| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 80 people died in Dhaka fire at Dhaka, Bangladesh. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 2014 | Dark Horse, one of the most popular youtube videos was uploaded. | Release Date |
| 2008 | French film Welcome to the Sticks was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing non-English movies in the world. | Release Date |
| 2003 | 100 people died in The Station nightclub fire at West Warwick, Rhode Island, United States. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 2002 | 383 people died in Al Ayatt train disaster. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1990 | Japanese badminton player Keigo Sonoda was born. | Birthday |
| 1985 | Chess grandmaster from Argentina, Pablo Lafuente was born. | Birthday |
| 1985 | Chess grandmaster from United States, Isaac Kashdan died. | Death day |
| 1982 | Chess grandmaster from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ibro Saric was born. | Birthday |
| 1981 | Chess grandmaster from Germany, Rainer Buhmann was born. | Birthday |
| 1976 | French jurist Rene Cassin died. | Death day |
| 1974 | Taiwanese multinational electronics company Foxconn was founded. | Foundation day |
| 1972 | German-born American physicist Maria Goeppert-Mayer died. | Death day |
| 1972 | Astronaut from Russia, Anton Shkaplerov was born. | Birthday |
| 1970 | Brazilian politician Joao Cafe Filho died. | Death day |
| 1969 | Golfer from United States, Wiffy Cox died. | Death day |
| 1965 | Chess grandmaster from Montenegro, Nebojsa Nikcevic was born. | Birthday |
| 1962 | Hollywood film How the West Was Won was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
| 1959 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Sergey Dolmatov was born. | Birthday |
| 1956 | Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux (F-BGOD) aircraft incident at near New Cairo, Egypt, killed 52 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1954 | Astronaut from Russia, Vasily Tsibliyev was born. | Birthday |
| 1951 | British politician Gordon Brown was born. | Birthday |
| 1948 | British-Cypriot economist Christopher A. Pissarides was born. | Birthday |
| 1945 | American physicist George Smoot was born. | Birthday |
| 1943 | Astronaut from Soviet Union, Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov was born. | Birthday |
| 1937 | German chemist Robert Huber was born. | Birthday |
| 1927 | Bahamian-American actor Sidney Poitier was born. | Birthday |
| 1921 | Astronaut from United States, Joseph Walker was born. | Birthday |
| 1916 | Swedish author and pacifist Klas Pontus Arnoldson died. | Death day |
| 1915 | Golfer from United States, Chick Harbert was born. | Birthday |
| 1914 | Chess grandmaster from United States, Arnold Denker was born. | Birthday |
| 1907 | French chemist Henri Moissan died. | Death day |
| 1878 | Papacy of Pope Leo XIII began. | Papacy began |
| 1850 | Mexican politician Valentin Canalizo died. | Death day |
| 1835 | Magnitude 8.5 earthquake in Concepción, Chile. This is one of the largest earthquake by magnitude. | Natural Disaster |
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