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• ???? — Alberto Bernal (Mexican voice of Bumblebee) is born.
• ???? — Taisuke Nakano (Japanese voice of War for Cybertron Trilogy Rhinox) is born.
• 1927 — Gerd Wiedenhofen (German voice actor for Astrotrain, Galvatron, Sparkplug Witwicky and many many others) is born.
• 1933 — The Nissan Motor Corporation, creator of Alternity Megatron, Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus and others' alt modes, is formed in Tokyo, Japan.
• 1941 — Voice actor Blain Fairman is born.
• 1947 — TakaraTomy designer Kunio Okawara is born.
• 1951 — Ginzō Matsuo (voice of Commercial director) is born.
• 1955 — Marco Pagani (Italian voice of Scrapper, Silverbolt and Ego) is born.
• 1959 — Yoshikazu Hirano (Japanese voice of Dashtacker and occasionally Waver) is born.
• 1969 — Paulo Vignolo (Brazilian voice of Starscream and Swindle) is born.
• 1972 — Ricardo Tejedo (Latin American Spanish voice of Colan, Denny Clay, War for Cybertron Trilogy Impactor and Dark of the Moon Ratchet) is born.
• 1974 — Björn Schalla (German voice of Beast Machines Cheetor) is born.
• 1976 — Brad Swaile (voice of Kicker) is born, taking a potato chip and eating it.
• 1982 — Julien Fébreau (European French voice of the Announcer Bot in Transformers One) is born.
• 1983 — Omar Soto (voice of Bumblebee in the Spanish dub of Transformers) is born.
• 1985 — "The Night the Transformers Saved Christmas" published in Woman's Day Magazine.
• 1985 — The Transformers episode "Cosmic Rust" premieres in the US.
• 1986 — The Transformers 2010 episode "Starscream's Ghost" airs in Japan.
• 1986 — The Transformers: The Movie is released to Australian theaters.
• 2000 — The Beast Machines episode "Endgame Pt. II: When Legends Fall" premieres in Germany.
• 2002 — Armada #6 is released by Dreamwave Productions.
• 2002 — Takara releases the first wave of the Legends of the Microns toyline, which is way too many products to list here.
• 2003 — The Legends of the Microns episode "死闘 - Mortal Combat" premieres in Japan.
• 2003 — The Super Link toyline debuts in Japan. Multiple stores offer exclusive energon weapons as promotional gifts: the "Aqua Marine Energy Axe", "Black Hole Energy Axe", "Corona Flame Energy Spear", and "Royal Clear Energy Spear".
• 2004 — The Beast Wars Returns episode "The Awakening of the Monster" premieres in Japan.
• 2006 — The 38th show in the Kiss Players radio drama series airs in Japan on the "Transformers Kiss Play: Transformers News Center" program, bringing an end to the initial Kiss Players storyline.
• 2006 — The Victory cartoon is released on DVD in the UK by Metrodome.
• 2007 — Classic Transformers — Series One: Part One & Two are released on DVD in the UK by Metrodome.
• 2007 — The Animated episode "Transform and Roll Out" premieres in the US.
• 2009 — EZ Collection wave 2 (Optimus Prime Battle Damaged, Megatron Battle Damaged, Ironhide, Grindor, Skids, Sideways, Wheelie & Soundwave) is released in Japan.
• 2010 — First day where Hasbro toy purchases are eligible for the "Supercharge Your Holidays" promotion.
• 2011 — Keroro Gunsō × Transformers is first published in Kerokero Ace #50.
• 2011 — The Prime episode "Operation: Breakdown" premieres in Poland.
• 2011 — The Transformers: Prime episode "Stronger, Faster" premieres in France.
• 2012 — All Spark Episode 4 "Plans of the Emperor of Destruction" is serialized in Japan by Kerokero Ace in their February 2013 issue.
• 2014 — TakaraTomy releases Q-Transformers QT-01 Optimus Prime, QT-02 Bumblebee, QT-03 Lockdown, QT-04 Crosshairs, QT-05 Lambor, QT-06 Prowl, QT-07 Hot Rodimus and QT-08 Bumble.
• 2015 — TakaraTomy releases Masterpiece MP-26 Road Rage, MP-21R Bumble Red Body, and MP-14C Clampdown.
• 2017 — The Titans Return episode "In Good Hands" premieres on go90.
• 2018 — Bumblebee is released in Belgium, Egypt, France and Taiwan.
• 2018 — The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 53: Liars, A to D is released by Hachette Partworks.
• 2019 — TakaraTomy releases Masterpiece MP-47 Hound and Siege SG-38 Mirage and SG-39 Omega Supreme.
• 2020 — Go! Go! Where Is the Energon? is first released.
• 2020 — TakaraTomy releases Masterpiece MPM-11 Ratchet.
• 2020 — The Cyberverse episode "The End Of The Universe I" premieres in Germany.
• 2021 — Andrei Yaroslavtsev (Russian voice of Optimus Prime in the live-action film series) passes away at age 64.
• 2023 — Japanese clothing manufacturer Sugomono reveals the Transformers 40th Anniversary Jacket.
• 2024 — Void Rivals #15 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
• 2025 — TakaraTomy officially reveals the Wild King Dragknight Energy Beasts and preorders go up for them.