1916 - Denmark agreed to cede the Danish West Indies, including the Virgin Islands, to the United States for $25 million.
1944 - After two years of hiding in a back room in Amsterdam, Anne Frank, her sister, their parents, and four other Jews were discovered by the Gestapo.
1956 - The first nuclear reactor in Asia was launched in Mumbai, India.
1995 - Croatia launched an attack to reclaim the city of Bihać, which had been under Serbian minority control for four years.
1998 - The Nisga'a Nation in Canada signed a preliminary treaty hoping to reclaim land lost to Europeans around two centuries ago.
2003 - The Azerbaijani parliament paved the way for the first hereditary succession in a former Soviet state, electing the son of ailing President Heydar Aliyev as Prime Minister.
2003 - Chung Mong-hun, the CEO of Hyundai Group and son of its founder, faced trial over the secret transfer of $500 million to North Korea before the historic June 2000 summit between North and South Korea.
2005 - Blues singer-songwriter and guitarist Milton Campbell, known for writing and recording the blues anthem "The Blues Is Alright," passed away at the age of 71.
2007 - A car powered by AA dry cell batteries set a new speed record.
2014 - All Nippon Airways flights carried passengers aboard the "Dreamliner 787-9" before launching the world's first commercial service with the Boeing Dreamliner 787-9 for domestic flights.
2015 - American swimmer Katie Ledecky set a new world record in the women's 1500-meter freestyle.
