1945 - The United Nations Charter was signed by 50 countries in San Francisco, establishing the League of Nations.
1960 - British Somaliland declared its independence. Five days later, it merged with Italian Somaliland to become the Republic of Somalia.
1988 - A French Airbus A320 crashed near Mulhouse, France.
1996 - Afghan leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar returned to Kabul and took office as Prime Minister.
2000 - An international team of scientists completed a working draft of the human genome, detailing all the genes in the human body.
2002 - The Brussels Court of Appeal dismissed a lawsuit against former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, ruling that he was immune from investigation regarding his alleged role in the 1982 massacre of Palestinian refugees.
2003 - Former U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond, the oldest and longest-serving member of the Senate, passed away at the age of 100.
2006 - American billionaire Warren Buffett donated approximately $30.7 billion to the "Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation," uniting the two richest people in the world in a bid to combat disease, reduce poverty, and improve education.
2011 - Police used water cannons against football fans in Buenos Aires during a first division match.
2014 - The Algerian football team celebrated their advancement to the knockout stage of the World Cup for the first time.
2017 - Captain Megan Couto of the Second Battalion became the first female officer to lead the Queen's Guard at Buckingham Palace.
