In the news
- More than 160 people are killed in a landslide at a jade mine in Hpakant, Myanmar.
- Amidst protests (pictured), China passes the Hong Kong national security law, bypassing the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
- An attack on the Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi leaves eight people dead and seven others injured.
On this day
- 324 – Roman emperor Constantine the Great defeated his former colleague Licinius at the Battle of Adrianople.
- 1778 – American Revolutionary War: Loyalists and Iroquois killed over 300 Patriots at the Battle of Wyoming in Pennsylvania.
- 1940 – Second World War: The Royal Navy attacked the French fleet (ship pictured), fearing that the ships would fall into Axis hands after the French–German armistice.
- 1970 – The Troubles: The British Army began the Falls Curfew in Belfast, Northern Ireland, which resulted in greater Irish republican resistance.
- Dong Chang (d. 896)
- Jacobus Gallus (b. 1550)
- Tom Cruise (b. 1962)
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