2020 A De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver and Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser collide over Soldotna, Alaska, killing all seven people on board both aircraft, including state representative Gary Knopp.
2014 Gas explosions in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung kill at least 20 people and injure more than 270.
2012 Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Larisa Latynina for the most medals won at the Olympics.
2008 East Coast Jets Flight 81 crashes near Owatonna Degner Regional Airport in Owatonna, Minnesota, killing all eight people on board.
2007 Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end.
Celebrity Birthdaysoldest first, top 5
883 yrs Emperor Nijō of Japan (died 1165) (b. 1143)
630 yrs Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (died 1467) (b. 1396)
500 yrs Augustus, Elector of Saxony (died 1586) (b. 1526)
499 yrs Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1576) (b. 1527)
431 yrs Philipp Wolfgang, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (died 1641) (b. 1595)