1916 – First animated cartoon film, for American Frank Moser, premieres.
1935 – Louis Lumiere organizes public screening of 3D film at the Academy of Sciences in Paris.
1955 – The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) holds first meeting in Bangkok.
1984 – The United States Marine completed its withdrawal from Beirut.
1991 – Iraq announces decision to withdraw its forces from Kuwait.
1991 –Warsaw Pact cancelled.
1994 – Israeli settler Baruch Goldstein shoots worshippers during Friday prayers at Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, killing 29 Palestinians and injuring 150 others.
Passes away:
2005 – Peter Benenson, founder of human rights group Amnesty International (AI).
Occasions:
Kuwait National Day.
H. Zain/ H. Said