| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Anatoly Machulsky died. | Death day |
| 2009 | Chess grandmaster from Indonesia, Edhi Handoko died. | Death day |
| 2004 | Mexican politician Jose Lopez Portillo died. | Death day |
| 1991 | English singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran was born. | Birthday |
| 1986 | Chess grandmaster from Romania, Andrei Murariu was born. | Birthday |
| 1986 | 21 people died in Andorinha Building fire at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1984 | South African cricketer AB de Villiers was born. | Birthday |
| 1984 | Polish basketball player Marcin Gortat was born. | Birthday |
| 1983 | Chinese badminton player Bao Chunlai was born. | Birthday |
| 1980 | American basketball player Al Harrington was born. | Birthday |
| 1979 | Chess grandmaster from Germany, Alexander Naumann was born. | Birthday |
| 1976 | Chess grandmaster from Israel, Dov Zifroni was born. | Birthday |
| 1971 | Chess grandmaster from Bulgaria, Vasil Spasov was born. | Birthday |
| 1970 | Israeli writer Shmuel Yosef Agnon died. | Death day |
| 1963 | American basketball player Michael Jordan was born. | Birthday |
| 1960 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Sergey Janovsky was born. | Birthday |
| 1959 | Australian mechanical engineer Anthony Michell died. | Death day |
| 1957 | 72 people died in Warrenton Nursing Home Fire at Warrenton, Missouri, United States. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1955 | Chinese writer Mo Yan was born. | Birthday |
| 1955 | 99 people died in Seibo-no-Sono nursery home fire at Yokohama, Japan. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1952 | German gymnast Karin Janz was born. | Birthday |
| 1945 | Irish actress Brenda Fricker was born. | Birthday |
| 1919 | Canadian politician Wilfrid Laurier died. | Death day |
| 1913 | American electrical engineer and inventor Wallace H. Coulter was born. | Birthday |
| 1888 | German-American physicist Otto Stern was born. | Birthday |
| 1874 | Belgian astronomer and mathematician Adolphe Quetelet died. | Death day |
| 1864 | Slovak inventor Jozef Murgas was born. | Birthday |
| 1781 | French physician Rene Laennec was born. | Birthday |
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