| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka was born. | Birthday |
| 1992 | American actress Shirley Booth died. | Death day |
| 1989 | Chess grandmaster from India, Abhijeet Gupta was born. | Birthday |
| 1983 | Chess grandmaster from Bulgaria, Krasimir Rusev was born. | Birthday |
| 1982 | Indian actor Prithviraj Sukumaran was born. | Birthday |
| 1978 | Papacy of Pope John Paul II began. | Papacy began |
| 1977 | American singer and songwriter John Mayer was born. | Birthday |
| 1975 | South African cricketer Jacques Kallis was born. | Birthday |
| 1975 | Chess grandmaster from Croatia, Blazimir Kovacevic was born. | Birthday |
| 1968 | Chess grandmaster from Scotland, John Shaw was born. | Birthday |
| 1959 | American soldier and statesman George Marshall died. | Death day |
| 1958 | American actor Tim Robbins was born. | Birthday |
| 1956 | Astronaut from United States, James Newman was born. | Birthday |
| 1953 | Brazilian footballer Falcão was born. | Birthday |
| 1951 | Pakistani politician Liaquat Ali Khan died. | Death day |
| 1927 | German novelist and poet Gunter Grass was born. | Birthday |
| 1908 | Japanese inventor Ryoichi Yazu died. | Death day |
| 1888 | American playwright Eugene O'Neill was born. | Birthday |
| 1886 | Israeli politician David Ben-Gurion was born. | Birthday |
| 1873 | Norwegian sports shooter Einar Liberg was born. | Birthday |
| 1863 | British statesman Austen Chamberlain was born. | Birthday |
| 1841 | Japanese politician Ito Hirobumi was born. | Birthday |
| 1840 | Japanese politician Kuroda Kiyotaka was born. | Birthday |
| 1799 | Japanese engineer and inventor Tanaka Hisashige was born. | Birthday |
| 1591 | Pope Gregory XIV died. | Death day |
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