EVENTS:
- 1888 – The Rio de la Plata Earthquake takes place.
- 1915 – Denmark amends its constitution to allow women’s suffrage.
- 1969 – The International communist conference begins in Moscow.
- 1975 – The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.
- 1984 – The Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, orders an attack on the Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikh religion.
- 2003 – A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50°C (122°F) in the region.
- 2006 – Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
- 2009 – After 65 straight days of civil disobedience, at least 31 people are killed in clashes between security forces and indigenous people near Bagua, Peru.
- 2009 – A fire at a day-care center kills at least 40 people in Hermosillo, Mexico.
- 2012 – The last transit of Venus of the 21st century begins.
- 2013 – A building collapse in Philadelphia kills 6, wounds 14 other people.
- 2015 – An earthquake of 6.0 moment magnitude scale struck Ranau, Sabah, Malaysia killing 18 people where there among hikers and mountain guide of Mount Kinabalu after a mass landslides that occur during the earthquake. It is strongest earthquake that struck Malaysia since 1975.
- 2017 – Montenegro becomes the 29th member of the NATO.
- 2017 – Six Arab countries – Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and the United Arab Emirates cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region.
- 2022 – A constitutional referendum is held in Kazakhstan following violent protests and civil unrest against the government.
BIRTHS:
- 1862 – Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)
- 1900 – Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
- 1905 – Jock Cameron, South African cricketer (d. 1935)
- 1908 – Ravi Narayana Reddy, Indian politician (d. 1991)
- 1945 – Patrick Head, English businessman co-founded Williams F1
- 1976 – Torry Holt, American football player and sportscaster
- 1986 – Vernon Gholston, American football player
- 1988 – Sam Slocombe, English footballer
- 1992 – Sam Rainbird, Australian cricketer
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