1940 – Kingdom of Romania signs a pact with Nazi Germany, Italy and Japan in what was called then the Allied Powers during World War II.
1971 – China becomes a permanent member of the UN Security Council.
1989 – Berlin wall was completely demolished.
1991 – Electing Boutros Boutros-Ghali as UN Secretary-General succeeding Javier Pérez de Cuéllar.
2003 – President Eduard Shevardnadze of Georgia was forced to resign.
2005 – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was the first woman to be elected as head of state of an African country, Liberia.
1804 – Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States, was born.
1957 – Elia Abu Madi, a Lebanese poet, passes away.