EVENTS:
- 1844 – The Glaciarium, the world’s first mechanically frozen ice rink, opens.
- 1857 – The British East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British and is considered to be the First Martyr in the War of Indian Independence.
- 1940 – John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
- 1949 – EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
- 1976 – An earthquake strikes the Friuli region of northeastern Italy, causing 989 deaths and the destruction of entire villages.
- 2014 – Six people are injured in a knife attack at a Chinese train station in Guangzhou.
- 2023 – The coronation of Charles III and Camilla as King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms is held in Westminster Abbey, London.
- 2023 – Eight people are killed and seven injured in a mass shooting in Allen, Texas. The perpetrator is killed by a police officer.
BIRTHS:
- 1861 – Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (d. 1931)
- 1871 – Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
- 1904 – Harry Martinson, Swedish author and poet Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978)
- 1929 – Paul Lauterbur, American chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
- 1953 – Graeme Souness, Scottish footballer and manager
- 1976 – Dean Chandler, English footballer
- 1978 – John Abraham, American football player
- 1982 – Jason Witten, American football player
- 1983 – Dani Alves, Brazilian footballer
- 2002 – Angel Reese, American basketball player
