| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Portuguese politician Mario Soares died. | Death day |
| 1998 | Croatian-Swiss chemist Vladimir Prelog died. | Death day |
| 1998 | American mathematician Richard Hamming died. | Death day |
| 1995 | Chess grandmaster from England, Harry Golombek died. | Death day |
| 1990 | Chess grandmaster from Finland, Eero Böök died. | Death day |
| 1989 | Emperor of Japan Emperor Showa died. | Death day |
| 1984 | French physicist Alfred Kastler died. | Death day |
| 1984 | Chess grandmaster from England, Luke McShane was born. | Birthday |
| 1983 | Chess grandmaster from Belarus, Vitaly Teterev was born. | Birthday |
| 1983 | Chess grandmaster from Poland, Aleksander Miśta was born. | Birthday |
| 1981 | Chess grandmaster from India, Krishnan Sasikiran was born. | Birthday |
| 1972 | Iberia Airlines Flight 602 aircraft incident at Ibiza, Spain, killed 104 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1967 | Indian actor Irrfan Khan was born. | Birthday |
| 1964 | American actor Nicolas Cage was born. | Birthday |
| 1962 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Sergey Ionov was born. | Birthday |
| 1961 | Chess grandmaster from Cuba, Reynaldo Vera González-Quevedo was born. | Birthday |
| 1951 | Astronaut from Russia, Talgat Musabayev was born. | Birthday |
| 1948 | American singer and songwriter Kenny Loggins was born. | Birthday |
| 1943 | Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla died. | Death day |
| 1941 | British chemist John E. Walker was born. | Birthday |
| 1941 | Astronaut from United States, Frederick Gregory was born. | Birthday |
| 1939 | Chess grandmaster from Bulgaria, Ivan Radulov was born. | Birthday |
| 1938 | Golfer from United States, Lou Graham was born. | Birthday |
| 1935 | Astronaut from Soviet Union, Valeri Kubasov was born. | Birthday |
| 1933 | Soviet and Russian space scientist Vladimir Syromyatnikov was born. | Birthday |
| 1920 | Australian politician Edmund Barton died. | Death day |
| 1916 | Chess grandmaster from Soviet Union, Paul Keres was born. | Birthday |
| 1882 | Polish pharmacist and engineer Ignacy Lukasiewicz died. | Death day |
| 1827 | Scottish Canadian engineer Sandford Fleming was born. | Birthday |
| 1800 | American politician Millard Fillmore was born. | Birthday |
| 1797 | Mexican politician Mariano Paredes was born. | Birthday |
| 1655 | Pope Innocent X died. | Death day |
| 1566 | Papacy of Pope Pius V began. | Papacy began |
| 1502 | Pope Gregory XIII was born. | Birthday |
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