| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Andrei Kharitonov died. | Death day |
| 2006 | African-American inventor Mary Kenner died. | Death day |
| 1998 | Afghanistan Air Force aircraft incident at Khojak Pass, Pakistan, killed 51 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1996 | Malaysia's first artificial satellite MEASAT-1 was launched. | Launch Day |
| 1992 | Chess grandmaster from Hungary, Péter Prohászka was born. | Birthday |
| 1989 | Cable car accident at Vaujany, France, killed 8 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1987 | Chess grandmaster from Poland, Radosław Wojtaszek was born. | Birthday |
| 1987 | Chess grandmaster from Soviet Union, Vladimir Alatortsev died. | Death day |
| 1987 | Ethiopian Air Force aircraft incident at near Asmara, Eritrea, killed 54 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1985 | 428 people died in Awash rail disaster. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1982 | Air Florida Flight 90 aircraft incident at Washington, D.C., US, killed 78 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1981 | South Korean badminton player Lee Hyo Jung was born. | Birthday |
| 1979 | Chinese badminton player Yang Wei was born. | Birthday |
| 1977 | Aeroflot Flight 3843 aircraft incident at Almaty, Kazakh SSR, USSR, killed 96 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1976 | Austrian athlete Felix Gottwald was born. | Birthday |
| 1976 | Polish badminton player Robert Mateusiak was born. | Birthday |
| 1972 | Belarusian gymnast Vitaly Scherbo was born. | Birthday |
| 1969 | Italian skier Stefania Belmondo was born. | Birthday |
| 1969 | South Korean multinational electronics company Samsung was founded. | Foundation day |
| 1968 | Chess grandmaster from Ukraine, Alexander Nosenko was born. | Birthday |
| 1966 | Soviet engineer Boris Grabovsky died. | Death day |
| 1960 | American chemist Eric Betzig was born. | Birthday |
| 1957 | Golfer from United States, Mark O'Meara was born. | Birthday |
| 1954 | American business executive Denise Morrison was born. | Birthday |
| 1949 | Astronaut from India, Rakesh Sharma was born. | Birthday |
| 1939 | Around 71 people died because of Black Friday bushfires in Australia. This is one of the deadliest wildfires. | Natural Disaster |
| 1929 | British chemist Henry John Horstman Fenton died. | Death day |
| 1927 | South African biologist Sydney Brenner was born. | Birthday |
| 1916 | Mexican politician Victoriano Huerta died. | Death day |
| 1908 | Chess grandmaster from Italy, Enrico Paoli was born. | Birthday |
| 1908 | 171 people died in Rhoads Opera House Fire at Boyertown, Pennsylvania, United States. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1906 | Soviet mountaineer and inventor Vitaly Abalakov was born. | Birthday |
| 1906 | Russian physicist and inventor Alexander Popov died. | Death day |
| 1897 | Croatian-Hungarian aviation pioneer David Schwarz died. | Death day |
| 1892 | Georgian-soviet microbiologist Giorgi Eliava was born. | Birthday |
| 1883 | 430 people died in Circus Ferroni fire at Berdichev, Russia. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1870 | American biologist Ross Granville Harrison was born. | Birthday |
| 1864 | German physicist Wilhelm Wien was born. | Birthday |
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