EVENTS:
- 1788 – Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
- 1819 – Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore.
- 1918 – British women over the age of 30 get the right to vote.
- 1919 – The five-day Seattle General Strike begins.
- 1987 – Justice Mary Gaudron is appointed to the High Court of Australia, the first woman to be appointed.
- 1996 – Willamette Valley Flood: Floods in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, United States, causes over US$500 million in property damage throughout the Pacific Northwest.
- 2012 – A 6.9 magnitude earthquake hits near the central Philippines off the coast of Negros Island causing at least 51 deaths and injuring 112 others.
- 2013 – A 8.0 magnitude earthquake hits the Solomon Islands killing 10 people and injuring 17 others.
- 2016 – A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits southern Taiwan, killing at least 38 people and injuring over 530 more.
- 2018 – SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, a super heavy launch vehicle, makes its maiden flight.
- 2021 – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken suspends agreements with Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras to send asylum seekers back to their home countries.
- 2023 – Two earthquakes measuring Mww 7.8 and 7.5 struck near the border between Turkey and Syria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XII (Extreme). The earthquakes resulted in numerous aftershocks and a death toll of 57,658 people.
BIRTHS:
- 1874 – Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math (d. 1937)
- 1890 – Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Pakistani activist and politician (d. 1988)
- 1892 – William P. Murphy, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
- 1894 – Kirpal Singh, Indian guru and author (d. 1974)
- 1915 – Kavi Pradeep, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1998)
- 1961 – Cam Cameron, American football player and coach
- 1964 – Colin Miller, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
- 1969 – Tim Sherwood, English footballer and manager
- 1977 – Jason Euell, English footballer and coach
- 1981 – Ty Warren, American football player
- 1983 – Brodie Croyle, American football player
- 1986 – Brendan Taylor, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1995 – Sam McQueen, English footballer
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES:
- International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (United Nations)
- Ronald Reagan Day (California)
- Sami National Day (Russia, Finland, Norway and Sweden)
- Waitangi Day, celebrates the founding of New Zealand in 1840.
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