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Joe Biden gives his acceptance speech virtually for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.

Fifty-four people are killed when a suicide bomber detonates himself at a Kurdish wedding party in Gaziantep, Turkey.

Seventy-two people are killed in Japan's Hiroshima Prefecture by a series of landslides caused by a month's worth of rain that fell in one day.

A prison riot in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, kills at least 20 people.

First Air Flight 6560 crashes 1 mile from the Resolute Bay runway, killing 12 of the 15 aboard.

Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid, Spain to Gran Canaria, skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport. Of the 172 people on board, 146 die immediately, and eight more later die of injuries sustained in the crash.

China Airlines Flight 120 catches fire and explodes after landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan.

Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP S. Sivamaharajah is shot dead at his home in Tellippalai.

A group of Iraqis opposed to the regime of Saddam Hussein take over the Iraqi embassy in Berlin, Germany for five hours before releasing their hostages and surrendering.

The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval.

American baseball first baseman (5 × MLB All-Star; 3 × Gold Glove Award; MLB batting champion & RBI leader 2000 Colorado Rockies)

American Christian rock guitarist (Third Day

American football wide receiver (New Orleans Saints)

English actor

American NFL wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys)

English footballer

Belgian tennis star (1996 quarterfinalist Essen)

American singer (Limp Bizkit)

American actor and stand-up comedian (Mike & Molly

American professional wrestler (WWE Raw

Mexican actor (Los diez pasos)

Swedish footballer and manager

Australian basketball guard (Olympic bronze 1996)

Japanese voice actress and singer

American baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)