| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | American actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died. | Death day |
| 2008 | American molecular biologist Joshua Lederberg died. | Death day |
| 1999 | African-American inventor Marie Van Brittan Brown died. | Death day |
| 1998 | Cebu Pacific Air Flight 387 aircraft incident at Mount Balatukan, Philippines, killed 104 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1997 | Chess grandmaster from Austria, Erich Eliskases died. | Death day |
| 1985 | Sri Lankan cricketer Upul Tharanga was born. | Birthday |
| 1980 | American chemist William Howard Stein died. | Death day |
| 1980 | Chess grandmaster from United States, Eugene Perelshteyn was born. | Birthday |
| 1971 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Alexander Volzhin was born. | Birthday |
| 1970 | British philosopher and writer Bertrand Russell died. | Death day |
| 1965 | Chess grandmaster from Slovenia, Georg Mohr was born. | Birthday |
| 1963 | Chess grandmaster from Germany, Peter Enders was born. | Birthday |
| 1943 | Japanese electrical engineer Toshitada Doi was born. | Birthday |
| 1939 | American economist Dale T. Mortensen was born. | Birthday |
| 1939 | Russian engineer Vladimir Shukhov died. | Death day |
| 1931 | Dutch politician Dries van Agt was born. | Birthday |
| 1926 | French politician Valery Giscard d'Estaing was born. | Birthday |
| 1923 | Chess grandmaster from Serbia, Svetozar Gligorić was born. | Birthday |
| 1913 | Swedish engineer and inventor Gustav de Laval died. | Death day |
| 1907 | Russian chemist and inventor Dmitri Mendeleev died. | Death day |
| 1891 | Italian politician Antonio Segni was born. | Birthday |
| 1886 | British-born American film director Frank Lloyd was born. | Birthday |
| 1881 | Mexican politician Eulalio Gutierrez was born. | Birthday |
| 1831 | Papacy of Pope Gregory XVI began. | Papacy began |
| 1769 | Pope Clement XIII died. | Death day |
| 1649 | Pope Benedict XIII was born. | Birthday |
| 1592 | Papacy of Pope Clement VIII began. | Papacy began |
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