| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Supercentenarian from Italy, Maria Gravigi died at the age of 113 years, 165 days. | Death day |
| 2012 | Indian film Ek Tha Tiger was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies in India. | Release Date |
| 2009 | Canadian American geophysicist Anthony R. Barringer died. | Death day |
| 2004 | Swedish biochemist Sune Bergstrom died. | Death day |
| 1992 | Chess grandmaster from India, B. Adhiban was born. | Birthday |
| 1990 | American actress Jennifer Lawrence was born. | Birthday |
| 1982 | Swedish scientist Hugo Theorell died. | Death day |
| 1976 | SAETA Flight 232 aircraft incident at Chimborazovolcano, Andes Mts., Ecuador, killed 59 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1974 | Chess grandmaster from Ukraine, Lubomir Mikhaletz was born. | Birthday |
| 1971 | Hungarian actor Paul Lukas died. | Death day |
| 1966 | Chess grandmaster from Sweden, Evgeny Agrest was born. | Birthday |
| 1963 | Mexican film director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu was born. | Birthday |
| 1961 | Golfer from Scotland and United States, Willie Macfarlane died. | Death day |
| 1960 | Independence Day of Congo. | National Holiday |
| 1959 | Astronaut from United States, Scott Altman was born. | Birthday |
| 1958 | Aeroflot Flight 4 aircraft incident at near Chita, Russian SFSR, USSR, killed 64 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1956 | Chess grandmaster from Iceland, Helgi Ólafsson was born. | Birthday |
| 1953 | American businessman John Mackey was born. | Birthday |
| 1950 | Magnitude 8.7 earthquake in Assam, India – Tibet, China. This is one of the largest earthquake by magnitude. | Natural Disaster |
| 1947 | Independence Day of India. | National Holiday |
| 1947 | Astronaut from United States, Manly Carter was born. | Birthday |
| 1946 | American songwriter and composer Jimmy Webb was born. | Birthday |
| 1945 | French politician Alain Juppe was born. | Birthday |
| 1945 | Liberation Day of South Korea. | National Holiday |
| 1940 | German neuropathologist Max Bielschowsky died. | Death day |
| 1936 | Italian writer Grazia Deledda died. | Death day |
| 1931 | American chemist Richard F. Heck was born. | Birthday |
| 1926 | Greek politician Konstantinos Stephanopoulos was born. | Birthday |
| 1912 | English actress Wendy Hiller was born. | Birthday |
| 1896 | Hungarian-American biochemist Gerty Cori was born. | Birthday |
| 1892 | French physicist Louis de Broglie was born. | Birthday |
| 1879 | American actress Ethel Barrymore was born. | Birthday |
| 1863 | Russian naval engineer Aleksey Krylov was born. | Birthday |
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