EVENTS:
- 1587 – Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575.
- 1876 – A monster cyclone ravages India, resulting in over 200,000 deaths.
- 1984 – Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two Sikh security guards. Riots break out in New Delhi and other cities and nearly 10,000 Sikhs are killed.
- 1999 – EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean killing all 217 people on board.
- 2011 – The global population of humans reaches seven billion. This day is now recognized by the United Nations as Seven Billion Day.
- 2014 – Virgin Galactic‘s SpaceShipTwo crashes in the Mojave Desert during a test flight.
- 2015 – Metrojet Flight 9268 is bombed over the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board.
- 2017 – A truck drives in a crowd of people in Lower Manhattan, killing eight people.
- 2020 – Berlin Brandenburg Airport opens its doors after nearly 10 years of delays due to construction issues and project corruption.
BIRTHS:
- 1835 – Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)
- 1875 – Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (d. 1950)
- 1920 – Fritz Walter, German footballer (d. 2002)
- 1925 – John Pople, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
- 1943 – Brian Piccolo, American football player (d. 1970)
- 1963 – Dunga, Brazilian footballer and manager
- 1972 – Shaun Bartlett, South African footballer and manager
- 1973 – Paul Abrahams, English footballer
- 1982 – Jordan Bannister, Australian footballer and umpire
- 1984 – Pat Murray, American football player
- 1988 – Jack Riewoldt, Australian footballer
- 1991 – Sven Kaldre, Estonian basketball player
- 2005 – Leonor, Princess of Asturias
