Year | Description | Category |
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2018 | 41 people died in Miryang hospital fire at Miryang, South Korea. | Man-Made Disaster |
2014 | Swiss tennis player Stan Wawrinka won his first title in 2014 Australian Open. | Achievement |
2004 | Golfer from United States, Fred Haas died. | Death day |
2000 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Alexey Sarana was born. | Birthday |
1994 | American multinational corporatio Cognizant was founded. | Foundation day |
1992 | Puerto Rican actor Jose Ferrer died. | Death day |
1990 | Chess grandmaster from Ukraine, Yuriy Kuzubov was born. | Birthday |
1983 | Chess grandmaster from Montenegro, Nikola Djukic was born. | Birthday |
1977 | American basketball player Vince Carter was born. | Birthday |
1974 | Turkish Airlines Flight 301 aircraft incident at Cumaovası, Turkey, killed 66 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
1971 | Chess grandmaster from France, Jean-Marc Degraeve was born. | Birthday |
1969 | Australian tennis player Margaret Court won her first title in 1969 Australian Open. | Achievement |
1968 | Indian actor Ravi Teja was born. | Birthday |
1957 | Brazilian politician Jose Linhares died. | Death day |
1956 | The opening ceremony of VIII Olympic Winter Games, or 1956 Winter olympics was held in Cortina d'Ampezzo. | |
1952 | Astronaut from United States, Mario Runco was born. | Birthday |
1950 | Republic Day of India. | National Holiday |
1947 | Belgian informatics engineer and computer scientist Robert Cailliau was born. | Birthday |
1935 | Chess grandmaster from Iceland, Friðrik Ólafsson was born. | Birthday |
1935 | Chess grandmaster from Serbia, Stanimir Nikolić was born. | Birthday |
1926 | Around 60 people died because of 1926 Victorian bushfires in Australia. This is one of the deadliest wildfires. | Natural Disaster |
1925 | American actor Paul Newman was born. | Birthday |
1911 | German-born American physicist Polykarp Kusch was born. | Birthday |
1908 | Chess grandmaster from Sweden, Gideon Ståhlberg was born. | Birthday |
1904 | Irish politician Sean MacBride was born. | Birthday |
1788 | National Day of Australia. | National Holiday |
1700 | Magnitude 8.7–9.2 earthquake in Pacific Ocean, USA and Canada. This is one of the largest earthquake by magnitude. | Natural Disaster |
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