| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Golfer from Argentina, Roberto De Vicenzo died. | Death day |
| 2009 | Air France Flight 447 aircraft incident at Atlantic Ocean, area of Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, killed 228 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 2005 | Chess grandmaster from Ukraine, Vladimir Savon died. | Death day |
| 1999 | English engineer Christopher Cockerell died. | Death day |
| 1996 | Indian politician Neelam Sanjiva Reddy died. | Death day |
| 1990 | Cable car accident at Tbilisi, Georgia, killed 20 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1988 | Chess grandmaster from Georgia, Bela Khotenashvili was born. | Birthday |
| 1985 | American basketball player Anthony Tolliver was born. | Birthday |
| 1985 | American basketball player Nick Young was born. | Birthday |
| 1982 | Belgian tennis player Justine Henin was born. | Birthday |
| 1982 | Korean Air Force (56-4391) aircraft incident at Seongnam, South Korea, killed 53 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1981 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Evgeny Shaposhnikov was born. | Birthday |
| 1980 | Chess grandmaster from Philippines, Darwin Laylo was born. | Birthday |
| 1979 | Germany physician Werner Forssmann died. | Death day |
| 1974 | Chess grandmaster from Qatar, Mohamad Al-Modiahki was born. | Birthday |
| 1970 | Indian actor R. Madhavan was born. | Birthday |
| 1969 | Norwegian skater Ivar Ballangrud died. | Death day |
| 1966 | Chess grandmaster from Ukraine, Georgy Timoshenko was born. | Birthday |
| 1965 | Russian skier Larisa Lazutina was born. | Birthday |
| 1965 | Chess grandmaster from England, Nigel Short was born. | Birthday |
| 1962 | Independence Day of Samoa. | National Holiday |
| 1961 | Golfer from United States, John Huston was born. | Birthday |
| 1950 | Astronaut from Soviet Union, Gennadi Manakov was born. | Birthday |
| 1947 | Chess grandmaster from Spain, Mihai Şubă was born. | Birthday |
| 1941 | German psychiatrist and inventor Hans Berger died. | Death day |
| 1940 | American physicist Kip Thorne was born. | Birthday |
| 1937 | American actor Morgan Freeman was born. | Birthday |
| 1928 | Astronaut from Soviet Union, Georgy Dobrovolsky was born. | Birthday |
| 1923 | Chess grandmaster from United States, Leonid Shamkovich was born. | Birthday |
| 1917 | American chemist William Standish Knowles was born. | Birthday |
| 1912 | American businessman and inventor Gilmore Schjeldahl was born. | Birthday |
| 1907 | British Royal Air Force air officer Frank Whittle was born. | Birthday |
| 1896 | Japanese inventor Shintaro Uda was born. | Birthday |
| 1871 | 900 people died in Theater fire at Shanghai, China. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1868 | American politician James Buchanan died. | Death Day |
| 1846 | Pope Gregory XVI died. | Death day |
| 1841 | French inventor Nicolas Appert died. | Death day |
| 1776 | Italian Roman Catholic priest and physicist Giuseppe Zamboni was born. | Birthday |
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