| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The closing ceremony of Games of the XXVII Olympiad, or 2000 Summer olympics was held in Sydney. | |
| 1997 | American engineer and inventor Jerome H. Lemelson died. | Death day |
| 1991 | Chess grandmaster from United States, Samuel Shankland was born. | Birthday |
| 1989 | American actress Brie Larson was born. | Birthday |
| 1986 | Chess grandmaster from China, Zhou Weiqi was born. | Birthday |
| 1981 | American software and media company Bloomberg L.P. was founded. | Foundation day |
| 1978 | Independence Day of Tuvalu. | National Holiday |
| 1972 | British-Australian film director Tom Hooper was born. | Birthday |
| 1972 | Aeroflot Flight 1036 aircraft incident at Black Sea, off Adler, Russian SFSR, USSR, killed 109 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1971 | Chess grandmaster from Argentina, Diego Valerga was born. | Birthday |
| 1970 | Swedish sports shooter Vilhelm Carlberg died. | Death day |
| 1970 | Chess grandmaster from Brazil, Everaldo Matsuura was born. | Birthday |
| 1966 | Liberian footballer George Weah was born. | Birthday |
| 1964 | Astronaut from United States, Eric Boe was born. | Birthday |
| 1960 | Independence Day of Cyprus. | National Holiday |
| 1960 | Independence Day of Nigeria. | National Holiday |
| 1959 | Italian politician Enrico De Nicola died. | Death day |
| 1956 | British politician Theresa May was born. | Birthday |
| 1955 | Indian businessman Dilip Shanghvi was born. | Birthday |
| 1950 | Astronaut from Russia, Boris Morukov was born. | Birthday |
| 1949 | National Day of Hong Kong. | National Holiday |
| 1947 | Israeli chemist Aaron Ciechanover was born. | Birthday |
| 1945 | Indian politician Ram Nath Kovind was born. | Birthday |
| 1939 | Golfer from United States, George Archer was born. | Birthday |
| 1935 | English actress Julie Andrews was born. | Birthday |
| 1924 | American politician Jimmy Carter was born. | Birthday |
| 1922 | Chinese physicist Chen Ning Yang was born. | Birthday |
| 1920 | American actor Walter Matthau was born. | Birthday |
| 1903 | Australian athlete Charlie Booth was born. | Birthday |
| 1895 | Pakistani politician Liaquat Ali Khan was born. | Birthday |
| 1675 | Scottish mathematician and astronomer James Gregory died. | Death day |
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