| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | American multinational conglomerate Alphabet Inc. was founded. | Foundation day |
| 2014 | Indian film Bang Bang! was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies in India. | Release Date |
| 2011 | Chess grandmaster from Belgium, Andrija Fuderer died. | Death day |
| 1996 | Aeroperú Flight 603 aircraft incident at Pacific Ocean, area of Lima, Peru, killed 70 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1990 | Xiamen Air Flight 8301, China Southwest Flight 2402, and China Southern (B-2812) aircraft incident at Baiyun District, Guangzhou, China, killed 128 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1988 | The closing ceremony of Games of the XXIV Olympiad, or 1988 Summer olympics was held in Seoul. | |
| 1987 | Brazilian-born British biologist Peter Medawar died. | Death day |
| 1984 | French tennis player Marion Bartoli was born. | Birthday |
| 1983 | Chess grandmaster from Germany, Vitaly Kunin was born. | Birthday |
| 1982 | American basketball player Tyson Chandler was born. | Birthday |
| 1976 | Chess grandmaster from Spain, Salvador Gabriel Del Rio De Angelis was born. | Birthday |
| 1974 | Pakistani politician Nurul Amin died. | Death day |
| 1973 | Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi died. | Death day |
| 1973 | Chess grandmaster from Czech Republic, Vlastimil Babula was born. | Birthday |
| 1971 | British European Airways Flight 706 aircraft incident at Aarsele, Belgium, killed 63 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1968 | tennis player Jana Novotna was born. | Birthday |
| 1967 | Austrian tennis player Thomas Muster was born. | Birthday |
| 1964 | Union de Transportes Aériens (F-BHMS) aircraft incident at Mt. Alcazaba, Spain, killed 80 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1958 | Independence Day of Guinea. | National Holiday |
| 1957 | Golfer from United States, John Cook was born. | Birthday |
| 1957 | Hollywood film The Bridge on the River Kwai was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
| 1956 | Chess grandmaster from England, Jon Speelman was born. | Birthday |
| 1951 | English singer and songwriter Sting was born. | Birthday |
| 1939 | Astronaut from Soviet Union, Yury Glazkov was born. | Birthday |
| 1935 | Argentine footballer Omar Sívori was born. | Birthday |
| 1933 | English biologist John B. Gurdon was born. | Birthday |
| 1927 | Swedish chemist Svante Arrhenius died. | Death day |
| 1917 | Belgian cytologist and biochemist Christian de Duve was born. | Birthday |
| 1907 | Scottish chemist The Lord Todd was born. | Birthday |
| 1904 | Swiss gymnast Georges Miez was born. | Birthday |
| 1904 | Indian politician Lal Bahadur Shastri was born. | Birthday |
| 1882 | Chess grandmaster from France, Ossip Bernstein was born. | Birthday |
| 1871 | American politician Cordell Hull was born. | Birthday |
| 1867 | Brazilian politician Nilo Pecanha was born. | Birthday |
| 1863 | Dutch politician Justinus van der Brugghen died. | Death day |
| 1852 | Scottish chemist William Ramsay was born. | Birthday |
| 1822 | Dutch politician Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello was born. | Birthday |
| 1804 | French inventor Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot died. | Death day |
| 1764 | British politician William Cavendish died. | Death day |
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