People born on this day are Libra.
Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres receive the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in the establishment of the Oslo Accords and the framing of future Palestinian self government.
Wikipedia ↗Eric Rudolph is charged with six bombings, including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia.
Wikipedia ↗The Steve Bartman Incident takes place at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois.
Wikipedia ↗MK Airlines Flight 1602 crashes during takeoff from Halifax Stanfield International Airport, killing all seven people on board.
Wikipedia ↗Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701 crashes in Jefferson City, Missouri. The two pilots (the aircraft's only occupants) are killed.
Wikipedia ↗Felix Baumgartner successfully jumps to Earth from a balloon in the stratosphere.
Wikipedia ↗A snowstorm and avalanche in the Nepalese Himalayas triggered by the remnants of Cyclone Hudhud kills 43 people.
Wikipedia ↗The Serbia vs. Albania UEFA qualifying match is canceled after 42 minutes due to several incidents on and off the pitch. Albania is eventually awarded a win.
Wikipedia ↗A suicide bomb attack in Tonsa, Pakistan kills at least seven people and injures 13 others.
Wikipedia ↗An Al-Shabaab suicide bomber detonated a massive truck bomb at the Zobe junction in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, killing 587 people, injuring 316 others, and leaving more than 500 missing.
Wikipedia ↗About 10,000 American employees of John Deere go on strike.
Wikipedia ↗Australians vote to reject a constitutional amendment that would have established an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
Wikipedia ↗Rowan Blanchard, American actress
Wikipedia ↗Quinn Hughes, American ice hockey player
Wikipedia ↗Ariela Barer, American actress
Wikipedia ↗Joe Burgess, English rugby league player
Wikipedia ↗Jaelen Feeney, Australian rugby league player
Wikipedia ↗Jared Goff, American football player
Wikipedia ↗Ashton Agar, Australian cricketer
Wikipedia ↗Charlie Kirk, American media personality and political activist (died 2025)
Wikipedia ↗Ahmed Musa, Nigerian footballer
Wikipedia ↗Jordan Clark, English cricketer
Wikipedia ↗Arca, Venezuelan musician
Wikipedia ↗Glenn Maxwell, Australian cricketer
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