EVENTS:
- 1886 – An earthquake kills 100 in Charleston, South Carolina.
- 1897 – Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
- 1945 – The Liberal Party of Australia is founded by Robert Menzies.
- 1957 – The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1962 – Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
- 1968 – Garfield Sobers became the first batsman ever to hit six sixes in a single over of six consecutive balls in first-class cricket.
- 1980 – Flood in Ibadan after 12 hours of heavy downpour killed over 300 people and properties worth million destroyed.
- 1991 – Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1998 – North Korea reportedly launches Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1, its first satellite.
- 2012 – A 7.6-magnitude earthquake strikes the Philippine province of Eastern Samar.
- 2016 – Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff is impeached and removed from office.
- 2019 – A sightseeing helicopter crashes in the mountains of Skoddevarre in Alta Municipality in Northern Norway killing all 6 occupants.
- 2024 – A helicopter crashes in Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Far East, killing all 22 occupants.
BIRTHS:
- 1919 – Amrita Preetam, Indian poet and author (d. 2005)
- 1946 – Tom Coughlin, American football player and coach
- 1948 – Holger Osieck, German footballer and manager
- 1949 – Hugh David Politzer, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1963 – Rituparno Ghosh, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
- 1965 – Willie Watson, New Zealand cricketer
- 1969 – Javagal Srinath, Indian cricketer and referee
- 1975 – Craig Cumming, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
- 1976 – Roque Júnior, Brazilian footballer
- 1979 – Yuvan Shankar Raja, Indian singer-songwriter
- 1984 – Rajkummar Rao, Indian actor
- 1989 – Dezmon Briscoe, American football player
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES:
- Day of Solidarity and Freedom (Poland)
- National Language Day or Limba Noastră (Moldova)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kyrgyzstan from the Soviet Union in 1991
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Malaya from the United Kingdom in 1957.
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Trinidad and Tobago from the United Kingdom in 1962.
