| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Evgeni Vasiukov died. | Death day |
| 2000 | Sumo wrestler Toma was born. | Birthday |
| 1995 | Chinese badminton player Li Junhui was born. | Birthday |
| 1993 | 188 people died in Kader Toy Factory fire at Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1988 | Chess grandmaster from Spain, Daniel Alsina Leal was born. | Birthday |
| 1986 | Chess grandmaster from India, Pentala Harikrishna was born. | Birthday |
| 1983 | Chess grandmaster from Ukraine, Pavel Eljanov was born. | Birthday |
| 1981 | Chess grandmaster from Hungary, Péter Ács was born. | Birthday |
| 1978 | Chess grandmaster from Vietnam, Đào Thiên Hải was born. | Birthday |
| 1977 | Chess grandmaster from Czech Republic, Jiri Stocek was born. | Birthday |
| 1977 | American actress Joan Crawford died. | Death day |
| 1977 | Israeli Air Force (960) aircraft incident at Jordan Valley, Israel, killed 54 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1973 | Turkish footballer Rüştü Reçber was born. | Birthday |
| 1969 | Dutch footballer Dennis Bergkamp was born. | Birthday |
| 1968 | Chess grandmaster from Serbia, Zlatko Ilincic was born. | Birthday |
| 1964 | Chess grandmaster from Czech Republic, Leonid Voloshin was born. | Birthday |
| 1963 | Astronaut from United States, Lisa Nowak was born. | Birthday |
| 1961 | Air France Flight 406 aircraft incident at near Zarzaitine, Algeria, killed 78 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1960 | Jamaican athelete Merlene Ottey was born. | Birthday |
| 1960 | Irish singer and songwriter Paul Hewson was born. | Birthday |
| 1959 | American basketball player Danny Schayes was born. | Birthday |
| 1958 | Astronaut from United States, Ellen Ochoa was born. | Birthday |
| 1957 | African-American businesswoman Annie Malone died. | Death day |
| 1940 | Japanese businessman Daisuke Inoue was born. | Birthday |
| 1930 | American physicist George E. Smith was born. | Birthday |
| 1928 | Chess grandmaster from Germany, Lothar Schmid was born. | Birthday |
| 1927 | Golfer from United States, Mike Souchak was born. | Birthday |
| 1925 | New Zealand politician William Massey died. | Death day |
| 1920 | American inventor John Wesley Hyatt died. | Death day |
| 1903 | Russian scientist and inventor Oleg Losev was born. | Birthday |
| 1878 | German statesman Gustav Stresemann was born. | Birthday |
| 1842 | Russian physicist and inventor Dmitry Lachinov was born. | Birthday |
| 1788 | French civil engineer Augustin-Jean Fresnel was born. | Birthday |
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