EVENTS:
- 1785 – The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
- 1825 – The U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the “Trail of Tears“.
- 1880 – Thomas Edison receives the patent on the incandescent lamp.
- 1951 – Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with Operation Ranger.
- 1961 – The Soviet submarine S-80 sinks when its snorkel malfunctions, flooding the boat.
- 1974 – The Brisbane River breaches its banks causing the largest flood to affect the city of Brisbane in the 20th century.
- 2003 – The first selections for the National Recording Registry are announced by the Library of Congress.
- 2006 – Western Union discontinues its Telegram and Commercial Messaging services.
- 2013 – Two hundred forty-two people die in a nightclub fire in the city of Santa Maria, Brazil.
- 2017 – A naming ceremony for the chemical element tennessine takes place in the United States.
- 2023 – Protests and public outrage spark across the U.S. after the release of multiple videos by the Memphis Police Department showing officers punching, kicking, and pepper spraying Tyre Nichols as a result of running away from a traffic stop, which resulted him dying in the hospital three days later after the incident.
- 2023 – A shooting at a synagogue in Neve Yaakov, East Jerusalem, kills seven people and injures three others.
BIRTHS:
- 1886 – Radhabinod Pal, Indian academic and jurist (d. 1967)
- 1903 – John Eccles, Australian-Swiss neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
- 1928 – Michael Craig, Indian-English actor and screenwriter
- 1936 – Samuel C. C. Ting, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1944 – Mairead Maguire, Northern Irish activist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1952 – Billy Johnson, American football player and coach
- 1965 – Mike Newell, English footballer and manager
- 1965 – Attila Sekerlioglu, Austrian footballer and manager
- 1967 – Bobby Deol, Indian actor and singer
- 1970 – Dean Headley, English cricketer and coach
- 1974 – Chaminda Vaas, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
- 1979 – Daniel Vettori, New Zealand cricketer and coach
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES:
- Day of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad (Russia)
- Family Literacy Day (Canada)
