 – Caitlin Glass, American voice actress, singer, and director
- 1981 – Kate Miller-Heidke, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1981 – Osi Umenyiora, English-American football player
- 1982 – Nonito Donaire, Filipino-American boxer
- 1982 – Jannie du Plessis, South African rugby player
- 1982 – Ronald Pognon, French sprinter
- 1982 – Amar’e Stoudemire, American basketball player
- 1983 – Chris Gocong, American football player
- 1983 – Kool A.D., American rapper
- 1983 – Kari Lehtonen, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1983 – Britta Steffen, German swimmer
- 1983 – Janette Manrara, American professional dancer and choreographer[
- 1984 – Gemma Atkinson, English model and actress
- 1984 – Mark Bunn, English footballer
- 1984 – Tamawashi Ichiro, Mongolian sumo wrestler
- 1985 – Aditya Roy Kapur, Indian film actor
- 1986 – Maxime Médard, French rugby player
- 1987 – Eitan Tibi, Israeli footballer
- 1987 – Jordan Walden, American baseball player
- 1989 – Iamsu!, American rapper and producer
- 1990 – Arjo Atayde, Filipino actor
- 1990 – Dénes Dibusz, Hungarian football player
- 1991 – Tomomi Kasai, Japanese actress and singer
- 1992 – George Akpabio, Nigerian footballer
- 1992 – Matthew Allwood, Australian rugby league player
- 1993 – Pete Davidson, American comedian and actor
- 1994 – Brandon Larracuente, American actor
- 1994 – Yoshiki Yamamoto, Japanese football player
- 1995 – Noah Gray-Cabey, American actor and pianist