2016-09-06

Liz Truss (pictured) succeeded Boris Johnson as prime minister following the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis.

The Supreme Court of India invalidated part of Section 377 of the Penal Code, thus legalising homosexuality in India.

Hurricane Irma reached peak intensity near the Caribbean islands of Barbuda, Saint Martin, and Virgin Gorda.

The Los Angeles Dodgers hosted the first Pride Night in Major League Baseball history.

The Parliament of Singapore relocated from the Old Parliament House to its current meeting place (pictured).

An estimated 2.5 billion people worldwide watched the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, on television.

Cal Ripken Jr. (pictured) played his 2,131st consecutive Major League Baseball game, breaking the 56-year-old record set by Lou Gehrig.

Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko landed his MiG-25 in Hakodate, Japan, declaring his intention to defect to the West.

Black September: The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacked four airliners, landing two at Dawson's Field in Jordan and one in Cairo, while the last hijacking attempt was foiled near London.

The Kennedy administration sent Victor H. Krulak and Joseph Mendenhall on a mission to assess the progress of the Vietnam War.