| 2015 | A second major earthquake, magnitude 7.3, hits Nepal less than three weeks after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook the nation and caused thousands of deaths and injuries; at least 48 people are known to have perished in this second event |
| 2014 | 21st Century Fox, Inc. is seeking to sell its European pay TV assets to its BSkyB unit; this will enhance BSkyB’s standing as a pay TV company while divesting Fox of its non-core business; such a deal must still receive regulatory approval |
| 2014 | The markets show confidence in the U.S. economy as the stock market rises and the yield gap increases between two-year and 30-year Treasuries |
| 2013 | The World Health Organization announces that the Novel coronavirus 2012, the newly discovered coronavirus, also referred to as Saudi SARS, can be transmitted from person-to-person contact |
| 2013 | Pope Francis canonizes a record-breaking number of new Catholic Church saints; Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI submitted the 813 ‘Martyrs of Otranto’ who were beheaded by Ottoman soldiers for refusing to convert to Islam |
| 2012 | Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returns to his home after successfully completing radiotherapy treatments for cancer in Cuba |
| 2012 | A missing piece of the Mayan calendar is discovered, proving the Maya didn’t believe 2012 would be the end of the world |
| 2011 | Queen Elizabeth II becomes the second-longest-reigning monarch in Britain |
| 2011 | Amid protests, the President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, is sworn in for a fourth term |
| 2010 | After new allegations of torture, the International Committee of the Red Cross reports a second U.S. secret prison exists at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan |
| 2008 | 8.0 Earthquake in southwest China kills more than 69,000 |
| 1997 | 14 North Koreans defect to South Korea |
| 1997 | Angels scores 13 in 7th vs White Sox |
| 1997 | Russia and Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict |
| 1997 | Susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is 1st to swim from Cuba to Florida |
| 1997 | Tornado narrowly misses downtown Miami |
| 1996 | “Inherit the Wind” closes at Royale Theater New York City after 45 performances |
| 1996 | “Night of the Iguana” closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 68 performances |
| 1996 | 42nd McDonald’s LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies |
| 1996 | Yankees losing 8-0 to Chicago White Sox, come back to win 9-8 |
| 1995 | Dow Jones for 5th straight day of the week sets a new record (4430.59) |
| 1995 | Jose Mesa gets 1st of his M.L. record 37 consecutive saves |
| 1995 | Martin Brodeur ties NHL record getting his 3rd playoff shutout in 4 |
| 1994 | WIBC Bowling Queens won by Anne Marie Duggan |
