EVENTS:
- 1650 – The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. It is the first legal corporation in the Americas.
- 1873 – Alexandra Palace in London burns down after being open for only 16 days.
- 1900 – Birsa Munda, an important figure in the Indian independence movement, dies in a British prison under mysterious circumstances.
- 1948 – Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO.
- 2009 – An explosion kills 17 people and injures at least 46 at a hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan.
- 2010 – At least 40 people are killed and more than 70 others are wounded as an explosion rips through an evening wedding party in Arghandab, Kandahar.
- 2015 – The Southern Front of the Free Syrian Army claims to have captured a major Syrian Army base known as Brigade 52 in Daraa Governorate.
BIRTHS:
- 1781 – George Stephenson, English engineer (d. 1848)
- 1843 – Bertha von Suttner, Austrian author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914)
- 1875 – Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
- 1944 – Wally Gabler, American football player and sportscaster
- 1948 – Jim Bailey, American football player
- 1949 – Kiran Bedi, Indian police officer and activist
- 1975 – Andrew Symonds, English-Australian cricketer
- 1977 – Ameesha Patel, Indian actress and producer
- 1980 – Lehlohonolo Seema, South African footballer
- 1981 – Anoushka Shankar, English-Indian sitar player and composer
- 1985 – Sonam Kapoor, Indian model and actress
- 1986 – Karan Wahi, Indian actor
- 1989 – Dídac Vilà, Spanish footballer
