- 1992 – Germany’s primary political parties agreed to tighten postwar asylum laws.
- 1992 – In India, thousands of Hindu extremists destroyed a mosque. The following two months of Hindu-Muslim rioting resulted in at least 2,000 people being killed.
- 1993 – Former priest James R. Porter was sentenced to 18 to 20 years in prison. Porter had admitted molesting 28 children in the 1960s.
- 1994 – Orange County, CA, filed for bankruptcy protection due to investment losses of about $2 billion. The county is one of the richest in the U.S. and became the largest municipality to file for bankruptcy.
- 1997 – A Russian Antonov 124 military transport crashed into a residential area in Irkutsk, Russia, shortly after takeoff. 70 people were killed.
- 1998 – In Venezuela, former Lieutenant Colonel Hugo Chavez was elected president. He had staged a bloody coup attempt against the government six years earlier.
- 1998 – Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavour connected the first two building blocks of the international space station in the shuttle cargo bay.
- 2002 – Winona Ryder was sentenced to 36 months of probation and 480 hours of community service stemming from her conviction for shoplifting from Saks Fifth Avenue. She was also ordered to pay $10,000 in fines and restitution.
- 2002 – Officials released the detailed plans for a $4.7 million memorial commemorating Princess Diana. The large oval fountain was planned to be constructed in London’s Hyde Park.
- 2005 – An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, killing all 94 on board and 12 more on the ground.
- 2006 – NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.
- 2015 – 2015 Venezuelan parliamentary election: For the first time in 17 years, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela loses its majority in parliament.
- 2017 – Donald Trump’s administration officially announces the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1981 – Federico Balzaretti, Italian footballer
- 1982 – Robbie Gould, American football player
- 1982 – Ryan Carnes, American actor and producer
- 1982 – Alberto Contador, Spanish cyclist
- 1982 – Sean Ervine, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1982 – Aaron Sandilands, Australian footballer
- 1982 – Susie Wolff, Scottish race car driver
- 1984 – Syndric Steptoe, American football player
- 1984 – Nora Kirkpatrick, American actress and musician
- 1984 – Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland
- 1985 – Shannon Bobbitt, American basketball player
- 1985 – Aristeidis Grigoriadis, Greek swimmer
- 1985 – Rudra Pratap Singh, Indian cricketer
- 1986 – Sean Edwards, English race car driver (d. 2013)
- 1986 – Matt Niskanen, American ice hockey player
- 1988 – Adam Eaton, American baseball player
- 1988 – Sandra Nurmsalu, Estonian singer and violinist
- 1988 – Nils Petersen, German footballer
- 1988 – Nobunaga Shimazaki, Japanese voice actor
- 1988 – Ravindra Jadeja, Indian Cricketer
- 1989 – Felix Schiller, German footballer
- 1990 – Tamira Paszek, Austrian tennis player
- 1991 – Coco Vandeweghe, American tennis player
- 1992 – Britt Assombalonga, Congolese footballer
- 1992 – Johnny Manziel, American football player
- 1993 – Jasprit Bumrah, Indian cricketer
- 1993 – Pedro Rafael Amado Mendes, Portuguese footballer
- 1993 – Tautau Moga, Australian-Samoan rugby league player
- 1994 – Giannis Antetokounmpo, Greek basketball player
- 1994 – Shreyas Iyer, Indian Cricketer
- 1996 – Davide Calabria, Italian football player
- 1997 – Sabrina Ionescu, American basketball player
- 1998 – Angelīna Kučvaļska, Latvian figure skater