| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Italian fencer Edoardo Mangiarotti died. | Death day |
| 2008 | Supercentenarian from France, Clémentine Solignac died at the age of 113 years, 261 days. | Death day |
| 2007 | Hollywood film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
| 2002 | China Airlines Flight 611 aircraft incident at Taiwan Strait, near Penghu Islands, Taiwan, killed 225 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 2002 | 192 people died in Muamba rail disaster. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1997 | Golfer from United States, Jay Hebert died. | Death day |
| 1997 | Supercentenarian from Spain, Carmen Figueiró-Freiría died at the age of 113 years, 209 days. | Death day |
| 1986 | Indonesian badminton player Muhammad Rijal was born. | Birthday |
| 1983 | Chess grandmaster from Spain, Manuel Perez Candelario was born. | Birthday |
| 1983 | Hollywood film Return of the Jedi was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
| 1979 | American Airlines Flight 191 aircraft incident at Des Plaines, Illinois, U.S., killed 273 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1977 | Hollywood film Star Wars was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
| 1974 | English actor Donald Crisp died. | Death day |
| 1970 | American actress Octavia Spencer was born. | Birthday |
| 1969 | Astronaut from Russia, Dmitri Kondratyev was born. | Birthday |
| 1967 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Aleksandr Karpatchev was born. | Birthday |
| 1966 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Vladimir Nevostrujev was born. | Birthday |
| 1965 | Astronaut from United States, John Olivas was born. | Birthday |
| 1964 | Astronaut from Slovakia, Ivan Bella was born. | Birthday |
| 1953 | Argentine footballer Daniel Passarella was born. | Birthday |
| 1953 | Golfer from United States, D. A. Weibring was born. | Birthday |
| 1952 | Chess grandmaster from Denmark, Jens Kristiansen was born. | Birthday |
| 1952 | Bulgarian politician Petar Stoyanov was born. | Birthday |
| 1952 | American media executive Jeffrey L. Bewkes was born. | Birthday |
| 1951 | Chess grandmaster from Croatia, Krunoslav Hulak was born. | Birthday |
| 1946 | Independence Day of Jordan. | National Holiday |
| 1931 | Astronaut from Soviet Union, Georgy Grechko was born. | Birthday |
| 1921 | American physicist Jack Steinberger was born. | Birthday |
| 1919 | Russian scientist Boris Mamyrin was born. | Birthday |
| 1919 | African-American entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker died. | Death day |
| 1905 | Chess grandmaster from Kazakhstan, Salauat Izmukhambetov was born. | Birthday |
| 1889 | Russian-American aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky was born. | Birthday |
| 1865 | American evangelist John Mott was born. | Birthday |
| 1865 | Dutch physicist Pieter Zeeman was born. | Birthday |
| 1845 | 1670 people died in Theater fire at Canton, China. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1843 | British mechanical engineer Ralph Hart Tweddell was born. | Birthday |
| 1810 | Revolution Day of Argentina. | National Holiday |
| 1787 | Mexican politician Jose Maria Bocanegra was born. | Birthday |
| 1713 | British politician John Stuart was born. | Birthday |
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