On this day in 1967, during the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela was shaken by an earthquake. Approximately 500 died from the disaster.
On this day in 1987, Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene signed the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues.
On this day in 2005, Astronomers announced their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.