Year | Description | Category |
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2014 | Chess grandmaster from Serbia, Dragoljub Čirić died. | Death day |
2010 | Italian politician Francesco Cossiga died. | Death day |
2001 | 75 people died in Manor Hotel fire at Quezon City, Philippines. | Man-Made Disaster |
1999 | German equestrian Reiner Klimke died. | Death day |
1990 | Chess grandmaster from Croatia, Ivan Šarić was born. | Birthday |
1988 | Chess grandmaster from FIDE, Arian González Pérez was born. | Birthday |
1988 | Chess grandmaster from Poland, Wojciech Moranda was born. | Birthday |
1988 | Pakistani politician Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq died. | Death day |
1986 | Chess grandmaster from Spain, Hipolito Asis Gargatagli was born. | Birthday |
1986 | Chess grandmaster from Sweden, Daniel Semcesen was born. | Birthday |
1984 | Chess grandmaster from Hungary, Andras Flumbort was born. | Birthday |
1977 | French footballer Thierry Henry was born. | Birthday |
1970 | American tennis player Jim Courier was born. | Birthday |
1969 | German-American physicist Otto Stern died. | Death day |
1962 | Chess grandmaster from United States, Michael Wilder was born. | Birthday |
1960 | Chess grandmaster from Sweden, Thomas Ernst was born. | Birthday |
1960 | Independence Day of Gabon. | National Holiday |
1960 | American actor Sean Penn was born. | Birthday |
1954 | Colombian politician Andres Pastrana Arango was born. | Birthday |
1953 | Romanian-born German novelist and poet Herta Muller was born. | Birthday |
1953 | Astronaut from Canada, Robert Thirsk was born. | Birthday |
1952 | Argentine tennis player Guillermo Vilas was born. | Birthday |
1952 | Astronaut from United States, Kathryn Thornton was born. | Birthday |
1952 | Astronaut from United States, Thomas Hennen was born. | Birthday |
1947 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Vladislav Vorotnikov was born. | Birthday |
1945 | Independence Day of Indonesia. | National Holiday |
1943 | American actor Robert De Niro was born. | Birthday |
1943 | American actor Robert De Niro was born. | Birthday |
1932 | Trinidadian-British writer V. S. Naipaul was born. | Birthday |
1911 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Mikhail Botvinnik was born. | Birthday |
1740 | Papacy of Pope Benedict XIV began. | Papacy began |
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