| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Astronaut from Soviet Union, Igor Volk died. | Death day |
| 2005 | Chess grandmaster from Hungary, László Vadász died. | Death day |
| 2004 | Flash Airlines Flight 604 aircraft incident at Red Sea, off Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killed 148 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1994 | Baikal Air Flight 130 aircraft incident at Irkutsk, Russia, killed 124 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1989 | Japanese gymnast Kohei Uchimura was born. | Birthday |
| 1987 | Chess grandmaster from Poland, Jacek Stopa was born. | Birthday |
| 1987 | Varig Flight 797 aircraft incident at Bingerville, Côte d'Ivoire, killed 50 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1985 | Chess grandmaster from Georgia, Merab Gagunashvili was born. | Birthday |
| 1985 | Chess grandmaster from Poland, Mateusz Bartel was born. | Birthday |
| 1982 | Chess grandmaster from Philippines, Roland Salvador was born. | Birthday |
| 1981 | Czech tennis player Hana Mandlikova won her first title in 1980 Australian Open. | Achievement |
| 1976 | Aeroflot Flight 2003 aircraft incident at Kokoshkino, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR, killed 62 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1974 | Chess grandmaster from Armenia, Oganes Danielian was born. | Birthday |
| 1974 | Chess grandmaster from Kazakhstan, Pavel Kotsur was born. | Birthday |
| 1971 | Chess grandmaster from Poland, Mirosław Grabarczyk was born. | Birthday |
| 1959 | Astronaut from Russia, Fyodor Yurchikhin was born. | Birthday |
| 1957 | Golfer from United States, Willie Klein died. | Death day |
| 1956 | American film director Mel Gibson was born. | Birthday |
| 1944 | Around 200–500 people died in Torre del Bierzo rail disaster. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1928 | American pathologist James Homer Wright died. | Death day |
| 1923 | Egyptian politician Abd El Aziz Muhammad Hegazi was born. | Birthday |
| 1916 | Golfer from United States, Fred Haas was born. | Birthday |
| 1907 | Welsh-American actor Ray Milland was born. | Birthday |
| 1883 | British politician Clement Attlee was born. | Birthday |
| 1877 | American actress Josephine Hull was born. | Birthday |
| 1876 | German politician Wilhelm Pieck was born. | Birthday |
| 1860 | Japanese politician Kato Takaaki was born. | Birthday |
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