| 2006 | North Korea North Korean missile test, 2006, one medium-range missile, and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly fails in mid-air over the Sea of Japan/East Sea. |
| 2006 | Space Shuttle program: STS-121 Mission - Space Shuttle Discovery launches at 18:37:55 UTC. |
| 2005 | The Deep Impact (space mission) collider hits the comet Tempel 1. |
| 2004 | The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City. (This was largely a symbolic event; actual construction would not start for several weeks) |
| 1997 | NASA's Mars Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars. |
| 1993 | Sumitomo Group's resin plant in Niihama, Ehime explodes killing one worker and injuring three others. |
| 1987 | In France, former Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie (aka the "Butcher of Lyon") is convicted of crimes against humanity and is sentenced to life imprisonment. |
| 1982 | Iranian diplomats kidnapping (1982): four Iranian diplomats are kidnapped by Lebanese militia in Lebanon. |
| 1976 | Israel Defense Forces Operation Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists. |
