1923 - The Treaty of Lausanne was signed between Turkey and the allied powers, in which Turkey relinquished its claims to all non-Turkish territories lost in World War I.
1936 - The launch of the British "Talk Time."
1993 - The Central Bank of Russia announced a radical overhaul of its monetary system, stating that all banknotes issued until the end of 1992 would be withdrawn from circulation.
2001 - The Bulgarian parliament approved former king Simeon II as the new Prime Minister. Simeon Sax-Coburg is the only former king to have regained power in Europe after communism.
2001 - A pre-dawn attack was carried out by Tamil Tiger rebels at Sri Lanka's international airport, resulting in the deaths of at least 18 people.
2004 - Wildfires swept through 200 hectares of pine forests in the Marseille area of France.
2005 - British scientist Richard Doll, who first established the link between smoking and lung cancer, passed away at the age of 92.
2006 - Global free trade talks in Geneva, described as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to enhance growth and alleviate poverty, collapsed after nearly five years of negotiations.
2007 - Six foreign medics convicted of deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV were released after a partnership agreement between Libya and the European Union ended their eight-year ordeal.
2010 - Volunteers in Latvia attempted to create the longest continuous flower carpet.
2013 - At least 35 people were killed when a train derailed in the outskirts of Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain, marking one of the country's worst rail disasters.
