EVENTS:
- 1362 – A storm tide in the North Sea destroys the German city of Rungholt on the island of Strand.
- 1761 – The British capture Pondichéry, India from the French.
- 1920 – Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
- 1969 – Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of manned spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk.
- 2001 – US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish–American War.
- 2006 – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia‘s new president. She becomes Africa’s first female elected head of state.
- 2016 – Thirty-three out of 126 freed hostages are injured and 23 killed in 2016 Ouagadougou attack in Burkina Faso. The attack was carried out on a hotel and a nearby restaurant in the capital.
- 2019 – A car bomb kills 19 people including four Americans in an attack in Manbij, Syria.
- 2020 – The first impeachment of Donald Trump formally moves into its trial phase in the United States Senate.
- 2020 – The United States Senate ratifies the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement as a replacement for NAFTA.
BIRTHS:
- 1876 – Claude Buckenham, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1937)
- 1926 – O. P. Nayyar, Indian director and composer (d. 2007)
- 1946 – Kabir Bedi, Indian actor
- 1972 – Ang Christou, Australian footballer
- 1972 – Joe Horn, American football player and coach
- 1981 – Bobby Zamora, English footballer
- 1983 – Emanuel Pogatetz, Austrian footballer
- 1985 – Jayde Herrick, Australian cricketer
- 1995 – Mikaela Turik, Australian-Canadian cricketer
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES:
- National Nothing Day (United States)
- National Religious Freedom Day (United States)
- Teachers’ Day (Thailand)
- Teacher’s Day (Myanmar)
- Thiruvalluvar Day (Tamil Nadu, India)
