- 1990 – Angry smokers blocked a street in Moscow to protest the summer-long cigarette shortage.
- 1991 – It was announced by Yugoslavia that a truce ordered on August 7th with Croatia had collapsed.
- 1991 – Mikhail S. Gorbachev returned to Moscow after the collapse of the hard-liners’ coup. On the same day he purged the men that had tried to oust him.
- 1992 – In Rostock, Germany, neo-Nazi violence broke out against foreigners.
- 1996 – U.S. President Clinton signed legislation that ended guaranteed cash payments to the poor and demanded work from recipients.
- 1998 – “The Howard Stern Radio Show” premiered on CBS to about 70% of the U.S.
- 2004 – In Oslo, Norway, a version of Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” and his work “Madonna” were stolen from the Munch Museum. This version of “The Scream,” one of four different versions, was a tempera painting on board.
- 2006 – Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border over eastern Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.
- 2006 – Grigori Perelman is awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal.
- 2007 – The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history.
- 2012 – Ethnic clashes over grazing rights for cattle in Kenya’s Tana River District result in more than 52 deaths.
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1981 – Alex Holmes, American football player
- 1981 – Jang Hyun-kyu, South Korean footballer (d. 2012)
- 1981 – Christina Obergföll, German athlete
- 1983 – Theo Bos, Dutch cyclist
- 1983 – Jahri Evans, American football player
- 1984 – Lee Camp, English footballer
- 1984 – Lawrence Quaye, Ghanaian-Qatari footballer
- 1985 – Luke Russert, American journalist
- 1985 – Jey Uso, Samoan-American wrestler
- 1985 – Jimmy Uso, Samoan-American wrestler
- 1986 – Stephen Ireland, Irish footballer
- 1986 – Neville, English wrestler
- 1986 – Tokushōryū Makoto, Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1987 – Leonardo Moracci, Italian footballer
- 1987 – Apollo Crews, American wrestler
- 1989 – Giacomo Bonaventura, Italian footballer
- 1990 – Randall Cobb, American football player
- 1990 – Drew Hutchison, American baseball player
- 1990 – Robbie Rochow, Australian rugby league player
- 1991 – Federico Macheda, Italian footballer
- 1991 – Brayden Schenn, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1992 – Ema Burgić Bucko, Bosnian tennis player
- 1994 – Olli Määttä, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1995 – Dua Lipa, English singer-songwriter
- 1996 – Jessica-Jane Applegate, British Paralympic swimmer[