EVENTS:
- 1776 – The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
- 1790 – The first United States Census is conducted.
- 1922 – A typhoon hits Shantou, Republic of China killing more than 50,000 people.
- 1932 – The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.
- 1944 – ASNOM: birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, celebrated as Day of the Republic in the Republic of Macedonia.
- 1968 – An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
- 1990 – Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
- 2005 – Air France Flight 358, lands at Toronto Pearson International Airport, and runs off the runway causing the plane to burst into flames leaving 12 injuries and no fatalities.
- 2014 – At least 146 people were killed and more than 114 injured in an explosion at a factory near Shanghai.
- 2018 – Apple Inc. became the first U.S. company to be valued at over $1 trillion.
BIRTHS:
- 1876 – Ravishankar Shukla, Indian politician (d. 1956)
- 1876 – Pingali Venkayya, Indian geologist, designed the Flag of India (d. 1963)
- 1887 – Tommy Ward, Indian-South African cricketer (d. 1936)
- 1895 – Matt Henderson, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1970)
- 1928 – Malcolm Hilton, English cricketer (d. 1990)
- 1929 – Vidya Charan Shukla, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (d. 2013)
- 1945 – Bunker Roy, Indian educator and activist
- 1957 – Farhat Basir Khan, Indian theoretician and activist
- 1958 – Arshad Ayub, Indian cricketer and manager
- 1966 – M. V. Sridhar, Indian cricketer
- 1976 – Mohammad Zahid, Pakistani cricketer
HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES:
- Day of Airborne Forces (Russia and Ukraine)
- Day of Azerbaijani cinema (Azerbaijan)
- Our Lady of the Angels Day (Costa Rica)
- Republic Day, also known as Ilinden. (Republic of Macedonia)
