- 1999 Sir David Steel becomes the first Presiding Officer (speaker) of the modern Scottish Parliament.
- 2001 46th Eurovision Song Contest: Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL for Estonia wins singing "Everybody" in Copenhagen
- 2001 English FA Cup Final, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (72,500): Liverpool beats Arsenal, 2-1 with Michael Owen scoring twice for the Reds
Event of Interest
2002 Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro becoming first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.

Fidel Castro

Jimmy Carter
- 2003 The Riyadh compound bombings, carried out by Al Qaeda, kill 26
- 2003 Fifty-nine Democratic lawmakers bring the Texas Legislature to a standstill by going into hiding in a dispute over a Republican congressional redistricting plan
- 2006 A major rebellion occurs in São Paulo as members of criminal organization Primeiro Comando da Capital attack police officers and stations, eventually escalating to several prisons in Brazil leaving around 130 dead
- 2007 Riots in Karachi, Pakistan are started by the arrival at Karachi's airport of independently minded Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and go on to kill 48 people
- 2007 52nd Eurovision Song Contest: Marija Serifovic wins singing "Molitva" in Helsinki
- 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, measuring 7.8 in magnitude occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 87,000, injuring 374,643 and leaving homeless between 4.8 million and 11 million people
- 2010 An Afriqiyah Airways Flight crashes and kills everyone but one person on board
- 2012 The discovery of a missing Mayan calendar piece disproves 2012 Armageddon
Canonization
2013 Pope Francis canonizes the 813 martyrs of Otranto as Saints

Pope Francis
PGA Players Championship
2013 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Tiger Woods wins his second PC, 2 strokes ahead of David Lingmerth, Jeff Maggert and Kevin Streelman

Tiger Woods
- 2014 Voters in Eastern Ukraine vote for self-rule in referendum
Event of Interest
2016 Michel Temer, former vice-president, becomes Brazilian interim President after a vote to impeach Dilma Rousseff

Dilma Rousseff
- 2017 Brazil declares end to Zika national emergency as cases decrease
Album Release
2017 Former One Direction singer Harry Styles releases his self-titled debut solo album

Harry Styles
- 2018 63rd Eurovision song contest won by Netta from Israel in Lisbon, Portugal
- 2018 Insurgent group attacks the town of Muse, Myanmar, killing at least 19 people, Ta’ang National Liberation Army claim responsibility
- 2019 IPL Cricket Final, Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad: Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by 1 run; Jasprit Bumrah 2/14 (4); Indians' 4th title
- 2019 Manchester City beats Brighton, 4-1 to claim back-to-back English Premier League titles with 98 points, 1 ahead of runners-up, Liverpool
BAFTA Awards
2019 British TV Awards (Baftas): "Killing Eve" Jodie Comer and Benedict Cumberbatch win

Sandra Oh
Event of Interest
2020 Russia's confirmed cases of coronavirus COVID-19 reach 232,000, 2nd highest in the world, a day after President Vladimir Putin eased the country's lockdown

Vladimir Putin
- 2020 Militants storm a hospital and a funeral in Kabul, Afghanistan, shooting an estimated 40 people dead including new mothers and their babies
- 2020 US coronavirus task force testifies to the Senate that the US "is not out of the woods yet" that the pandemic is not under control and risks surge in cases if reopens too soon
Event of Interest
2020 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces a $260 million economic rescue package, worth 10% of GDP

Narendra Modi
- 2020 Wuhan, epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, draws up plans to test all 11 million residents after it records a new cluster of 6 cases