EVENTS:
- 1920 – Czechoslovak National assembly adopted the Constitution.
- 1960 – The 5.7 Mw Agadir earthquake shakes coastal Morocco with a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme), destroying Agadir, and leaving 12,000 dead and another 12,000 injured.
- 1980 – Gordie Howe of the then Hartford Whalers makes NHL history as he scores his 800th goal.
- 2012 – Tokyo Skytree construction completed. Now it is the tallest tower in the world, 634 meters high, and second tallest (man-made) structure on Earth, next to Burj Khalifa.
- 2016 – At least 40 people are killed and 58 others wounded following a suicide bombing by ISIL at a Shi’ite funeral in the city of Miqdadiyah, Diyala.[41]
- 2020 – During a demonstration, pro-government colectivos shoot at disputed President and Speaker of the National Assembly Juan Guaidó and his supporters in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, leaving five injured.[42][43]
- 2020 – The United States and the Taliban sign the Doha Agreement for bringing peace to Afghanistan.[44]
- 2020 – Muhyiddin Yassin is appointed as the 8th Prime Minister of Malaysia, amid the 2020 Malaysian political crisis.[45]
- 2024 – The Flour massacre (also known as the Al-Rashid massacre) took place on al-Rashid street at the Al-Nabulsi roundabout to the west of Gaza City in the Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip where more than 100 Palestinians were killed and over 750 were wounded after Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid amidst the Israel–Hamas
BIRTHS:
- 1836 – Dickey Pearce, American baseball player and manager (d. 1908)
- 1896 – Morarji Desai, Indian civil servant and politician, 4th Prime Minister of India (d. 1995)
- 1904 – Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian dancer and choreographer (d. 1986)
- 1908 – Alf Gover, English cricketer and coach (d. 2001)
- 1928 – Seymour Papert, South African mathematician and computer scientist, co-created the Logo programming language
- 1968 – Bryce Paup, American football player and coach
- 1972 – Mike Pollitt, English footballer and coach
- 1984 – Darren Ambrose, English footballer
- 1984 – Adam Sinclair, Indian field hockey player
- 1988 – Scott Golbourne, English footballer
- 1992 – Sean Abbott, Australian cricketer
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES:
