- 1996 – Boris Yeltsin was sworn in as president of Russia for the second time.
- 1999 – Russian President Boris Yeltsin fired Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin and his entire cabinet for the fourth time in 17 months.
- 2001 – U.S. President George W. Bush announced he would support federal funding for limited medical research on embryonic stem cells.
- 2004 – Donald Duck received the 2,257th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 2004 – Trump Hotel and Casion Resorts announced plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. 2013 – Gunmen open fire at a Sunni mosque in the city of Quetta killing at least ten people and injuring 30.
- 2014 – Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American male in Ferguson, Missouri, was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer after reportedly assaulting the officer and attempting to steal his weapon, sparking protests and unrest in the city.
- 2019 – 220 million trees are planted in one day in Uttar Pradesh, India.[
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1981 – Jarvis Hayes, American basketball player
- 1981 – Li Jiawei, Singaporean table tennis player
- 1982 – Joel Anthony, American basketball player
- 1982 – Tyson Gay, American sprinter
- 1982 – Yekaterina Samutsevich, Russian singer and activist
- 1982 – Kanstantsin Sivtsov, Belorussian cyclist
- 1983 – Shane O’Brien, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1983 – Alicja Smietana, Polish-English violinist
- 1984 – Paul Gallagher, Scottish footballer
- 1985 – Luca Filippi, Italian race car driver
- 1985 – Filipe Luís, Brazilian footballer
- 1985 – Anna Kendrick, American actress and singer
- 1985 – Hayley Peirsol, American swimmer
- 1985 – JaMarcus Russell, American football player
- 1985 – Chandler Williams, American football player (d. 2013)
- 1986 – Michael Lerchl, German footballer
- 1986 – Daniel Preussner, German rugby player
- 1986 – Tyler Smith, American singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1987 – Marek Niit, Estonian sprinter
- 1988 – Anthony Castonzo, American football player
- 1988 – Willian, Brazilian footballer
- 1988 – Vasilios Koutsianikoulis, Greek footballer
- 1989 – Jason Heyward, American baseball player
- 1989 – Stefano Okaka, Italian footballer
- 1989 – Kento Ono, Japanese actor and model
- 1990 – İshak Doğan, Turkish footballer
- 1990 – Stuart McInally, Scottish rugby player
- 1990 – Brice Roger, French skier
- 1990 – Sarah McBride, American LGBT Activist
- 1991 – Alice Barlow, English actress
- 1991 – Alexa Bliss, American bodybuilder and wrestler
- 1993 – Jun.Q, South Korean singer and actor
- 1994 – Kelli Hubly, American soccer player
- 1995 – Eli Apple, American football player
- 1996 – Sanya Lopez, Filipino actress and model
- 1999 – Deniss Vasiļjevs, Latvian figure skater