1910 – Adoption of the Flag of Bermuda.
1943 – Corsica liberated from Italian occupation by General Charles de Gaulle’s Free France resistance forces
1964 – 3 cars of a commuter train derails in South Africa killing 81
1979 – USSR performs nuclear test
1985 – Shi’ite Muslims claim to have killed hostage William Buckley
1992 – Solheim Cup Women’s Golf, Dalmahoy CC: Europe beats US, 11½-6½; Laura Davies of England wins all her 3 matches
1998 – Australian motorcycle racer Mick Doohan wins the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island to clinch his 5th world 500cc championship; all 5 titles are won with Honda
2001 – Siberia Airlines Flight 1812: a Sibir Airlines Tupolev TU-154 crashes into the Black Sea after being struck by an errant Ukrainian S-200 missile. 78 people are killed.