| 2004 | The high-tech motion picture Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow, starring Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Angelina Jolie, debuts in theatres across the US.
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| 2004 | Luxury automaker Jaguar announces plans to eliminate 1,150 jobs at its main production facility in Coventry, England.
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| 1999 | US president Bill Clinton lifts sanctions imposed against North Korea , some 50 years earlier.
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| 1991 | Estonia, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), the Republic of Korea (South Korea), Latvia, Lithuania, Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands are admitted to the United Nations.
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| 1988 | Opening ceremonies begin for the Summer Olympics, hosted by Seoul, South Korea.
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| 1983 | Vanessa Williams is crowned Miss America. She would give up her title ix months later when earlier nude photos of her appear in a magazine.
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| 1980 | The corrupt former president of Nicaragua, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, is assassinated in Paraguay.
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| 1978 | Following a Camp David meeting, the leaders of Egypt and Israel reach principal agreement towards a middle east peace treaty.
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| 1974 | Bangladesh and Grenada are admitted to the United Nations.
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| 1972 | The TV series M*A*S*H, based on the movie by the same name, debuts on CBS.
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| 1961 | The NFL expansion team, the Minnesota Vikings, play their first regular-season game by crushing the Chicago Bears, 37-13.
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| 1957 | Malaysia is admitted to the United Nations.
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| 1920 | The forefunner of the NFL, the American Professional Football Association is founded in Canton, OH.
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| 1862 | Union forces defeat the Confederates at the Battle of Antietam during the Civil War.
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| 1787 | At the constitutional convention in Philadelphia, a majority of delegates approve the Constitution of the United States.
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