On this day in 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two of her own Sikh bodyguards, sparking anti-Sikh riots throughout the country.
On this day in 1999, all 217 people on board EgyptAir Flight 990 were killed when the aircraft suddenly plummeted into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States.
On this day in 2009, US President Barack Obama signed the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act and announced an end to the 22-year-old HIV travel ban.