| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Supercentenarian from France, Marie-Simone Capony died at the age of 113 years, 185 days. | Death day |
| 2000 | The opening ceremony of Games of the XXVII Olympiad, or 2000 Summer olympics was held in Sydney. | |
| 1998 | American inventor and computer pioneer Reynold B. Johnson died. | Death day |
| 1990 | Chess grandmaster from Czech Republic, Peter Michalik was born. | Birthday |
| 1977 | American basketball player Jason Terry was born. | Birthday |
| 1974 | Air Vietnam Flight 706 hijacking aircraft incident at near Phan Rang, Vietnam, killed 75 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1951 | Dutch footballer Johan Neeskens was born. | Birthday |
| 1946 | American actor Tommy Lee Jones was born. | Birthday |
| 1946 | American film director Oliver Stone was born. | Birthday |
| 1942 | Zimbabwean politician Emmerson Mnangagwa was born. | Birthday |
| 1941 | Astronaut from Poland, Mirosław Hermaszewski was born. | Birthday |
| 1937 | American economist Robert Lucas, Jr. was born. | Birthday |
| 1936 | Greek politician Alexandros Zaimis died. | Death day |
| 1929 | American physicist Murray Gell-Mann was born. | Birthday |
| 1926 | German philosopher Rudolf Christoph Eucken died. | Death day |
| 1897 | Pakistani politician Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar was born. | Birthday |
| 1883 | Belgian physicist Joseph Plateau died. | Death day |
| 1879 | Australian politician Joseph Lyons was born. | Birthday |
| 1857 | American politician William H. Taft was born. | Birthday |
| 1830 | Mexican politician Porfirio Diaz was born. | Birthday |
| 1821 | Independence Day of Costa Rica. | National Holiday |
| 1821 | Independence Day of El Salvador. | National Holiday |
| 1821 | Independence Day of Guatemala. | National Holiday |
| 1821 | Independence Day of Honduras. | National Holiday |
| 1821 | Independence Day of Nicaragua. | National Holiday |
| 1644 | Papacy of Pope Innocent X began. | Papacy began |
| 1590 | Papacy of Pope Urban VII began. | Papacy began |
| 197 | New Zealand cricketer Nathan Astle was born. | Birthday |
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