1974 – International Energy Agency formed in Paris within OECD framework in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis
1980 – The rollercoaster Big Thunder Mountain Railroad opens at Disney World in Florida
1991 – Ricky Pierce (Seattle) begins NBA free throw streak of 75 game
1993 – 13 Cuban refugees land in Florida after stealing a crop-duster in Cuba
2000 – New state of Jharkhand comes into existence in India
2013 – Sony launches the Playstation Four, selling one million units on the first day
2014 – Vladimir Putin’s press secretary says media reports that the Russian president plans to leave the G20 Summit in Brisbane early are nonsense
2017 – The Zimbabwean Army detains Robert Mugabe and the first family and appoints sacked Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa as interim president