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• 1947 — Jean-Marie Moncelet (Canadian French voice of John Keller and Sir Edmund Burton) is born.
• 1962 — The Dayton Company opens up the first ever Target retail store in Roseville, Minnesota.
• 1965 — Johannes Berenz (German voice of Isaac Sumdac and Master Disaster) is born.
• 1966 — Charlie Schlatter (voice of Vertebreak on Robots in Disguise (2015)) is born.
• 1966 — Ted Biaselli (voice of Octopunch in Robots in Disguise (2015) as well as Netflix producer for War for Cybertron Trilogy) is born.
• 1970 — Jérôme Pauwels (European French voice of Ron in the Bumblebee movie) is born.
• 1970 — Beata Jankowska-Tzimas (Polish voice of Misha Miramond and Dani Burns) is born.
• 1976 — Darius McCrary (the voice of Jazz in Transformers) is born.
• 1977 — Christian Lanz (voice of Dark of the Moon Breakaway) is born.
• 1977 — Frank Todaro (voice of Starscream and others in Prime Wars Trilogy and War For Cybertron Trilogy) is born.
• 1985 — Nicolás Artajo (German voice of Noah Díaz) is born.
• 1995 — Xebec is founded.
• 1997 — Jake Foushee (voice of Optimus Prime in Cyberverse and War for Cybertron Trilogy) is born.
• 1997 — JW Stafford (voice of Hound in War for Cybertron Trilogy) is born.
• 2002 — Earl Hammond (voice of Megatron in the Kid Stuff audiobooks) dies of heart failure at age 80.
• 2003 — JUSCO stores in Japan offer a special release of Legends of the Microns MC-01 Convoy Super Mode with one member of the Destruction Micron Space Galaxy Edition blind-packed inside. Yes, blind-packed.
• 2003 — Legends of the Microns—Volume 1 is released on DVD in Japan by Columbia Music Entertainment, coming with the "Linkage Part 1" mini-comic and exclusive Super Stunt Team toys.
• 2006 — The fifth show in the Kiss Players radio drama series airs in Japan on the "Lyrian Moe-tchao" program.
• 2009 — "Eye in the Sky" is released on the Fun Publications Transformers Collectors' Club members' only site.
• 2009 — Pre-orders for the Revenge of the Fallen preview Bumblebee/Legends Mudflap and preview Soundwave/Legends Fallen exclusive 2-packs open at Lawson's convenience stores in Japan.
• 2010 — The Transformers Animated episode "Don't Wipe Away the Memories" premiers in Japan.
• 2011 — Preorders open for the Japanese Lawson-exclusive "Darkside Optimus Prime" figure and Optimus Prime metal strap.
• 2012 — The Transformers Japanese Collection: Super-God Masterforce DVD set is released in the US by Shout! Studios.
• 2013 — Spotlight: Hoist, Regeneration One Volume 2 TPB and a second printing of Spotlight: Megatron are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2016 — The Robots in Disguise episodes "Impounded" and "Portals" premieres in France.
• 2018 — Hasbro announces their plan to purchase the rights of the Power Rangers franchise from Saban Brands.
• 2018 — The Power of the Primes episode "The Swamp" premieres on go90 and Tumblr.
• 2019 — Transformers #4 is released by IDW Publishing. Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 15: Time Wars is released by Hachette Paperworks.
• 2021 — The Rescue Bots Academy episodes "The Tracker" and "One of Our Dragons is Missing" premieres in the United States.
• 2023 — Airheads begins its Transformers Rise Of The Beasts "Maximize Your Summer" Promotional Campaign.
• 2025 — Nemesis Now unveils their Optimus Prime Bookends.
• 2025-Artists Butch Guice dies at age 63.