| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Japanese film Your Name was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing non-English movies in the world. | Release Date |
| 2010 | Astronaut from United States, William Lenoir died. | Death day |
| 2006 | West Indian cricketer Clyde Walcott died. | Death day |
| 1998 | American physicist Frederick Reines died. | Death day |
| 1994 | Golfer from United States, Bert Yancey died. | Death day |
| 1990 | Chess grandmaster from Yugoslavia, Rudolf Marić died. | Death day |
| 1987 | German chemist Georg Wittig died. | Death day |
| 1987 | Chess grandmaster from Germany, Georg Meier was born. | Birthday |
| 1986 | Sumo wrestler Ōmatsuda was born. | Birthday |
| 1986 | Japanese engineer Mutsuo Sugiura died. | Death day |
| 1981 | Aeropesca Colombia Flight 221 aircraft incident at Garzón, Colombia, killed 50 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1978 | Papacy of Pope John Paul I began. | Papacy began |
| 1974 | American aviator Charles Lindbergh died. | Death day |
| 1972 | The opening ceremony of Games of the XX Olympiad, or 1972 Summer olympics was held in Munich. | |
| 1969 | Chess grandmaster from England, Aaron Summerscale was born. | Birthday |
| 1969 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Alexander Cherniaev was born. | Birthday |
| 1959 | Chess grandmaster from United States, Michael Rohde was born. | Birthday |
| 1959 | Astronaut from United States, Kathryn Hire was born. | Birthday |
| 1958 | Chess grandmaster from Norway, Jonathan Tisdall was born. | Birthday |
| 1942 | Astronaut from United States, John Blaha was born. | Birthday |
| 1932 | Astronaut from United States, Joe Engle was born. | Birthday |
| 1931 | Japanese politician Osachi Hamaguchi died. | Death day |
| 1920 | Thai politician Prem Tinsulanonda was born. | Birthday |
| 1910 | Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary Mother Teresa was born. | Birthday |
| 1906 | Polish American medical researcher Albert Bruce Sabin was born. | Birthday |
| 1901 | Dutch politician Jan de Quay was born. | Birthday |
| 1901 | Italian racing cyclist and inventor Tullio Campagnolo was born. | Birthday |
| 1883 | Eruption of Krakatoa in Indonesia killed more than 30000 people. This is one of the deadliest volcanic eruptions. | Natural Disaster |
| 1882 | German physicist James Franck was born. | Birthday |
| 1873 | American inventor Lee DeForest was born. | Birthday |
| 1723 | Dutch businessman and scientist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek died. | Death day |
| 1676 | British politician Robert Walpole was born. | Birthday |
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