| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Finnish politician Mauno Koivisto died. | Death day |
| 2015 | Supercentenarian from France, Olympe Amaury died at the age of 113 years, 327 days. | Death day |
| 2010 | Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 aircraft incident at Tripoli, Libya, killed 103 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 2001 | Soviet aircraft designer Alexei Tupolev died. | Death day |
| 1994 | American chemist Roy Plunkett died. | Death day |
| 1988 | Chinese badminton player Liu Xiaolong was born. | Birthday |
| 1986 | Danish badminton player Christinna Pedersen was born. | Birthday |
| 1981 | Chess grandmaster from India, Tejas Bakre was born. | Birthday |
| 1981 | American actor Rami Malek was born. | Birthday |
| 1980 | American typist and inventor Bette Nesmith Graham died. | Death day |
| 1970 | German-Swedish poet and playwright Nelly Sachs died. | Death day |
| 1970 | Golfer from Canada, Mike Weir was born. | Birthday |
| 1970 | Golfer from United States, Jim Furyk was born. | Birthday |
| 1968 | US Air Force (60-0297) aircraft incident at Kham Duc, South Vietnam, killed 155 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1962 | Astronaut from United States, Gregory Johnson was born. | Birthday |
| 1961 | Chess grandmaster from Serbia, Aleksa Striković was born. | Birthday |
| 1956 | Chess grandmaster from Paraguay, Zenón Franco Ocampos was born. | Birthday |
| 1945 | Polish-German entrepreneur and chemist Julius Fromm died. | Death day |
| 1942 | Chess grandmaster from Serbia, Dragoljub Velimirović was born. | Birthday |
| 1939 | American inventor Chuck Hull was born. | Birthday |
| 1928 | American music composer and songwriter Burt Bacharach was born. | Birthday |
| 1913 | Chess grandmaster from Soviet Union, Igor Bondarevsky was born. | Birthday |
| 1910 | British chemist Dorothy Hodgkin was born. | Birthday |
| 1907 | American actress Katharine Hepburn was born. | Birthday |
| 1904 | Dutch-born electrical engineer Mark Serrurier was born. | Birthday |
| 1895 | American chemist William Giauque was born. | Birthday |
| 1889 | Mexican politician Abelardo L. Rodriguez was born. | Birthday |
| 1855 | Brazilian politician Hermes da Fonseca was born. | Birthday |
| 1803 | German scientist Justus von Liebig was born. | Birthday |
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