| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Vitaly Tseshkovsky died. | Death day |
| 2008 | British playwright and film director Harold Pinter died. | Death day |
| 2003 | Golfer from United States, Herman Keiser died. | Death day |
| 1999 | French politician Maurice de Murville died. | Death day |
| 1999 | Brazilian politician Joao Figueiredo died. | Death day |
| 1991 | Chess grandmaster from Colombia, David Arenas was born. | Birthday |
| 1989 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Egor Krivoborodov was born. | Birthday |
| 1987 | Dutch politician Joop den Uyl died. | Death day |
| 1987 | Indian actor M. G. Ramachandran died. | Death day |
| 1983 | Chess grandmaster from United States, Irina Krush was born. | Birthday |
| 1977 | Chess grandmaster from Czech Republic, Tomas Oral was born. | Birthday |
| 1971 | LANSA Flight 508 aircraft incident at Puerto Inca, Peru, killed 91 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1969 | Astronaut from Russia, Oleg Skripochka was born. | Birthday |
| 1966 | Flying Tiger Line (N228SW) aircraft incident at Da Nang, Vietnam, killed 111 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1956 | American entrepreneur Steve Kirsch was born. | Birthday |
| 1955 | Chess grandmaster from Poland, Adam Kuligowski was born. | Birthday |
| 1953 | 151 people died in Tangiwai train disaster. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1953 | 103 people died in Šakvice train disaster. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1951 | Independence Day of Libya. | National Holiday |
| 1943 | Finnish politician Tarja Halonen was born. | Birthday |
| 1932 | English cricketer Colin Cowdrey was born. | Birthday |
| 1927 | Russian neurologist Vladimir Bekhterev died. | Death day |
| 1924 | 36 people died in Babbs Switch fire at Babbs, Oklahoma, United States. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1919 | American inventor Theophilus Van Kannel died. | Death day |
| 1909 | Dutch politician Nicolaas Pierson died. | Death day |
| 1904 | Soviet architect Alexey Dushkin was born. | Birthday |
| 1891 | Supercentenarian from Italy, Virginia Dighero was born. She died at the age of 114 years, 4 days. | Birthday |
| 1886 | Hungarian-born American film director Michael Curtiz was born. | Birthday |
| 1884 | German physicist Philipp von Jolly died. | Death day |
| 1867 | Mexican politician Jose Mariano Salas died. | Death day |
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