| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Chess grandmaster from Slovakia, Christopher Repka was born. | Birthday |
| 1993 | Chess grandmaster from Israel, Gil Popilski was born. | Birthday |
| 1989 | American actress Bette Davis died. | Death day |
| 1984 | South African cricketer Morne Morkel was born. | Birthday |
| 1982 | Chess grandmaster from Armenia, Levon Aronian was born. | Birthday |
| 1981 | Egyptian politician Anwar Sadat died. | Death day |
| 1979 | Chess grandmaster from Armenia, Artur Chibukhchian was born. | Birthday |
| 1978 | Astronaut from China, Liu Yang was born. | Birthday |
| 1976 | Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 aircraft incident at Atlantic Ocean, off Christ Church Parish, Barbados, killed 73 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1969 | Golfer from United States, Walteragen died. | Death day |
| 1964 | American swimmer Tom Jager was born. | Birthday |
| 1960 | Hollywood film Spartacus was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
| 1955 | United Airlines Flight 409 aircraft incident at Medicine Bow Peak, Wyoming, US, killed 66 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1951 | German physician Otto Fritz Meyerhof died. | Death day |
| 1948 | Magnitude 7.3 earthquake in Ashgabat, Turkmen SSR. This is one of the deadliest earthquake. | Natural Disaster |
| 1937 | Italian-born American molecular geneticist Mario Capecchi was born. | Birthday |
| 1937 | American molecular geneticist Mario Ramberg Capecchi was born. | Birthday |
| 1935 | Egyptian politician Ali Lutfi Mahmud was born. | Birthday |
| 1933 | Hollywood film I'm No Angel was released in theaters. This is one of the highest grossing movies. | Release Date |
| 1931 | Italian-American physicist Riccardo Giacconi was born. | Birthday |
| 1906 | American actress Janet Gaynor was born. | Birthday |
| 1903 | Irish physicist Ernest Walton was born. | Birthday |
| 1884 | American sports shooter Lloyd Spooner was born. | Birthday |
| 1866 | Canadian-born inventor Reginald Fessenden was born. | Birthday |
| 1863 | Dutch politician Gerrit Schimmelpenninck died. | Death day |
| 1846 | American entrepreneur and engineer George Westinghouse was born. | Birthday |
| 1689 | Papacy of Pope Alexander VIII began. | Papacy began |
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