| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | British economist Ronald Coase died. | Death day |
| 1998 | Swissair Flight 111 aircraft incident at Atlantic Ocean, off Peggys Cove, N.S., Canada, killed 229 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1997 | Chess grandmaster from India, Shardul Gagare was born. | Birthday |
| 1992 | American scientist Barbara McClintock died. | Death day |
| 1991 | Mexican diplomat and politician Alfonso Garcia Robles died. | Death day |
| 1987 | Chess grandmaster from Hungary, Viktor Erdős was born. | Birthday |
| 1975 | Chess grandmaster from Georgia, Alexandre Qashashvili was born. | Birthday |
| 1971 | Norwegian skier Kjetil Andre Aamodt was born. | Birthday |
| 1964 | Portuguese politician Francisco Craveiro Lopes died. | Death day |
| 1964 | Aeroflot Flight 721 aircraft incident at near Yuzhno Sakhalinsk, Russian SFSR, USSR, killed 87 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1961 | Colombian footballer Carlos Valderrama was born. | Birthday |
| 1959 | Astronaut from Canada, Guy Laliberté was born. | Birthday |
| 1956 | 125 people died in Railway bridge collapse. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1953 | Astronaut from Germany, Gerhard Thiele was born. | Birthday |
| 1952 | American tennis player Jimmy Connors was born. | Birthday |
| 1945 | Independence Day of Vietnam. | National Holiday |
| 1944 | Astronaut from Switzerland, Claude Nicollier was born. | Birthday |
| 1929 | British-Dutch transnational consumer goods company Unilever was founded. | Foundation day |
| 1922 | American physicist Arthur Ashkin was born. | Birthday |
| 1908 | Soviet engineer Valentyn Glushko was born. | Birthday |
| 1896 | Bulgarian inventor and engineer Assen Jordanoff was born. | Birthday |
| 1884 | German physician and chemist Robert Feulgen was born. | Birthday |
| 1877 | English chemist Frederick Soddy was born. | Birthday |
| 1853 | German chemist Wilhelm Ostwald was born. | Birthday |
| 1812 | New Zealand politician William Fox was born. | Birthday |
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