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• 1936 — Thomas Rau (German voice of Rodimus Prime, Blaster, Optimus Prime and more) is born.
• 1939 — Two children and four Rescue Bots emerge from the Temporal Station, having traveled back in time from 2012, and accidentally alter history, allowing Doctor Morocco to take over Griffin Rock. It's a Bot Time
• 1942 — Sound editor Michael Tomack is born.
• 1942 — László Ujréti (Hungarian voice of numerous characters in the first dub of The Transformers: The Movie) is born.
• 1958 — Kim Yeong-hun (Korean voice of Red Alert)
• 1959 — Benoit Rousseau (Canadian French voice of Tom Banachek and Jetfire in the live-action film series) is born.
• 1966 — Hinako Yoshino (voice of Pīpō) is born.
• 1975 — Antoni Lo Presti (French voice of Blurr in Robots in Disguise 2015) is born.
• 1984 — David Camarillo (Mexican voice of Lord Gnaw) is born.
• 1989 — Lupita Leal (Mexican voice of Twitch) is born.
• 1994 — Tasuku Hatanaka (Japanese voice of Jetstorm) is born.
• 1995 — Alejandro Orozco (Mexican voice of Robots in Disguise 2015 Blurr and Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy Spinister) is born.
• 2005 — Nilton Valério (Portuguese voice of Brawl, Octane, Streetwise and Superion in the original cartoon) passes away, aged 69.
• 2007 — The Transformers live-action movie is released in Poland.
• 2010 — Preorders begin for the Japanese 7-11 exclusive Donald Duck Halloween Ver. toy.
• 2011 — The remaining stock of Side Burn, the Transformers Collectors' Club membership "freebie" for 2011, goes on sale at the Club store... and sells out in about three hours.
• 2013 — Third day of Cybertron Con 2013 at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing, China.
• 2013 — The Transformers: Prime episode "Inside Job" premieres in Brazil.
• 2014 — "Hell Day": The Decepticons led by Shockwave invade Earth with Teletran 3's teleportation ability, and devastate the planet. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3
• 2014 — The Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns mobile game is released in Japan on Android.
• 2014 — Final day of the Transformers Expo taking place in Yokohama, Japan.
• 2015 — The Q-Transformers" episode "The Road to Transformers for Adults" first premieres.
• 2016 — More than Meets the Eye #56, Till All Are One #3 and a new reprinting of Transformers: War Within Omnibus are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2017 — The Rescue Bots episodes "Turning the Tide", "The Last of Morocco" and "The New Recruits" premiere in Italy.
• 2023 — Threezero reveals their Shattered Glass Optimus Prime and also a full colour reveal of the Threezero DLX Optimus Primal.
• 2023 — Klaus Lochthove (German voice of Porter C. Powell, Leadfoot, Drag Strip and Megatronus) dies at age 69.
• 2025 — Torsten Michaelis (German voice of Jazz and Unicron) dies at age 64.