TODAY IN HISTORY
• 2018 - Germany
Due to the ripple that accompanied his controversial meeting with Turkish President Recep Erdogan, Mesut Ozil, Germany/arsenal midfielder announced his retirement from international football citing “racism and disrespect” as the reason for his early exit from international football
• 2018 - USA
Pres. Donald Trump lashed out against Iran, warning he was prepared to unleash dire “consequences” if Iran’s president threatens the United States again In a tweet to Pres. Hassan Rouhani and written in all caps, Trump wrote ‘NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS!’ Trump’s threat came hours after Rouhani warned the U.S. against attacking Iran, saying, “Mr. Trump, don’t play with the lion’s tail. This would only lead to regret. You will forever regret it.”
• 2014 - S/leone
In Sierra Leone, Sheik Umar Khan (39), the head doctor fighting the deadly Ebola virus, caught the disease. In Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, 632 people had died from the illness according to WHO.
• 2013 - UK
Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, gave birth to a boy, who is now third in line to the British throne
• 2011 - Qatar
Asian football supremo Mohamed bin Hammam was banned from the game for life after being found guilty of corruption by a FIFA'S ethics committee. The Qatari president of the Asian Football Confederation, had been accused of buying votes in the FIFA presidential election with $40,000 cash gifts to Caribbean football officials
• 2009 - USA
In Michigan the last edition of Ann Arbor News rolled off the presses after 174 years, with a three-word headline: "Farewell, Ann Arbor." It was replaced by Annarbor.com, online site
• 2002 - UK
Welsh archbishop Rowan Williams was chosen as 104th archbishop of Canterbury, leader of the world's Anglicans. He held the position till Dec 2012
• 2000 - USA
Tiger Woods, at 24, became the youngest player to win the career Grand Slam with
record-breaking 19-under par in the British Open.