1863

Five appointees of the Public Welfare Society of Geneva announced the formation of an “International Committee for the Relief of Wounded Combatants,” which would later be renamed the International Committee of the Red Cross.

1897

The National Congress of Mothers, the forerunner of the National PTA, convened its first meeting in Washington with over 2,000 attendees.

1964

The U.S. Supreme Court, in Wesberry v. Sanders, ruled that congressional districts within each state must be roughly equal in population.

1992

Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of 15 counts of first-degree murder.

1995

Colin Ferguson was convicted of six counts of murder in the December 1993 Long Island Rail Road shootings; he was later sentenced to 315 years in prison.

2008

Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia.

Birthdays

Actor Rene Russo is 71. Actor Lou Diamond Phillips is 63. Basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan is 62. Film director Michael Bay is 60. Musician Billie Joe Armstrong is 53. Actor Jerry O’Connell is 51. Actor Jason Ritter is 45. Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt is 44.