| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Chess grandmaster from United States, William Lombardy died. | Death day |
| 2016 | Italian playwright and actor Dario Fo died. | Death day |
| 2009 | American aeronautical engineer Richard T. Whitcomb died. | Death day |
| 2003 | Canadian physicist Bertram Brockhouse died. | Death day |
| 1990 | Vietnamese revolutionary Le Duc Tho died. | Death day |
| 1990 | Thai badminton player Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk was born. | Birthday |
| 1989 | Chess grandmaster from Serbia, Nikola Nestorovic was born. | Birthday |
| 1987 | American physicist Walter Houser Brattain died. | Death day |
| 1987 | American physicist Walter Houser Brattain died. | Death day |
| 1982 | Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe was born. | Birthday |
| 1982 | Chess grandmaster from France, Thal Abergel was born. | Birthday |
| 1978 | American basketball player Jermaine O'Neal was born. | Birthday |
| 1976 | Chess grandmaster from Israel, Ronen Har-Zvi was born. | Birthday |
| 1976 | Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano (N730JP) aircraft incident at Santa Cruz, Bolivia, killed 91 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1973 | Aeroflot Flight 964 aircraft incident at Domodedovo, Russian SFSR, USSR, killed 122 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1972 | Aeroflot Flight 217 aircraft incident at Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR, killed 174 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1971 | British scientist Alec Reeves died. | Death day |
| 1965 | Paul Hermann Muller died. | Death day |
| 1965 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Igor Yagupov was born. | Birthday |
| 1965 | German business executive Harald Kruger was born. | Birthday |
| 1964 | Astronaut from China, Nie Haisheng was born. | Birthday |
| 1963 | Magnitude 8.5 earthquake in Kuril Islands, Russia. This is one of the largest earthquake by magnitude. | Natural Disaster |
| 1962 | Astronaut from United States, Michael Good was born. | Birthday |
| 1955 | Mexican politician Manuel Avila Camacho died. | Death day |
| 1952 | Astronaut from United States, Michael Clifford was born. | Birthday |
| 1944 | Golfer from United States, Buddy Allin was born. | Birthday |
| 1941 | American singer and songwriter Paul Simon was born. | Birthday |
| 1927 | Turkish politician Turgut Ozal was born. | Birthday |
| 1925 | British politician Margaret Thatcher was born. | Birthday |
| 1919 | Danish poet and novelist Karl Adolph Gjellerup died. | Death day |
| 1895 | Turkish politician Cemal Gursel was born. | Birthday |
| 1534 | Papacy of Pope Paul III began. | Papacy began |
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