1932 - Indian activist Mahatma Gandhi agrees to quickly end the Poona Pact.
1988 - Canadian Ben Johnson set the world record in the 100 meters at 9.79 seconds at the Seoul Olympics, but was stripped of his medal six days later for drug use.
1999 - Approximately 30,000 protesters participated in a march through Warsaw, one of the largest anti-government demonstrations since the fall of communism.
2000 - The head of intelligence in Peru, Vladimiro Montesinos, who was at the center of a political crisis leading to new elections, fled to seek political asylum in Panama.
2002 - Britain published a dossier on Iraq's weapons program, stating that Saddam Hussein could launch a weapon of mass destruction within just 45 minutes.
2004 - French writer Françoise Sagan, who gained fame in 1954 with her first novel "Bonjour Tristesse," passed away at the age of 69.
2006 - Switzerland voted overwhelmingly to make it harder for asylum seekers to enter the wealthy Alpine nation.
2008 - Respected Ghanaian Finance Minister Kwado Baah-Wiredu, praised for his continued leadership during a period of economic growth in Ghana, passed away.
2013 - A 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Pakistan.
2014 - The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully inserted the Mars Orbiter Mission into the planet's orbit.
2015 - Hundreds were killed in a stampede during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
