| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | American physicist Murray Gell-Mann died. | Death day |
| 2008 | Chess grandmaster from Georgia, Bukhuti Gurgenidze died. | Death day |
| 2000 | Hollywood film Mission: Impossible 2 was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
| 1995 | British politician Harold Wilson died. | Death day |
| 1993 | Independence Day of Eritrea. | National Holiday |
| 1992 | Chess grandmaster from Canada, Eric Hansen was born. | Birthday |
| 1989 | Hollywood film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
| 1989 | Indian scientist Praveen Kumar Gorakavi was born. | Birthday |
| 1982 | Golfer from United States, Bill Haas was born. | Birthday |
| 1979 | American basketball player Tracy McGrady was born. | Birthday |
| 1975 | Chess grandmaster from Cuba, Frank De La Paz Perdomo was born. | Birthday |
| 1973 | Chess grandmaster from Denmark, Peter Heine Nielsen was born. | Birthday |
| 1972 | Chess grandmaster from Bulgaria, Julian Radulski was born. | Birthday |
| 1972 | Astronaut from Russia, Maksim Surayev was born. | Birthday |
| 1968 | Soviet submarine K-27 reactor accident | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1966 | French footballer Eric Cantona was born. | Birthday |
| 1966 | Golfer from England, Jim Barnes died. | Death day |
| 1964 | 1964 Lima football riot tragedy in Peru killed 328 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1958 | Chess grandmaster from Bulgaria, Krum Georgiev was born. | Birthday |
| 1955 | Chess grandmaster from Estonia, Igor Shvyrjov was born. | Birthday |
| 1951 | Astronaut from United States, Ronald Parise was born. | Birthday |
| 1949 | English actor Jim Broadbent was born. | Birthday |
| 1946 | Polish athelete Irena Szewinska was born. | Birthday |
| 1942 | Scottish chemist Fraser Stoddart was born. | Birthday |
| 1941 | American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan was born. | Birthday |
| 1940 | Russian and American poet Joseph Brodsky was born. | Birthday |
| 1910 | Golfer from United States, Jimmy Demaret was born. | Birthday |
| 1905 | Soviet novelist Mikhail Sholokhov was born. | Birthday |
| 1892 | Supercentenarian from United Kingdom, Lucy d'Abreu was born. She died at the age of 113 years, 197 days. | Birthday |
| 1751 | Magnitude 8.5 earthquake in Concepción, Chile. This is one of the largest earthquake by magnitude. | Natural Disaster |
| 1686 | German physicist and inventor Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit was born. | Birthday |
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