| 1920 | Sinn Fein and Unions riot in Belfast. |
| 1940 | Soviet Union annexes Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. |
| 1960 | Sirimavo Bhandaranaike of Sri Lanka becomes the world's first woman prime minister. |
| 1969 | Apollo 11 austronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin Jr. blasts off from Moon and head back to earth after first Lunar landing. |
| 1970 | The Aswan high dam across the Nile river in Egypt is completed, after 11 years. |
| 1975 | Soviet Soyuz spacecraft lands safely in Soviet Central Asia after its rendezvous in space with the american Apollo craft. |
| 2005 | China revalue its currency after US pressure. |
| 2005 | London hit by blasts again.Four small cordinated explosions London's bus and underground train network injuring one person exactly 2 weeks after bombers killed more than 50 people in the city. |
| 2015 | The World's first bionic eye implant is performed for a partially sighted British pensioner to see again. |
| 2018 | New Zealand's Black Ferns wins World cup Sevens Crowns. |