| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | English actor John Gielgud died. | Death day |
| 1997 | Chess grandmaster from Germany, Rasmus Svane was born. | Birthday |
| 1991 | Indian politician Rajiv Gandhi died. | Death day |
| 1989 | Malaysian badminton player Tan Wee Kiong was born. | Birthday |
| 1987 | South Korean badminton player Ko Sung Hyun was born. | Birthday |
| 1986 | Chess grandmaster from Azerbaijan, Gadir Guseinov was born. | Birthday |
| 1984 | Polish badminton player Nadiezda Zieba was born. | Birthday |
| 1980 | Hollywood film The Empire Strikes Back was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
| 1973 | Golfer from United States, Stewart Cink was born. | Birthday |
| 1971 | Chess grandmaster from Belgium, Alexandre Dgebuadze was born. | Birthday |
| 1969 | Chess grandmaster from Bulgaria, Nikolai Ninov was born. | Birthday |
| 1966 | Chess grandmaster from Croatia, Zdenko Kožul was born. | Birthday |
| 1964 | German physicist James Franck died. | Death day |
| 1960 | Chess grandmaster from China, Liang Jinrong was born. | Birthday |
| 1960 | Chess grandmaster from Latvia, Zigurds Lanka was born. | Birthday |
| 1960 | Indian actor Mohanlal was born. | Birthday |
| 1956 | Chess grandmaster from Azerbaijan, Aidyn Guseinov was born. | Birthday |
| 1945 | Astronaut from West Germany, Ernst Messerschmid was born. | Birthday |
| 1942 | Astronaut from United States, Robert Springer was born. | Birthday |
| 1936 | Silesian German and American biologist Gunter Blobel was born. | Birthday |
| 1935 | American reformer and social worker Jane Addams died. | Death day |
| 1934 | Swedish biochemist Bengt I. Samuelsson was born. | Birthday |
| 1930 | Australian politician Malcolm Fraser was born. | Birthday |
| 1929 | British politician Archibald Primrose died. | Death day |
| 1921 | Russian physicist and activist Andrei Sakharov was born. | Birthday |
| 1921 | Russian nuclear physicist Andrei Sakharov was born. | Birthday |
| 1920 | Mexican politician Venustiano Carranza died. | Death day |
| 1905 | 19 people died in Knitting factory fire at Hong Kong. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1895 | Mexican politician Lazaro Cardenas was born. | Birthday |
| 1888 | German writer Friedrich Clemens Gerke died. | Death day |
| 1873 | German psychiatrist and inventor Hans Berger was born. | Birthday |
| 1860 | Dutch physician and physiologist Willem Einthoven was born. | Birthday |
| 1860 | Dutch physician Willem Einthoven was born. | Birthday |
| 1851 | French statesman Leon Bourgeois was born. | Birthday |
| 1843 | Swiss lawyer Charles Albert Gobat was born. | Birthday |
| 1843 | French jurist and educator Louis Renault was born. | Birthday |
| 526 | Magnitude 7 earthquake in Antioch, Turkey. This is one of the deadliest earthquake. | Natural Disaster |
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