| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | American songwriter Irving Gordon died. | Death day |
| 1993 | Chess grandmaster from India, Priyadharshan K. was born. | Birthday |
| 1991 | American economist George Stigler died. | Death day |
| 1981 | Chess grandmaster from Cuba, Yuri González Vidal was born. | Birthday |
| 1981 | Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308 aircraft incident at Mt. San Pietro, Petreto-Bicchisano, Corsica, France, killed 180 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1974 | TWA Flight 514 aircraft incident at Mt. Weather, Virginia, US, killed 92 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1973 | Israeli politician David Ben-Gurion died. | Death day |
| 1972 | Italian politician Antonio Segni died. | Death day |
| 1971 | Aeroflot Flight 2174 aircraft incident at Atamanovka, Saratov Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR, killed 57 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1968 | Chess grandmaster from Ukraine, Dimitri Komarov was born. | Birthday |
| 1967 | Astronaut from Russia, Konstantin Kozeyev was born. | Birthday |
| 1967 | Astronaut from United States, Terry Virts was born. | Birthday |
| 1960 | East German skater Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich was born. | Birthday |
| 1958 | Republic Day of Central African Republic. | National Holiday |
| 1958 | 95 people died in Our Lady of the Angels School Fire at Chicago, Illinois, United States. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1958 | German business executive Tom Enders was born. | Birthday |
| 1951 | Astronaut from Bulgaria, Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov was born. | Birthday |
| 1947 | German chemist Franz Joseph Emil Fischer died. | Death day |
| 1945 | American singer and songwriter Bette Midler was born. | Birthday |
| 1943 | Norwegian economist Finn E. Kydland was born. | Birthday |
| 1941 | Italian physicist and inventor Federico Faggin was born. | Birthday |
| 1939 | Golfer from United States, Lee Trevino was born. | Birthday |
| 1935 | American film director Woody Allen was born. | Birthday |
| 1935 | German optician Bernhard Schmidt died. | Death day |
| 1925 | American biochemist Martin Rodbell was born. | Birthday |
| 1922 | Canadian goldsmith and inventor Cyril Duquet died. | Death day |
| 1920 | Chess grandmaster from Soviet Union, Semyon Furman was born. | Birthday |
| 1918 | Unification Day of Romania. | National Holiday |
| 1873 | Dutch politician Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck was born. | Birthday |
| 1853 | Russian inventor Semyon Korsakov died. | Death day |
| 1778 | English cement manufacture Joseph Aspdin was born. | Birthday |
| 1685 | Portuguese priest and naturalist Bartolomeu de Gusmao was born. | Birthday |
| 1521 | Pope Leo X died. | Death day |
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