| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Japanese film Stand by Me Doraemon was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing non-English movies in the world. | Release Date |
| 2013 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Igor Kurnosov died. | Death day |
| 2010 | American actress Patricia Neal died. | Death day |
| 2008 | The opening ceremony of Games of the XXIX Olympiad, or 2008 Summer olympics was held in Beijing. | |
| 1998 | Chess grandmaster from Hungary, László Szabó died. | Death day |
| 1996 | British physicist Nevill Francis Mott died. | Death day |
| 1991 | Astronaut from United States, James Irwin died. | Death day |
| 1990 | New Zealand cricketer Kane Williamson was born. | Birthday |
| 1990 | New Zealand farmer and inventor Alfred William Gallagher died. | Death day |
| 1988 | Chess grandmaster from Croatia, Marin Bosiočić was born. | Birthday |
| 1986 | Chess grandmaster from Bulgaria, G. Petar Arnaudov was born. | Birthday |
| 1985 | Chess grandmaster from Hungary, Ferenc Berkes was born. | Birthday |
| 1985 | Golfer from United States, Webb Simpson was born. | Birthday |
| 1981 | Swiss tennis player Roger Federer was born. | Birthday |
| 1981 | Chess grandmaster from Uzbekistan, Sergey Kayumov was born. | Birthday |
| 1981 | Indian actor Fahadh Faasil was born. | Birthday |
| 1978 | Chess grandmaster from Czech Republic, Radek Kalod was born. | Birthday |
| 1968 | Chess grandmaster from Belarus, Sergey Kasparov was born. | Birthday |
| 1961 | Chess grandmaster from Kazakhstan, Serik Temirbayev was born. | Birthday |
| 1961 | Irish musician and songwriter David Evans was born. | Birthday |
| 1959 | Chess grandmaster from Israel, Leonid Yudasin was born. | Birthday |
| 1948 | Astronaut from Soviet Union, Svetlana Savitskaya was born. | Birthday |
| 1940 | Chess grandmaster from Serbia and Montenegro, Dragutin Sahovic was born. | Birthday |
| 1940 | Hollywood film Boom Town was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
| 1940 | Astronaut from United States, Dennis Tito was born. | Birthday |
| 1937 | American actor Dustin Hoffman was born. | Birthday |
| 1927 | Russian ophthalmologist and politician Svyatoslav Fyodorov was born. | Birthday |
| 1902 | English physicist Paul Dirac was born. | Birthday |
| 1901 | American physicist Ernest Lawrence was born. | Birthday |
| 1882 | Polish-Russian stop-motion animator Ladislas Starevich was born. | Birthday |
| 1880 | Australian politician Earle Page was born. | Birthday |
| 1875 | Brazilian politician Artur Bernardes was born. | Birthday |
| 1858 | American inventor Linus Yale Sr. died. | Death day |
| 1844 | Japanese chemist and pharmacologist Nagai Nagayoshi was born. | Birthday |
| 1827 | British politician George Canning died. | Death day |
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