| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Sumo wrestler Dewanojo was born. | Birthday |
| 1992 | Russian Air Force aircraft incident at near Lata, Georgia, killed 61 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1989 | Russian physicist and activist Andrei Sakharov died. | Death day |
| 1989 | Russian nuclear physicist Andrei Sakharov died. | Death day |
| 1984 | Spanish poet Vicente Aleixandre died. | Death day |
| 1982 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Kirill Bryzgalin was born. | Birthday |
| 1980 | American inventor Richard Drew died. | Death day |
| 1979 | English footballer Michael Owen was born. | Birthday |
| 1976 | Danish badminton player Peter Gade was born. | Birthday |
| 1975 | Chess grandmaster from Philippines, Richard Bitoon was born. | Birthday |
| 1974 | Hollywood film The Towering Inferno was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
| 1971 | Chess grandmaster from Moldova, Victor Bologan was born. | Birthday |
| 1971 | Hollywood film Diamonds Are Forever was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
| 1963 | American business executive Robert Bakish was born. | Birthday |
| 1962 | Panair do Brasil (PP-PDE) aircraft incident at area of Manaus, Brazil, killed 50 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1960 | Astronaut from United States, Catherine Coleman was born. | Birthday |
| 1956 | Finnish politician Juho Kusti Paasikivi died. | Death day |
| 1954 | Astronaut from Canada, Steven MacLean was born. | Birthday |
| 1951 | Chess grandmaster from Netherlands, Jan Timman was born. | Birthday |
| 1947 | Brazilian politician Dilma Rousseff was born. | Birthday |
| 1947 | British politician Stanley Baldwin died. | Death day |
| 1946 | American tennis player Stan Smith was born. | Birthday |
| 1946 | American actress Patty Duke was born. | Birthday |
| 1943 | American nutritionist and inventor John Harvey Kellogg died. | Death day |
| 1936 | Astronaut from United States, Robert Parker was born. | Birthday |
| 1931 | Russian engineer Nikolay Popov was born. | Birthday |
| 1922 | Soviet physicist Nikolay Basov was born. | Birthday |
| 1922 | Soviet physicist and educator Nikolay Basov was born. | Birthday |
| 1918 | Portuguese politician Sidonio Pais died. | Death day |
| 1914 | German politician Karl Carstens was born. | Birthday |
| 1909 | American geneticist Edward Lawrie Tatum was born. | Birthday |
| 1902 | Golfer from United States, Billy Burke was born. | Birthday |
| 1895 | King of the United Kingdom, George VI was born. | Birthday |
| 1870 | Dutch politician Dirk Jan de Geer was born. | Birthday |
| 1860 | British politician George Hamilton-Gordon died. | Death day |
| 1844 | Mexican politician Melchor Muzquiz died. | Death day |
| 1799 | American politician George Washington died. | Death Day |
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