| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The closing ceremony of Games of the XXX Olympiad, or 2012 Summer olympics was held in London. | |
| 2009 | American guitarist and inventor Les Paul died. | Death day |
| 2006 | Supercentenarian from France, Camille Loiseau died at the age of 114 years, 180 days. | Death day |
| 2004 | English electrical engineer Godfrey Hounsfield died. | Death day |
| 2000 | American actress Loretta Young died. | Death day |
| 1995 | Taiwanese badminton player Lee Yang was born. | Birthday |
| 1989 | American physicist William Shockley died. | Death day |
| 1989 | Chess grandmaster from India, Vishnu Prasanna V. was born. | Birthday |
| 1985 | Japan Airlines Flight 123 aircraft incident at Ueno, Japan, killed 520 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1984 | The closing ceremony of Games of the XXIII Olympiad, or 1984 Summer olympics was held in Los Angeles. | |
| 1982 | American actor Henry Fonda died. | Death day |
| 1979 | German-born British biochemist Ernst Boris Chain died. | Death day |
| 1977 | Croatia tennis player Iva Majoli was born. | Birthday |
| 1975 | American actor Casey Affleck was born. | Birthday |
| 1973 | Swiss physiologist Walter Rudolf Hess died. | Death day |
| 1973 | German chemist Karl Ziegler died. | Death day |
| 1973 | Chess grandmaster from Spain, José González García was born. | Birthday |
| 1972 | Chess grandmaster from Netherlands, Dimitri Reinderman was born. | Birthday |
| 1971 | American tennis player Pete Sampras was born. | Birthday |
| 1971 | American tennis player Stan Smith won his first title in 1971 US Open. | Achievement |
| 1968 | Chess grandmaster from Kazakhstan, Alibek Ibragimov was born. | Birthday |
| 1959 | Chess grandmaster from India, Praveen Thipsay was born. | Birthday |
| 1955 | German novelist Thomas Mann died. | Death day |
| 1955 | American chemist James B. Sumner died. | Death day |
| 1954 | French politician Francois Hollande was born. | Birthday |
| 1951 | Astronaut from United States, Charles Brady was born. | Birthday |
| 1949 | Brazilian politician Fernando Collor was born. | Birthday |
| 1939 | Mexican politician Eulalio Gutierrez died. | Death day |
| 1928 | The closing ceremony of Games of the IX Olympiad, or 1928 Summer olympics was held in Amsterdam. | |
| 1927 | Hollywood film Wings was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
| 1924 | Pakistani politician Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq was born. | Birthday |
| 1915 | Croatian inventor Marcel Kiepach died. | Death day |
| 1913 | Chess grandmaster from Soviet Union, Alexander Kotov was born. | Birthday |
| 1887 | Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger was born. | Birthday |
| 1866 | Spanish dramatist Jacinto Benavente was born. | Birthday |
| 1848 | English civil engineer George Stephenson died. | Death day |
| 1689 | Pope Innocent XI died. | Death day |
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