| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Astronaut from United States, John Glenn died. | Death day |
| 2014 | Chess grandmaster from Latvia, Elmārs Zemgalis died. | Death day |
| 2013 | Australian–British chemist John Cornforth died. | Death day |
| 2005 | Chess grandmaster from Uzbekistan, Javokhir Sindarov was born. | Birthday |
| 1987 | Chess grandmaster from United States, Robert Andrew Hungaski was born. | Birthday |
| 1985 | American basketball player Dwight Howard was born. | Birthday |
| 1984 | Soviet mechanics scientist Vladimir Chelomey died. | Death day |
| 1983 | New Zealand politician Keith Holyoake died. | Death day |
| 1982 | Chess grandmaster from Iceland, Stefan Kristjansson was born. | Birthday |
| 1980 | Chess grandmaster from Yugoslavia, Petar Trifunović died. | Death day |
| 1980 | Golfer from United States, Brandt Snedeker was born. | Birthday |
| 1980 | English singer and songwriter John Lennon died. | Death day |
| 1978 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Andrey Gutov was born. | Birthday |
| 1978 | Israeli politician Golda Meir died. | Death day |
| 1975 | Norwegian inventor and businessman Thor Bjorklund died. | Death day |
| 1973 | Chess grandmaster from Hungary, Lajos Seres was born. | Birthday |
| 1969 | Olympic Airways Flight 954 aircraft incident at Keratea, Greece, killed 90 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1967 | Faucett (OB-R-148) aircraft incident at Cordillera Blanca, Peru, killed 72 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1967 | Indian-American business executive Abidali Neemuchwala was born. | Birthday |
| 1963 | Thai politician Sarit Thanarat died. | Death day |
| 1963 | Pan Am Flight 214 aircraft incident at Elkton, Maryland, US, killed 81 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1962 | Golfer from Australia, Steve Elkington was born. | Birthday |
| 1957 | Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 670 aircraft incident at near Bolívar, Argentina, killed 61 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1956 | The closing ceremony of Games of the XVI Olympiad, or 1956 Summer olympics was held in Melbourne. | |
| 1953 | American actress Kim Basinger was born. | Birthday |
| 1947 | American chemist Thomas Cech was born. | Birthday |
| 1942 | 38 people died in Seacliff Lunatic Asylum Fire at Dunedin, New Zealand. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1939 | Filipino lawyer and the chairman Felipe Gozon was born. | Birthday |
| 1938 | Ghanaian politician John Kufuor was born. | Birthday |
| 1933 | Japanese politician Yamamoto Gonnohyoe died. | Death day |
| 1933 | German inventor Karl Jatho died. | Death day |
| 1930 | Austrian-born Swiss actor Maximilian Schell was born. | Birthday |
| 1927 | Astronaut from Soviet Union, Vladimir Shatalov was born. | Birthday |
| 1920 | American inventor Nicholas McKay Sr. was born. | Birthday |
| 1909 | American mechanical engineer and inventor Whitcomb Judson died. | Death day |
| 1881 | 448 people died in Ringtheater Fire at Vienna, Austria-Hungary. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1863 | 2,000+ people died in Church of the Company Fire at Santiago, Chile. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1832 | Norwegian writer Bjornstjerne Bjornson was born. | Birthday |
| 1765 | American inventor Eli Whitney was born. | Birthday |
| 1685 | Italian-born perfumier Johann Maria Farina was born. | Birthday |
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