| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Filipino politician Corazon Aquino died. | Death day |
| 2007 | 100 people died in Benaleka train crash. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 2004 | 396 people died in Paraguay supermarket fire at Asunción, Paraguay. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1996 | Polish-Swiss chemist Tadeus Reichstein died. | Death day |
| 1994 | Japanese badminton player Sayaka Hirota was born. | Birthday |
| 1988 | Chess grandmaster from United States, Mackenzie Molner was born. | Birthday |
| 1987 | Chess grandmaster from Egypt, Samy Shoker was born. | Birthday |
| 1976 | The closing ceremony of Games of the XXI Olympiad, or 1976 Summer olympics was held in Montreal. | |
| 1976 | Chess grandmaster from Germany, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu was born. | Birthday |
| 1973 | German politician Walter Ulbricht died. | Death day |
| 1972 | Chess grandmaster from Switzerland, Vadim Milov was born. | Birthday |
| 1970 | German physiologist Otto Heinrich Warburg died. | Death day |
| 1969 | English cricketer Graham Thorpe was born. | Birthday |
| 1967 | Austrian-German chemist Richard Kuhn died. | Death day |
| 1965 | English film director Sam Mendes was born. | Birthday |
| 1963 | Astronaut from Japan, Koichi Wakata was born. | Birthday |
| 1962 | 44 people died in Chau Street tenement house fire at New Kowloon, Hong Kong. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1961 | Golfer from United States, Brad Faxon was born. | Birthday |
| 1960 | National Day of Benin. | National Holiday |
| 1948 | Air France (F-BDRC) aircraft incident at Atlantic Ocean, killed 52 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1946 | Astronaut from United States, Richard Covey was born. | Birthday |
| 1945 | American physicist Douglas Osheroff was born. | Birthday |
| 1944 | Filipino politician Manuel L. Quezon died. | Death day |
| 1944 | Astronaut from Soviet Union, Yury Romanenko was born. | Birthday |
| 1936 | The opening ceremony of Games of the XI Olympiad, or 1936 Summer olympics was held in Berlin. | |
| 1914 | Golfer from United States, Lloyd Mangrum was born. | Birthday |
| 1896 | Welsh physical scientist William Robert Grove died. | Death day |
| 1885 | chemist George de Hevesy was born. | Birthday |
| 1877 | Supercentenarian from United Kingdom, Charlotte Hughes was born. She died at the age of 115 years, 228 days. | Birthday |
| 1863 | French politician Gaston Doumergue was born. | Birthday |
| 1291 | Swiss National Day | National Holiday |
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