EVENTS:
- 1887 – A total of 465 millimetres (18.3 in) rain falls in Brisbane, a record for any Australian capital city.
- 1899 – Opel manufactures its first automobile.
- 1925 – Albania declares itself a republic.
- 1960 – Avianca Flight 671 crashes and burns upon landing at Montego Bay, Jamaica killing 37. It is the worst air disaster in Jamaica’s history and the first for Avianca.
- 1971 – The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.
- 2003 – A 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes the Mexican state of Colima, killing 29 and leaving approximately 10,000 people homeless.
- 2005 – In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government’s new taxes erupts into riots.
- 2017 – Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scale women’s march, on Donald Trump‘s first full day as president of the United States.
- 2018 – Rocket Lab‘s Electron becomes the first rocket to reach orbit using an electric pump-fed engine and deploys three CubeSats..
- 2023 – Huu Can Tran, 72, opens fire in a dance studio in Monterey Park, California, killing eleven people and injuring nine others before later committing suicide. It is the worst mass shooting in Los Angeles County since the 2008 Covina massacre.
BIRTHS:
- 1912 – Konrad Emil Bloch, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
- 1913 – William Ungar, Polish-American author and philanthropist, founded the National Envelope Corporation (d. 2013)
- 1928 – Gene Sharp, American political scientist and academic, founded the Albert Einstein Institution
- 1940 – John J. McGinty III, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2014)
- 1954 – Phil Thompson, English footballer and coach
- 1968 – Sundar C., Indian actor and director
- 1975 – Nicky Butt, English footballer and coach
- 1977 – Phil Neville, English footballer and manager
- 1978 – Bryan Gilmore, American football player
- 1980 – Dave Kitson, English footballer and manager
- 1980 – N. Santhanam, Indian actor and producer
- 1981 – Jamie Dalrymple, English cricketer
- 1986 – Peyton Hillis, American football player
- 1993 – John Cofie, English footballer
- 1995 – Jake Elliott, American football player
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