EVENTS:
- 1759 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.
- 1908 – Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
- 1922 – First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
- 1935 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
- 1942 – World War II: Japanese forces capture Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the Federated Malay States.
- 1942 – World War II: Japanese forces attack Tarakan in Borneo, Netherlands Indies (Battle of Tarakan)
- 1962 – An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes 4,000 deaths.
- 1972 – East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.
- 1996 – Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.
- 1998 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria.
- 2013 – One French soldier and 17 militants are killed in a failed attempt to free a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia.
- 2020 – COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei: Municipal health officials in Wuhan announce the first recorded death from COVID-19.
BIRTHS:
- 1924 – Roger Guillemin, French-American physician and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1942 – George Mira, American football player
- 1944 – Shibu Soren, Indian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Jharkhand
- 1951 – Willie Maddren, English footballer and manager (d. 2000)
- 1954 – Kailash Satyarthi, Indian engineer, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1957 – Peter Moore, Australian footballer and coach
- 1977 – Shamari Buchanan, American football player
- 1980 – Mike Williams, American football player
- 1987 – Jamie Vardy, English footballer
- 1988 – Daniel Dzufer, Australian footballer
- 1993 – Michael Keane, English footballer
