
Died 2024: William H. Donaldson, American businessman (born 1931)
Died 2024: Neil Goldschmidt, American lawyer and politician, 33rd Governor of Oregon (born 1940)
Died 2024: Jerry West, American basketball player and executive (born 1938)
2024: A fire in a residential building in Mangaf, Kuwait City kills at least 50 people.
Died 2023: Francesco Nuti, Italian actor and director, (born 1955)
Died 2023: John Romita Sr., comic book artist and author (born 1930)
Died 2023: Treat Williams, American actor (born 1951)
Died 2023: Silvio Berlusconi, Italian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Italy (born 1936)
Died 2022: Philip Baker Hall, American actor (born 1931)
Died 2022: Phil Bennett, Welsh rugby union player (born 1948)
Died 2019: Sylvia Miles, American actress (born 1924)
2019: Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is inaugurated as the second president of Kazakhstan.
2018: United States President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea held the first meeting between leaders of their two countries in Singapore.
2018: United States President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea hold the first meeting between leaders of their two countries in Singapore.
Born 1999: CarryMinati, Indian YouTuber
1999: Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force, Kosovo Force (KFor), enters the province of Kosovo in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Born 1996: Shonica Wharton, Barbadian netball player
Born 1996: Gustav Forsling, Swedish ice hockey player
Born 1996: Davinson Sánchez, Colombian footballer
Born 1992: Philippe Coutinho, Brazilian footballer
Born 1992: Allie DiMeco, American actress and musician
Born 1991: Avisaíl García, Venezuelan baseball player
1991: In modern Russia's first democratic election, Boris Yeltsin is elected as the President of Russia.
1991: Kokkadichcholai massacre: The Sri Lankan Army massacres 152 minority Tamil civilians in the village of Kokkadichcholai near the Eastern Province town of Batticaloa.
Born 1990: Jrue Holiday, American basketball player
1990: Russia Day: The parliament of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty.
1987: The Central African Republic's former emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-year rule.
1987: Cold War: At the Brandenburg Gate, U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
Holiday: Chaco Armistice Day (Paraguay)
Holiday: Christian feast day: 108 Martyrs of World War II
Holiday: Christian feast day: Basilides
Holiday: Christian feast day: Blessed Hildegard Burjan
Holiday: Christian feast day: Enmegahbowh (Episcopal Church)
Holiday: Christian feast day: Eskil
Holiday: Christian feast day: Blessed Florida Cevoli
Holiday: Christian feast day: First Ecumenical Council (Lutheran)
Holiday: Christian feast day: Gaspar Bertoni
Holiday: Christian feast day: Blessed Maria Candida of the Eucharist