| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Lion Air Flight 610 aircraft incident at Java Sea, off Tanjungbungin, Karawang Regency, Indonesia, killed 189 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 2008 | Venezuela's first artificial satellite Venesat-1 was launched. | Launch Day |
| 2006 | ADC Airlines Flight 53 aircraft incident at Abuja, Nigeria, killed 96 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 2002 | 60 people died in Ho Chi Minh City ITC fire at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1998 | 63 people died in Gothenburg nightclub fire at Gothenburg, Sweden. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1984 | Chinese badminton player Zhu Lin was born. | Birthday |
| 1981 | American swimmer Amanda Beard was born. | Birthday |
| 1981 | Chess grandmaster from Ukraine, Evgeny Sharapov was born. | Birthday |
| 1976 | Chess grandmaster from China, Xu Yuhua was born. | Birthday |
| 1974 | English cricketer Michael Vaughan was born. | Birthday |
| 1973 | French footballer Robert Pires was born. | Birthday |
| 1971 | Swedish chemist Arne Tiselius died. | Death day |
| 1971 | Australian cricketer Matthew Hayden was born. | Birthday |
| 1970 | Golfer from Australia, Joe Kirkwood Sr. died. | Death day |
| 1952 | Astronaut from Russia, Valeri Tokarev was born. | Birthday |
| 1950 | Turkish politician Abdullah Gul was born. | Birthday |
| 1947 | American actor Richard Dreyfuss was born. | Birthday |
| 1938 | Liberian politician Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was born. | Birthday |
| 1923 | Republic Day of Turkey. | National Holiday |
| 1920 | Venezuelan-American immunologist Baruj Benacerraf was born. | Birthday |
| 1901 | Supercentenarian from Spain, Ana María Vela Rubio was born. She died at the age of 116 years, 47 days. | Birthday |
| 1888 | Soviet aircraft designer Andrei Tupolev was born. | Birthday |
| 1837 | Dutch politician Abraham Kuyper was born. | Birthday |
| 1591 | Papacy of Pope Innocent IX began. | Papacy began |
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