On this day in 1960, the Netherlands and West Germany signed an agreement to negotiate the return of German land annexed by the Dutch in return for 280 million German marks.
On this day in 1993, the Republic of Macedonia joined the United Nations.
On this day in 2005, over four million people attended the funeral of Pope John Paul II.
On this day in 2008, the construction of the world's first building to integrate wind turbines was completed in Bahrain.