- 1990 – The U.N. Security Council ordered a worldwide trade embargo with Iraq. The embargo was to punish Iraq for invading Kuwait.
- 1993 – The U.S. Senate confirmed Louis Freeh to be the director of the FBI.
- 1993 – Morihiro Hosokawa was elected prime minister of Japan.
- 1995 – Thousands of glowing lanterns were set afloat in rivers in Hiroshima, Japan, on the 50th anniversary of the first atomic bombing.
- 1996 – NASA announced the discovery of evidence of primitive life on Mars. The evidence came in the form of a meteorite that was found in Antarctica. The meteorite was believed to have come from Mars and contained a fossil.
- 1997 – Apple Computer and Microsoft agreed to share technology in a deal giving Microsoft a stake in Apple’s survival.
- 1998 – Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky spent 8 1/2 hours testifying before a grand jury about her relationship with U.S. President Clinton.
- 2012 – The Mars rover Curiosity landed on the floor of Gale Crater. The Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, on November 26, 2011.
- 2015 – A suicide bomb attack kills at least 15 people at a mosque in the Saudi city of Abha.
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1981 – Diána Póth, Hungarian figure skater
- 1983 – Neil Harvey, English-Barbadian footballer
- 1983 – C. J. Mosley, American football player
- 1983 – Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer
- 1984 – Vedad Ibišević, Bosnian footballer
- 1984 – Jesse Ryder, New Zealand cricketer
- 1985 – Viktoria Baškite, Estonian chess player
- 1985 – Mickaël Delage, French cyclist
- 1985 – Bafétimbi Gomis, French footballer
- 1985 – Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer
- 1986 – Mehmet Akgün, Turkish footballer
- 1986 – Raphael Pyrasch, German rugby player
- 1987 – Leanne Crichton, Scottish footballer[
- 1991 – Jiao Liuyang, Chinese swimmer
- 1992 – Tara Moore, British tennis player
- 1995 – Rebecca Peterson, Swedish tennis player