1940
– World War II: the old city centre of the Dutch town of Middelburg is bombed by the German Luftwaffe, to force the
surrender of the Dutch armies in Zeeland.
1983 – U.S. Department of Energy
declassifies documents showing world's largest mercury pollution
event in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (ultimately found to be 4.2 million
pounds), in response to Appalachian Observer's Freedom of
Information Act request.
1997 – Troops of
Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa. Zaire is officially renamed Democratic
Republic Of Congo
2000 – In the Philippines an explosion rocks Glorietta 2 injuring 13 persons,
mostly teenagers. According to local authorities, the
homemade bomb was placed in front of a toilet beside a video
arcade.
2007 – Trains from
North and
South
Korea cross the 38th
Parallel in a test-run agreed by both governments. This
is the first time that trains have crossed the Demilitarized Zone
since 1953.
Births
1155 – Jien, Japanese
poet and historian (d. 1225)