2004 - Martha Stewart is sentenced to five months in prison plus five months in home confinement for lying to federal investigators.
2004 - Former South African President Nelson Mandela calls for commitment by the world to
take action against Aids
2005- Tiger Woods wins his 10th major winning The British Open Championship by 5 strokes. Woods becomes only the second golfer, after Jack Nicklaus, to win each major more than once
2005 - 134th British Golf Open: Tiger Woods shoots a 274 at St Andrews
2005 - 13th ESPY Awards: Lance Armstrong, Annika Sorenstam win
Professional Road Cyclist and Testicular Cancer Survivor Lance Armstrong
2007- TAM Airlines (TAM Linhas Aéreas) Flight 3054 crashes upon landing during rain in São Paulo. This is Brazil's deadliest aviation accident to date with an estimated 199 deaths.
2009- Jakarta double bombings at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotels killed 9 people including 4 foreigners.
2011- 140th British Golf Open: Darren Clarke shoots a 275 at Royal St George's Golf Club
2012 - 17 people are wounded in a bar shooting in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
2013 - 7 people are killed by a car bomb in Damascus, Syria
2013 - 58 people are killed in floods in Sichuan Province, China
2013 - 21st ESPY Awards: LeBron James, Serena Williams win
2013 - U2 singer Bono is made a Commandeur of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
2014 - Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes (presumed shot down by either pro-Russian separatists or the Ukrainian militia), killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew on board
2014 - 5 hour humanitarian ceasefire, proposed by the UN, takes place between Israel and Hamas
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