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- 1991 US women's gymnastics team win 1st World Championships medal (silver)
Soros Breaks the Bank
1992 George Soros' Quantum Fund begins selling large amounts of pound sterling, labelled "the man who broke the Bank of England" when pound crashes out of the ERM next day
- 1993 Liechtenstein prince Hans-Adam II disbands parliament
I'd Do Anything for Love
1993 Single "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" sung by Meat Loaf and composed by Jim Steinman is released. Goes on to be No. 1 in 28 countries.
- 1994 "Sound of Motown" premieres in Rotterdam
- 1994 Dennis Richardson sworn in as head of St Maarten
- 1994 Muslim fundamentalists kidnap & behead 16 citizens in Algeria
Se7en
1995 "Se7en" directed by David Fincher and starring Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt and Kevin Spacey premieres in New York
Sports History
1995 Cards shortstop Ozzie Smith sets record of 1,554 double plays
- 1996 Bangladesh beat UAE by 104 runs to win the ACC Trophy Final
Sports History
1996 Texas Rangers retire their 1st number, Nolan Ryan's #34
- 1997 Edison Intl purchases Anaheim Stadium naming rights for $50M
- 1997 Google.com is registered as a domain name
Film & TV History
1997 Oprah Winfrey announces she will continue her show through 2000
- 1997 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania public radio station WRTI (90.1 FM) switches from all jazz to classical-by-day/jazz-by-night format in response to loss of commercial classical station WLFN (95.7 FM); WFLN's library and several DJ's made the transition
- 1998 With the landmark merger of WorldCom and MCI Communications completed the day prior, the new MCI WorldCom opens its doors for business.
- 2000 27th Olympic Games opens at Sydney, Australia
NFL Record
2002 Oakland quarterback Rich Gannon begins NFL record-tying (Kurt Warner, Steve Young) streak of 6 consecutive 300-yard passing games, throwing for 403 yards in Raiders' 30-17 victory at Pittsburgh
Reality
2003 ISO/Columbia Records releases David Bowie's 23rd studio album, "Reality"; he supports it with what becomes his final concert tour
- 2004 NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announces a lockout of the players union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
Be Without You
2005 "Be Without You" single released by Mary J. Blige (Billboard Song of the Year 2006, Grammy Award Best R&B Song, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance 2005)
Music History
2011 Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli performs with the NY Philharmonic and guests Celine Dion, Tony Bennett, and Pretty Yende, on the Great Lawn of New York City's Central Park; 70,000 in attendance
Golf Major
2013 Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: Suzann Pettersen of Norway wins by 2 strokes over New Zealand amateur Lydia Ko; first time event has major title status
- 2013 Japan switches off its last working nuclear reactor
- 2014 Ewa Kopacz becomes Prime Minister of Poland
Event of Interest
2014 President Obama announces the US will send 3,000 troops to help combat spread of the Ebola virus
- 2015 EU Migrant Crisis: Hungary seals its border with Serbia with a razor-wire fence, stranding thousands of migrants
- 2017 Terrorist bomb only partially explodes in attack at Parsons Green tube station, London, injuring 29
- 2018 Archaeologists find the oldest-known brewery and remains of 13,000-year-old beer in Haifa cave, Israel, belonging to nomadic Natufian people
Sports History
2018 Russian boxer Gennady Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KOs) loses his first pro fight in record 20th title defense as well as undisputed world middleweight crown when outpointed by Mexican Canelo Álvarez (50-1-2, 34 KOs) in Las Vegas
- 2018 Swimmer killed by shark at Newcomb Hollow Beach, first fatal shark attack in Massachusetts in 80 years
- 2018 Typhoon Mangkhut (Ompong), category 5 strength, makes landfall in Cagayan province, Philippines, killing at least 100
- 2019 Hong Kong police use water cannons and tear gas attempting to disperse thousands of protesters outside the British embassy, as protests continue in the city
- 2019 Norman Lear (97) becomes oldest person to win an Emmy Award, in the variety special category for ABC’s “Live in Front of a Studio Audience: All in the Family"
Event of Interest
2019 UK PM Boris Johnson compares himself to Marvel Hulk character in newspaper interview "The madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets" about UK exiting the EU
Event of Interest
2020 Family of Breonna Taylor announce $12 million wrongful death settlement with city of Louisville, Kentucky, after her death in botched police raid March 13
Sports History
2021 US gymnasts, including Simone Biles, testify against former team doctor Larry Nassar at a Senate Committee hearing, criticizing a system that allowed it to happen
- 2021 US, UK and Australia announce trilateral security partnership Aukus, to counteract influence of China, including helping Australia build nuclear-powered submarines [1]
Summit of Interest
2022 Chinese leader Xi Jinping meets Russian President Vladimir Putin and other regional leaders at a summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan [1]
European History
2022 European parliament says Hungary can no longer be considered a full democracy, saying Viktor Orbán’s government has become a “hybrid regime of electoral autocracy” [1]
- 2022 Patagonia outdoor brand founder Yvon Chouinard, transfers ownership to a non-profit organization so future profits can fight climate change [1]
Federer Retires
2022 Tennis great Roger Federer announces his retirement from professional tennis at 41 with 20 grand slam wins and 103 ATP titles [1]
- 2022 Ukrainian authorities reveal discovery of mass grave of 450 burials near Izyum, some showing evidence of torture, after the withdrawal of Russian forces [1]
- 2023 United Auto Workers union go on strike at three locations - GM factory in Wentzville, a Ford plant in Wayne, Michigan, and a Jeep plant run by Stellantis in Toledo [1]
