1943 - American amphibious forces landed on Attu in the Aleutians, the first American territory to be retaken from the Japanese.
1949 - Israel was recognized upon joining the United Nations.
1981 - Bob Marley, the Jamaican-born singer who popularized reggae music with his band "The Wailers," died of cancer.
1996 - A ValuJet Airlines DC-9 crashed in the Everglades near Miami International Airport, killing 110 people.
1997 - Garry Kasparov was defeated in a chess game by IBM's supercomputer Deep Blue - the first time a machine defeated a world champion.
1998 - The first Euro coin was minted at the press in France.
1998 - India conducted three underground nuclear tests, leading to global condemnation and increased tensions with Pakistan.
2000 - India welcomed its billionth citizen when a baby girl was born at Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi.
2008 - Nepalese police arrested 562 Tibetan women in a protest against China in Kathmandu, marking the first women's protest against Chinese rule in their homeland.
2011 - A deadly earthquake struck historical buildings in Lorca, Spain.
2016 - Washington Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer achieved a record of 20 strikeouts.
