EVENTS:
- 1778 – The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
- 1893 – Women’s suffrage: In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
- 1946 – The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
- 1957 – First American underground nuclear bomb test (part of Operation Plumbbob).
- 1976 – Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Osmaniye, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew.
- 1978 – The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.
- 1983 – Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
- 2014 – The Asian Games take place in Incheon, South Korea.
- 2016 – In the wake of a manhunt, the suspect in a series of bombings in New York and New Jersey is apprehended after a shootout with police.
- 2017 – The 2017 Puebla earthquake strikes Mexico, causing 370 deaths and over 6,000 injuries, as well as extensive damage.
- 2021 – The Cumbre Vieja volcano, on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, erupts. The eruption lasts for almost three months, ending on December 13.
- 2022 – The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is held at Westminster Abbey, London.
BIRTHS:
- 1911 – William Golding, English author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
- 1926 – Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1937 – Abner Haynes, American football player
- 1947 – Gerd Schwidrowski, German footballer
- 1958 – Lucky Ali, Indian singer-songwriter and actor
- 1963 – David Seaman, English footballer and manager
- 1970 – Antoine Hey, German footballer and manager
- 1976 – Isha Koppikar, Indian model and actress
- 1977 – Aakash Chopra, Indian cricketer
- 1982 – Shaun Barker, English footballer
- 1986 – Leon Best, English footballer
- 1990 – Savvas Gentsoglou, Greek footballer
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