| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 80 people died in Caphiridzange explosion. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 2013 | British-Zimbabwean novelist Doris Lessing died. | Death day |
| 2013 | Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 aircraft incident at Kazan, Russia, killed 50 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 2005 | Chess grandmaster from Canada, Igor Vasilyevich Ivanov died. | Death day |
| 2000 | French physicist Louis Néel died. | Death day |
| 1998 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Efim Geller died. | Death day |
| 1997 | Croatian basketball player Dragan Bender was born. | Birthday |
| 1992 | Chinese badminton player Qiao Bin was born. | Birthday |
| 1990 | American physicist Robert Hofstadter died. | Death day |
| 1986 | Australian cricketer Aaron Finch was born. | Birthday |
| 1983 | Japanese badminton player Noriyasu Hirata was born. | Birthday |
| 1973 | Chess grandmaster from Kazakhstan, Murtas Kazhgaleyev was born. | Birthday |
| 1973 | Golfer from United States, Lloyd Mangrum died. | Death day |
| 1971 | Chess grandmaster from England, Michael Adams was born. | Birthday |
| 1953 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Sergei Makarichev was born. | Birthday |
| 1950 | German swimmer Roland Matthes was born. | Birthday |
| 1944 | Astronaut from United States, John Bartoe was born. | Birthday |
| 1942 | American film director Martin Scorsese was born. | Birthday |
| 1929 | American inventor Herman Hollerith died. | Death day |
| 1922 | American biochemist Stanley Cohen was born. | Birthday |
| 1902 | Hungarian-American physicist Eugene Wigner was born. | Birthday |
| 1891 | Mexican politician Jose Maria Iglesias died. | Death day |
| 1865 | Japanese politician Uchida Kosai was born. | Birthday |
| 1788 | American inventor Seth Boyden was born. | Birthday |
| 1768 | British politician Thomas Pelham-Holles died. | Death day |
| 1749 | French inventor Nicolas Appert was born. | Birthday |
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