Year | Description | Category |
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2016 | Astronaut from United States, Edgar Mitchell died. | Death day |
2008 | Russian engineer Nikolay Popov died. | Death day |
2004 | American online social media Facebook was founded. | Foundation day |
2003 | Chess grandmaster from Czech Republic, Jaroslav Šajtar died. | Death day |
1997 | Israeli Air Force (357) and Israeli Air Force (903) aircraft incident at She'ar Yashuv, Israel, killed 73 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
1997 | American inventor John Haven Emerson died. | Death day |
1993 | Chess grandmaster from Ukraine, Stanislav Bogdanovich was born. | Birthday |
1989 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Valentina Gunina was born. | Birthday |
1987 | Chess grandmaster from Mongolia, Tsegmed Batchuluun was born. | Birthday |
1987 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Nikita Vitiugov was born. | Birthday |
1976 | The opening ceremony of XIX Olympic Winter Games, or 1976 Winter olympics was held in Innsbruck. | |
1970 | Chess grandmaster from Mexico, Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero was born. | Birthday |
1969 | Chess grandmaster from Singapore, Wu Shaobin was born. | Birthday |
1966 | All Nippon Airways Flight 60 aircraft incident at Tokyo Bay, Japan, killed 133 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
1965 | Magnitude 8.7 earthquake in Rat Islands, Alaska, United States. This is one of the largest earthquake by magnitude. | Natural Disaster |
1965 | American entrepreneur Michael J. Saylor was born. | Birthday |
1959 | Chess grandmaster from Australia, Darryl Johansen was born. | Birthday |
1952 | New Zealand politician Jenny Shipley was born. | Birthday |
1948 | Independence Day of Sri Lanka. | National Holiday |
1943 | Japanese politician Senjūro Hayashi died. | Death day |
1937 | Hollywood film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
1932 | The opening ceremony of III Olympic Winter Games, or 1932 Winter olympics was held in Lake Placid. | |
1928 | Dutch physicist Hendrik Lorentz died. | Death day |
1922 | Chess grandmaster from Poland, Bogdan Śliwa was born. | Birthday |
1914 | Pakistani politician Yahya Khan was born. | Birthday |
1912 | Golfer from United States, Byron Nelson was born. | Birthday |
1902 | American aviator Charles Lindbergh was born. | Birthday |
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