| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | American mathematician and economist John Forbes Nash, Jr. died. | Death day |
| 2002 | Golfer from United States, Sam Snead died. | Death day |
| 1995 | Chess grandmaster from Venezuela, Jose Rafael Gascon Del Nogal was born. | Birthday |
| 1992 | Chess grandmaster from China, Liu Qingnan was born. | Birthday |
| 1992 | Chess grandmaster from Cuba, Yasser Quesada Perez was born. | Birthday |
| 1986 | Chess grandmaster from Philippines, John Paul Gomez was born. | Birthday |
| 1984 | Hollywood film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
| 1972 | Chess grandmaster from Germany, Michael Bezold was born. | Birthday |
| 1971 | Chess grandmaster from Ukraine, Sergei Krivoshey was born. | Birthday |
| 1971 | Aviogenex Flight 130 aircraft incident at Omišalj, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia, killed 78 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1967 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Viktor Varavin was born. | Birthday |
| 1962 | Chess grandmaster from United States, Igor Novikov was born. | Birthday |
| 1961 | American businessman Richard B. Handler was born. | Birthday |
| 1960 | French engineer and inventor Georges Claude died. | Death day |
| 1958 | Astronaut from Germany, Thomas Reiter was born. | Birthday |
| 1951 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Anatoly Karpov was born. | Birthday |
| 1951 | Greek politician Antonis Samaras was born. | Birthday |
| 1946 | Golfer from Australia, David Graham was born. | Birthday |
| 1944 | Australian tennis player John Newcombe was born. | Birthday |
| 1934 | Golfer from United States, Mason Rudolph was born. | Birthday |
| 1934 | American engineer Robert Moog was born. | Birthday |
| 1931 | American pathologist Aldred Scott Warthin died. | Death day |
| 1930 | Chess grandmaster from Serbia, Aleksandar Matanović was born. | Birthday |
| 1925 | American molecular biologist Joshua Lederberg was born. | Birthday |
| 1918 | English cricketer Denis Compton was born. | Birthday |
| 1908 | American physicist John Bardeen was born. | Birthday |
| 1908 | American physicist John Bardeen was born. | Birthday |
| 1908 | American physicist and electrical engineer John Bardeen was born. | Birthday |
| 1891 | Swedish author Par Lagerkvist was born. | Birthday |
| 1865 | Brazilian politician Epitacio Pessoa was born. | Birthday |
| 1848 | German Engineer Otto Lilienthal was born. | Birthday |
| 1817 | Mexican politician Manuel Robles Pezuela was born. | Birthday |
| 1800 | Mexican politician Romulo Diaz de la Vega was born. | Birthday |
| 1707 | Swedish botanist and physician Carl Linnaeus was born. | Birthday |
| 1555 | Papacy of Pope Paul IV began. | Papacy began |
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