Iraq, 14-year-old Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi is raped and murdered by five American soldiers of the 502nd Infantry Regiment, who also murder both of her parents and her sister.

2004

Politics

President of South Korea

Roh Moo-hyun, is impeached by its National Assembly, the first such impeachment in the nation's history.

2003

Milestone

Zoran Đinđić

Prime Minister of Serbia, is assassinated in Belgrade.

2003

Politics

The World Health Organization officially release a global warning of outbreaks of Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

1999

Politics

Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic

Hungary and Poland join NATO.

1993

Milestone

Several bombs explode in Mumbai

India, killing about 300 people and injuring hundreds more.

1993

Politics

North Korea announces that it will withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and refuses to allow inspectors access to its nuclear sites.

1992

Milestone

Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.

1989

Milestone

Tim Berners-Lee submits his proposal to CERN for an information management system

which subsequently develops into the World Wide Web.