1991 Theodore Geisel, better known as children's author Doctor Seuss, dies of cancer in La Jolla, CA, at age 87.

1998 The U.S. Treasury began circulating the newly-redesigned $20 bill.

1960 Launch of the USS Enterprise, the worlds first nuclear powered aircraft carrier

1976 Rhodesia accepts an American and British plan for majority rule

1993 America and the Commonwealth lift trade sanctions against South Africa

1896 The birth of F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist

2005 Hurricane Rita hits the U.S. Gulf Coast. The 9th Ward section of New Orleans floods for the 2nd time in a month and a half. Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Alabama are also affected.

2005 Worldwide protests against the Iraq War around the world, with over 150,00 protestors in Washington DC. See Opposition to the Iraq War.

2006 Europe win the Ryder Cup in Ireland.

2006 Communist Party of China Central Political Bureau committee member, Shanghai Municipal Party Committee Secretary Chen Liangyu is dismissed for alleged corruption charges.

2007 Labour Party Conferences in Bournemouth at which Gordon Brown addresses delegates for the first time as Prime Minister.

2007 India won the ICC Twenty20 WorldCup beating Pakistan by 5 runs.

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