- 1991 – A rally of more than 100,000 people occurred outside the Russian parliament building to protest the coup that removed Gorbachev from power.
- 1997 – NATO troops seized six police stations in Banja Luka that had been held by troops controlled by former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic.
- 1998 – Canada’s Supreme Court announced that Quebec could not secede without the federal government’s consent.
- 1998 – U.S. military forces attacked a terrorist camp in Afghanistan and a chemical plant in Sudan. Both targets were chosen for cruise missile strikes due to their connection with Osama bin Laden.
- 1997 – Britain began voluntary evacuation of its Caribbean island of Montserrat due to the volcanic activity of the Soufriere Hills.
- 1998 – The U.N. Security Council extended trade sanctions against Iraq for blocking arms inspections.
- 2010 – The last American combat brigade exited Iraq after more than seven years after the U.S.-led invasion began.
- 2012 – A prison riot in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, kills at least 20 people.
- 2014 – Seventy-two people are killed in Japan’s Hiroshima Prefecture by a series of landslides caused by a month’s worth of rain that fell in one day.
- 2016 – Fifty-four people are killed when a suicide bomber detonates himself at a Kurdish wedding party in Gaziantep, Turkey.
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1981 – Ben Barnes, English actor
- 1981 – Brett Finch, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
- 1981 – Artur Kotenko, Estonian footballer
- 1981 – Bernard Mendy, French footballer
- 1981 – Craig Ochs, American football player
- 1981 – Byron Saxton, American wrestler, manager, and sportscaster
- 1982 – Cléber Luis Alberti, Brazilian footballer
- 1982 – Aleksandr Amisulashvili, Georgian footballer
- 1982 – Monty Dumond, South African rugby player
- 1982 – Youssouf Hersi, Ethiopian footballer
- 1982 – Joshua Kennedy, Australian footballer
- 1982 – Mijaín López, Cuban wrestler
- 1982 – Richard Petiot, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1982 – Barney Rogers, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1982 – Enyelbert Soto, Venezuelan-Japanese baseball player
- 1983 – Hamza Abdullah, American football player
- 1983 – Paulo André Cren Benini, Brazilian footballer
- 1983 – Andrew Garfield, American-English actor
- 1983 – Héctor Landazuri, Colombian footballer
- 1983 – Mladen Pelaić, Croatian footballer
- 1983 – Brian Schaefering, American football player
- 1983 – Yuri Zhirkov, Russian footballer
- 1984 – Aílton José Almeida, Brazilian footballer
- 1984 – Pavel Eismann, Czech footballer
- 1984 – Laura Georges, French footballer
- 1984 – Jamie Hoffmann, American baseball player
- 1984 – Ingrid Lukas, Estonian-Swiss singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1985 – Brant Daugherty, American actor
- 1985 – Glen Buttriss, Australian rugby league player
- 1985 – Blake DeWitt, American baseball player
- 1985 – Thomas Domingo, French rugby player
- 1985 – Matt Hague, American baseball player
- 1985 – Jack King, English footballer
- 1985 – Álvaro Negredo, Spanish footballer
- 1985 – Willie Ripia, New Zealand rugby player
- 1985 – Joe Vitale, American ice hockey player
- 1985 – Stephen Ward, Irish footballer
- 1985 – Mark Washington, American football player
- 1986 – Andrew Surman, South African-English footballer
- 1986 – Steven Zalewski, American ice hockey player
- 1987 – Stefan Aigner, German footballer
- 1987 – Vedran Janjetović, Croatian-Australian footballer
- 1987 – Sido Jombati, Portuguese footballer
- 1987 – Egon Kaur, Estonian race car driver
- 1988 – Jerryd Bayless, American basketball player
- 1988 – Sarah R, Lotfi, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1988 – José Zamora, Spanish footballer
- 1989 – Kirko Bangz, American rapper and producer
- 1989 – Nebil Gahwagi, Hungarian footballer
- 1989 – Silas Kiplagat, Kenyan runner
- 1989 – Slavcho Shokolarov, Bulgarian footballer
- 1989 – Judd Trump, English snooker player
- 1989 – Dean Winnard, English footballer
- 1990 – Macauley Chrisantus, Nigerian footballer
- 1990 – Culoe De Song, South African music producer and DJ
- 1990 – Venelin Filipov, Bulgarian footballer
- 1990 – Leigh Griffiths, Scottish footballer
- 1990 – Fabien Jarsalé, French footballer
- 1990 – Bradley Klahn, American tennis player
- 1990 – Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Dutch swimmer[
- 1991 – Marko Djokovic, Serbian tennis player
- 1991 – Jyrki Jokipakka, Finnish hockey player
- 1991 – Arseny Logashov, Russian footballer
- 1991 – Luke O’Neill, English footballer
- 1991 – Mario Tičinović, Croatian footballer
- 1992 – Matt Eisenhuth, Australian rugby league player
- 1992 – Carolina Horta, Brazilian beach volleyball player[
- 1992 – Demi Lovato, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1992 – Andrei Peteleu, Romanian footballer
- 1992 – Deniss Rakels, Latvian footballer
- 1992 – Callum Skinner, Scottish track cyclist
- 1993 – Mario Jelavic, Croatian footballer
- 1995 – Liana Liberato, American television and film actress
- 1996 – Bunty Afoa, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1999 – Oregon Kaufusi, Australian rugby league player