| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Thai Airways Flight 261 aircraft incident at Surat Thani, Thailand, killed 101 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1988 | Soviet Air Force (CCCP-86732) aircraft incident at Gyumri, Armenia, killed 77 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1988 | Luxembourg's first artificial satellite Astra 1A was launched. | Launch Day |
| 1987 | Chess grandmaster from England, Gawain Jones was born. | Birthday |
| 1981 | Argentine footballer Javier Saviola was born. | Birthday |
| 1978 | American chemist Vincent du Vigneaud died. | Death day |
| 1975 | Chess grandmaster from England, Matthew Turner was born. | Birthday |
| 1969 | Chess grandmaster from India, Viswanathan Anand was born. | Birthday |
| 1967 | American actress Mo'Nique was born. | Birthday |
| 1965 | US Air Force (56-4376) aircraft incident at near Tuy Hòa, Vietnam, killed 85 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1965 | Romanian scientist and engineer George Constantinescu died. | Death day |
| 1963 | Chess grandmaster from Uzbekistan, Tahir Vahidov was born. | Birthday |
| 1958 | Republic Day of Burkina Faso. | National Holiday |
| 1955 | Chess grandmaster from Bulgaria, Valentin Lukov was born. | Birthday |
| 1945 | French physicist Charles Fabry died. | Death day |
| 1938 | Norwegian historian and political scientist Christian Lous Lange died. | Death day |
| 1935 | Indian politician Pranab Mukherjee was born. | Birthday |
| 1931 | Puerto Rican actress Rita Moreno was born. | Birthday |
| 1928 | American inventor Lewis Latimer died. | Death day |
| 1925 | American neuroscientist Paul Greengard was born. | Birthday |
| 1918 | Russian novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was born. | Birthday |
| 1911 | Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz was born. | Birthday |
| 1882 | German-Jewish physicist Max Born was born. | Birthday |
| 1843 | German physician Robert Koch was born. | Birthday |
| 1781 | British scientist and inventor David Brewster was born. | Birthday |
| 1475 | Pope Leo X was born. | Birthday |
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