| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Wheels on the Bus, one of the most popular youtube videos was uploaded. | Release Date |
| 2013 | Indian film Chennai Express was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies in India. | Release Date |
| 2000 | Hungarian-American economist John Harsanyi died. | Death day |
| 1996 | British Royal Air Force air officer Frank Whittle died. | Death day |
| 1995 | Aviateca Flight 901 aircraft incident at San Vicentevolcano, El Salvador, killed 65 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1992 | The closing ceremony of Games of the XXV Olympiad, or 1992 Summer olympics was held in Barcelona. | |
| 1982 | Russian Empire-born artist and filmmaker Alexandre Alexeieff died. | Death day |
| 1975 | Indian actor Mahesh Babu was born. | Birthday |
| 1974 | American politician Gerald Ford took office as president. | Inagural Day |
| 1973 | American swimmer Charles Daniels died. | Death day |
| 1971 | Astronaut from Russia, Roman Romanenko was born. | Birthday |
| 1970 | LANSA Flight 502 aircraft incident at Cusco, Peru, killed 101 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1969 | English physicist C. F. Powell died. | Death day |
| 1965 | National Day of Singapore. | National Holiday |
| 1962 | Hermann Hesse died. | Death day |
| 1961 | New Zealand politician John Key was born. | Birthday |
| 1959 | Chess grandmaster from Netherlands, John van der Wiel was born. | Birthday |
| 1953 | French economist Jean Tirole was born. | Birthday |
| 1943 | Chess grandmaster from United States, Lubomir Kavalek was born. | Birthday |
| 1938 | Australian tennis player Rod Laver was born. | Birthday |
| 1938 | Ukrainian politician Leonid Kuchma was born. | Birthday |
| 1932 | Thai politician Anand Panyarachun was born. | Birthday |
| 1928 | American basketball player Bob Cousy was born. | Birthday |
| 1927 | American scientist Marvin Minsky was born. | Birthday |
| 1919 | Dutch politician Joop den Uyl was born. | Birthday |
| 1911 | American physicist William Alfred Fowler was born. | Birthday |
| 1877 | African-American businesswoman Annie Malone was born. | Birthday |
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