| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | New Zealand cricketer Martin Crowe died. | Death day |
| 2014 | Astronaut from United States, William Pogue died. | Death day |
| 2001 | Chess grandmaster from Netherlands, Lucas van Foreest was born. | Birthday |
| 1999 | German-Canadian chemist Gerhard Herzberg died. | Death day |
| 1993 | Polish American medical researcher Albert Bruce Sabin died. | Death day |
| 1991 | Golfer from United States, Johnny Revolta died. | Death day |
| 1988 | Chess grandmaster from United States, Timur Gareev was born. | Birthday |
| 1985 | Chess grandmaster from Bulgaria, Momchil Nikolov was born. | Birthday |
| 1977 | Chess grandmaster from India, Abhijit Kunte was born. | Birthday |
| 1975 | Chess grandmaster from Germany, Christian Gabriel was born. | Birthday |
| 1974 | Turkish Airlines Flight 981 aircraft incident at Fontaine-Chaalis, France, killed 346 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1974 | Soviet aerospace engineer Mikhail Tikhonravov died. | Death day |
| 1973 | Soviet engineer Nikolai Nikitin died. | Death day |
| 1970 | Pakistani cricketer Inzamam-ul-Haq was born. | Birthday |
| 1969 | Chess grandmaster from Soviet Union, Alexander Tolush died. | Death day |
| 1958 | Chess grandmaster from France, Bachar Kouatly was born. | Birthday |
| 1956 | Polish footballer Zbigniew Boniek was born. | Birthday |
| 1953 | Brazilian footballer Zico was born. | Birthday |
| 1949 | Astronaut from United States, Bonnie Dunbar was born. | Birthday |
| 1949 | Astronaut from United States, James Voss was born. | Birthday |
| 1946 | Astronaut from United States, James Adamson was born. | Birthday |
| 1944 | Around 521–600 people died in Balvano train disaster. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1942 | Astronaut from Soviet Union, Vladimir Kovalyonok was born. | Birthday |
| 1935 | Bulgarian politician Zhelyu Zhelev was born. | Birthday |
| 1924 | Japanese politician Tomiichi Murayama was born. | Birthday |
| 1920 | Golfer from United States, Julius Boros was born. | Birthday |
| 1918 | American biochemist Arthur Kornberg was born. | Birthday |
| 1902 | Dutch politician Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte died. | Death day |
| 1900 | Supercentenarian from Italy, Maria Gravigi was born. She died at the age of 113 years, 165 days. | Birthday |
| 1895 | Norwegian economist Ragnar Frisch was born. | Birthday |
| 1878 | Liberation Day of Bulgaria. | National Holiday |
| 1870 | Chess grandmaster from Hungary, Géza Maróczy was born. | Birthday |
| 1847 | Scottish-born scientist and inventor Alexander Graham Bell was born. | Birthday |
| 1831 | American engineer George Pullman was born. | Birthday |
| 1703 | English natural philosopher and architect Robert Hooke died. | Death day |
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