EVENTS:
- 1793 – Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of Canada.
- 1933 – Wiley Post becomes the first person to fly solo around the world traveling 15,596 miles (25,099 km) in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes.
- 1951 – Dezik (Дезик) and Tsygan (Цыган, “Gypsy”) are the first dogs to make a sub-orbital flight.
- 1962 – Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
- 1963 – Sarawak achieve independence.
- 1983 – Martial law in Poland is officially revoked.
- 2013 – A series of earthquakes in Dingxi, China, kills at least 89 people and injures more than 500 others.
- 2015 – Three people die and 17 are injured in a collision between a Pendolino train and a lorry that occurred near Studénka, north Moravia, in the Czech Republic.
- 2019 – Chandrayaan-2, the second lunar exploration mission developed by Indian Space Research Organisation after Chandrayaan-1 is launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in a GSLV Mark III M1. It consists of a lunar orbiter, and also included the Vikram lander, and the Pragyan lunar rover.
BIRTHS:
- 1887 – Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
- 1888 – Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
- 1922 – Dick Hoerner, American football player (d. 2010)
- 1923 – Mukesh, Indian singer (d. 1976)
- 1935 – Tom Cartwright, English cricketer and coach (d. 2007)
- 1937 – John Price, English cricketer
- 1937 – Vasant Ranjane, Indian cricketer (d. 2011)
- 1972 – Niclas Weiland, German footballer
- 1982 – Nuwan Kulasekara, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1989 – Leandro Damião, Brazilian footballer
- 1991 – Matty James, English footballer
- 2013 – Prince George of Wales
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