| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Chess grandmaster from India, Gukesh D was born. | Birthday |
| 1994 | German politician Erich Honecker died. | Death day |
| 1993 | Chess grandmaster from Iceland, Hjorvar Steinn Grétarsson was born. | Birthday |
| 1991 | Chess grandmaster from China, Tan Zhongyi was born. | Birthday |
| 1989 | Chess grandmaster from Mongolia, Bayarsaikhan Gundavaa was born. | Birthday |
| 1987 | Indian politician Charan Singh died. | Death day |
| 1985 | Heysel Stadium disaster in Belgium killed 39 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1984 | American basketball player Carmelo Anthony was born. | Birthday |
| 1979 | Canadian-born American actress Mary Pickford died. | Death day |
| 1972 | Chess grandmaster from United States, Babakuli Annakov was born. | Birthday |
| 1967 | Chess grandmaster from Switzerland, Lucas Brunner was born. | Birthday |
| 1958 | Spanish poet Juan Ramon Jimenez died. | Death day |
| 1951 | Chess grandmaster from Hungary, Géza Maróczy died. | Death day |
| 1940 | Pakistani politician Farooq Leghari was born. | Birthday |
| 1933 | Chess grandmaster from Bulgaria, Nikola Padevsky was born. | Birthday |
| 1929 | British physicist Peter W. Higgs was born. | Birthday |
| 1920 | Hungarian-American economist John Harsanyi was born. | Birthday |
| 1917 | American politician John F. Kennedy was born. | Birthday |
| 1908 | Golfer from United States, Dick Metz was born. | Birthday |
| 1829 | Cornish chemist and inventor Humphry Davy died. | Death day |
| 1724 | Papacy of Pope Benedict XIII began. | Papacy began |
| 1439 | Pope Pius III was born. | Birthday |
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