EVENTS:
- 1865 – Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.
- 1918 – The Kingdom of Iceland becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom.
- 1958 – The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns.
- 1963 – Nagaland becomes the 16th state of India.
- 1964 – Malawi, Malta and Zambia join the United Nations.
- 1965 – India’s Border Security Force is established.
- 1973 – Papua New Guinea gains self-governance from Australia.
- 1974 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231, another Boeing 727, crashes northwest of John F. Kennedy International Airport.
- 1976 – Angola joins the United Nations.
- 1988 – Benazir Bhutto is appointed Prime Minister of Pakistan.
- 1997 – In the Indian state of Bihar, Ranvir Sena attacked the CPI(ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people.
- 2013 – China launches Yutu or Jade Rabbit, its first lunar rover, as part of the Chang’e 3 lunar exploration mission.
- 2013 – A derailment of a Metro-North Railroad train near Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx, New York City kills four and injures 61.
BIRTHS:
- 1921 – Vernon McGarity, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2013)
- 1925 – Martin Rodbell, American biochemist and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
- 1944 – Werner Scholz, German footballer
- 1948 – Sarfraz Nawaz, Pakistani cricketer and politician
- 1948 – Neil Warnock, English footballer and manager
- 1950 – Manju Bansal, Indian biologist and academic
- 1963 – Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lankan cricketer and politician
- 1980 – Mohammad Kaif, Indian cricketer
- 1981 – Luke McPharlin, Australian footballer
- 1982 – Lloyd Doyley, English footballer
- 1987 – Simon Dawkins, English footballer
- 1994 – Seedy Njie, English footballer
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES:
