| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 74 people died in Kentex slipper factory fire at Valenzuela City, Philippines. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 2008 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Valery Grechihin died. | Death day |
| 2003 | Greece's first artificial satellite Hellas-Sat 2 was launched. | Launch Day |
| 1999 | Golfer from United States, Gene Sarazen died. | Death day |
| 1994 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Vladimir Antoshin died. | Death day |
| 1992 | Korean-American electrical engineer Dawon Kahng died. | Death day |
| 1988 | Chess grandmaster from Slovenia, Luka Lenič was born. | Birthday |
| 1987 | Chess grandmaster from Argentina, Sandro Mareco was born. | Birthday |
| 1986 | Hollywood film Top Gun was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
| 1985 | Soviet Russian aircraft designer Alexander Mikulin died. | Death day |
| 1984 | Sumo wrestler Tokushinho was born. | Birthday |
| 1980 | Japanese politician Fumio Goto died. | Death day |
| 1974 | Golfer from United States, Denny Shute died. | Death day |
| 1972 | 118 people died in Sennichi department store fire at Osaka, Japan. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1968 | Australian politician Scott Morrison was born. | Birthday |
| 1966 | Chess grandmaster from Bangladesh, Niaz Murshed was born. | Birthday |
| 1961 | American actor Gary Cooper died. | Death day |
| 1960 | Chess grandmaster from Germany, Eckhard Schmittdiel was born. | Birthday |
| 1957 | Astronaut from France, Claudie Haigneré was born. | Birthday |
| 1956 | Astronaut from Russia, Aleksandr Kaleri was born. | Birthday |
| 1942 | Astronaut from Soviet Union, Vladimir Dzhanibekov was born. | Birthday |
| 1938 | Swiss physicist Charles Edouard Guillaume died. | Death day |
| 1937 | English inventor Trevor Baylis was born. | Birthday |
| 1931 | Chess grandmaster from Belgium, Andrija Fuderer was born. | Birthday |
| 1930 | Norwegian explorer, scientist and humanitarian Fridtjof Nansen died. | Death day |
| 1927 | Chess grandmaster from Yugoslavia, Rudolf Marić was born. | Birthday |
| 1925 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Ratmir Kholmov was born. | Birthday |
| 1905 | Indian politician Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed was born. | Birthday |
| 1883 | Greek pathologist Georgios Papanikolaou was born. | Birthday |
| 1878 | American inventor Otto Schmitt was born. | Birthday |
| 1878 | German designer and inventor Christian Schnabel was born. | Birthday |
| 1878 | American scientist Joseph Henry died. | Death day |
| 1857 | British medical doctor Ronald Ross was born. | Birthday |
| 1857 | American inventor Arthur William Savage was born. | Birthday |
| 1811 | Mexican politician Juan Bautista Ceballos was born. | Birthday |
| 1792 | Pope Pius IX was born. | Birthday |
| 1730 | British politician Charles Watson-Wentworth was born. | Birthday |
| 1655 | Pope Innocent XIII was born. | Birthday |
| 1647 | Magnitude 8.5 earthquake in Santiago, Chile. This is one of the largest earthquake by magnitude. | Natural Disaster |
| 1572 | Papacy of Pope Gregory XIII began. | Papacy began |
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