Year | Description | Category |
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2018 | American physicist Roy J. Glauber died. | Death day |
2017 | Angola's first artificial satellite AngoSat 1 was launched. | Launch Day |
2016 | Chess grandmaster from Armenia, Ashot Anastasian died. | Death day |
2006 | American politician Gerald Ford died. | Death Day |
2004 | Magnitude 9.1–9.3 earthquake in Indian Ocean, Sumatra, Indonesia. This is one of the largest earthquake by magnitude. | Natural Disaster |
2004 | Around 1700 people died in Sri Lanka tsunami train wreck. | Man-Made Disaster |
2000 | Chess grandmaster from Cuba, Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera was born. | Birthday |
2000 | Chess grandmaster from United States, Samuel Sevian was born. | Birthday |
2000 | American actor Jason Robards died. | Death day |
1999 | Indian politician Shankar Dayal Sharma died. | Death day |
1992 | Hungarian-born American mathematician and computer scientist John G. Kemeny died. | Death day |
1982 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Artur Gabrielian was born. | Birthday |
1975 | Chess grandmaster from Hungary, Attila Czebe was born. | Birthday |
1973 | Hollywood film The Exorcist was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
1972 | American politician Harry S. Truman died. | Death Day |
1972 | Japanese inventor Kyota Sugimoto died. | Death day |
1971 | American actor Jared Leto was born. | Birthday |
1950 | Pakistani politician Raja Pervaiz Ashraf was born. | Birthday |
1949 | East Timorese politicia Jose Ramos-Horta was born. | Birthday |
1940 | American economist Edward C. Prescott was born. | Birthday |
1935 | West Indian cricketer Rohan Kanhai was born. | Birthday |
1933 | Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer Nissan was founded. | Foundation day |
1928 | American engineer Martin Cooper was born. | Birthday |
1926 | Iranian-American physicist and inventor Ali Javan was born. | Birthday |
1896 | Bulgarian physicist Georgi Nadjakov was born. | Birthday |
1890 | Romanian engineer Aurel Persu was born. | Birthday |
1872 | English journalist and author Norman Angell was born. | Birthday |
1811 | 72 people died in Richmond Theatre fire at Richmond, Virginia, United States. | Man-Made Disaster |
1791 | English polymath and inventor Charles Babbage was born. | Birthday |
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