- 1991 – The British government announced that seven Iraqi diplomats, another embassy staff member and 67 other Iraqis were being expelled from Britain.
- 1993 – U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) in Moscow.
- 1995 – WHO reported that the cumulative total of officially reported cases of AIDS had risen to 1,025,073 in 192 countries as at the end of 1994.
- 1995 – The U.S. Postal Service raised the price of the first-class stamp to 32 cents.
- 1997 – Bryant Gumbel signed off for the last time as host of NBC’s “Today” show.
- 1998 – China announced that it would spend $27.7 billion to fight erosion and pollution in the Yangtze and Yellow river valleys.
- 1999 – Israeli authorities detained, and later expelled, 14 members of Concerned Christians. Israili officials claimed that the Denver, CO-based cult was plotting violence in Jerusalem to bring about the Second Coming of Christ.
- 2000 – Charles M. Schulz’s final original daily comic strip appeared in newspapers.
- 2001 – The ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) charged the “Texas 7” with weapons violations. An autopsy showed that Office Aubrey Hawkins, killed by the convicts, had been shot 11 times and run over with a vehicle.
- 2004 – NASA’s Spirit rover landed on Mars. The craft was able to send back black and white images three hours after landing.
- 2019 – The Chinese probe Chang’e 4 became the first human-made object to land on the far side of the Moon.
- 2020 – Iranian General Qasem Soleimani is killed by an American airstrike near Baghdad International Airport, igniting global concerns of a potential armed conflict.
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1981 – Eli Manning, American football player
- 1982 – Peter Clarke, English footballer
- 1982 – Lasse Nilsson, Swedish footballer
- 1982 – Park Ji-yoon, South Korean singer and actress
- 1984 – Billy Mehmet, English-Irish footballer
- 1985 – Linas Kleiza, Lithuanian basketball player
- 1985 – Evan Moore, American football player
- 1986 – Dana Hussain, Iraqi sprinter
- 1986 – Greg Nwokolo, Indonesian footballer
- 1986 – Dmitry Starodubtsev, Russian pole vaulter
- 1987 – Reto Berra, Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender
- 1987 – Kim Ok-bin, South Korean actress and singer
- 1988 – Ikechi Anya, Scottish-Nigerian footballer
- 1988 – Matt Frattin, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1989 – Kōhei Uchimura, Japanese artistic gymnast
- 1990 – Yoichiro Kakitani, Japanese footballer
- 1991 – Jerson Cabral, Dutch footballer
- 1991 – Özgür Çek, Turkish footballer
- 1991 – Sébastien Faure, French footballer
- 1991 – Dane Gagai, Australian rugby league player
- 1994 – Isaquias Queiroz, Brazilian sprint canoeist
- 1995 – Kim Jisoo, Korean singer
- 1996 – Florence Pugh, English actress
- 1997 – Kyron McMaster, British Virgin Islands hurdler
- 2001 – Deni Avdija, Israeli-Serbian basketball player
- 2003 – Greta Thunberg, Swedish environmental activist