1932 | Iraq proclaimed independence from the United Kingdom. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
1952 | The first video recording on magnetic tape was performed in California, US. (Representational image: Wikimedia Commons)
1977 | Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was arrested on the charges of the Jeep scam. Later, no evidence was found against her. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
1990 | The Reunification of East and West Germany happened as the flag was raised above the Brandenburg Gate at midnight. (Image: Reuters)
1992 | Indian Snooker champion Geet Sethi won the World Professional Billiards Championship. (Image: Firstpost)
1995 | Former NFL player OJ Simpson was acquitted in the killings of his wife Nicole Brown Simpson and friend Ronald Lyle Goldman in a historic verdict. (Image: Reuters)
2010 | The XIX Commonwealth Games opened in Delhi, India. (Image: Reuters)
2013 | Chinese President Xi Jinping announced plans for the Belt and Road Initiative / One Belt One Road linking China with the rest of Southeast Asia. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
2018 | Frances Arnold, Gregory Winter and George Smith won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for their use of evolution to produce new enzymes and antibodies. (Image: Reuters)