This day in history:
- 1999 – The 7.5 Mw Ambrym earthquake shakes Vanuatu and a destructive tsunami follows. Ten people were killed and forty were injured.
- 1998 – Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Oireachtas, the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
- 2004 – Ruzhou School massacre: A man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou, China.
- 1977 – An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon, claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes, starting at 5:12 pm.
Births:
- 1939 – Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie, Irish-Scottish politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (d. 2021)
- 1981 – Natasha Bedingfield, English singer-songwriter and producer
- 1939 – Wayland Flowers, American actor and puppeteer (d. 1988)
Deaths:
- 2003 – Stefan Wul, French surgeon and author (b. 1922)
- 2012 – Celso Advento Castillo, Filipino actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
- 1989 – Ahmed Abdallah, Comorian politician, President of Comoros (b. 1919)
Holidays:
- Constitution Day (India)
- Republic Day (Mongolia)
- Day of the Covenant (Baháʼí)
Random Article of the day:
1983 NCAA women's golf championship
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