1993: A truck bomb built by Islamic extremists exploded in the parking garage of the North Tower of New York’s World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000 others. (The bomb failed to topple the North Tower into the South Tower, as the terrorists had hoped; both structures were destroyed in the 9/11 attack eight years later.)

In the world

1815: Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from exile on the Island of Elba, sailing back to France in a bid to regain power.

Today’s birthdays

Musician Mitch Ryder is 80. Musician Michael Bolton is 72. Hockey Hall of Famer Joe Mullen is 68. Actor Greg Germann is 67. Musician Erykah Badu is 54. Filmmaker Sean Baker is 54. Football Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk is 52. Olympic swimming gold medalist Jenny Thompson is 52. Musician Corinne Bailey Rae is 46. Tennis Hall of Famer Li Na is 43. Musician Natalia Lafourcade is 41.

— The Associated Press