| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Chinese film The Wandering Earth was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing non-English movies in the world. | Release Date |
| 2019 | Chinese film Crazy Alien was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing non-English movies in the world. | Release Date |
| 2019 | Chinese film Pegasus was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing non-English movies in the world. | Release Date |
| 2015 | American physicist Val Logsdon Fitch died. | Death day |
| 2001 | Chess grandmaster from Iran, Amin Tabatabaei was born. | Birthday |
| 2000 | Chess grandmaster from United States, George Koltanowski died. | Death day |
| 1999 | Russian-American economist Wassily Leontief died. | Death day |
| 1995 | Thai badminton player Ratchanok Intanon was born. | Birthday |
| 1993 | Chess grandmaster from Poland, Marcel Kanarek was born. | Birthday |
| 1993 | American film director Joseph L. Mankiewicz died. | Death day |
| 1991 | American actor Dean Jagger died. | Death day |
| 1991 | Elleniki Polemikí Aeroporía (748) aircraft incident at Mount Othrys, Greece, killed 63 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1990 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Dmitry Andreikin was born. | Birthday |
| 1988 | Chess grandmaster from Austria, Markus Ragger was born. | Birthday |
| 1985 | Polish basketball player Maciej Lampe was born. | Birthday |
| 1983 | Chess grandmaster from India, R. R. Laxman was born. | Birthday |
| 1983 | Malaysian badminton player Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari was born. | Birthday |
| 1981 | West Indian cricketer Marlon Samuels was born. | Birthday |
| 1979 | Chess grandmaster from Netherlands, Maarten Solleveld was born. | Birthday |
| 1978 | Chess grandmaster from United States, Tal Shaked was born. | Birthday |
| 1976 | Indian actor Abhishek Bachchan was born. | Birthday |
| 1973 | American surgeon John Heysham Gibbon died. | Death day |
| 1969 | Chess grandmaster from Philippines, Jayson Gonzales was born. | Birthday |
| 1967 | Chess grandmaster from Israel, Gad Rechlis was born. | Birthday |
| 1966 | Golfer from Spain, Jose Maria Olazabal was born. | Birthday |
| 1965 | Romanian footballer Gheorghe Hagi was born. | Birthday |
| 1960 | Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano (CP-609) aircraft incident at Arbieto, Bolivia, killed 59 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1956 | The closing ceremony of VIII Olympic Winter Games, or 1956 Winter olympics was held in Cortina d'Ampezzo. | |
| 1956 | Chess grandmaster from France, Savielly Tartakower died. | Death day |
| 1953 | Hollywood film Peter Pan was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
| 1949 | Spanish tennis player Manuel Orantes was born. | Birthday |
| 1947 | Astronaut from United States, Mary Cleave was born. | Birthday |
| 1946 | English actor George Arliss died. | Death day |
| 1933 | Chess grandmaster from Soviet Union, Anatoly Lutikov was born. | Birthday |
| 1924 | The closing ceremony of I Olympic Winter Games, or 1924 Winter olympics was held in Chamonix. | |
| 1922 | Croatian engineer and inventor Slavoljub Eduard Penkala died. | Death day |
| 1919 | American actor Red Buttons was born. | Birthday |
| 1915 | American physicist Robert Hofstadter was born. | Birthday |
| 1914 | English physiologist Alan Lloyd Hodgkin was born. | Birthday |
| 1906 | American inventor John Haven Emerson was born. | Birthday |
| 1879 | Soviet Armenian engineer and inventor Hovannes Adamian was born. | Birthday |
| 1852 | Japanese politician Terauchi Masatake was born. | Birthday |
| 1840 | American-born British inventor Hiram Maxim was born. | Birthday |
| 1840 | Scottish inventor John Boyd Dunlop was born. | Birthday |
| 1790 | Scottish physician and chemist William Cullen died. | Death day |
| 1788 | British politician Robert Peel was born. | Birthday |
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