| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Indian actor Om Puri died. | Death day |
| 2009 | Supercentenarian from Spain, Manuela Fernández-Fojaco died at the age of 113 years, 202 days. | Death day |
| 2002 | Thai politician Sanya Dharmasakti died. | Death day |
| 2000 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Alexey Vyzmanavin died. | Death day |
| 1994 | Chess grandmaster from Belarus, Vladislav Kovalev was born. | Birthday |
| 1993 | Chess grandmaster from Poland, Michal Matuszewski was born. | Birthday |
| 1990 | Soviet physicist Pavel Cherenkov died. | Death day |
| 1985 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Artyom Timofeev was born. | Birthday |
| 1984 | Chess grandmaster from United States, Zviad Izoria was born. | Birthday |
| 1983 | Chess grandmaster from Italy, Roberto Mogranzini was born. | Birthday |
| 1982 | Chess grandmaster from Zambia, Amon Simutowe was born. | Birthday |
| 1982 | English actor Eddie Redmayne was born. | Birthday |
| 1979 | Chess grandmaster from Czech Republic, Robert Cvek was born. | Birthday |
| 1976 | Chess grandmaster from North Macedonia, Aleksandar Čolović was born. | Birthday |
| 1970 | Astronaut from Canada, David Saint-Jacques was born. | Birthday |
| 1967 | 115+ people died in Manila bus collision. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1965 | Chess grandmaster from Czech Republic, Petr Haba was born. | Birthday |
| 1963 | Chess grandmaster from Armenia, Karen Movsziszian was born. | Birthday |
| 1963 | Astronaut from France, Philippe Perrin was born. | Birthday |
| 1960 | Golfer from United States, Paul Azinger was born. | Birthday |
| 1959 | Indian cricketer Kapil Dev was born. | Birthday |
| 1957 | Astronaut from United States, Michael Foale was born. | Birthday |
| 1955 | Chess grandmaster from Serbia, Slavoljub Marjanovic was born. | Birthday |
| 1954 | film director Anthony Minghella was born. | Birthday |
| 1953 | Scottish-born Australian immunologist Ian Hector Frazer was born. | Birthday |
| 1949 | American film director Victor Fleming died. | Death day |
| 1948 | Italian fencer Giulio Gaudini died. | Death day |
| 1948 | Astronaut from United States, Guy Gardner was born. | Birthday |
| 1944 | Immunology Professor Rolf M. Zinkernagel was born. | Birthday |
| 1943 | American businessman James Goodnight was born. | Birthday |
| 1933 | Astronaut from Soviet Union, Oleg Makarov was born. | Birthday |
| 1924 | South Korean politician Kim Dae-jung was born. | Birthday |
| 1923 | New Zealand politician Norman Kirk was born. | Birthday |
| 1921 | Golfer from United States, Cary Middlecoff was born. | Birthday |
| 1919 | American politician Theodore Roosevelt died. | Death Day |
| 1913 | American actress Loretta Young was born. | Birthday |
| 1852 | French educator and inventor Louis Braille died. | Death day |
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