EVENTS:
- 1690 – Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.
- 1789 – The United States Congress passes twelve amendments to the United States Constitution: the Congressional Apportionment Amendment (which was never ratified), the Congressional Compensation Amendment, and the ten that are known as the Bill of Rights.
- 1890 – The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
- 1912 – Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
- 1955 – The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
- 1956 – TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
- 1981 – Belize joins the United Nations.
- 2003 – A magnitude-8.0 earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan.
- 2008 – China launches the spacecraft Shenzhou 7.
- 2017 Iraqi Kurdistan had an independence referendum, whether it should break away from Iraq and form an independent nation of Kurdistan. The day was proclaimed a national holiday by the Kurdish Regional Government.
BIRTHS:
- 1899 – Udumalai Narayana Kavi, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1981)
- 1901 – Gordon Coventry, Australian footballer (d. 1968)
- 1916 – Deendayal Upadhyaya, Indian economist, sociologist, and journalist (d. 1968)
- 1920 – Satish Dhawan, Indian engineer (d. 2002)
- 1936 – Juliet Prowse, Indian-South African actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1996)
- 1939 – Feroz Khan, Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 2009)
- 1940 – Tim Severin, Indian-English explorer, historian, and author
- 1954 – Sylvester Croom, American football player and coach
- 1954 – Juande Ramos, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1960 – Igor Belanov, Ukrainian footballer and manager
- 1965 – Matt Battaglia, American football player, actor, and producer
- 1965 – Dave Rundle, South African cricketer
- 1977 – Divya Dutta, Indian actress
- 1985 – Marvin Matip, German footballer
- 1989 – Aldon Smith, American football player
- 1992 – Massimo Luongo, Australian footballer
- 1993 – Toby Greene, Australian footballer
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES:
- Armed Forces Day or Revolution Day (Mozambique)
- Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, Translator of the Scriptures, AD 1626 (commemoration, Anglicanism)
