1982- Earthquake hits Northern Yemen and kills 2,000

1989– Taylor Swift, pop singer, was born

2013- Release date of the movie: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2014- Thousands of protesters march in Washington, D.C., to protest recent killings of unarmed black men by policemen. Protesters called for an end to police brutality and racial injustice in the U.S. legal system.

1986- Ella Baker, African-American civil rights and human rights activist, died.