| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | American engineer Eugene Polley died. | Death day |
| 2009 | Indonesian Air Force (A-1325) aircraft incident at near Madiun, Indonesia, killed 99 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 2008 | Australian athlete Charlie Booth died. | Death day |
| 1997 | Norway's first artificial satellite Thor 2 was launched. | Launch Day |
| 1994 | Japanese politician Masayoshi Ito died. | Death day |
| 1993 | Chess grandmaster from FR Yugoslavia, Dragoljub Janošević died. | Death day |
| 1992 | Chess grandmaster from China, Gao Rui was born. | Birthday |
| 1989 | British economist John Hicks died. | Death day |
| 1989 | English cricketer Sarah Taylor was born. | Birthday |
| 1989 | Malaysian badminton player Goh V Shem was born. | Birthday |
| 1986 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Dmitry Frolyanov was born. | Birthday |
| 1985 | Chess grandmaster from India, M. R. Venkatesh was born. | Birthday |
| 1983 | Indian actor N. T. Rama Rao Jr. was born. | Birthday |
| 1980 | 157 people died in Eventide Home for the Aged at Kingston, Jamaica. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1978 | Chess grandmaster from Greece, Hristos Banikas was born. | Birthday |
| 1974 | Chess grandmaster from Slovenia, Marko Tratar was born. | Birthday |
| 1972 | National Day of Cameroon. | National Holiday |
| 1966 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Magaram Magomedov was born. | Birthday |
| 1965 | Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705 aircraft incident at New Cairo, Egypt, killed 121 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1964 | Astronaut from United States, Paul Richards was born. | Birthday |
| 1961 | American musician, singer and songwriter Dan Wilson was born. | Birthday |
| 1957 | American basketball player Bill Willoughby was born. | Birthday |
| 1957 | Japanese politician Yoshihiko Noda was born. | Birthday |
| 1952 | Cameroonian footballer Roger Milla was born. | Birthday |
| 1951 | Astronaut from United States, Thomas Akers was born. | Birthday |
| 1947 | German physicist Philipp Lenard died. | Death day |
| 1946 | American actress Cher was born. | Birthday |
| 1944 | Astronaut from United States, David Walker was born. | Birthday |
| 1940 | Swedish poet and novelist Verner von Heidenstam died. | Death day |
| 1937 | Golfer from United States, Dave Hill was born. | Birthday |
| 1925 | Soviet aircraft designer Alexei Tupolev was born. | Birthday |
| 1920 | American electrical engineer and biophysicist Hal Anger was born. | Birthday |
| 1918 | American geneticist Edward B. Lewis was born. | Birthday |
| 1908 | American actor James Stewart was born. | Birthday |
| 1901 | Chess grandmaster from Netherlands, Max Euwe was born. | Birthday |
| 1882 | Norwegian novelist Sigrid Undset was born. | Birthday |
| 1872 | 600 people died in Theater fire at Tientsin, China. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1860 | German chemist Eduard Buchner was born. | Birthday |
| 1851 | German-born American inventor Emile Berliner was born. | Birthday |
| 1822 | French economist Frederic Passy was born. | Birthday |
| 1811 | New Zealand politician Alfred Domett was born. | Birthday |
| 1795 | Mexican politician Pedro Maria de Anaya was born. | Birthday |
| 1792 | French surgeon Antoine Louis died. | Death day |
| 1772 | English inventor Sir William Congreve was born. | Birthday |
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