| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Indian film Happy New Year was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies in India. | Release Date |
| 2003 | Finnish skier Veikko Hakulinen died. | Death day |
| 2002 | Chinese film Hero was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing non-English movies in the world. | Release Date |
| 1994 | Chess grandmaster from India, Vidit Santosh Gujrathi was born. | Birthday |
| 1992 | Chess grandmaster from China, Ding Liren was born. | Birthday |
| 1991 | Thai badminton player Porntip Buranaprasertsuk was born. | Birthday |
| 1985 | Hungarian-Argentine inventor Laszlo Biro died. | Death day |
| 1982 | Chinese badminton player Chien Yu-chin was born. | Birthday |
| 1978 | Czechoslovakia's first artificial satellite Magion 1 was launched. | Launch Day |
| 1969 | American singer and songwriter Jesse Harris was born. | Birthday |
| 1969 | Hollywood film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
| 1966 | Astronaut from China, Jing Haipeng was born. | Birthday |
| 1964 | The closing ceremony of Games of the XVIII Olympiad, or 1964 Summer olympics was held in Tokyo. | |
| 1964 | Independence Day of Zambia. | National Holiday |
| 1961 | Astronaut from United States, Susan Kilrain was born. | Birthday |
| 1959 | Chess grandmaster from Finland, Jouni Yrjola was born. | Birthday |
| 1956 | Chess grandmaster from Croatia, Zlatko Klarić was born. | Birthday |
| 1955 | German physician and chemist Robert Feulgen died. | Death day |
| 1954 | Australian politician Malcolm Turnbull was born. | Birthday |
| 1947 | American actor Kevin Kline was born. | Birthday |
| 1947 | United Airlines Flight 608 aircraft incident at Bryce Canyon, Utah, US, killed 52 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1941 | American biomedical researcher William H. Dobelle was born. | Birthday |
| 1939 | American actor F. Murray Abraham was born. | Birthday |
| 1932 | Canadian economist Robert Mundell was born. | Birthday |
| 1932 | French physicist Pierre-Gilles de Gennes was born. | Birthday |
| 1902 | Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala killed around 6000 people. This is one of the deadliest volcanic eruptions. | Natural Disaster |
| 1890 | Supercentenarian from Portugal, Maria do Couto Maia was born. She died at the age of 114 years, 274 days. | Birthday |
| 1817 | French chemist and inventor Hippolyte Mege-Mouries was born. | Birthday |
| 1635 | German professor Wilhelm Schickard died. | Death day |
| 1632 | Dutch businessman and scientist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek was born. | Birthday |
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