2021
Global known death toll from COVID-19 passes 4 million (equal to all deaths in battle since 1982).
2019
US financier Jeffrey Epstein indicted on further charges of sex trafficking of minors.
2018
South Korean golfer Sei Young Ki breaks LPGA 72-hole scoring record with 31 under-par 257, also first to better -30, in winning Thornberry Creek Classic.
2011
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
2000
J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” was released in the U.S. It was the fourth Harry Potter book.
1999
“Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” the 3rd book of the series by J. K. Rowling is published by Bloomsbury in the UK.
1996
British girls group the Spice Girls release their debut single “Wannabe” in the UK.
1969
The U.S. Patent Office issued a patent for the game “Twister.”
1889
The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
