1954 – South African Natives Resettlement Act comes into effect, empowering the government to remove Africans from any area within and adjacent to the magisterial district of Johannesburg
1968 – Canada begins replacing silver with nickel in its coins
1996 – American athlete Michael Johnson wins 200 m at the Atlanta Olympics in a world record 19.32 seconds to become the first man to complete the 200-400 m double
2004 – A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 in Asunción, Paraguay
2010 – US Senior Open Men’s Golf, Sahalee CC: Berhard Langer of Germany wins by three strokes ahead of runner-up Fred Couples
2010 – 200 m x 250 m photo mosaic commemorating the life of Filipino President Corazon Aquino is unveiled near Quirino Grandstand at Luneta Park, Manila
2023 – Former US President Donald Trump is indicted by special counsel Jack Smith on charges of conspiring to defraud the country and prevent the peaceful transfer of power
2023 – South America experiences a winter heatwave, with Vicuña in Chilean Andres reaching 100°F (37.78°C), the warmest day in northern Chile for 72 years