EVENTS:
- 1901 – J. P. Morgan incorporates the United States Steel Corporation.
- 1951 – The first Pan American Games are held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 1971 – The first unit of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, the first commercial nuclear power station in Canada, goes online.
- 1994 – Mosque of Abraham massacre: In the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron, Baruch Goldstein opens fire with an automatic rifle, killing 29 Palestinian worshippers and injuring 125 more before being subdued and beaten to death by survivors.
- 2015 – At least 310 people are killed in avalanches in northeastern Afghanistan.
- 2016 – Three people are killed and fourteen others injured in a series of shootings in Newton and Hesston, Kansas.
BIRTHS:
- 1894 – Meher Baba, Indian mystic and educator (d. 1969)
- 1943 – Jack Concannon, American football player and actor (d. 2005)
- 1958 – Jeff Fisher, American football player and coach
- 1961 – Todd Blackledge, American football player and sportscaster
- 1964 – Don Majkowski, American football player and sportscaster
- 1971 – Stuart MacGill, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
- 1974 – Divya Bharti, Indian model and actress (d. 1993)
- 1984 – Dane Swan, Australian footballer
- 1986 – James Starks, American football player
- 1987 – Adrián López Rodríguez, Spanish footballer
- 2001 – Vernon Carey Jr., American basketball player
- 2003 – Brandin Podziemski, American basketball player
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES:
- Armed Forces Day (Dominican Republic)
- Memorial Day for the Victims of the Communist Dictatorships (Hungary)
- National Day (Kuwait)
- People Power Day (Philippines)
- Revolution Day (Suriname)
- Soviet Occupation Day (Georgia)
