1996: The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
1996: A maintenance worker's failure to remove tape covering the static ports of the aircraft causes Aeroperú Flight 603 to crash into the ocean near Lima, Peru, due to instrument failure.
1990: Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked and lands at Guangzhou, where it crashes into two other airliners on the ground, killing 128.
1980: Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.
1970: A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado killing 31 people.
1968: Mexican President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz orders soldiers to suppress a demonstration of unarmed students, ten days before the 1968 Summer Olympics will start.
1942: World War II: Ocean Liner RMS Queen Mary accidentally rams and sinks her own escort ship, HMS Curacoa, off the coast of Ireland, killing 337 crewmen aboard the Curacoa.
1937: Dominican Republic strongman Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of the Haitian population living within the borderlands; approximately 20,000 are killed over the next five days.
1928: The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded by Josemaría Escrivá.
1925: John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working television system.
1919: U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed.