1828 - Birth of Ion Ratiu, Transylvanian politician, chairman of the Romanian National Party (1892-1902). (d. December 4, 1902), Agerpres reports.
1866 - Birth of engineer Gheorghe Nicolau, member of the Romanian Academy (d. December 5, 1950)
1891 - Death of painter Theodor Aman, posthumous member of the Romanian Academy (b. March 20, 1831)
1915 - Birth of physicist Margareta Giurgea, member of the Romanian Academy. Her research in the field of solid polymers and liquid crystals allowed for the first Romanian-built liquid-crystal displays (d. April 28, 2012)
1916 - World War I: Bulgaria declares war on Romania
1922 - Death of poet, folklorist Andrei Barseanu, member of the Romanian Academy (b. 17 October 1858)
1928 - Birth of engineer Andrei Tugulea, member of the Romanian Academy (d. 14 December 2017)
1935 - Birth of Dumitru Radu Popescu, screenwriter, writer and publicist, member of the Romanian Academy
1941 - Birth of chemical engineer Mircea Desideriu Banciu, member of the Romanian Academy (d. 29 April 2005)
1946 - Birth of literary critic and historian Ioan Adam
1947 - Birth of sketcher Aurel Bulacu
1948 - Birth of writer, translator, TV shows producer Radu Anton Roman (d. August 29, 2005)
1958 - Iolanda Balas conquers Romania's first European title in athletics, in the high jump event, in the European Championship in Stockholm
1974 - The World Population Conference was held in Bucharest; attending were 5,000 delegates from 133 countries and United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim
1977 - Death of physician Aurel Moga, member of the Romanian Academy (b. 1 November 1903)
1983 - Death of mathematician Octav Onicescu, member of the Romanian Academy (b. August 20, 1892)
1983 - Third segment of Bucharest M1 underground, from Eroilor to Industriilor, of 7.8 km long, is put into use
1997 - Government decides to establish SNP (National Oil Society) PETROM S.A., with the following compositions: apart from the units subordinated to former R.A. PETROM S.A. Bucharest, the refineries ARPECHIM Pitesti and PETROBRAZI Ploiesti, alongside the distribution network made up of the PECO oil stations
1999 - Death of prose writer, translator, publicist and scenarist Mircea Santimbreanu (b. 7 January 1926)
2001 - Death of linguist Kant Emanuel Vasiliu, member of the Romanian Academy (b. 7 September 1929)
2007 - The trophy of the 4th edition of the Anonimul International Independent Film Festival is won by California Dreamin', directed by Cristian Nemescu (1979-2006)
2014 - Death of former top liberal, businessman Dinu Patriciu (b. August 3, 1950)
2016 - Death of composer, orchestrator and instrumentalist Adrian Enescu (b. 31 March 1948)
2018 - Death of academician Marius Sala, linguist with successful international career, Vice President of the Romanian Academy (2006-2014) and director of the Iorgu-Iordan-Al. Rosetti Linguistics Institute (b. 8 September 1932).
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