| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | American music composer Marvin Hamlisch died. | Death day |
| 2011 | Filipina pediatrician Fe del Mundo died. | Death day |
| 2000 | Chess grandmaster from Argentina, Raúl Sanguineti died. | Death day |
| 1997 | Korean Air Flight 801 aircraft incident at Asan, Guam, U.S., killed 228 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1994 | Italian singer and songwriter Domenico Modugno died. | Death day |
| 1988 | Astronaut from Soviet Union, Anatoly Levchenko died. | Death day |
| 1987 | Malaysian badminton player Liew Daren was born. | Birthday |
| 1984 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Vladimir Belov was born. | Birthday |
| 1983 | Chess grandmaster from Lithuania, Viktorija Čmilytė was born. | Birthday |
| 1981 | Italian aeronautical engineer Corradino D'Ascanio died. | Death day |
| 1979 | German biochemist Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen died. | Death day |
| 1978 | Pope Paul VI died. | Death day |
| 1966 | Golfer from United States, Billy Mayfair was born. | Birthday |
| 1965 | Sumo wrestler Kushimaumi was born. | Birthday |
| 1964 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Stanislav Voitsekhovsky was born. | Birthday |
| 1962 | Independence Day of Jamaica. | National Holiday |
| 1962 | Astronaut from United States, Gregory Chamitoff was born. | Birthday |
| 1950 | Astronaut from United States, Winston Scott was born. | Birthday |
| 1948 | Golfer from England, Cyril Walker died. | Death day |
| 1943 | Chess grandmaster from Germany, Helmut Pfleger was born. | Birthday |
| 1938 | Golfer from United States, Bert Yancey was born. | Birthday |
| 1933 | Thai politician Suchinda Kraprayoon was born. | Birthday |
| 1922 | Golfer from United States, Doug Ford was born. | Birthday |
| 1906 | New Zealand politician George Waterhouse died. | Death day |
| 1881 | Scottish biologist and physician Alexander Fleming was born. | Birthday |
| 1881 | Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming was born. | Birthday |
| 1876 | American electrical engineer and inventor Miller Reese Hutchison was born. | Birthday |
| 1844 | South african civil engineer James Henry Greathead was born. | Birthday |
| 1825 | Independence Day of Bolivia. | National Holiday |
| 1804 | Dutch politician Justinus van der Brugghen was born. | Birthday |
| 1623 | Papacy of Pope Urban VIII began. | Papacy began |
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