Year | Description | Category |
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2010 | Magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Offshore Maule, Chile. This is one of the largest earthquake by magnitude. | Natural Disaster |
2003 | Bulgarian American inventor Peter Petroff died. | Death day |
1998 | American doctor George H. Hitchings died. | Death day |
1994 | The closing ceremony of XXI Olympic Winter Games, or 1994 Winter olympics was held in Lillehammer. | |
1994 | Chess grandmaster from China, Hou Yifan was born. | Birthday |
1991 | Chess grandmaster from Hungary, Gergely Aczel was born. | Birthday |
1989 | Austrian zoologist and ethologist Konrad Lorenz died. | Death day |
1986 | Chess grandmaster from Hungary, Gedeon Barcza died. | Death day |
1983 | American basketball player Devin Harris was born. | Birthday |
1978 | Astronaut from France, Thomas Pesquet was born. | Birthday |
1973 | Chess grandmaster from North Macedonia, Trajce Nedev was born. | Birthday |
1964 | Chess grandmaster from United States, Alexander Goldin was born. | Birthday |
1960 | Ecuadorian tennis player Andres Gomez was born. | Birthday |
1942 | American chemist Robert H. Grubbs was born. | Birthday |
1936 | Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov died. | Death day |
1936 | Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov died. | Death day |
1932 | British-American actress Elizabeth Taylor was born. | Birthday |
1930 | American actress Joanne Woodward was born. | Birthday |
1929 | Brazilian footballer Djalma Santos was born. | Birthday |
1926 | Canadian American neurophysiologist David H. Hubel was born. | Birthday |
1918 | 614 people died in Happy Valley Racecourse fire at Hong Kong. | Man-Made Disaster |
1906 | American astronomer and inventor Samuel P. Langley died. | Death day |
1904 | Russian physicist Yulii Khariton was born. | Birthday |
1902 | American author John Steinbeck was born. | Birthday |
1902 | Golfer from United States, Gene Sarazen was born. | Birthday |
1865 | Chess grandmaster from England, Jacques Mieses was born. | Birthday |
1844 | Independence Day of Dominican Republic. | National Holiday |
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