| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | American inventor Nicholas McKay Sr. died. | Death day |
| 2010 | Chess grandmaster from United States, Larry Evans died. | Death day |
| 2010 | 58+ people died in Shanghai apartment fire at Shanghai, China. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 2008 | 99 people died in Boromo bus collision. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 2000 | ASA Pesada (D2-FCG) aircraft incident at Luanda, Angola, killed 57 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1986 | Chess grandmaster from Brazil, Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian was born. | Birthday |
| 1978 | Icelandic Airlines Flight 001 aircraft incident at Katunayake, Sri Lanka, killed 183 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1976 | 90 people died in Mafeteng bus crash. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1974 | Chess grandmaster from Germany, Roland Schmaltz was born. | Birthday |
| 1974 | Spain's first artificial satellite Intasat was launched. | Launch Day |
| 1971 | Chess grandmaster from France, Arnaud Hauchard was born. | Birthday |
| 1970 | German biathlete Uschi Disl was born. | Birthday |
| 1967 | X-15 Flight 191 disaster near Edwards AFB, California, U.S., killed 1. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1959 | Scottish physicist Charles Thomson Rees Wilson died. | Death day |
| 1959 | Astronaut from United States, Timothy Creamer was born. | Birthday |
| 1954 | American actor Lionel Barrymore died. | Death day |
| 1947 | Chess grandmaster from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bojan Kurajica was born. | Birthday |
| 1947 | Chess grandmaster from United States, Larry Kaufman was born. | Birthday |
| 1944 | Chess grandmaster from Netherlands, Hans Ree was born. | Birthday |
| 1927 | New Zealand politician Bill Rowling was born. | Birthday |
| 1919 | Swiss chemist Alfred Werner died. | Death day |
| 1919 | Russian engineer and inventor Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky died. | Death day |
| 1916 | Polish journalist and novelist Henryk Sienkiewicz died. | Death day |
| 1887 | Japanese politician Hitoshi Ashida was born. | Birthday |
| 1886 | German multinational technology company Robert Bosch was founded. | Foundation day |
| 1874 | Danish professor August Krogh was born. | Birthday |
| 1862 | German dramatist and novelist Gerhart Hauptmann was born. | Birthday |
| 1839 | Scottish engineer and inventor William Murdoch died. | Death day |
| 1708 | British politician William Pitt was born. | Birthday |
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