EVENTS:
- 1892 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
- 1936 – Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad – Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games becoming the first American to win four medals in one Olympiad.
- 1942 – Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces, launching the Quit India Movement.
- 1965 – Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.
- 1993 – The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
- 2013 – Gunmen open fire at a Sunni mosque in the city of Quetta killing at least 10 people and injuring 30.
- 2014 – Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American male in Ferguson, Missouri, was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer after reportedly assaulting the officer and attempting to steal his weapon, sparking protests and unrest in the city.
- 2021 – The Tampere light rail officially starts operating.[14]
- 2024 – Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283 crashes near Vinhedo, São Paulo, killing all 62 people on board.
BIRTHS:
- 1909 – V. K. Gokak, Indian scholar (d. 1992)
- 1911 – William Alfred Fowler, American astrophysicist, Nobel Laureate (d. 1996)
- 1914 – Joe Mercer, English footballer and manager (d. 1990)
- 1924 – Mathews Mar Barnabas, Indian metropolitan (d. 2012)
- 1931 – Mário Zagallo, Brazilian footballer and coach
- 1938 – Otto Rehhagel, German footballer, coach, and manager
- 1946 – Jim Kiick, American football player
- 1954 – Ray Jennings, South African cricketer and coach
- 1975 – Mahesh Babu, Indian actor
- 1977 – Mikaël Silvestre, French footballer
- 1991 – Hansika Motwani, Indian actress
- 2000 – Aidan Hutchinson, American football player
HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES:
- International Day of the World’s Indigenous People (International)
- National Day, celebrates the independence of Singapore from Malaysia in 1965.
- National Peacekeepers’ Day, celebrated on Sunday closest to the day (Canada)
- National Women’s Day (South Africa)
