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• 19?? — Lu Kui (Chinese voice of Bumblebee, Seymour Simmons and Joshua Joyce) is born.
• 1938 — Archibald Witwicky dies in an insane asylum. Movie Prequel issue 3
• 1940 — Sandro Sardone (Italian voice of Bumblebee, Perceptor, Shockwave and Ultra Magnus) is born.
• 1943 — Pauline Newstone (the voice of Airazor in Beast Wars) is born.
• 1943 — Hervé Jolly (French voice of Rhinox and Tarantulas in Beast Wars) is born.
• 1951 — Barry Gjerde (voice of Ultra Magnus, Shockwave, Scourge and Octane in The Transformers (G1 PS2)) is born.
• 1965 — Musician Hayato Matsuo is born.
• 1970 — Malta Júnior (Brazilian voice of Railspike and Motormaster) is born.
• 1975 — Nanni Baldini (Italian voice of Mohawk) is born.
• 1979 — Jhonny Torres (Latin-American Spanish voice of Sideways, Unicron, Inferno, Ransack and Hot Rod) is born.
• 1987 — Till Völger (German voice of Graham Burns) is born.
• 1992 — James Alexander (voice of Megatron, Grimlock and Snarl) is born.
• 1994 — Transformers: Generation 2 episode Wahre Freunde premieres in Germany.
• 1998 — Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers—The Great Cybertron Army Collection and The Great Destron Army Collection are released on VHS in Japan by Pioneer LDC.
• 1999 — Emilio Treviño (Mexican voice of Cody Burns, Bumblebee and Thrash) is born.
• 1999 — First day of BotCon Europe 1999.
• 2002 — Beast Wars—Volume 2 is released on DVD, and Volumes 3 and 4 on VHS, in the US by Rhino Entertainment.
• 2003 — Transformers Armada #14 is published in the US by Dreamwave Productions.
• 2003 — Transformers: Armada Official Guidebook, Transformers Armada: Decepticon Attack! and Transformers Armada: Enter the Mini-Cons are published in the US by Reader's Digest.
• 2004 — The Super Link episode "Saraba Inferno" premieres in Japan.
• 2005 — The Galaxy Force episode "Transcendental Transformation! The Released Power" premieres in Japan.
• 2005 — The Cybertron episode "Time" premieres in the U.S.
• 2008 — Transformers Animated: The Arrival #1, Best of UK: Time Wars #1 and The Reign of Starscream #4 are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2009 — Pre-orders begin for the Japanese Toy Hobby Market exclusive release of Revenge Deluxe-Class Dead End.
• 2010 — First day of Auto Assembly 2010.
• 2014 — Primacy #1 and a re-printing of Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #1 are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2015 — "Burning Bridges" is released by Fun Publications.
• 2016 — The Rescue Bots episode "Uninvited Guest" premieres on Discovery Family.
• 2016 — First day of the Angry Birds Transformers "You've Got The Touch" event.
• 2017 — The Rescue Bots episodes "Phantom of the Sea", "Unfinished Business" and "No Place Like Dome" premieres in Italy.
• 2018 — Unshō Ishizuka (Japanese voice of Silas) passes away at age 67.
• 2021 — Hasbro hosts a Fan First Friday online event.
• 2023 — The Beast Wars Again episode "Revive, Beast Power! (Part 2)" airs on TV Tokyo.
• 2025 — Transformers #23 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
• 2025 — Second part of the Activate Your Alt Mode first round, Character Face-Offs Starscream vs. Shockwave, Shockwave wins.