| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Chinese film Operation Red Sea was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing non-English movies in the world. | Release Date |
| 2018 | Chinese film Detective Chinatown 2 was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing non-English movies in the world. | Release Date |
| 2018 | Chinese film Monster Hunt 2 was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing non-English movies in the world. | Release Date |
| 2004 | 53 people died in Zhongbai Commercial Plaza fire at Jilin, China. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 2000 | Russian-born French actress Lila Kedrova died. | Death day |
| 1998 | China Airlines Flight 676 aircraft incident at Dayuan District, Taiwan, killed 203 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1995 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Vladimir Fedoseev was born. | Birthday |
| 1992 | Brazilian politician Janio Quadros died. | Death day |
| 1990 | Chinese badminton player Wang Zhengming was born. | Birthday |
| 1983 | Around 75 people died because of Ash Wednesday bushfires in Australia. This is one of the deadliest wildfires. | Natural Disaster |
| 1976 | Chess grandmaster from Kazakhstan, Petr Kostenko was born. | Birthday |
| 1974 | American actor Mahershala Ali was born. | Birthday |
| 1970 | American virologist Francis Peyton Rous died. | Death day |
| 1959 | American tennis player John McEnroe was born. | Birthday |
| 1958 | American basketball player Herb Williams was born. | Birthday |
| 1955 | 100 people died in Nursing home fire at Yokohama, Japan. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1944 | American electrical engineer and inventor Miller Reese Hutchison died. | Death day |
| 1936 | The closing ceremony of IV Olympic Winter Games, or 1936 Winter olympics was held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. | |
| 1932 | French academic and pacifist Ferdinand Buisson died. | Death day |
| 1926 | English film director John Schlesinger was born. | Birthday |
| 1923 | American industrial chemist Norman Gaylord was born. | Birthday |
| 1922 | Chess grandmaster from Germany, Rudolf Teschner was born. | Birthday |
| 1918 | Independence of Lithuania. | National Holiday |
| 1907 | Italian poet and writer Giosue Carducci died. | Death day |
| 1861 | Magnitude 8.5 earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia. This is one of the largest earthquake by magnitude. | Natural Disaster |
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