| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Israeli politician Ezer Weizman died. | Death day |
| 1999 | Chess grandmaster from India, Visakh N R was born. | Birthday |
| 1997 | Chess grandmaster from Israel, Ori Kobo was born. | Birthday |
| 1996 | Australian tennis player Ashleigh Barty was born. | Birthday |
| 1996 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Dmitry Gordievsky was born. | Birthday |
| 1988 | Chess grandmaster from Hungary, Laszlo Gonda was born. | Birthday |
| 1982 | Finnish runner Ville Ritola died. | Death day |
| 1980 | Chess grandmaster from Armenia, Karen Asrian was born. | Birthday |
| 1980 | Chess grandmaster from Spain, Josep Manuel Lopez Martinez was born. | Birthday |
| 1974 | Chess grandmaster from Czech Republic, Tomas Polak was born. | Birthday |
| 1973 | Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was born. | Birthday |
| 1970 | People's Republic of China's first artificial satellite Dongfanghong I was launched. | Launch Day |
| 1970 | German banker Christian Sewing was born. | Birthday |
| 1967 | Soyuz 1 disaster on southeast of Orenburg, Russia, killed 1. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1967 | Astronaut from Soviet Union, Vladimir Komarov died. | Death day |
| 1965 | American businessman Charles Scharf was born. | Birthday |
| 1964 | German pathologist and bacteriologist Gerhard Domagk died. | Death day |
| 1960 | German physicist Max von Laue died. | Death day |
| 1951 | 106 people died in SakuragichÅ train fire commuter train fire. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1947 | American chemist Roger D. Kornberg was born. | Birthday |
| 1945 | Golfer from United States, Bob Lunn was born. | Birthday |
| 1942 | American actress Barbra Streisand was born. | Birthday |
| 1942 | American singer and actress Barbra Streisand was born. | Birthday |
| 1934 | American actress Shirley MacLaine was born. | Birthday |
| 1930 | Brazilian politician Jose Sarney was born. | Birthday |
| 1897 | Mexican politician Manuel Avila Camacho was born. | Birthday |
| 1876 | Russian railway engineer Yury Lomonosov was born. | Birthday |
| 1845 | Swiss poet Carl Spitteler was born. | Birthday |
| 1823 | Mexican politician Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada was born. | Birthday |
| 1585 | Papacy of Pope Sixtus V began. | Papacy began |
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