| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Chess grandmaster from Croatia, Mato Damjanović died. | Death day |
| 2010 | The opening ceremony of XXIV Olympic Winter Games, or 2010 Winter olympics was held in Vancouver. | |
| 2009 | Colgan Air Flight 3407[nb 36] aircraft incident at Clarence Center, New York, US, killed 50 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 2002 | Iran Air Tours Flight 956 aircraft incident at near Sarab-e Dowreh, Iran, killed 119 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1994 | The opening ceremony of XXI Olympic Winter Games, or 1994 Winter olympics was held in Lillehammer. | |
| 1992 | Chess grandmaster from Egypt, Abdelrahman Hesham was born. | Birthday |
| 1991 | Chess grandmaster from Georgia, Davit Lomsadze was born. | Birthday |
| 1989 | Sumo wrestler Asabenkei was born. | Birthday |
| 1987 | Chess grandmaster from Poland, Krzysztof Bulski was born. | Birthday |
| 1987 | British musician and songwriter William Phillips was born. | Birthday |
| 1980 | Spanish tennis player Juan Carlos Ferrero was born. | Birthday |
| 1979 | Air Rhodesia Flight 827 aircraft incident at near Kariba, Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia), killed 59 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1969 | South Korean footballer Hong Myung-bo was born. | Birthday |
| 1965 | American inventor John Hays Hammond Jr. died. | Death day |
| 1959 | Chess grandmaster from England, Glenn Flear was born. | Birthday |
| 1954 | Japanese scientist and inventor Kotaro Honda died. | Death day |
| 1952 | American singer and songwriter Michael McDonald was born. | Birthday |
| 1948 | American inventor Raymond Kurzweil was born. | Birthday |
| 1942 | Israeli politician Ehud Barak was born. | Birthday |
| 1924 | American industrial designer David Rowland was born. | Birthday |
| 1918 | American physicist Julian Schwinger was born. | Birthday |
| 1894 | Croatian inventor Marcel Kiepach was born. | Birthday |
| 1882 | New Zealand politician Walter Nash was born. | Birthday |
| 1870 | Dutch politician Jacob de Kempenaer died. | Death day |
| 1841 | Dutch politician Gijsbert van Tienhoven was born. | Birthday |
| 1809 | American politician Abraham Lincoln was born. | Birthday |
| 1788 | German chemist Karl von Reichenbach was born. | Birthday |
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