| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 65 people died in KTS Composite Textile factory fire at Chittagong, Bangladesh. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 2002 | The closing ceremony of XVII Olympic Winter Games, or 2002 Winter olympics was held in Salt Lake City. | |
| 1999 | China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509 aircraft incident at Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China, killed 61 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1992 | Chess grandmaster from Azerbaijan, Vasif Durarbayli was born. | Birthday |
| 1990 | China-born Singaporean badminton player Yao Lei was born. | Birthday |
| 1990 | Italian politician Sandro Pertini died. | Death day |
| 1988 | Egyptian politician Mamdouh Salem died. | Death day |
| 1983 | Chess grandmaster from India, Surya Shekhar Ganguly was born. | Birthday |
| 1982 | Taiwanese badminton player Cheng Wen-hsing was born. | Birthday |
| 1981 | Australian tennis player Lleyton Hewitt was born. | Birthday |
| 1981 | Bulgarian physicist Georgi Nadjakov died. | Death day |
| 1980 | The closing ceremony of XV Olympic Winter Games, or 1980 Winter olympics was held in Lake Placid. | |
| 1976 | Golfer from United States, Zach Johnson was born. | Birthday |
| 1973 | Chess grandmaster from Ukraine, Orest Gritsak was born. | Birthday |
| 1973 | Aeroflot Flight 630 aircraft incident at near Khujand, Tajik SSR, USSR, killed 79 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1971 | Chess grandmaster from Germany, Christopher Lutz was born. | Birthday |
| 1967 | American Australian physicist Brian Schmidt was born. | Birthday |
| 1966 | Spanish banker Carlos Torres Vila was born. | Birthday |
| 1955 | American business magnate Steve Jobs was born. | Birthday |
| 1944 | American physicist David J. Wineland was born. | Birthday |
| 1934 | Chess grandmaster from Germany, Klaus Darga was born. | Birthday |
| 1925 | Swedish politician Hjalmar Branting died. | Death day |
| 1918 | Independence Day of Estonia. | National Holiday |
| 1915 | Golfer from Australia, Jim Ferrier was born. | Birthday |
| 1898 | Sweden inventor Baltzar von Platen was born. | Birthday |
| 1893 | Japanese metallurgist Tokushichi Mishima was born. | Birthday |
| 1887 | Chess grandmaster from Yugoslavia, Boris Kostić was born. | Birthday |
| 1875 | French engineer and inventor Marc Seguin died. | Death day |
| 1866 | Belgian archer Hubert Van Innis was born. | Birthday |
| 1843 | Portuguese politician Teofilo Braga was born. | Birthday |
| 1835 | New Zealand politician Julius Vogel was born. | Birthday |
| 1826 | Dutch politician Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg was born. | Birthday |
| 1536 | Pope Clement VIII was born. | Birthday |
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