On this day in 1982, the Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, was shot on the street in London. He survived the attack but was left permanently paralysed.
On this day in 1989, China’s Communist Party leaders sent troops to forcibly clear Beijing’s Tiananmen Square of student-led democracy protesters. The death toll from the massacre remains unknown and the incident remains taboo in China to this day.
On this day in 2006, the union of Serbia and Montenegro came to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence.
On this day in 2013, the trial of US Army private Chelsea Manning for leaking classified material to WikiLeaks began in Fort Meade, Maryland.