| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Chess grandmaster from India, Karthikeyan Murali was born. | Birthday |
| 1993 | French politician Pierre Beregovoy died. | Death day |
| 1987 | American basketball player Amir Johnson was born. | Birthday |
| 1987 | Around 191 people died because of Black Dragon Fire in China and Soviet Union. This is one of the deadliest wildfires. | Natural Disaster |
| 1983 | Chess grandmaster from England, Jonathan Hawkins was born. | Birthday |
| 1983 | Malaysian badminton player Wong Mew Choo was born. | Birthday |
| 1982 | Chess grandmaster from France, Jean-Pierre Le Roux was born. | Birthday |
| 1979 | Chess grandmaster from Netherlands, Ruud Janssen was born. | Birthday |
| 1979 | Chess grandmaster from Serbia, Misa Pap was born. | Birthday |
| 1979 | Constitution Day of Marshall Islands. | National Holiday |
| 1974 | Chess grandmaster from Bangladesh, Ziaur Rahman was born. | Birthday |
| 1971 | Golfer from Australia, Stuart Appleby was born. | Birthday |
| 1971 | Indian actor Ajith Kumar was born. | Birthday |
| 1964 | Chess grandmaster from Ukraine, Vladimir Sergeev was born. | Birthday |
| 1961 | Golfer from United States, George Von Elm died. | Death day |
| 1959 | Chess grandmaster from Kyrgyzstan, Leonid Yurtaev was born. | Birthday |
| 1956 | Chess grandmaster from United States, Alexander Ivanov was born. | Birthday |
| 1952 | Chess grandmaster from France, Josif Dorfman was born. | Birthday |
| 1951 | West Indian cricketer Gordon Greenidge was born. | Birthday |
| 1947 | Golfer from United States, Jerry Heard was born. | Birthday |
| 1939 | Golfer from United States, Frank Beard was born. | Birthday |
| 1939 | German chemist Wilhelm Normann died. | Death day |
| 1925 | Astronaut from United States, Scott Carpenter was born. | Birthday |
| 1918 | Soviet physicist Gersh Budker was born. | Birthday |
| 1914 | American chemist and inventor Herman Frasch died. | Death day |
| 1910 | Chess grandmaster from Soviet Union, Alexander Tolush was born. | Birthday |
| 1875 | Soviet astronomer Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov was born. | Birthday |
| 1872 | Portuguese politician Sidonio Pais was born. | Birthday |
| 1852 | Spanish neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal was born. | Birthday |
| 1769 | British politician Arthur Wellesley was born. | Birthday |
| 1572 | Pope Pius V died. | Death day |
| 1555 | Pope Marcellus II died. | Death day |
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