- 2018 Davis Cup Tennis, Lille: Marin Čilić beats Frenchman Lucas Pouille 7-6, 6-3, 6-3 to wrap up the final for Croatia, 3-1
- 2018 EU leaders approve an agreement for Britain to leave the EU (Brexit)
- 2018 Historic north Californian Camp Fire declared 100% contained with 85 dead, 249 missing, covering 153,000 acres with 14,000 homes burnt
- 2018 LA Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers sets NFL single-game record, completing 25-straight passes in 45-10 win v Arizona Cardinals; Mark Brunell & David Carr previously share record (22); also sets NFL record for best single-game completion % (96.6)
Sports History
2019 Baltimore's 2nd-year quarterback Lamar Jackson becomes first QB in NFL history to throw for 3,000 passing yards and rush for 1,500 yards in his first 2 NFL seasons as the Ravens beat LA Rams, 45-6
- 2019 Chilean performance collective Lastesis first perform feminist anthem “Un violador en tu camino” (“A Rapist in Your Path”) outside the Supreme Court in Santiago, Chile
- 2019 First defamation case in Australia by a sitting MP won by Sarah Hanson-Green over Liberal Democrat David Leyonhjelm, after he made sexist slurs against her
- 2019 Louis Vuitton (LVMH) buys jeweler Tiffany & Co. for over $16 billion
- 2019 Priceless royal jewelry stolen from Dresden Green Vault, in Germany, from one of Europe's greatest treasure collections
- 2020 Dead and buried mink reported rising from the ground due to bloating, after a hurried cull of millions of COVID-19 infected animals in Denmark
Film & TV History
2020 The New York Times names its "25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century (so far)", with Denzel Washington at No. 1 [1]
Trump Pardons Flynn
2020 US President Donald Trump pardons former security advisor Michael Flynn, guilty of lying to the FBI
COVID-19 Pandemic
2021 Germany's COVID-19 death toll passes 100,000 (Robert Koch Institute) amid its highest surge in infections yet
- 2021 India has more girls than boys for the first time in its history and its population boom is ending, according to new government survey [1]
The Beatles: Get Back
2021 Peter Jackson's documentary series "The Beatles: Get Back" premieres on Disney+
