- 2000 In Zimbabwe, Parliament opens its new session and seats opposition members for the first time in a decade
- 2000 Terrorist Carlos the Jackal sues France in the European Court of Human Rights for allegedly torturing him
- 2000 The leaders of Salt Lake City's bid to win the 2002 Winter Olympics are indicted by a federal grand jury for bribery, fraud, and racketeering
Film & TV History
2001 "Spirited Away " written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki is released in Japan (Academy Award Best Animated Feature 2003)
- 2001 Italy: The 27th Annual G8 summit opens in Genoa. An Italian protester in Genoa, Carlo Giuliani, is shot by police.
- 2001 The London Stock Exchange goes public.
- 2002 Bartenders doing tricks with fire start a major fire in a night club in Lima, Peru that kills 25 and injures 100
British Golf Open
2003 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: American Ben Curtis becomes first debut winner since Tom Watson in 1975; in his first major appearance at #396 in world rankings beats runners-up Thomas Bjørn and Vijay Singh by 1 stroke
- 2003 France: Sixteen people are injured after two bombs explode outside a tax office in Nice.
- 2005 Canada becomes the fourth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage, after the bill C-38 receives its Royal Assent
- 2006 39th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center
TV Show Appearance
2006 During an appearance on "The Tonight Show", Colin Farrell is confronted by telephone sex worker Dessarae Bradford, who had been stalking the actor
ESPY Awards
2008 16th ESPY Awards: Tiger Woods, Candace Parker win
- 2008 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Irishman Pádraig Harrington successfully defends his Open title; shoots 4-under par over the final 9 to be 4 strokes clear of runner-up Ian Poulter
- 2012 12 people are killed and 59 injured after a gunman opens fire at a Dark Knight movie premier in Aurora, Colorado,
- 2012 21 people are killed and 29 injured in a bus accident in Nayarit, Mexico
- 2014 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland wins wire-to-wire by 2 from Sergio Garcia & Rickie Fowler
- 2014 Patrick Sawyer arrives in city of Lagos in Nigeria and collapses; he dies of Ebola five days later
- 2014 The Israeli Defence Force enter Shuja'iyya, a populous neighbourhood of Gaza City, as part of their ground offensive focused on destroying tunnels crossing the Israel border
- 2015 British Open Men's Golf, St. Andrews: American Zach Johnson wins in a 4-hole play-off with Australian Marc Leishman & Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa
- 2015 Hacker group the Impact Team announce they have hacked married dating site Ashley Madison
- 2015 Suicide bomber kills 30 in Turkish town of Suruc near Syrian border
- 2017 China announces a plan against “foreign garbage” banning 24 categories of plastic and recyclable waste from 2018
- 2017 The last fighting occurs in the Iraqi city of Mosul as the city is liberated from ISIS militants
- 2018 American director James Gunn fired as director of "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" by Disney after past offensive tweets surface
- 2018 Australian businessman James Packer announces he has quit 22 directorships due to mental health issues
- 2019 115°F (46.1°C), John Martin Dam, Colorado (state record)
- 2020 Announcement that a COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) is able to trigger immune response and antibodies
Sports History
2020 Cristiano Ronaldo becomes first man to score 50 goals in Serie A, La Liga and the Premier League with a double in Juventus' 2-1 win over Lazio
- 2020 Scientists find evidence of volcanoes on Venus, showing the planet is not as dormant as previously thought (Nature Geoscience)
- 2020 United Kingdom suspends extradition treaty with Hong Kong in wake of new Chinese security laws for the territory
Event of Interest
2021 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announces his first two 'Courage and Civility Awards' of $100M each to writer, commentator, and non-profit founder Van Jones and chef and World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés to distribute to charities of their choice
- 2021 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos goes into space in first unpiloted suborbital flight with all-civilian crew, aboard rocket developed by his company Blue Origin
- 2021 India's COVID-19 death toll likely 10 times its official toll, 3.4 million to 4.7 million (to June 2021), according to The Center for Global Development [1]
- 2021 Leyna Bloom becomes Sports Illustrated's first transgender cover model
Sports History
2021 NBA Finals: Milwaukee Bucks beat Phoenix Suns, 105-98 in Game 6 to win first title in 50 years (1971); MVP: Giannis Antetokounmpo, 50 points in Game 6
- 2021 New York records the worst air quality in the world due to smoke from 80 wild fires on the US west coast [1]
- 2021 Oregon's Bootleg fire has burnt nearly 400,000 acres, now so big it's generating its own weather patterns according to local fire chiefs
- 2021 Torrential rain causes severe flooding in China's Hunan province, flooding subways with people still on the trains, killing at least 12 people in Zhengzhou city [1]
- 2021 US, NATO members and other states accuse China's Ministry of State Security for using "contract criminal hackers" to infiltrate Microsoft email systems [1]
- 2022 An intense heatwave across Europe results in over 1000 deaths in Portugal and 500 in Spain; while starting wildfires across Spain, France, Italy and Greece [1]
- 2022 Geranium, a meat-free restaurant in Copenhagen named world's best restaurant at a ceremony in London [1]
Event of Interest
2022 Italian government of Prime Minister Mario Draghi falls after his coalition partners pass a no confidence vote against him [1]
Horror in India
2023 Video of serious mob assault on two women in Indian state of Manipur has "shamed India" claims PM Narendra Modi. Part of violence between Meitei and Kuki communities which have killed 130 people. [1]
- 2023 Women's Football World Cup opens in Auckland, New Zealand, with New Zealand winning their first ever cup match 1-0 against Norway [1]
