Year | Description | Category |
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2015 | Golfer from United States, Billy Casper died. | Death day |
2014 | The opening ceremony of XXIX Olympic Winter Games, or 2014 Winter olympics was held in Sochi. | |
2013 | Azerbaijan's first artificial satellite Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a was launched. | Launch Day |
2009 | Around 180 people died because of Black Saturday bushfires in Australia. This is one of the deadliest wildfires. | Natural Disaster |
2009 | American inventor John "Jack" Higson Cover Jr. died. | Death day |
2008 | Russian scientist Guy Severin died. | Death day |
2007 | New Zealand-born American chemist Alan MacDiarmid died. | Death day |
2000 | Chess grandmaster from India, Harsha Bharathakoti was born. | Birthday |
2000 | Sumo wrestler Yata was born. | Birthday |
1998 | The opening ceremony of XXII Olympic Winter Games, or 1998 Winter olympics was held in Nagano. | |
1997 | Japanese electronic commerce and Internet company Rakuten was founded. | Foundation day |
1993 | Indian badminton player Srikanth Kidambi was born. | Birthday |
1993 | Chinese badminton player Ou Dongni was born. | Birthday |
1992 | Chess grandmaster from Peru, Cristhian Cruz was born. | Birthday |
1990 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Eduard Gorovykh was born. | Birthday |
1984 | The opening ceremony of XVI Olympic Winter Games, or 1984 Winter olympics was held in Sarajevo. | |
1981 | Soviet Navy (CCCP-42332) aircraft incident at Pushkinsky District, Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR, killed 51 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
1979 | Yemeni journalist and human rights activist Tawakel Karman was born. | Birthday |
1974 | Canadian basketball player Steve Nash was born. | Birthday |
1974 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Sergey Volkov was born. | Birthday |
1974 | Independence Day of Grenada. | National Holiday |
1974 | Hollywood film Blazing Saddles was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
1974 | Croatian-American physicist Marin Soljacic was born. | Birthday |
1973 | American basketball player Juwan Howard was born. | Birthday |
1968 | Indian Air Force Flight 203 aircraft incident at Rohtang Pass, India, killed 98 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
1967 | Around 62 people died because of 1967 Tasmanian fires in Australia. This is one of the deadliest wildfires. | Natural Disaster |
1965 | Chess grandmaster from Ukraine, Vladimir Rogovski was born. | Birthday |
1963 | Astronaut from United States, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper was born. | Birthday |
1960 | Soviet nuclear physicist Igor Kurchatov died. | Death day |
1959 | Chess grandmaster from Czech Republic, Karel Mokry was born. | Birthday |
1940 | Japanese physicist Toshihide Maskawa was born. | Birthday |
1937 | American lawyer and statesman Elihu Root died. | Death day |
1932 | Astronaut from United States, Alfred Worden was born. | Birthday |
1926 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Mark Taimanov was born. | Birthday |
1926 | Astronaut from Soviet Union, Konstantin Feoktistov was born. | Birthday |
1925 | Russian computer scientist Nikolay Brusentsov was born. | Birthday |
1905 | Swedish physiologist Ulf von Euler was born. | Birthday |
1894 | Belgian inventor Adolphe Sax died. | Death day |
1885 | American novelist Sinclair Lewis was born. | Birthday |
1878 | Pope Pius IX died. | Death day |
1839 | Dutch politician Nicolaas Pierson was born. | Birthday |
1550 | Papacy of Pope Julius III began. | Papacy began |
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