| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | The opening ceremony of XXV Olympic Winter Games, or 2018 Winter olympics was held in Pyeongchang. | |
| 2010 | American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison died. | Death day |
| 2001 | American economist Herbert A. Simon died. | Death day |
| 1994 | US geneticist and virologist Howard Martin Temin died. | Death day |
| 1993 | Chess grandmaster from India, Parimarjan Negi was born. | Birthday |
| 1993 | Chess grandmaster from Norway, Benjamin Arvola Notkevich was born. | Birthday |
| 1990 | Chess grandmaster from Brazil, André Diamant was born. | Birthday |
| 1990 | Chess grandmaster from Georgia, Giorgi Margvelashvili was born. | Birthday |
| 1987 | Chess grandmaster from Ukraine, Konstantin Tarlev was born. | Birthday |
| 1980 | Russian Soviet shipbuilder Rostislav Alexeyev died. | Death day |
| 1979 | Hungarian-British physicist Dennis Gabor died. | Death day |
| 1979 | Hungarian-British electrical engineer Dennis Gabor died. | Death day |
| 1974 | Indonesian badminton player Flandy Limpele was born. | Birthday |
| 1970 | Australian cricketer Glenn McGrath was born. | Birthday |
| 1970 | Chess grandmaster from Spain, Pablo San Segundo Carrillo was born. | Birthday |
| 1964 | The closing ceremony of IX Olympic Winter Games, or 1964 Winter olympics was held in Innsbruck. | |
| 1961 | Chess grandmaster from Soviet Union, Grigory Levenfish died. | Death day |
| 1961 | Brazilian politician Carlos da Luz died. | Death day |
| 1960 | Astronaut from United States, Peggy Whitson was born. | Birthday |
| 1958 | Golfer from Scotland, Sandy Lyle was born. | Birthday |
| 1954 | Astronaut from Germany, Ulrich Walter was born. | Birthday |
| 1947 | Chess grandmaster from United States, Boris Gulko was born. | Birthday |
| 1945 | Japanese cell biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi was born. | Birthday |
| 1945 | Chess grandmaster from Bulgaria, Nino Kirov was born. | Birthday |
| 1943 | American economist Joseph Stiglitz was born. | Birthday |
| 1943 | American actor Joe Pesci was born. | Birthday |
| 1942 | Finnish politician Lauri Kristian Relander died. | Death day |
| 1942 | American singer and songwriter Carole King was born. | Birthday |
| 1940 | South African-born novelist J. M. Coetzee was born. | Birthday |
| 1939 | American songwriter Barry Mann was born. | Birthday |
| 1938 | Italian engineer and architect Arturo Caprotti died. | Death day |
| 1931 | Czech footballer Josef Masopust was born. | Birthday |
| 1910 | French biochemist Jacques Monod was born. | Birthday |
| 1910 | Chess grandmaster from Finland, Eero Böök was born. | Birthday |
| 1891 | English born actor Ronald Colman was born. | Birthday |
| 1856 | Japanese politician Hara Takashi was born. | Birthday |
| 1773 | American politician William H. Harrison was born. | Birthday |
| 1621 | Papacy of Pope Gregory XV began. | Papacy began |
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