Year | Description | Category |
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2018 | Indian politician Atal Bihari Vajpayee died. | Death day |
2015 | Trigana Air Flight 267 aircraft incident at Mount Tangok, Pegunungan Bintang Regency, Papua, Indonesia, killed 54 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
2005 | West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 aircraft incident at Machiques, Venezuela, killed 160 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
1993 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Ilia Iljiushenok was born. | Birthday |
1991 | American rapper and singer Jeffery Lamar Williams was born. | Birthday |
1991 | Indian Airlines Flight 257 aircraft incident at Imphal, India, killed 69 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
1989 | Chess grandmaster from Netherlands, Roeland Pruijssers was born. | Birthday |
1987 | Northwest Airlines Flight 255 aircraft incident at Romulus, Michigan, U.S., killed 156 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
1986 | Sudan Airways (ST-ADY) aircraft incident at near Malakal, South Sudan, killed 60 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
1980 | Chess grandmaster from Armenia, Georgy Arzumanian was born. | Birthday |
1979 | Canadian politician John Diefenbaker died. | Death day |
1978 | Chess grandmaster from Armenia, Elina Danielian was born. | Birthday |
1975 | Chess grandmaster from Germany, Friedrich Sämisch died. | Death day |
1974 | Hungarian swimmer Krisztina Egerszegi was born. | Birthday |
1974 | West Indian cricketer Shivnarine Chanderpaul was born. | Birthday |
1973 | American biochemist and microbiologist Selman Waksman died. | Death day |
1972 | American songwriter and singer Emily Robison was born. | Birthday |
1971 | Chess grandmaster from Poland, Jurij Zezulkin was born. | Birthday |
1970 | Indian actor Saif Ali Khan was born. | Birthday |
1967 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Ildar Ibragimov was born. | Birthday |
1960 | American actor Timothy Hutton was born. | Birthday |
1958 | Astronaut from United States, Peter Wisoff was born. | Birthday |
1957 | American chemist Irving Langmuir died. | Death day |
1957 | American chemist Irving Langmuir died. | Death day |
1954 | Canadian film director James Cameron was born. | Birthday |
1939 | Astronaut from Soviet Union, Valery Ryumin was born. | Birthday |
1936 | The closing ceremony of Games of the XI Olympiad, or 1936 Summer olympics was held in Berlin. | |
1936 | Chess grandmaster from Latvia, Vladimir Bagirov was born. | Birthday |
1933 | Astronaut from United States, Stuart Roosa was born. | Birthday |
1913 | Israeli politician Menachem Begin was born. | Birthday |
1904 | American chemist Wendell Meredith Stanley was born. | Birthday |
1899 | German chemist Robert Bunsen died. | Death day |
1888 | American pharmacist John Pemberton died. | Death day |
1845 | Franco-Luxembourgish physicist Gabriel Lippmann was born. | Birthday |
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