| 2015 | Today- Amazon is again exempted from Federal Aviation Administration commercial drone flight prohibitions, allowing it to test delivery drones; the company had to reapply for exemption, as its drone fleet grew outdated while waiting for initial approval |
| 2014 | A flaw in OpenSSL, the encryption method for many websites, has been identified, potentially compromising user security data across the Internet; web users are urged to change login names and passwords immediately |
| 2014 | The University of Connecticut achieves a second championship as the women’s basketball team takes home the NCAA championship title after a 79-58 victory over Notre Dame; the men’s basketball team won the NCAA title this season |
| 2013 | Japan set Patriot missiles in central Tokyo and Okinawa Island and sent two warships to patrol the Sea of Japan |
| 2013 | Authorities from North Korea, advise authorities to leave South Korea soon, anticipating a possible conflict |
| 2012 | The broadway show, ‘The Lion King’, becomes the highest grossing show of all time, overtaking ‘Phantom of the Opera’ |
| 2012 | Facebook purchases Instagram, a photo sharing application, for $1 billion |
| 2011 | In the Republic of Djibouti, located in the Horn of Africa, President Ismael Omar Guelleh wins re-election with 79% of the vote |
| 2011 | Iowa’s Monona County, located in the midwestern United States, is hit by a tornado |
| 2010 | Rescuers search for over 200 people believed to be buried in their homes by a landslide in Murro do Bumba near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 2005 | Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles are married |
| 2000 | 64th Golf Masters Championship: |
