Following a mass trial, hundreds of people were sentenced to prison for life by a court in Turkey for their roles in a failed coup against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in 2016. 2020.
Ten gunmen associated with Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based Islamist group, launched a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Mumbai. The attacks ended three days later, with 166 people killed and about 300 injured. 2008.
The first Polaroid Model 95 camera is sold in a Boston department store. Named the Polaroid Land camera after Polaroid inventor and founder Edwin H. Land, the camera “instantly” delivered a finished sepia-toned print 60 seconds after exposure. 1948.
U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull sent a harsh notice to Japan, calling for a full withdrawal from China and Indochina. 1941.
Singer Tina Turner—who found success in the rhythm-and-blues, soul, and rock genres—was born in Brownsville, Tennessee. 1939.
After the defeat of the White Russians and the Chinese, the Mongolian People’s Republic was proclaimed. 1924.
Nicholas II, the last tsar of Russia, married Alexandra. 1894.
