• 622 – The beginning of the Islamic calendar.


• 1991 – Ukraine celebrates its first Independence Day.

• 1968 – Birth Day of Dhanraj Pillay, Indian field hockey player and manager

• 1969 - Apollo 11 takes off for the Moon

The Apollo 11 space rocket takes off from Cape Kennedy at the start of the first attempt to land a man on the Moon.

 • 1979 - Saddam Hussein became president of Iraq.