1902 - The "Vereeniging" Treaty was signed in Pretoria, ending the Boer War between British and Dutch settlers, which later became South Africa.
1911 - The ship "Titanic" was launched in Belfast, which sank on its maiden voyage in April 1912.
1952 - Emil Zatopek set a new world record in the 5000 meters.
2002 - The first World Cup in Asia kicked off, where France played against Senegal for the first time.
2003 - Eric Robert Rudolph was arrested; he was suspected of bombing abortion clinics, a gay nightclub, and of detonating a bomb at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, North Carolina.
2005 - The Washington Post revealed that "Deep Throat," the legendary source who leaked the secrets of the Watergate scandal to its reporters, was former FBI deputy director Mark Felt.
2008 - Usain Bolt from Jamaica set a new world record in the men's 100 meters in New York.
2009 - British children attempted to break the record for custard pie throwing.
2010 - Israeli forces intercepted a maritime convoy heading to Gaza.
2017 - A car bomb exploded outside the German embassy in Kabul.
