| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Indian film Dhoom 3 was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies in India. | Release Date |
| 2013 | Bolivia's first artificial satellite Túpac Katari 1 was launched. | Launch Day |
| 2008 | Chess grandmaster from Slovenia, Albin Planinc died. | Death day |
| 1998 | English physiologist Alan Lloyd Hodgkin died. | Death day |
| 1997 | Italian film Life Is Beautiful was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing non-English movies in the world. | Release Date |
| 1995 | American Airlines Flight 965 aircraft incident at near Buga, Colombia, killed 159 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1993 | Chess grandmaster from Netherlands, David Klein was born. | Birthday |
| 1987 | Golfer from United States, Dan Sikes died. | Death day |
| 1976 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Alexei Kornev was born. | Birthday |
| 1973 | American singer and songwriter Bobby Darin died. | Death day |
| 1970 | 29 people died in Pioneer Hotel fire at Tucson, Arizona, United States. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1968 | American author John Steinbeck died. | Death day |
| 1966 | American sports shooter Lloyd Spooner died. | Death day |
| 1961 | Australian politician Earle Page died. | Death day |
| 1956 | Scottish businessman Andrew Mackenzie was born. | Birthday |
| 1952 | US Air Force (50-0100) aircraft incident at Moses Lake, Washington, US, killed 87 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1937 | 81 people died in Primary School fire at Shirahama, Japan. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1921 | American film director George Roy Hill was born. | Birthday |
| 1921 | German microbiologist Julius Richard Petri died. | Death day |
| 1907 | American lyricist Paul Francis Webster was born. | Birthday |
| 1894 | Australian politician Robert Menzies was born. | Birthday |
| 1890 | Czech chemist Jaroslav Heyrovský was born. | Birthday |
| 1864 | Dutch politician Schelto van Heemstra died. | Death day |
| 1850 | Croatian-Hungarian aviation pioneer David Schwarz was born. | Birthday |
| 1841 | French academic and pacifist Ferdinand Buisson was born. | Birthday |
| 1806 | Mexican politician Martin Carrera was born. | Birthday |
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