| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | American economist Dale T. Mortensen died. | Death day |
| 2014 | Lithuania's first artificial satellite LitSat-1/Lituanica SAT-1 was launched. | Launch Day |
| 2013 | American economist James M. Buchanan died. | Death day |
| 2011 | Iran Air Flight 277 aircraft incident at Urmia, Iran, killed 77 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1998 | Japanese chemist Kenichi Fukui died. | Death day |
| 1989 | Chess grandmaster from Azerbaijan, Urfan Sevdimaliyev was born. | Birthday |
| 1988 | Chess grandmaster from Czech Republic, Viktor Láznička was born. | Birthday |
| 1980 | Golfer from Spain, Sergio Garcia was born. | Birthday |
| 1961 | American economist and pacifist Emily Greene Balch died. | Death day |
| 1959 | Guatemala human rights activist Rigoberta Menchu was born. | Birthday |
| 1955 | American actor J. K. Simmons was born. | Birthday |
| 1950 | British geneticist Alec John Jeffreys was born. | Birthday |
| 1938 | American engineer and inventor Gary Starkweather was born. | Birthday |
| 1928 | Italian singer and songwriter Domenico Modugno was born. | Birthday |
| 1927 | 78 people died in Laurier Palace Theatre fire at Montreal, Quebec, Canada. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1922 | Indian-born American biochemist Har Gobind Khorana was born. | Birthday |
| 1921 | Hungarian-Israeli gymnast Agnes Keleti was born. | Birthday |
| 1913 | American politician Richard Nixon was born. | Birthday |
| 1905 | 800 people died in Lehman Theater fire at St. Petersburg, Russia. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1886 | Belarusian-born American dressmaker Ida Rosenthal was born. | Birthday |
| 1554 | Pope Gregory XV was born. | Birthday |
| 1522 | Papacy of Pope Adrian VI began. | Papacy began |
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