1996

Birth of Nelson Asofa-Solomona

Nelson Asofa-Solomona, New Zealand rugby league player

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Nelson Asofa-Solomona

1996

Birth of Norberto Briasco

Norberto Briasco, Argentine-Armenian footballer

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Norberto Briasco

2000

Second Chechen War

The Second Chechen War took place in Chechnya and the border regions of the North Caucasus between the Russian Federation and the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, from August 1999 to April 2009.

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Second Chechen War

2000

Birth of Tyrese Haliburton

Tyrese John Haliburton is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed Hali and "the Haliban", he is a two-time NBA All-Star and two-time All-NBA Third Team selection.

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Tyrese Haliburton

2000

Birth of Ferran Torres

Ferran Torres, Spanish footballer

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Ferran Torres

2000

Birth of Jesper Lindstrøm

Jesper Lindstrøm, Danish footballer

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Jesper Lindstrøm

2004

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Jean-Bertrand Aristide is a Haitian former Salesian priest and politician who served as president of Haiti in 1991, from 1993 to 1994, from 1994 to 1996, and from 2001 to 2004. He was in exile after the 1991 military coup until 1994 and again after his overthrow in 2004 until 2011. Aristide was a member of the Lavalas Political Organization before he founded the party Fanmi Lavalas in 1996.

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Jean-Bertrand Aristide

2004

Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie is an American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award and three Golden Globe Awards. Films in which she has appeared have grossed over $6.9 billion worldwide. She has been named Hollywood's highest-paid actress multiple times.

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Angelina Jolie

2004

Birth of Lydia Jacoby

Lydia Alice Jacoby is an American professional swimmer. She was the first Alaskan to qualify for an Olympic Games in swimming, competing at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2021, where she won the gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 1:04.95, which was the fastest time ever achieved by a female American swimmer in the event in the 17–18 age group. Later in the year, she was the overall highest scoring female American competitor at the 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup. In 2022, she became the fastest female American swimmer in history in the 100-yard breaststroke for the 17–18 age group with a national age group record time of 57.54 seconds. In 2023, she further lowered the record to a time of 57.45 seconds, then 57.29 seconds, and set a national age group record of 2:04.32 for the girls 17–18 age group in the 200-yard breaststroke. She is the 2023 NCAA Division I champion in the women's 100-yard breaststroke.

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Lydia Jacoby

2004

Birth of Abdukodir Khusanov

Abdukodir Khikmatzhon ugli Khusanov is an Uzbek professional footballer who plays as a centre-back and right-back for Premier League club Manchester City and the Uzbekistan national team.

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Abdukodir Khusanov

2008

Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Defence is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for implementing the defence policy set by the government and serves as the headquarters of the British Armed Forces.

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Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

2008

Misha Defonseca

Misha Defonseca is a Belgian-born impostor and the author of a fraudulent 1997 Holocaust memoir titled Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years, initially presented as true.

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Misha Defonseca

2008

Birth of Rémi Himbert

Rémi Stéphane Himbert is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ligue 1 club Lyon.

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Rémi Himbert

2012

North Korea

North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The country's western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. Pyongyang is the capital and largest city.

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North Korea

2016

2016 Miqdadiyah bombing

The death toll in a suicide bombing in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala rose to 50. A further 58 people were wounded in the attack at a funeral for a Shi'ite Muslim militia fighter in Muqdadiya, 80 km northeast of Baghdad.

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2016 Miqdadiyah bombing