EVENTS:
- 1919 – The Republic of Prekmurje is founded.
- 1948 – Creation of the United Nations peacekeeping force the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization.
- 1953 – Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay’s (adopted) 39th birthday.
- 1964 – The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
- 1985 – Heysel Stadium disaster: 39 association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.
- 1999 – Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.
- 2004 – The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
- 2008 – A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people.
- 2012 – A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people.
- 2017 – President Donald Trump performs a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arlington National Cemetery and gives a speech honoring those who have died fighting for the U.S., giving special mention to the fallen son of Homeland Security Secretary General John F. Kelly.
- 2021 – A Cessna Citation I/SP crashes into Percy Priest Lake in Tennessee, killing all six people on board, including actor Joe Lara and his wife Gwen Shamblin Lara.
BIRTHS:
- 1920 – John Harsanyi, Hungarian-American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
- 1927 – Jean Coutu, Canadian pharmacist and businessman, founded the Jean Coutu Group
- 1949 – Brian Kidd, English footballer and coach
- 1952 – Zeituni Onyango, Kenyan-American computer programmer (d. 2014)
- 1962 – Fandi Ahmad, Singaporean footballer, coach, and manager
- 1970 – Roberto Di Matteo, Italian footballer and manager
- 1979 – Shweta Gulati, Indian actress
- 1981 – Andrei Arshavin, Russian footballer
