– The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab–Israeli conflict is signed. 1977 – The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in San Francisco. 1985 – The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon. 1989 – In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place. 1998 – Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University. 2001 – Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan. 2002 – The Oakland Athletics win their 20th consecutive game, an American League record. 2007 – Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations. 2010 – A 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes the South Island of New Zealand causing widespread damage and several power outages. 2020 – Pope Benedict XVI becomes the longest-lived pope, 93 years, four months, 16 days, surpassing Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903. 2022 – Ten people are killed and 15 are injured in a stabbing spree in 13 locations on the James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon, Saskatchewan. Births Pre-1600 973 – Al-Biruni, Persian physician and polymath (d. 1048) 1241 – Alexander III, king of Scotland (d. 1286) 1383 – Felix V, antipope of Rome (d. 1451) 1454 – Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (d. 1483) 1557 – Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen consort of Denmark and Norway (d. 1631) 1563 – Wanli, Chinese emperor (d. 1620) 1580 – George Percy, English explorer (d. 1632) 1596 – Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (d. 1687) 1601–1900 1681 – Carl Heinrich Biber, Austrian violinist and composer (d. 1749) 1717 – Job Orton, English minister and author (d. 1783) 1745 – Shneur Zalman, Russian rabbi, author and founder of Chabad (d. 1812) 1755 – Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish general and politician (d. 1810) 1768 – François-René de Chateaubriand, French historian and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for France (d. 1848) 1776 – Stephen Whitney, American businessman (d. 1860) 1798 – Raynold Kaufgetz, Swiss soldier, economist, and politician (d. 1869) 1803 – Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States (d. 1891) 1809 – Manuel Montt, Chilean scholar and politician, 6th President of Chile (d. 1880)