| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Chess grandmaster from Ukraine, Volodymyr Vetoshko was born. | Birthday |
| 1994 | Chess grandmaster from Azerbaijan, Zaur Mammadov was born. | Birthday |
| 1992 | Kenya Air Force (214) aircraft incident at Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya, killed 52 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1991 | English film director David Lean died. | Death day |
| 1989 | Chess grandmaster from Uzbekistan, Andrey Kvon was born. | Birthday |
| 1985 | British basketball player Luol Deng was born. | Birthday |
| 1976 | Chess grandmaster from Serbia, Borko Lajthajm was born. | Birthday |
| 1973 | Chess grandmaster from Germany, Sebastian Siebrecht was born. | Birthday |
| 1972 | Japanese author Yasunari Kawabata died. | Death day |
| 1972 | Spanish tennis player Conchita Mariínez was born. | Birthday |
| 1971 | German biathlete Sven Fischer was born. | Birthday |
| 1968 | American actress Fay Bainter died. | Death day |
| 1965 | Chess grandmaster from Germany, Jörg Hickl was born. | Birthday |
| 1963 | Pakistani cricketer Saleem Malik was born. | Birthday |
| 1962 | Chess grandmaster from Israel, Boris Kantsler was born. | Birthday |
| 1959 | Astronaut from United States, Michael Barratt was born. | Birthday |
| 1956 | Astronaut from United States, David Brown was born. | Birthday |
| 1950 | Chess grandmaster from Tunisia, Slim Bouaziz was born. | Birthday |
| 1947 | American basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was born. | Birthday |
| 1944 | Chess grandmaster from Germany, Nikolai Shalnev was born. | Birthday |
| 1927 | Pope Benedict XVI was born. | Birthday |
| 1924 | American music composer Henry Mancini was born. | Birthday |
| 1921 | British actor Peter Ustinov was born. | Birthday |
| 1844 | French poet and novelist Anatole France was born. | Birthday |
| 1682 | English mathematician John Hadley was born. | Birthday |
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