1922 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000m (8:28.6).

1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact, 60 nations agree to condemn “recourse to war for the solution of international controversies”.

1953 Roman Holiday, starring Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, and Eddie Albert, is released.

1984 US President Ronald Reagan announces “Teacher in Space” project.

1995 95th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods.

2001 Angelina Jolie is named a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador at UNHCR headquarters in Geneva.

2008 Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be nominated by a major political party for President of the United States.

2015 The Shepherd’s Crown by Terry Pratchett published by Doubleday, five months after the author’s death, last book in the Discworld series.