| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Austrian-born Swiss actor Maximilian Schell died. | Death day |
| 2012 | Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska died. | Death day |
| 2012 | Port Said Stadium disaster in Egypt killed 79 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 2003 | Space Shuttle Columbia disaster over Texas/Louisiana, U.S., killed 7. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 2003 | Astronaut from United States, Kalpana Chawla died. | Death day |
| 2003 | Astronaut from United States, Michael Anderson died. | Death day |
| 2003 | Astronaut from United States, Rick Husband died. | Death day |
| 2003 | Astronaut from United States, David Brown died. | Death day |
| 2003 | Astronaut from United States, Laurel Clark died. | Death day |
| 2003 | Astronaut from United States, William McCool died. | Death day |
| 2003 | Astronaut from Israel, Ilan Ramon died. | Death day |
| 1998 | Czech tennis player Petr Korda won his first title in 1998 Australian Open. | Achievement |
| 1989 | Chess grandmaster from China, Xiu Deshun was born. | Birthday |
| 1986 | Swedish sociologist and politician Alva Myrdal died. | Death day |
| 1981 | South African cricketer Graeme Smith was born. | Birthday |
| 1979 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Aleksandr Galkin was born. | Birthday |
| 1976 | American physician George Whipple died. | Death day |
| 1976 | German physicist Werner Heisenberg died. | Death day |
| 1976 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Vasily Yemelin was born. | Birthday |
| 1975 | Chess grandmaster from Germany, Michael Feygin was born. | Birthday |
| 1974 | 188 people died in Joelma Building fire at Sao Paulo, Brazil. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1972 | Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee was born. | Birthday |
| 1971 | Chess grandmaster from Germany, Robert Rabiega was born. | Birthday |
| 1971 | Chess grandmaster from United States, Alex Sherzer was born. | Birthday |
| 1969 | Argentine footballer Gabriel Batistuta was born. | Birthday |
| 1968 | Golfer from United States, Lawson Little died. | Death day |
| 1966 | American footballer Michelle Akers was born. | Birthday |
| 1964 | British engineer William Howard Livens died. | Death day |
| 1963 | Middle East Airlines Flight 265 and Turkish Air Force (CBK-28) aircraft incident at Ankara, Turkey, killed 104 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1961 | Astronaut from United States, Daniel Tani was born. | Birthday |
| 1958 | American physicist Clinton Davisson died. | Death day |
| 1958 | United States's first artificial satellite Explorer 1 was launched. | Launch Day |
| 1957 | Indian actor Jackie Shroff was born. | Birthday |
| 1956 | American inventor Joy Mangano was born. | Birthday |
| 1952 | Chinese-American chemist Roger Y. Tsien was born. | Birthday |
| 1938 | Magnitude 8.5 earthquake in Banda Sea, Indonesia. This is one of the largest earthquake by magnitude. | Natural Disaster |
| 1935 | Astronaut from Soviet Union, Vladimir Aksyonov was born. | Birthday |
| 1922 | Japanese politician Yamagata Aritomo died. | Death day |
| 1914 | American biophysicist Norman Holter was born. | Birthday |
| 1907 | French industrialist Leon Serpollet died. | Death day |
| 1905 | Italian-American physicist Emilio G. Segrè was born. | Birthday |
| 1901 | American actor Clark Gable was born. | Birthday |
| 1899 | Golfer from United States, Al Watrous was born. | Birthday |
| 1894 | American film director John Ford was born. | Birthday |
| 1891 | Italian aeronautical engineer Corradino D'Ascanio was born. | Birthday |
| 1882 | Canadian politician Louis St. Laurent was born. | Birthday |
| 1691 | Pope Alexander VIII died. | Death day |
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