1830 - Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint Catherine Labouré in Paris, originating the creation of the sacred medal which came to be known as the Miraculous Medal.
1863 - American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary Prison and return safely to the South.
1989 – Avianca Flight 203, a Boeing 727, explodes over Colombia, killing all 107 on board and 3 people on the ground. The Medellin drug Cartel claims responsibility.
2014 - Australian cricketerPhillip Hughes dies aged 25, as a result of being hit on the neck by a ball two days earlier.
2018 - Ukraine declares martial law after an armed incident in which the Russian Federal Security Service coast guard fired on and captured three Ukrainian Navyvessels attempting to cross from the Black Sea to the Sea of Azov through the Kerch Strait.
2019 - A crackdown on protesters in Iraq results in at least 24 deaths.