| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | American pediatrician and virologist Frederick Chapman Robbins died. | Death day |
| 1998 | Astronaut from Soviet Union, Yury Artyukhin died. | Death day |
| 1997 | Supercentenarian from France, Jeanne Calment died at the age of 122 years, 164 days. | Death day |
| 1996 | The closing ceremony of Games of the XXVI Olympiad, or 1996 Summer olympics was held in Atlanta. | |
| 1996 | Chess grandmaster from Israel, Vladimir Liberzon died. | Death day |
| 1991 | 87 people died in Troutbeck bus crash. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1989 | Chess grandmaster from China, Wang Hao was born. | Birthday |
| 1984 | Chinese badminton player Guo Zhendong was born. | Birthday |
| 1983 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Mikhail Panarin was born. | Birthday |
| 1981 | American actor Melvyn Douglas died. | Death day |
| 1980 | Chess grandmaster from Germany, Fabian Döttling was born. | Birthday |
| 1977 | English physiologist Edgar Adrian died. | Death day |
| 1963 | Chess grandmaster from Lithuania, Vidmantas Mališauskas was born. | Birthday |
| 1961 | American politician Barack Obama was born. | Birthday |
| 1959 | Chess grandmaster from Ukraine, Vladimir Gurevich was born. | Birthday |
| 1957 | Brazilian politician Washington Luís died. | Death day |
| 1956 | American business executive Meg Whitman was born. | Birthday |
| 1955 | Astronaut from United States, Charles Gemar was born. | Birthday |
| 1955 | Astronaut from United States, Andrew Allen was born. | Birthday |
| 1943 | Astronaut from United States, Michael McCulley was born. | Birthday |
| 1942 | New Zealand politician David Lange was born. | Birthday |
| 1933 | American business magnate Sheldon Adelson was born. | Birthday |
| 1929 | Austrian scientist and inventor Thomas Wedgwood died. | Death day |
| 1919 | Golfer from United States, Ted Kroll was born. | Birthday |
| 1904 | Golfer from United States, Harry Cooper was born. | Birthday |
| 1903 | Papacy of Pope Pius X began. | Papacy began |
| 1900 | Belgian engineer Jean-Joseph Etienne Lenoir died. | Death day |
| 1894 | Brazilian politician Carlos da Luz was born. | Birthday |
| 1859 | Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun was born. | Birthday |
| 1855 | Swedish engineer and inventor Jonas Wenstrom was born. | Birthday |
| 1834 | English mathematician John Venn was born. | Birthday |
| 1521 | Pope Urban VII was born. | Birthday |
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