| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Egyptian politician Ali Lutfi Mahmud died. | Death day |
| 2018 | Astronaut from United States, Donald Peterson died. | Death day |
| 2009 | British economist Clive Granger died. | Death day |
| 1988 | German physicist Ernst Ruska died. | Death day |
| 1987 | American chemist John Howard Northrop died. | Death day |
| 1983 | Chess grandmaster from Estonia, Meelis Kanep was born. | Birthday |
| 1977 | Sri Lankan cricketer Mahela Jayawardene was born. | Birthday |
| 1977 | Aeroflot Flight 331 aircraft incident at Boyeros, Cuba, killed 69 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1975 | Australian cricketer Michael Hussey was born. | Birthday |
| 1965 | Australian tennis player Pat Cash was born. | Birthday |
| 1964 | Indian politician Jawaharlal Nehru died. | Death day |
| 1963 | Chess grandmaster from Lithuania, Eduardas Rozentalis was born. | Birthday |
| 1962 | Indian cricketer Ravi Shastri was born. | Birthday |
| 1962 | Indian American business executive Shantanu Narayen was born. | Birthday |
| 1959 | Canadian physicist Donna Strickland was born. | Birthday |
| 1953 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Gennady Tunik was born. | Birthday |
| 1948 | Astronaut from Soviet Union, Aleksandr Volkov was born. | Birthday |
| 1943 | New Zealand politician Gordon Coates died. | Death day |
| 1938 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Igor Zaitsev was born. | Birthday |
| 1936 | American actor Louis Gossett, Jr. was born. | Birthday |
| 1923 | American political scientist and diplomat Henry Kissinger was born. | Birthday |
| 1923 | American businessman Sumner Redstone was born. | Birthday |
| 1918 | Japanese politician Yasuhiro Nakasone was born. | Birthday |
| 1914 | English physicist and chemist Joseph Swan died. | Death day |
| 1912 | Golfer from United States, Sam Snead was born. | Birthday |
| 1910 | German physician Robert Koch died. | Death day |
| 1900 | Supercentenarian from United Kingdom, Ethel Lang was born. She died at the age of 114 years, 233 days. | Birthday |
| 1897 | British physicist John Cockcroft was born. | Birthday |
| 1896 | Russian physicist Aleksandr Stoletov died. | Death day |
| 1887 | Dutch chemist Coenraad Johannes van Houten died. | Death day |
| 1875 | 78 people died in Precious Blood Church fire at Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1860 | Portuguese politician Manuel T. Gomes was born. | Birthday |
| 1774 | Irish hydrographer Francis Beaufort was born. | Birthday |
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