| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Chess grandmaster from Hungary, Andor Lilienthal died. | Death day |
| 2010 | Supercentenarian from United Kingdom, Florrie Baldwin died at the age of 114 years, 38 days. | Death day |
| 1992 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Aleksandr Shimanov was born. | Birthday |
| 1990 | Chess grandmaster from France, Axel Delorme was born. | Birthday |
| 1990 | Chinese badminton player Zhong Qianxin was born. | Birthday |
| 1988 | American author Robert A. Heinlein died. | Death day |
| 1986 | Chess grandmaster from Armenia, Levon Babujian was born. | Birthday |
| 1984 | Sumo wrestler Yamamotoyama was born. | Birthday |
| 1973 | Chess grandmaster from Serbia, Miroslav Markovic was born. | Birthday |
| 1970 | Spanish footballer Luis Enrique was born. | Birthday |
| 1969 | Sumo wrestler Akebono was born. | Birthday |
| 1968 | Chess grandmaster from Netherlands, Peng Zhaoqin was born. | Birthday |
| 1968 | Chess grandmaster from United States, Alex Fishbein was born. | Birthday |
| 1960 | Italian footballer Franco Baresi was born. | Birthday |
| 1958 | 128 people died in Mangueira train disaster. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1952 | Astronaut from United States, Charles Camarda was born. | Birthday |
| 1950 | Chess grandmaster from Spain, Juan Manuel Bellón López was born. | Birthday |
| 1947 | American biologist H. Robert Horvitz was born. | Birthday |
| 1943 | Japanese enginee Fujio Masuoka was born. | Birthday |
| 1929 | Japanese-American actress Miyoshi Umeki was born. | Birthday |
| 1928 | German politician Manfred Gerlach was born. | Birthday |
| 1904 | English-American photographer Eadweard Muybridge died. | Death day |
| 1902 | French microbiologist Andre Michel Lwoff was born. | Birthday |
| 1899 | Anglo-Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek was born. | Birthday |
| 1884 | American politician Harry S. Truman was born. | Birthday |
| 1856 | Mexican politician Pedro Lascurain was born. | Birthday |
| 1842 | Around 52-200 people died in Versailles rail accident. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1828 | Swiss businessman and social activist Henry Dunant was born. He was the founder of the Red Cross. | Birthday |
| 1721 | Papacy of Pope Innocent XIII began. | Papacy began |
| 1720 | British politician William Cavendish was born. | Birthday |
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