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• 1933 — Jean-Pierre Moulin (European French voice of Sir Edmund Burton) is born.
• 1949 — Lee Yoon-sun (Korean voice of Ultra Magnus, Slapper and Midnight Express) is born.
• 1966 — Satoshi Hashimoto (Japanese voice of Car Robots Fire Convoy and God Fire Convoy) is born.
• 1967 — Sascha Draeger (German voice of Hot Shot, Ransack, Shockwave and voice director of Cybertron) is born.
• 1976 — Sin-hui Park (Korean voice of Sari Sumdac) is born.
• 1976 — Emmanuel Garijo (European French voice of Lucas Flannery, but also Dave in BotBots) is born.
• 1978 — Fred Mascarenhas (Brazilian voice of Clampdown, Zorillor and Spinister) is born.
• 1979 — Jessica Toledo (Chilean voice of Arcee and Slipstream) is born.
• 1984 — Hector Gomes (Brazilian voice of Fairmaestro) is born.
• 1985 — Annina Braunmiller (German voice of Windblade) is born.
• 1986 — The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster occurs.
• 1988 — The Super-God Masterforce episode "Kidnapping!? The Targeted Jumbo Jet" premieres in Japan.
• 1990 — Takayuki Nakatsukasa (Japanese voice of Theorem) is born.
• 1991 — Lei Changxi (Chinese voice of Optimus Prime, Hot Rod and Blurr) dies at age 65.
• 2000 — The Beast Machines episode "Endgame Pt. II: When Legends Fall" premieres in Canada on YTV.
• 2000 — The Car Robots episode "Ninja Robo! Enter the Spychangers" premieres in Japan.
• 2002 —Transformers: Primal Scream HC is released by Titan Books.
• 2003 — The Destruction White Microns are sold at "TF Station" affiliate stores in Japan as part of the "Golden Week" holiday, one per customer, with some stores using them in in-store "paint your own" activities.
• 2003 — The Armada episode "Rescue" premieres in the US.
• 2007 — TakaraTomy releases the Transformers: Beast Wars Telemocha Series TM-09 Rhinox.
• 2008 — The Animated episode "Mission Accomplished" premieres in Canada.
• 2008 — The Animated episode "The Return of the Headmaster" premiers in the US.
• 2008 — Third day of BotCon 2008.
• 2010 — The Cool Episode 2 is serialized by Kerokero Ace in their June 2010 edition.
• 2011 — Transformers Animated: The Cool - Special Edition and Clear Version Optimus Prime is released in Japan by Kadokawa.
• 2012 — First day of BotCon 2012 in Dallas, Texas.
• 2013 — "Battle of the Clones" is first published by Eaglemoss/GE Fabbri in Russia.
• 2013 — Prime — Folge 7: Orion Pax & Folge 8: Der falsche Prime are released to home media in Germany by EDEL:kids.
• 2013 — Prime — Vol. 18 & Vol. 19 are released to home media in Japan by Avex Trax.
• 2013 — Transformers: All Spark Episode 6: "The False Power" is serialized in Japan by Kerokero Ace in their June 2013 issue.
• 2014 — The Rescue Bots episode "What Lies Below" premieres on Hub Network.
• 2015 — The Robots in Disguise episode "Collect 'Em All" premieres in Japan.
• 2017 — Optimus Prime #6 and Micronauts: Wrath of Karza #1 are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2020 — The Cyberverse episodes "The End Of The Universe II", "The End Of The Universe III", "The End Of The Universe IV" premiere in the US.
• 2022 — Hasbro officially reveals Legacy Generations Selects Cyclonus & Nightstick.
• 2022 — Insurance Company Direct Line uploads a new commercial featuring Optimus Prime on their YouTube channel.
• 2023 — The EarthSpark episode "Missed Connection" premieres in France, Hungary and Turkey.
• 2024 — José Santa Cruz (Brazilian voice of Generation 1 Megatron, Armada Megatron and movie Megatron) dies at age 95.
• 2024 — The EarthSpark episode "What Dwells Within" premieres on YTV in Canada.
• 2025 — TakaraTomy releases the first wave of the Wild King toyline.