| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Italian-American physicist Riccardo Giacconi died. | Death day |
| 2012 | American inventor Norman Joseph Woodland died. | Death day |
| 2011 | 89 people died in AMRI hospital fire at Kolkata, West Bengal, India. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 2008 | Astronaut from Soviet Union, Yury Glazkov died. | Death day |
| 2008 | American inventor James Fergason died. | Death day |
| 1997 | Supercentenarian from United Kingdom, Lucy Jane Askew died at the age of 114 years, 92 days. | Death day |
| 1991 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Ivan Rozum was born. | Birthday |
| 1987 | Chess grandmaster from United States, Hikaru Nakamura was born. | Birthday |
| 1985 | Swedish tennis player Stefan Edberg won his first title in 1985 Australian Open. | Achievement |
| 1985 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Ernesto Inarkiev was born. | Birthday |
| 1983 | Chess grandmaster from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dalibor Stojanovic was born. | Birthday |
| 1983 | Chess grandmaster from Hungary, János Flesch died. | Death day |
| 1982 | Fuerza Aérea Sandinista (265) aircraft incident at near San Andres de Bocay, Nicaragua, killed 84 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1978 | Argentine tennis player Gaston Gaudio was born. | Birthday |
| 1971 | American political scientist Ralph Bunche died. | Death day |
| 1970 | Pakistani politician Feroze Khan Noon died. | Death day |
| 1970 | Soviet Armenian aircraft designer Artem Mikoyan died. | Death day |
| 1969 | American television personality Lori Greiner was born. | Birthday |
| 1968 | Chess grandmaster from Serbia, Dejan Antic was born. | Birthday |
| 1961 | Independence Day of Tanzania. | National Holiday |
| 1960 | Australian cricketer David Boon was born. | Birthday |
| 1960 | American pizza restaurant chain Domino's Pizza was founded. | Foundation day |
| 1956 | Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810 aircraft incident at Slesse Mountain, B.C., Canada, killed 62 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1953 | Chess grandmaster from Cuba, Guillermo García González was born. | Birthday |
| 1949 | Golfer from United States, Tom Kite was born. | Birthday |
| 1937 | Swedish physicist Gustaf Dalen died. | Death day |
| 1936 | Spanish civil engineer and pilot Juan de la Cierva died. | Death day |
| 1934 | English actress Judi Dench was born. | Birthday |
| 1929 | Australian politician Bob Hawke was born. | Birthday |
| 1926 | American physicist Henry Way Kendall was born. | Birthday |
| 1920 | Italian politician Carlo Azeglio Ciampi was born. | Birthday |
| 1919 | American chemist William Lipscomb was born. | Birthday |
| 1917 | American physicist James Rainwater was born. | Birthday |
| 1911 | American actor Broderick Crawford was born. | Birthday |
| 1906 | American computer scientist Grace Murray Hopper was born. | Birthday |
| 1886 | American inventor Clarence Birdseye was born. | Birthday |
| 1870 | Mexican politician Francisco S. Carvajal was born. | Birthday |
| 1868 | German chemist Fritz Haber was born. | Birthday |
| 1868 | German chemist Fritz Haber was born. | Birthday |
| 1779 | American inventor Tabitha Babbit was born. | Birthday |
| 1669 | Pope Clement IX died. | Death day |
| 1565 | Pope Pius IV died. | Death day |
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