On this day in 1983, Pakistan successfully conducted a cold test of a nuclear weapon.
On this day in 1993, Janet Reno was confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States.
On this day in 2009, at the Winnenden school in Germany, recent-graduate Tim Kretschmer shot and killed 16, injured 11 before killing himself, leading to tightened weapons restrictions in Germany.
On this day in 2012, a U.S. soldier killed 16 civilians in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan near Kandahar.