2015: At least 78 people die in a landslide caused by heavy rains in the Colombian town of Salgar.
2009: The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.
2006: The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country.
2005: A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra.
1994: Israeli troops finish retreating from the Gaza Strip after occupying it, giving the area to the Palestine to govern.
1993: Riots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. Police open fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injure 11 demonstrators.
1991: Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland but is not recognized by the international community.
1990: In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3 km/h (320.2 mph).
1980: Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms.
1980: Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage.
1974: Nuclear test: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.
1927: After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.
1927: The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people, including many children, are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
1912: The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
1900: The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
1896: Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
1388: During the Battle of Buyur Lake, General Lan Yu leads a Chinese army forward to crush the Mongol hordes of Tögüs Temür, the Khan of Northern Yuan.
1302: Bruges Matins, the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by members of the local Flemish militia.
1096: First Crusade: Around 800 Jews are massacred in Worms, Germany.
872: Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of 47. His first coronation was 28 years earlier, in 844, during the reign of his father Lothair I.