1993 - Bobby Moore, a revered hero of English football after he captained his country to World Cup triumph in 1966, died of cancer, aged 51. Moore, who had been battling cancer for two years, died at home surrounded by his wife and three children. Fittingly, his last public appearance was in the Wembley stadium, where he enjoyed the finest moment of his career, lifting the World Cup trophy in 1966. In a career that spanned 19 years, Moore played 1,000 league games for West Ham United and Fulham and made a then-record 108 appearances for England. With West Ham he had won the FA Cup in 1964 and the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1965. He had appeared in another Wembley Cup final in 1975 with Fulham, losing to his former club.
Other important events
1656 - Spain declares war on England.
1783 - Spain recognises independence of United States.
1801 - Aleksandr P. Romanov becomes emperor of Russia.
1821 - Mexico declares independence from Spain.
1839 - American inventor William Otis is granted a patent for the steam shovel.
1848 - French king Louis Philippe is overthrown by revolutionary citizens.
1868 - The US House of Representatives impeaches President Andrew Johnson.
1920 - Nazi Party is organised in Germany.
1924 - Greece becomes a republic.
1945 - Egyptian Premier Ahmad Pasha is assassinated in parliament.
1979 - War between North and South Yemen begins.
1981 - Britain’s Prince Charles announces his engagement to Lady Diana Spencer.
1988 - Matti Nykanen becomes Winter Olympics first triple gold medalist.
1991 - Land war begins in Kuwait.
1993 - Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney retires after nine years in office.
1996 - Dubai Shopping Festival is officially inaugurated.
2000 - Mayon, one of the Philippines’ deadliest volcanoes, erupts, forcing about 30,000 people to flee.
2004 - A 6.5-magnitude earthquake rocks northern Morocco, killing more than 550 people.
2005 - Somalis sing and shout a welcome President Abdullah Yusuf Ahmad as he makes his first trip home since his government-in-exile was formed last year.
2007 - Australia’s Matthew Hayden smashes fastest ICC Cricket World Cup century against South Africa.
2008 - Raul Castro takes over from his brother Fidel Castro as Cuban President.
2014 - UAE’s ‘Florence Nightingale’ Salma Al Sharhan dies at the age of 80 in Ras Al Khaimah.
2015 - UN climate panel chief Rajendra Pachauri steps down after sex harassment claims.
2016 - Concourse D opens at Dubai International Airport.
