| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Astronaut from Soviet Union, Valery Rozhdestvensky died. | Death day |
| 2007 | Golfer from United States, Gay Brewer died. | Death day |
| 2005 | Polish physicist Joseph Rotblat died. | Death day |
| 2003 | Chess grandmaster from Hungary, Peter Szekely died. | Death day |
| 2002 | British chemist George Porter died. | Death day |
| 1999 | LAPA Flight 3142 aircraft incident at Palermo, Argentina, killed 65 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1995 | Ukraine's first artificial satellite Sich-1 was launched. | Launch Day |
| 1995 | Chile's first artificial satellite Fasat-Alfa was launched. | Launch Day |
| 1991 | Independence Day of Kyrgyzstan. | National Holiday |
| 1987 | Thai Airways Flight 365 aircraft incident at Phuket, Thailand, killed 83 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1986 | Finnish politician Urho Kekkonen died. | Death day |
| 1986 | Aeroméxico Flight 498 and Private aircraft (N4891F) aircraft incident at Cerritos, California, US, killed 82 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1985 | Australian virologist Frank Macfarlane Burnet died. | Death day |
| 1978 | Indian actor Jayasurya was born. | Birthday |
| 1974 | Chess grandmaster from Turkey, Cemil Aghamaliyev was born. | Birthday |
| 1974 | New Zealand politician Norman Kirk died. | Death day |
| 1973 | American film director John Ford died. | Death day |
| 1972 | Aeroflot Flight 558 aircraft incident at near Spassky, Verkhneuralsky District, Russian SFSR, USSR, killed 101 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1971 | Golfer from Ireland, Padraig Harrington was born. | Birthday |
| 1962 | Independence Day of Trinidad and Tobago. | National Holiday |
| 1957 | Independence Day of Malaysia. | National Holiday |
| 1953 | Astronaut from Russia, Pavel Vinogradov was born. | Birthday |
| 1950 | TWA Flight 903 aircraft incident at Wadi Natrun, Egypt, killed 55 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1949 | American physicist Hugh David Politzer was born. | Birthday |
| 1949 | Golfer from Scotland and United States, Macdonald Smith died. | Death day |
| 1947 | Thai politician Somchai Wongsawat was born. | Birthday |
| 1945 | Astronaut from Soviet Union, Leonid Popov was born. | Birthday |
| 1944 | West Indian cricketer Clive Lloyd was born. | Birthday |
| 1942 | Belarusian-French engineer and inventor Georges Lakhovsky died. | Death day |
| 1928 | American actor James Coburn was born. | Birthday |
| 1910 | Chess grandmaster from Yugoslavia, Petar Trifunović was born. | Birthday |
| 1907 | Filipino politician Ramon Magsaysay was born. | Birthday |
| 1900 | English entrepreneur John Bennet Lawes died. | Death day |
| 1897 | American actor Fredric March was born. | Birthday |
| 1897 | American actor Fredric March was born. | Birthday |
| 1879 | Japan Emperor Taisho was born. | Birthday |
| 1821 | German physician Hermann von Helmholtz was born. | Birthday |
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