| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | American electrical engineer and inventor Wallace H. Coulter died. | Death day |
| 1997 | Chess grandmaster from Turkey, Muhammed Dastan was born. | Birthday |
| 1996 | Chess grandmaster from Chile, Cristobal Henriquez Villagra was born. | Birthday |
| 1992 | Chess grandmaster from Israel, Tal Baron was born. | Birthday |
| 1989 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Nikolay Konovalov was born. | Birthday |
| 1987 | Japanese politician Nobusuke Kishi died. | Death day |
| 1987 | 106 people died in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky rail disaster. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1985 | Chess grandmaster from Spain, Jose Carlos Ibarra Jerez was born. | Birthday |
| 1981 | Bulgaria's first artificial satellite Bulgaria 1300 was launched. | Launch Day |
| 1975 | South African and American actress Charlize Theron was born. | Birthday |
| 1974 | American obstetrical anesthesiologist Virginia Apgar died. | Death day |
| 1966 | American Internet entrepreneur Jimmy Wales was born. | Birthday |
| 1962 | Astronaut from United States, José M. Hernández was born. | Birthday |
| 1960 | Independence Day of Ivory Coast. | National Holiday |
| 1957 | Russian gymnast Alexander Dityatin was born. | Birthday |
| 1956 | Astronaut from United States, Kent Rominger was born. | Birthday |
| 1948 | American immunologist James P. Allison was born. | Birthday |
| 1948 | Australian cricketer Greg Chappell was born. | Birthday |
| 1947 | Australian tennis player Kerry Reid was born. | Birthday |
| 1946 | American physicist John C. Mather was born. | Birthday |
| 1941 | Bengali polymath and poet Rabindranath Tagore died. | Death day |
| 1933 | American economist Elinor Ostrom was born. | Birthday |
| 1904 | American political scientist Ralph Bunche was born. | Birthday |
| 1904 | 97 people died in Eden train wreck. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1855 | Mexican politician Mariano Arista died. | Death day |
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