EVENTS:
- 1922 – The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.
- 1931 – Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
- 1981 – Social Democratic Party (UK) founded as a party.
- 1998 – Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria: Fifty-two people are killed with axes and knives, 32 of them children under the age of two.
- 2005 – The Taiwanese government calls on one million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People’s Republic of China. Around 200,000 to 300,000 attend the demonstration.
- 2014 – A massive fire breaks out in Back Bay, Boston killing 2 firefighters and injuring at least 18 people.
- 2016 – The Hokkaido Shinkansen opens.
- 2017 – Russia-wide anti-corruption protests in 99 cities. The Levada Center survey showed that 38% of surveyed Russians supported protests and that 67 percent held Putin personally responsible for high-level corruption.
- 2024 – The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapses following a collision between the MV Dali container ship and one of the bridge’s support pillars, killing 6 people.
BIRTHS:
- 1893 – Dhirendra Nath Ganguly, Indian actor and director (d. 1978)
- 1907 – Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet and activist (d. 1987)
- 1911 – Bernard Katz, German-English biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
- 1916 – Christian B. Anfinsen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
- 1916 – Bill Edrich, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1986)
- 1925 – Maqsood Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1999)
- 1933 – Acharya Kuber Nath Rai, Indian poet and scholar (d. 1996)
- 1949 – Rudi Koertzen, South African cricketer and umpire
- 1951 – Carl Wieman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1951 – Carl Wieman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1994 – Jed Wallace, English footballer
- 1996 – Zane Musgrove, New Zealand rugby league player
- 2001 – Jameson Williams, American football player
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES:
- Independence Day and National Day (Bangladesh), celebrates the declaration of independence from Pakistan in 1971.
- Martyr’s Day or Day of Democracy (Mali)
- Purple Day (Canada and United States)
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