Year | Description | Category |
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2012 | Belarus's first artificial satellite BelKA-2 was launched. | Launch Day |
2001 | Soviet gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaya died. | Death day |
2000 | Chess grandmaster from Australia, Temur Kuybokarov was born. | Birthday |
1987 | Swedish skier Charlotte Kalla was born. | Birthday |
1975 | Chess grandmaster from Poland, Paweł Jaracz was born. | Birthday |
1973 | Pan Am Flight 816 aircraft incident at Pacific Ocean, off Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia, killed 78 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
1963 | Spanish footballer Emilio Butragueno was born. | Birthday |
1950 | Canadian politician W.L. Mackenzie King died. | Death day |
1949 | American music conductor and director Alan Menken was born. | Birthday |
1942 | Astronaut from Japan, Toyohiro Akiyama was born. | Birthday |
1934 | American actress Louise Fletcher was born. | Birthday |
1932 | Canadian-born inventor Reginald Fessenden died. | Death day |
1930 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Nikolai Krogius was born. | Birthday |
1915 | Scottish Canadian engineer Sandford Fleming died. | Death day |
1912 | The closing ceremony of Games of the V Olympiad, or 1912 Summer olympics was held in Stockholm. | |
1908 | British pacifist Randal Cremer died. | Death day |
1888 | American biochemist and microbiologist Selman Waksman was born. | Birthday |
1887 | German physicist Gustav Ludwig Hertz was born. | Birthday |
1676 | Pope Clement X died. | Death day |
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