| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Chess grandmaster from Switzerland, Noël Studer was born. | Birthday |
| 1996 | Chess grandmaster from Ukraine, Olexandr Bortnyk was born. | Birthday |
| 1991 | Independence Day of Azerbaijan. | National Holiday |
| 1989 | Soviet Air Force (CCCP-76569) aircraft incident at Caspian Sea off Sumqayit, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR, killed 57 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1984 | American singer and jazz bassist Esperanza Spalding was born. | Birthday |
| 1968 | German tennis player Michael Stich was born. | Birthday |
| 1968 | Golfer from Scotland and United States, Willieunter died. | Death day |
| 1967 | Hollywood film The Jungle Book was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
| 1962 | Chess grandmaster from Portugal, António Fernandes was born. | Birthday |
| 1961 | Hollywood film West Side Story was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
| 1960 | American biologist Craig Mello was born. | Birthday |
| 1956 | American tennis player Martina Navratilova was born. | Birthday |
| 1950 | Indian actor Om Puri was born. | Birthday |
| 1950 | Taiwanese businessman Terry Gou was born. | Birthday |
| 1941 | Portuguese politician Manuel T. Gomes died. | Death day |
| 1940 | American songwriter Cynthia Weil was born. | Birthday |
| 1931 | American inventor Thomas Alva Edison died. | Death day |
| 1927 | American actor George C. Scott was born. | Birthday |
| 1922 | Hollywood film Robin Hood was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
| 1919 | Canadian politician Pierre Trudeau was born. | Birthday |
| 1911 | French psychologist Alfred Binet died. | Death day |
| 1893 | New Zealand politician Sidney Holland was born. | Birthday |
| 1889 | Italian inventor Antonio Meucci died. | Death day |
| 1871 | English polymath and inventor Charles Babbage died. | Death day |
| 1865 | British politician Henry John Temple died. | Death day |
| 1859 | French-Jewish philosopher Henri Bergson was born. | Birthday |
| 1847 | Russian electrical engineer and inventor Alexander Nikolayevich Lodygin was born. | Birthday |
| 1847 | Russian electrical engineer and inventor Alexander Lodygin was born. | Birthday |
| 1503 | Pope Pius III died. | Death day |
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