| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Hungarian author Imre Kertesz died. | Death day |
| 2010 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Yuri Shabanov died. | Death day |
| 2005 | Chess grandmaster from Serbia and Montenegro, Milorad Knezevic died. | Death day |
| 2001 | American physicist Clifford Shull died. | Death day |
| 1997 | American physicist and astronomer Lyman Spitzer died. | Death day |
| 1995 | TAROM Flight 371 aircraft incident at Balotești, Romania, killed 60 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1988 | Chess grandmaster from Croatia, Ante Brkić was born. | Birthday |
| 1988 | Australian politician William McMahon died. | Death day |
| 1987 | Chess grandmaster from China, Wang Yue was born. | Birthday |
| 1987 | Chess grandmaster from India, Humpy Koneru was born. | Birthday |
| 1986 | Mexicana Flight 940 aircraft incident at Sierra Madre Oriental Mts., Mexico, killed 167 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1984 | American singer and musician Jack Antonoff was born. | Birthday |
| 1983 | South African cricketer Hashim Amla was born. | Birthday |
| 1977 | Chess grandmaster from Hungary, Zoltán Gyimesi was born. | Birthday |
| 1971 | Aeroflot Flight 1969 aircraft incident at Lutuhyne, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, killed 65 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1971 | American coffeehouse chain Starbucks was founded. | Foundation day |
| 1965 | Iberia (EC-ATH) aircraft incident at Atlantic Ocean, off Tangier, Morocco, killed 50 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1964 | Ukrainian politician Oleksandr Turchynov was born. | Birthday |
| 1961 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Evgeny Pigusov was born. | Birthday |
| 1957 | Astronaut from United States, Patrick Forrester was born. | Birthday |
| 1950 | Chess grandmaster from Hungary, András Adorján was born. | Birthday |
| 1948 | American politician and environmentalist Al Gore was born. | Birthday |
| 1947 | Colombian politician Cesar Gaviria Trujillo was born. | Birthday |
| 1945 | German chemist Hans Fischer died. | Death day |
| 1943 | American actor Christopher Walken was born. | Birthday |
| 1934 | Italian physicist Carlo Rubbia was born. | Birthday |
| 1934 | American actress Shirley Jones was born. | Birthday |
| 1931 | Golfer from United States, Miller Barber was born. | Birthday |
| 1924 | Brazilian politician Nilo Pecanha died. | Death day |
| 1917 | German physiologist Emil Adolf von Behring died. | Death day |
| 1916 | Golfer from United States, Tommy Bolt was born. | Birthday |
| 1914 | Mexican poet Octavio Paz was born. | Birthday |
| 1906 | Japanese physicist Sin-Itiro Tomonaga was born. | Birthday |
| 1896 | Supercentenarian from United Kingdom, Florrie Baldwin was born. She died at the age of 114 years, 38 days. | Birthday |
| 1894 | American inventor Anatol Josepho was born. | Birthday |
| 1894 | Russian electrical engineer Pavel Yablochkov died. | Death day |
| 1890 | Australian-born British physicist William Lawrence Bragg was born. | Birthday |
| 1870 | American inventor Seth Boyden died. | Death day |
| 1851 | New Zealand politician Francis Bell was born. | Birthday |
| 1841 | Canadian goldsmith and inventor Cyril Duquet was born. | Birthday |
| 1829 | Papacy of Pope Pius VIII began. | Papacy began |
| 1813 | Mexican politician Felix Maria Zuloaga was born. | Birthday |
| 1727 | English mathematician and physicist Isaac Newton died. | Death day |
| 1675 | Pope Benedict XIV was born. | Birthday |
| 1499 | Pope Pius IV was born. | Birthday |
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