- 1990 – The 55 Americans at the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait left Baghdad by car and headed for the Turkish border.
- 1991 – Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev promised that national elections would be held.
- 1992 – A “no-fly zone” was imposed on the southern 1/3 of Iraq. The move by the U.S., France and Britain was aimed at protecting Iraqi Shiite Muslims.
- 1998 – The U.S. government announced that they were investigating Microsoft in an attempt to discover if they “bullied” Intel into delaying new technology.
- 1999 – Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.
- 2003 – A Beechcraft 1900 operating as Colgan Air Flight 9446 crashes after taking off from Barnstable Municipal Airport in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, killing both pilots on board.[
- 2009 – Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years.
- 2011 – The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing’s all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA.
- 2015 – Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia.
- 2018 – Three people are killed and eleven wounded during a mass shooting at a Madden NFL ’19 video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida.
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1981 – Tino Best, Barbadian cricketer
- 1981 – Sebastian Bönig, German footballer
- 1981 – Andreas Glyniadakis, Greek basketball player
- 1981 – Vangelis Moras, Greek footballer
- 1981 – Petey Williams, Canadian wrestler
- 1982 – Angelo Iorio, Italian footballer
- 1982 – John Mulaney, American comedian, actor, writer, and producer
- 1982 – Jayson Nix, American baseball player
- 1982 – Noah Welch, American ice hockey player
- 1983 – Mattia Cassani, Italian footballer
- 1983 – Félix Porteiro, Spanish race car driver
- 1985 – Oleksiy Kasyanov, Ukrainian decathlete
- 1985 – Brandon McDonald, American football player
- 1985 – David Price, American baseball player
- 1986 – Vladislav Gussev, Estonian footballer
- 1986 – Colin Kazim-Richards, Turkish footballer
- 1986 – Cassie Ventura, American singer, dancer, actress and model
- 1987 – Juan Joseph, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
- 1988 – Elvis Andrus, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1988 – Evan Ross, American actor
- 1988 – Danielle Savre, American actress
- 1988 – Wayne Simmonds, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1988 – Lars Stindl, German football player
- 1989 – James Harden, American basketball player
- 1990 – Mateo Musacchio, Argentinian footballer
- 1991 – Jessica Diggins, American cross-country skier[