1992 – Near Medellin, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the United States.
1993 – Great Flood of 1993: Levees near Kaskaskia, Illinois rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the Army Corps of Engineers.
1995 – The Hale-Bopp comet is discovered by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp.[1]
1997 – The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.
2003 – Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein’s sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay’s 14-year-old son, and a bodyguard.
2005 – Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers responsible for the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the 21 July 2005 London bombings.
2011 – Norway is the victim of twin terror attacks, the first being a bomb blast which targeted government buildings in central Oslo, the second being a massacre at a youth camp on the island of Utøya.
2013 – A series of earthquakes in Dingxi, China, kills at least 89 people and injures more than 500 others.
Births
1980 – Tablo, South Korean-Canadian rapper
1982 – Nuwan Kulasekara, Sri Lankan cricketer
1983 – Aldo de Nigris, Mexican footballer
1983 – Dries Devenyns, Belgian cyclist
1983 – Steven Jackson, American football player
1983 – Andreas Ulvo, Norwegian pianist
1984 – Stewart Downing, English footballer
1985 – Jessica Abbott, Australian swimmer
Deaths
2011 – Cees de Wolf, Dutch footballer.
2012 – Ding Guangen, Chinese engineer and politician.
2012 – George Armitage Miller, American psychologist and academic.
2012 – Frank Pierson, American director and screenwriter.
2013 – Natalie de Blois, American architect, co-designed the Lever House.
2013 – Dennis Farina, American policeman and actor.
2013 – Lawrie Reilly, Scottish footballer.
2013 – Rosalie E. Wahl, American lawyer and judge.
2014 – Johann Breyer, German SS officer.
2014 – Louis Lentin, Irish director and producer.
2014 – Nitzan Shirazi, Israeli footballer and manager.
