| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 19 people died in Hotel fire at Harbin, China. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 2016 | American physicist James Cronin died. | Death day |
| 2012 | Astronaut from United States, Neil Armstrong died. | Death day |
| 2007 | French politician Raymond Barre died. | Death day |
| 1989 | Pakistan International Airlines Flight 404 aircraft incident at Bunji, Pakistan, killed 54 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1986 | Chinese badminton player Zhao Yunlei was born. | Birthday |
| 1984 | Soviet gymnast Viktor Chukarin died. | Death day |
| 1984 | Indonesian badminton player Hendra Setiawan was born. | Birthday |
| 1982 | South Korean badminton player Chung Jae Sung was born. | Birthday |
| 1976 | Swedish novelist Eyvind Johnson died. | Death day |
| 1975 | Australian swimmer Petria Thomas was born. | Birthday |
| 1967 | Australian politician Stanley Bruce died. | Death day |
| 1967 | American actor Paul Muni died. | Death day |
| 1965 | Astronaut from United States, Andrew Feustel was born. | Birthday |
| 1964 | Chess grandmaster from Greece, Vasilios Kotronias was born. | Birthday |
| 1962 | Chess grandmaster from Germany, Alexander Graf was born. | Birthday |
| 1960 | The opening ceremony of Games of the XVII Olympiad, or 1960 Summer olympics was held in Rome. | |
| 1960 | Astronaut from United States, Lee Archambault was born. | Birthday |
| 1945 | American sport shooter Willis Augustus Lee died. | Death day |
| 1943 | Swedish inventor and industrialist Johan Petter Johansson died. | Death day |
| 1940 | French industrialist Edouard Michelin died. | Death day |
| 1934 | Iranian politician Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was born. | Birthday |
| 1930 | Scottish actor Sean Connery was born. | Birthday |
| 1928 | German physicist Herbert Kroemer was born. | Birthday |
| 1916 | American pediatrician and virologist Frederick Chapman Robbins was born. | Birthday |
| 1912 | German politician Erich Honecker was born. | Birthday |
| 1908 | French physicist Henri Becquerel died. | Death day |
| 1900 | German-born British biologist and physician Hans Adolf Krebs was born. | Birthday |
| 1867 | English scientist Michael Faraday died. | Death day |
| 1850 | French physiologist Charles Richet was born. | Birthday |
| 1841 | Swiss physician Emil Theodor Kocher was born. | Birthday |
| 1825 | Independence Day of Uruguay. | National Holiday |
| 1819 | Scottish inventor James Watt died. | Death day |
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