EVENTS:
- 1678 – Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.
- 1938 – Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
- 1947 – The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
- 1967 – Broadcasting of the first live global satellite television program: Our World
- 1975 – Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has a state of internal Emergency declared in India.
- 1981 – Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
- 1991 – Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.
- 1997 – An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
- 1997 – The Soufrière Hills volcano in Montserrat erupts resulting in the death of 19 people.
- 2013 – Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani becomes the eighth Emir of Qatar.
- 2017 – The World Health Organization estimates that Yemen has over 200,000 cases of cholera.
- 2022 – The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the longest bridge of Bangladesh, Padma Bridge.
- 2022 – Russo-Ukrainian War: The Battle of Sievierodonetsk ends after weeks of heavy fighting with the Russian capture of the city, leading to the Battle of Lysychansk.
- 2022 – Two people are killed and 21 more injured after a gunman opens fire at three sites in Oslo in a suspected Islamist anti-LGBTQ+ attack.
- 2024 – Thousands of people storm Kenya’s Parliament Buildings protesting the passing of the government’s 2024/25 Finance Bill.
BIRTHS:
- 1864 – Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
- 1907 – J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
- 1911 – William Howard Stein, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1980)
- 1928 – Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1960 – Craig Johnston, South African-Australian footballer
- 1973 – Jamie Redknapp, English footballer
- 1974 – Karisma Kapoor, Indian actress
- 1978 – Aftab Shivdasani, Indian actor and producer
- 1981 – Pooja Umashankar, Sri Lankan-Indian actress
- 1983 – Marc Janko, Austrian footballer
- 1983 – Cristian Baroni, Brazilian footballer
- 1989 – Jack Cork, English footballer
- 2001 – Philip Broberg, Swedish professional ice hockey player
