- 1992 – The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Mississippi abortion law which, required women to get counseling and then wait 24 hours before terminating their pregnancies.
- 1993 – Six people were killed and 17 were injured when a gunman opened fire on a Long Island Rail Road commuter train.
- 1993 – Energy Secretary Hazel O’Leary revealed that the U.S. government had conducted more than 200 nuclear weapons tests in secret at its Nevada test site.
- 1993 – Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders suggested that the U.S. government study the impact of drug legalization.
- 1995 – A probe sent from the Galileo spacecraft entered into Jupiter’s atmosphere. The probe sent back data to the mothership before it was presumably destroyed.
- 1996 – The space shuttle Columbia returned from the longest-ever shuttle flight of 17 days, 15 hours and 54 minutes.
- 1998 – The U.N. evacuated 14 peacekeepers that were trapped by fighting between army and rebel forces in central Angola.
- 1998 – U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno declined to seek an independent counsel investigation of President Clinton over 1996 campaign financing.
- 1999 – A U.S. federal grand jury indicted a former convict in the 1995 disappearance of atheist leader Madalyn Murray O’Hair.
- 2002 – In Amsterdam, Netherlands, two Van Gogh paintings were stolen from the Van Gogh Museum. The two works were “View of the Sea st Scheveningen” and “Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen.” On July 26, 2004, two men were convicted for the crime and were sentenced to at least four years in prison each.
- 2002 – In Mymensingh, Bangladesh, four movies theaters were bombed within 30 minutes of each other. At least 15 people were killed and over 200 were injured.
- 2003 – A 12-inch by 26-inch painting of a river landscape and sailing vessel by Martin Johnson Heade was sold at auction for $1 million. The painting was found in the attic of a suburban Boston home where it had been stored for more than 60 years.
- 2005 – Rigoberto Alpizar, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 924 who allegedly claimed to have a bomb, is shot and killed by a team of U.S. federal air marshals at Miami International Airport.
- 2015 – The JAXA probe Akatsuki successfully enters orbit around Venus five years after the first attempt.
- 2016 – Pakistan International Airlines Flight 661, a domestic passenger flight from Chitral to Islamabad, operated by ATR-42-500 crashes near Havelian, killing all 47 on board.
- 2017 – The Marriage Amendment Bill to legally recognize same-sex marriages is passed in Australia’s parliament.
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1983 – Mike Mucitelli, American mixed martial artist
- 1984 – Aaron Gray, American basketball player
- 1984 – Robert Kubica, Polish race car driver
- 1984 – Milan Michálek, Czech ice hockey player
- 1984 – Luca Rigoni, Italian footballer
- 1985 – Jon Moxley, American wrestler
- 1986 – Billy Horschel, American golfer
- 1986 – Nita Strauss, American guitarist
- 1987 – Aaron Carter, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
- 1988 – Nathan Adrian, American swimmer
- 1988 – Angelina Gabueva, Russian tennis player
- 1988 – Emily Browning, Australian actress and singer
- 1989 – Kyle Hendricks, American baseball player
- 1989 – Alessandro Marchi, Italian footballer
- 1989 – Nicholas Hoult, English actor
- 1990 – David Goffin, Belgian tennis player
- 1990 – Aleksandr Menkov, Russian long jumper
- 1990 – Yasiel Puig, Cuban baseball player
- 1990 – Urszula Radwańska, Polish tennis player
- 1991 – Eugenio Pisani, Italian race car driver
- 1993 – Rahama Sadau, Nigerian actress
- 1994 – Yuzuru Hanyu, Japanese figure skater
- 1997 – Abi Harrison, Scottish footballer[
- 1997 – Tommy Nelson, American actor
- 1998 – Tony Yike Yang, Canadian pianist