| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Chess grandmaster from Indonesia, Haji Ardiansyah died. | Death day |
| 2005 | American chemist Richard Smalley died. | Death day |
| 1998 | English engineer Tommy Flowers died. | Death day |
| 1995 | 289 people died in Baku Metro fire. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1995 | 289 people died in Baku Metro fire at Baku, Azerbaijan. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1991 | Chess grandmaster from Hungary, Imre Balog was born. | Birthday |
| 1987 | Chess grandmaster from Ukraine, Igor Smirnov was born. | Birthday |
| 1985 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Alexander Evdokimov was born. | Birthday |
| 1981 | Chess grandmaster from Cuba, Omar Almeida Quintana was born. | Birthday |
| 1977 | Badminton player from Denmark, Jonas Rasmussen was born. | Birthday |
| 1975 | Chess grandmaster from Colombia, Jaime Alexander Cuartas was born. | Birthday |
| 1970 | Chess grandmaster from Sweden, Tiger Hillarp Persson was born. | Birthday |
| 1967 | American actress Julia Roberts was born. | Birthday |
| 1958 | Papacy of Pope John XXIII began. | Papacy began |
| 1956 | Iranian politician Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was born. | Birthday |
| 1952 | Australian politician Billy Hughes died. | Death day |
| 1939 | American actress Alice Brady died. | Death day |
| 1937 | American inventor Ted Hoff was born. | Birthday |
| 1918 | Czech Independendence Day. | National Holiday |
| 1915 | 21 people died in St. Johns School Fire at Peabody, Massachusetts, United States. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1914 | British chemist Richard Laurence Millington Synge was born. | Birthday |
| 1914 | American medical researcher Jonas Edward Salk was born. | Birthday |
| 1900 | The closing ceremony of Games of the II Olympiad, or 1900 Summer olympics was held in Paris. | |
| 1898 | Bulgarian politician Dimitar Ganev was born. | Birthday |
| 1883 | Supercentenarian from Spain, Carmen Figueiró-Freiría was born. She died at the age of 113 years, 209 days. | Birthday |
| 1746 | Magnitude 8.6 earthquake in Lima, Peru. This is one of the largest earthquake by magnitude. | Natural Disaster |
| 1707 | Magnitude 8.7–9.3 earthquake in Pacific Ocean, Shikoku region, Japan. This is one of the largest earthquake by magnitude. | Natural Disaster |
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