| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Trinidadian-British writer V. S. Naipaul died. | Death day |
| 2014 | American actor Robin Williams died. | Death day |
| 2000 | Chess grandmaster from Iran, Parham Maghsoodloo was born. | Birthday |
| 1999 | Chess grandmaster from Canada, Razvan Preotu was born. | Birthday |
| 1987 | Indonesian badminton player Greysia Polii was born. | Birthday |
| 1986 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Jakov Geller was born. | Birthday |
| 1984 | Indonesian badminton player Markis Kido was born. | Birthday |
| 1982 | Chess grandmaster from Iran, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami was born. | Birthday |
| 1979 | Aeroflot/Moldovia flight 7628 and Aeroflot flight 7880 aircraft incident at near Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, killed 178 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1976 | Indian multinational information technology HCL Technologies was founded. | Foundation day |
| 1973 | Chess grandmaster from Netherlands, Karel van der Weide was born. | Birthday |
| 1972 | South African-American virologist and physician Max Theiler died. | Death day |
| 1971 | Chess grandmaster from Germany, Gennadij Ginsburg was born. | Birthday |
| 1965 | American actress Viola Davis was born. | Birthday |
| 1961 | Astronaut from United States, Frederick Sturckow was born. | Birthday |
| 1960 | Independence Day of Chad. | National Holiday |
| 1959 | French business executive Hubert Joly was born. | Birthday |
| 1957 | Maritime Central Airways Flight 315 aircraft incident at Issoudun, Quebec, Canada, killed 79 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1957 | Japanese business magnate Masayoshi Son was born. | Birthday |
| 1956 | Bulgarian politician Mincho Neychev died. | Death day |
| 1955 | 1955 Altensteig mid-air collision aircraft incident at near Altensteig, West Germany, killed 66 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1950 | American inventor Steve Wozniak was born. | Birthday |
| 1943 | Pakistani politician Pervez Musharraf was born. | Birthday |
| 1932 | Chess grandmaster from Hungary, István Bilek was born. | Birthday |
| 1926 | British chemist Aaron Klug was born. | Birthday |
| 1911 | Thai politician Thanom Kittikachorn was born. | Birthday |
| 1872 | Japanese politician Kijūro Shidehara was born. | Birthday |
| 1860 | Hungarian electrical engineer Otto Blathy was born. | Birthday |
| 1858 | Dutch physician Christiaan Eijkman was born. | Birthday |
| 1818 | Russian mechanic and inventor Ivan Kulibin died. | Death day |
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