Panjshir Valley dam failure
Located in Panjshir Valley, northeastern Afghanistan, it was a dilapidated dam that crumbled under heavy summer rains, resulting to 13 missing and 300 houses destroyed.
Lima Metro opened
The Lima Metro is a rapid transit system that serves the area of the cities of Lima and Callao, both of which make up the Lima metropolitan area, currently linking the district of Villa El Salvador in the south of Lima with San Juan de Lurigancho in the northeast of the same city.
Bukit Jalil National Stadium opened
The Bukit Jalil National Stadium has a capacity of 87,411 and is the largest in Southeast Asia, third largest in Asia, and the eighth largest stadium in the world.
Kauffman Stadium broke ground
The Kauffman Stadium is a baseball stadium located in Kansas City. It was originally named Royals Stadium when it opened and its current seating capacity is 37,903. The park's best-known feature is the fountain and waterfall display, which at 322 feet (98 m) is the largest privately funded fountain in the world.
Theodore Maiman was born
Theodore Harold Maiman was an American engineer and physicist who is widely credited with the invention of the laser.
