1969 – Playing for Santos against Vasco da Gama in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian footballer Pelé(pictured) scored his thousandth goal.
1991 – Mexican singer Luis Miguel released the album Romance, which led to a revival of interest in bolero music.
2002 – The Greek oil tanker Prestigesplit in two and sank off the coast of Galicia after spilling 420 thousand barrels (17.8 million US gallons) of oil, in the worst environmental disaster in Spanish and Portuguese history.