| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Hollywood film Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
| 2015 | Indian film Dilwale was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies in India. | Release Date |
| 2015 | Indian film Bajirao Mastani was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies in India. | Release Date |
| 2015 | Chinese film Mojin: The Lost Legend was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing non-English movies in the world. | Release Date |
| 2014 | American singer and songwriter Larry Henley died. | Death day |
| 2009 | Hollywood film Avatar was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
| 2002 | Hollywood film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
| 1998 | Astronaut from Soviet Union, Lev Dyomin died. | Death day |
| 1995 | Trans Service Airlift (9Q-CRR) aircraft incident at Jamba, Cuando Cubango, Angola, killed 141 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1995 | German civil engineer and inventor Konrad Zuse died. | Death day |
| 1993 | Thailand's first artificial satellite Thaicom-1 was launched. | Launch Day |
| 1990 | American actress Anne Revere died. | Death day |
| 1986 | Sumo wrestler Kaisei was born. | Birthday |
| 1985 | Japanese badminton player Hirokatsu Hashimoto was born. | Birthday |
| 1982 | Chess grandmaster from Argentina, Diego Flores was born. | Birthday |
| 1982 | Chess grandmaster from Sweden, Pontus Carlsson was born. | Birthday |
| 1980 | American singer and songwriter Christina Aguilera was born. | Birthday |
| 1978 | Chess grandmaster from France, Aliaksei Charnushevich was born. | Birthday |
| 1971 | Spanish tennis player A. Sanchez Vicario was born. | Birthday |
| 1971 | Chess grandmaster from North Macedonia, Nikola Mitkov was born. | Birthday |
| 1971 | Golfer from United States, Bobby Jones died. | Death day |
| 1971 | Independence Day of Qatar. | National Holiday |
| 1970 | European multinational aerospace corporation Airbus was founded. | Foundation day |
| 1963 | American basketball player Charles Oakley was born. | Birthday |
| 1958 | Republic Day of Niger. | National Holiday |
| 1956 | Astronaut from Germany, Reinhold Ewald was born. | Birthday |
| 1952 | American musician and songwriter John Leventhal was born. | Birthday |
| 1951 | American economist Alvin E. Roth was born. | Birthday |
| 1951 | Astronaut from United States, Andrew Thomas was born. | Birthday |
| 1946 | American film director Steven Spielberg was born. | Birthday |
| 1946 | Dutch scientist Kees A. Schouhamer Immink was born. | Birthday |
| 1939 | American scientist Harold E. Varmus was born. | Birthday |
| 1934 | Astronaut from Soviet Union, Boris Volynov was born. | Birthday |
| 1916 | Russian Soviet shipbuilder Rostislav Alexeyev was born. | Birthday |
| 1913 | German statesman Willy Brandt was born. | Birthday |
| 1904 | American film director George Stevens was born. | Birthday |
| 1864 | Mexican politician Jose Justo Corro died. | Death day |
| 1856 | English physicist J. J. Thomson was born. | Birthday |
| 1824 | New Zealand politician John Hall was born. | Birthday |
| 1661 | Swedish scientist and inventor Christopher Polhem was born. | Birthday |
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