| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Supercentenarian from France, Lydie Vellard died at the age of 114 years, 183 days. | Death day |
| 1988 | The opening ceremony of Games of the XXIV Olympiad, or 1988 Summer olympics was held in Seoul. | |
| 1986 | Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin was born. | Birthday |
| 1984 | Chess grandmaster from Armenia, Tigran L Petrosian was born. | Birthday |
| 1984 | Chess grandmaster from Australia, David Smerdon was born. | Birthday |
| 1981 | Chess grandmaster from Paraguay, Neuris Delgado Ramirez was born. | Birthday |
| 1967 | Kayseri Ataturk Stadium disaster in Turkey killed 44 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1962 | Chess grandmaster from China, Xu Jun was born. | Birthday |
| 1962 | Egyptian politician Hesham Qandil was born. | Birthday |
| 1961 | Astronaut from United States, Pamela Melroy was born. | Birthday |
| 1955 | Golfer from United States, Scott Simpson was born. | Birthday |
| 1950 | Indian politician Narendra Modi was born. | Birthday |
| 1943 | Astronaut from United States, Samuel Durrance was born. | Birthday |
| 1931 | American actress Anne Bancroft was born. | Birthday |
| 1930 | Astronaut from United States, Edgar Mitchell was born. | Birthday |
| 1930 | Astronaut from United States, Thomas Stafford was born. | Birthday |
| 1918 | Israeli politician Chaim Herzog was born. | Birthday |
| 1903 | Chess grandmaster from United States, George Koltanowski was born. | Birthday |
| 1869 | Norwegian historian and political scientist Christian Lous Lange was born. | Birthday |
| 1869 | Belarusian-French engineer and inventor Georges Lakhovsky was born. | Birthday |
| 1857 | Russian and Soviet rocket scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky was born. | Birthday |
| 1852 | Mexican politician Francisco Javier Echeverria died. | Death day |
| 1844 | Hungarian inventor Tivadar Puskas was born. | Birthday |
| 1550 | Pope Paul V was born. | Birthday |
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