| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Supercentenarian from United Kingdom, Ethel Lang died at the age of 114 years, 233 days. | Death day |
| 2010 | American biochemist Marshall Warren Nirenberg died. | Death day |
| 1998 | Indian politician Gulzarilal Nanda died. | Death day |
| 1997 | Chess grandmaster from Armenia, Tigran Harutyunian was born. | Birthday |
| 1988 | Irish politician Sean MacBride died. | Death day |
| 1984 | Chess grandmaster from Netherlands, Jan Werle was born. | Birthday |
| 1981 | Senegalese footballer El Hadji Diouf was born. | Birthday |
| 1975 | French tennis player Mary Pierce was born. | Birthday |
| 1971 | American actress Regina King was born. | Birthday |
| 1969 | Astronaut from Russia, Anatoli Ivanishin was born. | Birthday |
| 1966 | Avianca Flight 4 aircraft incident at Cartagena Bay, off Cartagena, Colombia, killed 56 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1963 | Chess grandmaster from United States, Aleksander Wojtkiewicz was born. | Birthday |
| 1950 | French footballer Marius Trésor was born. | Birthday |
| 1947 | American chemist Martin Chalfie was born. | Birthday |
| 1930 | American basketball player Joe Graboski was born. | Birthday |
| 1929 | American Baptist minister and activist Martin Luther King, Jr. was born. | Birthday |
| 1918 | Brazilian politician Joao Figueiredo was born. | Birthday |
| 1912 | French politician Michel Debre was born. | Birthday |
| 1908 | Hungarian-American physicist Edward Teller was born. | Birthday |
| 1895 | Finnish chemist Artturi Ilmari Virtanen was born. | Birthday |
| 1866 | Swedish clergyman Nathan Soderblom was born. | Birthday |
| 1840 | Swiss engineer and inventor Eduard Locher was born. | Birthday |
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