| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Japanese engineer and inventor Jun-Ichi Nishizawa died. | Death day |
| 2016 | Rockabye, one of the most popular youtube videos was uploaded. | Release Date |
| 2014 | Australian politician Gough Whitlam died. | Death day |
| 2000 | United Arab Emirates's first artificial satellite Thuraya 1 was launched. | Launch Day |
| 1997 | Chess grandmaster from Vietnam, Tran Tuan Minh was born. | Birthday |
| 1990 | Chess grandmaster from France, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave was born. | Birthday |
| 1990 | Chess grandmaster from Italy, Danyyil Dvirnyy was born. | Birthday |
| 1989 | Tan-Sahsa Flight 414 aircraft incident at Tegucigalpa, Honduras, killed 131 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1983 | Chess grandmaster from Ukraine, Alexander Kovchan was born. | Birthday |
| 1982 | Malaysian badminton player Lee Chong Wei was born. | Birthday |
| 1976 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Petr Tishin was born. | Birthday |
| 1974 | Chess grandmaster from Mongolia, Dashzegve Sharavdorj was born. | Birthday |
| 1971 | Australian cricketer Damien Martyn was born. | Birthday |
| 1966 | Astronaut from United States, Douglas Hurley was born. | Birthday |
| 1964 | Hollywood film My Fair Lady was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
| 1958 | Soviet-born Dutch-British physicist Andre Geim was born. | Birthday |
| 1958 | Soviet and Dutch-British physicist Andrey Geim was born. | Birthday |
| 1957 | German physicist Wolfgang Ketterle was born. | Birthday |
| 1955 | American businessman Mark Parker was born. | Birthday |
| 1950 | Astronaut from United States, Ronald McNair was born. | Birthday |
| 1949 | Israeli politician Benjamin Netanyahu was born. | Birthday |
| 1944 | French chemist Jean-Pierre Sauvage was born. | Birthday |
| 1942 | American economist Christopher A. Sims was born. | Birthday |
| 1940 | English cricketer Geoffrey Boycott was born. | Birthday |
| 1926 | Golfer from United States, Bob Rosburg was born. | Birthday |
| 1919 | Bulgarian American inventor Peter Petroff was born. | Birthday |
| 1914 | American inventor Samuel W. Alderson was born. | Birthday |
| 1896 | South african civil engineer James Henry Greathead died. | Death day |
| 1866 | American pathologist Aldred Scott Warthin was born. | Birthday |
| 1833 | Swedish businessman and chemist Alfred Nobel was born. | Birthday |
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