War Between Russia and Georgia:
Tensions escalated between the two countries after Russia moved a large number of troops in the area.
Coordinated bomb attacks in American embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya:
Responsibility for the twin attacks was taken by an Al-Qaeda affiliate Egyptian Islamic Jihad.
Daredevil Walks a High Wire Between Twin Towers of the World Trade Center:
French high-wire artist Philippe Petit, walked 8 times across a high wire between the two towers in 45 minutes.
- 1987 Sidney Crosby
Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975 David Hicks
Australian alleged terrorist
- 1975 Charlize Theron
South African model, actress
- 1958 Bruce Dickinson
English singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor
- 2011 Mark Hatfield
American politician
- 2005 Peter Jennings
Canadian/American journalist
- 1957 Oliver Hardy
American comedian, actor
- 1941 Rabindranath Tagore
Indian author, poet, Nobel Prize laureate
