| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | British chemist Aaron Klug died. | Death day |
| 2016 | Greek politician Konstantinos Stephanopoulos died. | Death day |
| 2016 | 150 people died in Pukhrayan train derailment. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 2015 | Laos's first artificial satellite Laosat-1 was launched. | Launch Day |
| 2005 | Japanese film Howl's Moving Castle was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing non-English movies in the world. | Release Date |
| 1999 | Supercentenarian from United Kingdom, Annie Jennings died at the age of 115 years, 8 days. | Death day |
| 1996 | 41 people died in The Garley Building fire at Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1993 | Avioimpex Flight 110 aircraft incident at Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia, killed 116 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1993 | 81 people died in Zhili Toy Factory fire at Shenzhen, China. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1992 | Chess grandmaster from United States, Marc Tyler Arnold was born. | Birthday |
| 1991 | Chess grandmaster from Australia, Moulthun Ly was born. | Birthday |
| 1987 | Australian cricketer Nathan Lyon was born. | Birthday |
| 1983 | Chess grandmaster from Denmark, Allan Stig Rasmussen was born. | Birthday |
| 1980 | Australian politician John McEwen died. | Death day |
| 1978 | Chess grandmaster from Iran, Amir Bagheri was born. | Birthday |
| 1974 | Lufthansa Flight 540 aircraft incident at Nairobi, Kenya, killed 59 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1969 | Chess grandmaster from Lithuania, Darius Zagorskis was born. | Birthday |
| 1969 | Nigeria Airways Flight 825 aircraft incident at Lagos, Nigeria, killed 87 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1968 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Andrei Kharlov was born. | Birthday |
| 1968 | Astronaut from United States, James Dutton was born. | Birthday |
| 1967 | TWA Flight 128 aircraft incident at Hebron, Kentucky, US, killed 70 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1965 | Sumo wrestler Hidenoumi was born. | Birthday |
| 1960 | Chess grandmaster from China, Ye Jiangchuan was born. | Birthday |
| 1949 | Japanese politician Wakatsuki Reijiro died. | Death day |
| 1946 | Chess grandmaster from Monaco, Algimantas Butnorius was born. | Birthday |
| 1945 | English chemist Francis William Aston died. | Death day |
| 1940 | Israeli-American chemist Arieh Warshel was born. | Birthday |
| 1937 | Finnish skier Eero Mantyranta was born. | Birthday |
| 1934 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Lev Polugaevsky was born. | Birthday |
| 1929 | Golfer from United States, Don January was born. | Birthday |
| 1927 | American actress Estelle Parsons was born. | Birthday |
| 1923 | South African writer Nadine Gordimer was born. | Birthday |
| 1917 | Golfer from South Africa, Bobby Locke was born. | Birthday |
| 1886 | Austrian ethologist Karl von Frisch was born. | Birthday |
| 1867 | German chemist Gustav Giemsa was born. | Birthday |
| 1858 | Swedish author and teacher Selma Lagerlof was born. | Birthday |
| 1841 | Canadian politician Wilfrid Laurier was born. | Birthday |
| 1838 | Irish mechanical engineer William Painter was born. | Birthday |
| 1761 | Pope Pius VIII was born. | Birthday |
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