| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | American chemist Richard F. Heck died. | Death day |
| 2013 | Astronaut from United States, Scott Carpenter died. | Death day |
| 1997 | Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 aircraft incident at Nuevo Berlín, near Fray Bentos, Uruguay, killed 74 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1996 | Chess grandmaster from Brazil, Luis Paulo Supi was born. | Birthday |
| 1990 | Chinese badminton player Chai Biao was born. | Birthday |
| 1985 | Russian-American actor Yul Brynner died. | Death day |
| 1979 | Chess grandmaster from Azerbaijan, Rufat Bagirov was born. | Birthday |
| 1977 | Indonesian badminton player Nova Widianto was born. | Birthday |
| 1975 | Chess grandmaster from Spain, Miguel Muñoz Pantoja was born. | Birthday |
| 1967 | Singaporean business executive Rajeev Suri was born. | Birthday |
| 1966 | Hollywood film Hawaii was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
| 1966 | Astronaut from China, Zhai Zhigang was born. | Birthday |
| 1964 | The opening ceremony of Games of the XVIII Olympiad, or 1964 Summer olympics was held in Tokyo. | |
| 1964 | Chess grandmaster from Georgia, Giorgi Giorgadze was born. | Birthday |
| 1964 | Chess grandmaster from Turkey, Suat Atalık was born. | Birthday |
| 1962 | Astronaut from United States, Rex Walheim was born. | Birthday |
| 1961 | Chess grandmaster from Croatia, Ognjen Cvitan was born. | Birthday |
| 1958 | Astronaut from United States, John Grunsfeld was born. | Birthday |
| 1956 | US Navy (131588) aircraft incident at Porcupine Seabight, Atlantic Ocean, killed 59 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1946 | Japanese politician Naoto Kan was born. | Birthday |
| 1946 | Astronaut from Italy, Franco Malerba was born. | Birthday |
| 1945 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Yuri Razuvaev was born. | Birthday |
| 1937 | Golfer from Australia, Bruce Devlin was born. | Birthday |
| 1936 | German chemist Gerhard Ertl was born. | Birthday |
| 1930 | British playwright and film director Harold Pinter was born. | Birthday |
| 1930 | French chemist Yves Chauvin was born. | Birthday |
| 1929 | African-American inventor and engineer Elijah McCoy died. | Death day |
| 1918 | Israeli politician Yigal Allon was born. | Birthday |
| 1914 | Dutch politician Gijsbert van Tienhoven died. | Death day |
| 1913 | French novelist Claude Simon was born. | Birthday |
| 1913 | Japanese politician Katsura Taro died. | Death day |
| 1913 | American inventor Paul C. Fisher was born. | Birthday |
| 1911 | Vietnamese revolutionary Le Duc Tho was born. | Birthday |
| 1911 | Republic Day of Taiwan. | National Holiday |
| 1908 | Chinese-American biologist Min Chueh Chang was born. | Birthday |
| 1900 | American actress Helen Hayes was born. | Birthday |
| 1900 | American actress Helen Hayes was born. | Birthday |
| 1895 | Chinese writer and inventor Lin Yutang was born. | Birthday |
| 1892 | Yugoslav novelist and poet Ivo Andric was born. | Birthday |
| 1888 | Supercentenarian from France, Germaine Haye was born. She died at the age of 113 years, 190 days. | Birthday |
| 1861 | Norwegian explorer, scientist and humanitarian Fridtjof Nansen was born. | Birthday |
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