| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Astronaut from United States, Eugene Cernan died. | Death day |
| 1999 | Chess grandmaster from Iran, Shahin Lorparizangeneh was born. | Birthday |
| 1996 | Supercentenarian from Spain, María Antonia Castro died at the age of 114 years, 220 days. | Death day |
| 1995 | Chess grandmaster from France, Jules Moussard was born. | Birthday |
| 1994 | Chess grandmaster from Latvia, Toms Kantans was born. | Birthday |
| 1991 | Chess grandmaster from Ukraine, Andrei Baryshpolets was born. | Birthday |
| 1989 | Indian actor Prem Nazir died. | Death day |
| 1986 | Danish badminton player Hans-Kristian Vittinghus was born. | Birthday |
| 1982 | Chess grandmaster from Georgia, Valeriane Gaprindashvili was born. | Birthday |
| 1979 | Golfer from United States, Jimmy Walker was born. | Birthday |
| 1973 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Roman Ovetchkin was born. | Birthday |
| 1971 | Spanish tennis player Sergi Bruguera was born. | Birthday |
| 1959 | Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 205 aircraft incident at Atlantic Ocean off Mar del Plata, Argentina, killed 51 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1957 | Chess grandmaster from Denmark, Carsten Høi was born. | Birthday |
| 1955 | Astronaut from United States, Jerry Linenger was born. | Birthday |
| 1953 | American technologist Bran Ferren was born. | Birthday |
| 1952 | Astronaut from United States, Lloyd Hammond was born. | Birthday |
| 1948 | Astronaut from Soviet Union, Anatoly Solovyev was born. | Birthday |
| 1946 | Astronaut from United States, Michael Coats was born. | Birthday |
| 1932 | Chess grandmaster from Romania, Victor Ciocâltea was born. | Birthday |
| 1931 | German politician Johannes Rau was born. | Birthday |
| 1920 | American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison was born. | Birthday |
| 1919 | Brazilian politician Francisco Rodrigues Alves died. | Death day |
| 1901 | American inventor and engineer Frank Zamboni was born. | Birthday |
| 1870 | German chemist Wilhelm Normann was born. | Birthday |
| 1851 | New Zealand politician William Hall-Jones was born. | Birthday |
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