| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Nepal's first artificial satellite NepaliSat-1 was launched. | Launch Day |
| 2019 | Sri Lanka's first artificial satellite Raavana 1 was launched. | Launch Day |
| 2014 | Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez died. | Death day |
| 2007 | Colombia's first artificial satellite Libertad-1 was launched. | Launch Day |
| 1997 | Israeli politician Chaim Herzog died. | Death day |
| 1994 | American neuropsychologist Roger Wolcott Sperry died. | Death day |
| 1993 | Turkish politician Turgut Ozal died. | Death day |
| 1992 | Chess grandmaster from Brazil, Yago Santiago was born. | Birthday |
| 1980 | Chess grandmaster from Poland, Pawel Blehm was born. | Birthday |
| 1980 | South Korean badminton player Lee Hyun il was born. | Birthday |
| 1976 | Danish physiologist Henrik Dam died. | Death day |
| 1975 | Indian politician Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan died. | Death day |
| 1972 | Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan was born. | Birthday |
| 1969 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Alexander Obukhov was born. | Birthday |
| 1968 | Chess grandmaster from Indonesia, Ruben Gunawan was born. | Birthday |
| 1966 | Chess grandmaster from Poland, Robert Kuczyński was born. | Birthday |
| 1966 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Sergei Shipov was born. | Birthday |
| 1966 | Indian actor Vikram was born. | Birthday |
| 1965 | Chess grandmaster from England, Peter Wells was born. | Birthday |
| 1964 | Chess grandmaster from Israel, Alon Greenfeld was born. | Birthday |
| 1964 | Astronaut from Russia, Andrei Borisenko was born. | Birthday |
| 1948 | Japanese politician Kantaro Suzuki died. | Death day |
| 1946 | German biologist Georges J. F. Kohler was born. | Birthday |
| 1946 | Independence Day of Syria. | National Holiday |
| 1942 | French physicist Jean Baptiste Perrin died. | Death day |
| 1936 | Dutch politician Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck died. | Death day |
| 1918 | American actor William Holden was born. | Birthday |
| 1910 | Chess grandmaster from Lithuania, Vladas Mikėnas was born. | Birthday |
| 1900 | Flag Day of American Samoa. | National Holiday |
| 1892 | Canadian politician Alexander Mackenzie died. | Death day |
| 1843 | American inventor Samuel Morey died. | Death day |
| 1790 | American polymath Benjamin Franklin died. | Death day |
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