EVENTS:
- 1896 – Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his newest invention, the radio.
- 1962 – During the 1962 FIFA World Cup, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history.
- 1966 – Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-land on another world.
- 1983 – After an emergency landing because of an in-flight fire, twenty-three passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 are killed when a flashover occurs as the plane’s doors open. Because of this incident, numerous new safety regulations are put in place.
- 1994 – An RAF Chinook helicopter crashes in Scotland killing all 29 on board. The original cause of the crash is ruled as pilot error, this verdict is overturned in 2011.
- 2014 – Telangana officially becomes the 29th state of India.
- 2022 – Following a request from Ankara, the United Nations officially changed the name of the Republic of Turkey in the organization from what was previously known as “Turkey” to “Türkiye.”[18]
- 2023 – A collision between two passenger trains and a parked freight train near the city of Balasor, Odisha in eastern India, results in 296 deaths and more than 1,200 people injured.
BIRTHS:
- 1840 – Thomas Hardy, English author and poet (d. 1928)
- 1857 – Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)
- 1865 – George Lohmann, English cricketer (d. 1901)
- 1943 – Ilaiyaraaja, Indian singer-songwriter and producer
- 1955 – Nandan Nilekani, Indian businessman, co-founded Infosys
- 1956 – Mani Ratnam, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1963 – Anand Abhyankar, Indian actor (d. 2012)
- 1965 – Steve Waugh, Australian cricketer
- 1987 – Angelo Mathews, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1987 – Sonakshi Sinha, Indian actress
- 1989 – Steven Smith, Australian cricketer
- 1993 – Lukas Spendlhofer, Austrian footballer
- 2002 – Fonua Pole, New Zealand rugby league player
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