| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | American economist Kenneth Arrow died. | Death day |
| 2015 | Astronaut from Soviet Union, Aleksei Gubarev died. | Death day |
| 1999 | American biochemist Gertrude B. Elion died. | Death day |
| 1984 | Soviet novelist Mikhail Sholokhov died. | Death day |
| 1982 | Chess grandmaster from Germany, Dimitrij Bunzmann was born. | Birthday |
| 1981 | Tonga's first artificial satellite Esiafi 1(formerly Comstar D4) was launched. | Launch Day |
| 1973 | Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 aircraft incident at Western Sinai Peninsula, Israel, killed 108 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1969 | Chess grandmaster from Romania, Bela Badea was born. | Birthday |
| 1968 | Australian pharmacologist and pathologist Howard Florey died. | Death day |
| 1964 | Astronaut from United States, Scott Kelly was born. | Birthday |
| 1964 | Astronaut from United States, Mark Kelly was born. | Birthday |
| 1959 | Chess grandmaster from Hungary, Gábor Kállai was born. | Birthday |
| 1941 | Canadian medical scientist and physician Frederick Banting died. | Death day |
| 1936 | Chess grandmaster from Hungary, László Bárczay was born. | Birthday |
| 1926 | Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes died. | Death day |
| 1924 | Zimbabwean politician Robert Mugabe was born. | Birthday |
| 1921 | American aeronautical engineer Richard T. Whitcomb was born. | Birthday |
| 1917 | Dutch politician Victor Marijnen was born. | Birthday |
| 1895 | Danish physiologist Henrik Dam was born. | Birthday |
| 1887 | Chess grandmaster from France, Savielly Tartakower was born. | Birthday |
| 1879 | Dutch politician Pieter Philip van Bosse died. | Death day |
| 1875 | Supercentenarian from France, Jeanne Calment was born. She died at the age of 122 years, 164 days. | Birthday |
| 1838 | Austrian writer and inventor Josef Popper was born. | Birthday |
| 1794 | Mexican politician Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was born. | Birthday |
| 1730 | Pope Benedict XIII died. | Death day |
| 1513 | Pope Julius II died. | Death day |
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