| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Saint Lucian poet and playwright Derek Walcott died. | Death day |
| 2002 | Golfer from United States, Paul Runyan died. | Death day |
| 2000 | 530 people died in Kanungu church fire at Kanungu, Uganda. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1999 | Austrian-born American music composer Ernest Gold died. | Death day |
| 1999 | Venezuelan scientist Humberto Fernandez Moran died. | Death day |
| 1996 | In Cricket World Cup finals, Sri Lanka won against Australia by 7 wickets at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan. | World Cup Finals |
| 1993 | American actress Helen Hayes died. | Death day |
| 1993 | American actress Helen Hayes died. | Death day |
| 1993 | Supercentenarian from United Kingdom, Charlotte Hughes died at the age of 115 years, 228 days. | Death day |
| 1990 | Indian badminton player Saina Nehwal was born. | Birthday |
| 1988 | Avianca Flight 410 aircraft incident at Sardinata, Colombia, killed 143 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1987 | Chess grandmaster from Spain, José Cuenca Jiménez was born. | Birthday |
| 1984 | Golfer from United States, Ky Laffoon died. | Death day |
| 1983 | American physiologist Haldan Keffer Hartline died. | Death day |
| 1981 | American basketball player Kyle Korver was born. | Birthday |
| 1979 | Aeroflot Flight 7841 aircraft incident at Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR, killed 58 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1978 | Chess grandmaster from Soviet Union, Semyon Furman died. | Death day |
| 1976 | Chess grandmaster from Vietnam, Nguyen Anh Dung was born. | Birthday |
| 1974 | Chess grandmaster from Czech Republic, Miloš Jirovský was born. | Birthday |
| 1972 | American footballer Mia Hamm was born. | Birthday |
| 1968 | Chess grandmaster from United States, Enrico Sevillano was born. | Birthday |
| 1962 | Astronaut from United States, Kalpana Chawla was born. | Birthday |
| 1960 | Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710 aircraft incident at Cannelton, Indiana, US, killed 63 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1957 | Filipino politician Ramon Magsaysay died. | Death day |
| 1956 | French chemist Irene Joliot-Curie died. | Death day |
| 1956 | Chess grandmaster from Netherlands, Paul van der Sterren was born. | Birthday |
| 1950 | Chess grandmaster from Austria, Valery Beim was born. | Birthday |
| 1936 | Astronaut from United States, Ken Mattingly was born. | Birthday |
| 1935 | Chess grandmaster from Argentina, Oscar Panno was born. | Birthday |
| 1930 | Astronaut from United States, James Irwin was born. | Birthday |
| 1921 | Russian scientist Nikolai Zhukovsky died. | Death day |
| 1907 | Japanese politician Takeo Miki was born. | Birthday |
| 1902 | Golfer from United States, Bobby Jones was born. | Birthday |
| 1899 | 86 people died in Windsor Hotel fire at New York City, New York, United States. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1881 | Swiss physiologist Walter Rudolf Hess was born. | Birthday |
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