| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 746 aircraft incident at Natanz, Iran, killed 66 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1987 | Turkish politician Fahri Koruturk died. | Death day |
| 1984 | Soviet engineer and inventor Konstantin Khrenov died. | Death day |
| 1983 | Chess grandmaster from Israel, Michael Roiz was born. | Birthday |
| 1979 | American physicist Katharine B. Blodgett died. | Death day |
| 1976 | Indian Airlines Flight 171 aircraft incident at Mumbai, India, killed 95 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1971 | Astronaut from Russia, Oleg Novitskiy was born. | Birthday |
| 1969 | American musician Martie Maguire was born. | Birthday |
| 1968 | The opening ceremony of Games of the XIX Olympiad, or 1968 Summer olympics was held in Mexico City. | |
| 1968 | Independence Day of Equatorial Guinea. | National Holiday |
| 1967 | Cyprus Airways Flight 284 aircraft incident at Mediterranean, near Demre, Turkey, killed 66 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1964 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Yury Piskov was born. | Birthday |
| 1962 | Macedonian politician Branko Crvenkovski was born. | Birthday |
| 1953 | American inventor Jimmy Hotz was born. | Birthday |
| 1945 | US Army Air Force (44-78591) aircraft incident at Fangshan, Fangshan District, China, killed 59 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1932 | Astronaut from United States, Edwin Garn was born. | Birthday |
| 1924 | French poet and novelist Anatole France died. | Death day |
| 1918 | Around 453 people died because of Cloquet Fire in Minnesota, United States. This is one of the deadliest wildfires. | Natural Disaster |
| 1914 | American inventor Margaret E. Knight died. | Death day |
| 1896 | Italian poet Eugenio Montale was born. | Birthday |
| 1891 | Japanese politician Fumimaro Konoe was born. | Birthday |
| 1882 | Chess grandmaster from Poland, Akiba Rubinstein was born. | Birthday |
| 1866 | British politician Ramsay MacDonald was born. | Birthday |
| 1865 | British chemist Arthur Harden was born. | Birthday |
| 1860 | American inventor Elmer Ambrose Sperry was born. | Birthday |
| 1492 | National Day of Spain. | National Holiday |
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