The world got on with things long before you woke up. A sample of what happened on today’s date, newest first.

1. 2025
   Pieces of the French Crown Jewels are successfully stolen during a heist on the Louvre Museum in Paris..  ↗ French Crown Jewels
2. 2019
   Members of Parliament met at the House of Lords to discuss the United Kingdom's Brexit deal, this was the first Saturday sitting in Parliament since 3 April 1982 during the Falklands War.  ↗ House of Lords
3. 2013
   One hundred and five people are injured in a train crash in Buenos Aires.  ↗ 2013 Buenos Aires train crash
4. 2012
   A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 more in Lebanon.  ↗ Assassination of Wissam al-Hassan
5. 2005
   Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.  ↗ Saddam Hussein
6. 2005
   Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.  ↗ Hurricane Wilma
7. 2004
   Thirteen people are killed when Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashes in Adair County, Missouri, while on approach to Kirksville Regional Airport.  ↗ Corporate Airlines Flight 5966
8. 2003
   Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.  ↗ Mother Teresa