| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | German politician Manfred Gerlach died. | Death day |
| 2011 | American inventor Edgar Villchur died. | Death day |
| 2000 | Golfer from United States, Harry Cooper died. | Death day |
| 1994 | Chess grandmaster from Ukraine, Vitaliy Bernadskiy was born. | Birthday |
| 1990 | Chess grandmaster from Germany, Falko Bindrich was born. | Birthday |
| 1983 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Dmitriy Skorchenko was born. | Birthday |
| 1980 | Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Hafeez was born. | Birthday |
| 1978 | Italian politician Giovanni Gronchi died. | Death day |
| 1970 | Indian cricketer Anil Kumble was born. | Birthday |
| 1969 | Golfer from South Africa, Ernie Els was born. | Birthday |
| 1966 | American businessman Doug McMillon was born. | Birthday |
| 1965 | Sri Lankan cricketer Aravinda de Silva was born. | Birthday |
| 1961 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Alexander Raetsky was born. | Birthday |
| 1958 | Golfer from United States, Blaine McCallister was born. | Birthday |
| 1958 | Aeroflot (CCCP-42362) aircraft incident at Vurnarsky District, Chuvash ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR, killed 80 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1957 | American physicist and engineer Eric Fossum was born. | Birthday |
| 1956 | Astronaut from United States, Mae Jemison was born. | Birthday |
| 1936 | Egyptian politician Hazem Al Beblawi was born. | Birthday |
| 1934 | Spanish neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal died. | Death day |
| 1933 | Astronaut from United States, William Anders was born. | Birthday |
| 1926 | Astronaut from United States, Karl Henize was born. | Birthday |
| 1921 | Soviet gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaya was born. | Birthday |
| 1912 | Pope John Paul I was born. | Birthday |
| 1897 | Russian inventor Nikolay Slavyanov died. | Death day |
| 1888 | English consulting engineer Archibald Low was born. | Birthday |
| 1737 | Magnitude 8.5 earthquake in Kamchatka, Russia. This is one of the largest earthquake by magnitude. | Natural Disaster |
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