1910 - Montenegro declared its independence from the Ottoman Empire, and Nicholas I took office as ruler.
1963 - Martin Luther King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech to 200,000 civil rights demonstrators who marched in Washington.
1988 - Seventy people were killed when two aircraft from the Italian Air Force aerobatic team collided in mid-air, with one crashing into the crowd during an airshow in Ramstein, West Germany.
1996 - The marriage of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, which took place in a dazzling ceremony in 1981, ended in a rubber divorce.
1997 - The French Olympic speed skating team set a world record in cycling.
1999 - South African Penny Heyns broke the world record in the 50-meter breaststroke.
2003 - Singers Britney Spears and Madonna kissed at the MTV Video Music Awards.
2006 - The world's oldest living person, Ecuadorian María Esther de Capovila, passed away at the age of 116; she had been drinking donkey milk for health.
2007 - Abdullah Gul was sworn in as President of Turkey, becoming the first politician with an Islamic background to win the position in modern history.
2013 - Former U.S. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton joined First Lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.
