Omnia mutantur. Nihil interit.
2016 Afganistan: explosion and gun fire inside the American university in Kabul. People call help on Twitter.
2016 Turkish president confirms that Turkish tanks have entered in Syria
2016 An earthquake of 6.8-6.9 magnitude struck central Myanmar
2016 Magnitude 6.1 earthquake rattles Rome and central Italy
2015 Explosions at US military facility in Japan
2015 Huge fire and smoke breaks out at Tokyo steel plant near Haneda Airport
2010 Henan Airlines Flight 8387
2004 2004 Russian aircraft bombings
1991 Declaration of Independence of Ukraine
1954 Communist Control Act of 1954
1940 Antoni Głowacki from 501 Squadron shot down 5 enemy planes, becoming the 1st and 1 of only 3 pilots to achieve the ‘ace-in-a-day‘ status during the Battle of Britain
1814 British forces captured Washington DC and set the White House on fire
1482 The town and castle of Berwick upon Tweed was captured from Scotland by an English army
1391 Massacre of Jews in Palma de Mallorca, 1391. About 300 killed
1349 6,000 Jews are killed in Mainz (now Germany) after being blamed for the bubonic plague
2024 Krievijas iebrukums Ukrainā. 912. kara dienā
2018 Rīgā notiek Roger Water koncerts
2016 Silne trzęsienie ziemi w Birmie, zniszczona część świątyń w Baganie
2015 Россию оштрафовали за неспортивное поведение хоккеистов
2008 Katastrofa lotu Iran Aseman Airlines 6895
2004 Взрыв самолёта Ту-154Б-2, выполнявший рейс №1047 Москва — Сочи
1995 Pārdošanā nonāk Windows 95
1991 Rīgā tiek demontēts Ļeņina piemineklis
1991 В 10 утра на Манежной площади началась гражданская панихида в память о трех защитниках Свободной России — Илье Кричевском, Дмитрии Комаре и Владимире Усове.
1944 24. dzień powstania warszawskiego
1940 Cēsu skauti nodibina slepenu pretkomunistisku cīņas organizāciju
1919 Latvijas Pagaidu valdības Ministru prezidents Kārlis Ulmanis Valmieras apriņķa Kokmuižā, apmeklē 6. Rīgas kājinieku pulku.
79 Vezuva izvirdums 79. gadā
1923 Modris Lorbergs (85 years old)
1927 Alfons Kalpaks (76 years old)
1945 Ken Hensley (75 years old)
1874 Augusts Sukuts (44 years old)
1953 bernd ellinghoven (70 years old)
1985 Ārijs Grigorovičs (56 years old)
2016 Valentīna Palčevska (87 years old)
2016 Valdis Sēlis (49 years old)
2021 Charles Robert Watts (80 years old)
1990 Sergejs Dovlatovs (48 years old)