| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | English physicist Peter Mansfield died. | Death day |
| 2016 | Chinese film The Mermaid was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing non-English movies in the world. | Release Date |
| 2016 | Chinese film The Monkey King 2 was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing non-English movies in the world. | Release Date |
| 2002 | The opening ceremony of XVII Olympic Winter Games, or 2002 Winter olympics was held in Salt Lake City. | |
| 1998 | Icelandic writer Halldor Laxness died. | Death day |
| 1997 | Chess grandmaster from India, Suri Vaibhav was born. | Birthday |
| 1994 | American composer and inventor Raymond Scott died. | Death day |
| 1993 | Iran Air Tours EP-ITD and Iranian Air Force Su-24 aircraft incident at Shahr-e Qods, Iran, killed 133 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1992 | The opening ceremony of XX Olympic Winter Games, or 1992 Winter olympics was held in Albertville. | |
| 1992 | Japanese badminton player Misaki Matsutomo was born. | Birthday |
| 1991 | Chess grandmaster from Romania, Tiberiu-Marian Georgescu was born. | Birthday |
| 1990 | Swiss electrical engineer George de Mestral died. | Death day |
| 1989 | Independent Air Flight 1851 aircraft incident at Pico Alto Mtn., Azores, Portugal, killed 144 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1989 | 62 people died in Premier Studio of Mysore fire at Mysore, India. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1988 | Chess grandmaster from Germany, Arik Braun was born. | Birthday |
| 1985 | Saudi Arabia's first artificial satellite Arabsat-1A was launched. | Launch Day |
| 1985 | Brazil's first artificial satellite Brasilsat A1 was launched. | Launch Day |
| 1984 | Chess grandmaster from France, Sébastien Mazé was born. | Birthday |
| 1982 | 33 people died in Hotel New Japan Fire at Tokyo, Japan. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1981 | 92+ people died in Bangalore circus fire at Bangalore, India. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1980 | Thai badminton player Sudket Prapakamol was born. | Birthday |
| 1978 | Chess grandmaster from Ukraine, Yuri Solodovnichenko was born. | Birthday |
| 1975 | British chemist Robert Robinson died. | Death day |
| 1972 | Chess grandmaster from United States, Ilya Gurevich was born. | Birthday |
| 1966 | Bulgarian footballer Hristo Stoichkov was born. | Birthday |
| 1966 | Chess grandmaster from France, Gilles Miralles was born. | Birthday |
| 1966 | American businessman Darius Adamczyk was born. | Birthday |
| 1965 | Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 aircraft incident at Atlantic Ocean, off Jones Beach, New York, US, killed 84 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1963 | Indian cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin was born. | Birthday |
| 1963 | Chess grandmaster from Iceland, Jóhann Hjartarson was born. | Birthday |
| 1961 | Chess grandmaster from Sweden, Ralf Åkesson was born. | Birthday |
| 1960 | Filipino politician Benigno Aquino III was born. | Birthday |
| 1957 | German physicist Walther Bothe died. | Death day |
| 1957 | Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist John von Neumann died. | Death day |
| 1955 | Chess grandmaster from Hungary, Peter Szekely was born. | Birthday |
| 1955 | Hollywood film Cinerama Holiday was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
| 1953 | American actress Mary Steenburgen was born. | Birthday |
| 1948 | The closing ceremony of V Olympic Winter Games, or 1948 Winter olympics was held in St. Moritz. | |
| 1947 | 80–88 people died in Karlslust dance hall fire at Berlin, Germany. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1946 | German chemist Felix Hoffmann died. | Death day |
| 1937 | Chess grandmaster from Latvia, Aivars Gipslis was born. | Birthday |
| 1925 | American actor Jack Lemmon was born. | Birthday |
| 1925 | American actor Jack Lemmon was born. | Birthday |
| 1922 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Yuri Averbakh was born. | Birthday |
| 1918 | French jurist and educator Louis Renault died. | Death day |
| 1915 | Hollywood film The Birth of a Nation was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
| 1906 | American physicist and inventor Chester Carlson was born. | Birthday |
| 1897 | Indian politician Zakir Husain was born. | Birthday |
| 1834 | Russian chemist and inventor Dmitri Mendeleev was born. | Birthday |
| 1825 | French engineer Henri Giffard was born. | Birthday |
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