EVENTS:
- 1890 – The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
- 1924 – Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- 1957 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 127 is adopted
- 1973 – A chartered Boeing 707 explodes in flames upon landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria, killing 176.
- 1992 – Space Shuttle program: Dr. Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist in space.
- 2007 – At least 88 people are killed when two car bombs explode in the Bab Al-Sharqi market in central Baghdad, Iraq.
- 2015 – An explosion near a civilian trolleybus in the city of Donetsk kills at least thirteen people.
- 2024 – Ram Mandir inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh after 500 years of dispute.
BIRTHS:
- 1907 – Dixie Dean, English footballer (d. 1980)
- 1908 – Lev Landau, Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
- 1916 – Harilal Upadhyay, Indian author, poet, and astrologist (d. 1994)
- 1920 – Alf Ramsey, English footballer and manager (d. 1999)
- 1927 – Lou Creekmur, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2009)
- 1934 – Vijay Anand, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
- 1936 – Alan J. Heeger, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1940 – George Seifert, American football player and coach
- 1954 – Tully Blanchard, American football player, wrestler, and referee
- 1976 – James Dearth, American football player
- 1987 – Ray Rice, American football player
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES:
- Day of Unity of Ukraine (Ukraine)
- Grandfather’s Day (Poland)
