| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | American surgeon Henry Heimlich died. | Death day |
| 2009 | American actress Jennifer Jones died. | Death day |
| 2003 | Hollywood film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
| 1997 | Aerosvit Flight 241 aircraft incident at Pierian Mountains, Greece, killed 70 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1992 | South African cricketer Quinton de Kock was born. | Birthday |
| 1983 | 82 people died in Alcala 20 nightclub fire at Madrid, Spain. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1979 | English cricketer Charlotte Edwards was born. | Birthday |
| 1979 | Chess grandmaster from Ukraine, Alexander Zubarev was born. | Birthday |
| 1969 | Brazilian politician Artur da Costa e Silva died. | Death day |
| 1967 | Australian politician Harold Holt died. | Death day |
| 1966 | Chess grandmaster from Ecuador, Carlos Matamoros Franco was born. | Birthday |
| 1964 | Austrian-American physicist Victor Francis Hess died. | Death day |
| 1962 | Golfer from United States, Rocco Mediate was born. | Birthday |
| 1962 | American actor Thomas Mitchell died. | Death day |
| 1961 | Aeroflot Flight 245 aircraft incident at Chebotovka, Tarasovsky District, Russian SFSR, USSR, killed 59 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1961 | 500 people died in Gran Circus Norte-Americano – Niterói circus fire at Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1960 | US Air Force (55-0291) aircraft incident at Munich, West Germany, killed 52 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1953 | Chess grandmaster from Slovenia, Alexander Beliavsky was born. | Birthday |
| 1936 | Pope Francis was born. | Birthday |
| 1929 | Portuguese politician Gomes da Costa died. | Death day |
| 1917 | Thai politician Kriangsak Chamanan was born. | Birthday |
| 1908 | American chemist Willard Libby was born. | Birthday |
| 1908 | American physical chemist Willard Frank Libby was born. | Birthday |
| 1907 | National Day of Bhutan. | National Holiday |
| 1907 | Irish mathematical physicist William Thomson died. | Death day |
| 1900 | Greek actress Katina Paxinou was born. | Birthday |
| 1895 | Hungarian chemist and inventor Janos Irinyi died. | Death day |
| 1894 | Dutch politician Willem Schermerhorn was born. | Birthday |
| 1874 | Canadian politician W.L. Mackenzie King was born. | Birthday |
| 1857 | Irish hydrographer Francis Beaufort died. | Death day |
| 1797 | American scientist Joseph Henry was born. | Birthday |
| 1778 | 400 people died in Coliseo theater fire at Zaragoza, Spain. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1778 | Cornish chemist and inventor Humphry Davy was born. | Birthday |
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