EVENTS:
- 1293 – An earthquake strikes Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, killing about 30,000.
- 1830 – The Indian Removal Act is passed by the U.S. Congress; it is signed into law by President Andrew Jackson two days later.
- 1896 – Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
- 1918 – The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established.
- 1966 – British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana.
- 1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing.
- 1998 – The first “National Sorry Day” was held in Australia, and reconciliation events were held nationally, and attended by over a million people.
- 2008 – Severe flooding begins in eastern and southern China that will ultimately cause 148 deaths and force the evacuation of 1.3 million.
- 2020 – Protests triggered by the murder of George Floyd erupt in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, later becoming widespread across the United States and around the world.
- 2021 – Ten people are killed in a shooting at a VTA rail yard in San Jose, California, United States.
BIRTHS:
- 1938 – K Bikram Singh, Indian director and producer (d. 2013)
- 1942 – Ganapathi Sachchidananda, Indian guru
- 1947 – Glenn Turner, New Zealand test cricketer
- 1949 – Ward Cunningham, American computer programmer, developed the first wiki
- 1955 – Wesley Walker, American football player and educator
- 1961 – Tarsem Singh, Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1968 – Steve Sedgley, English footballer and manager
- 1988 – Damian Williams, American football player
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