1911

An explosion inside the Cross Mountain coal mine near Briceville, Tennessee, killed 84 workers.

1917

British forces captured Jerusalem from the Ottoman Turks.

1987

The first Palestinian intefadeh, or uprising, began as riots broke out in Gaza and spread to the West Bank, triggering a strong Israeli response.

1992

Britain’s Prince Charles and Princess Diana announced their separation.

2011

The European Union said 26 of its 27 member countries were open to joining a new treaty tying their finances together to solve the euro crisis; Britain remained opposed.

2014

U.S. Senate investigators concluded the United States had brutalized scores of terror suspects with interrogation tactics that turned secret CIA prisons into chambers of suffering and did nothing to make Americans safer after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

Birthdays

Actor Dame Judi Dench is 88. Football Hall of Famer Dick Butkus is 80. Actor John Malkovich is 69. Singer Donny Osmond is 65. Actor Felicity Huffman is 60. Rock singer-musician Jakob Dylan is 53. Rock singer Imogen Heap is 45. Actor Joshua Sasse is 35. Olympic gold and silver medal gymnast McKayla Maroney is 27.