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• ???? — Singer Nao Anno is born.
• 1908 — Shockwave arrives on Earth, crashing in Siberia and causing the Tunguska event. Rising Storm issue 2
• 1929 — Vlastimir Đuza Stojiljković (Serbian voice of Optimus Prime) is born.
• 1952 — Bruno Bulté (French voice of Rhinox and Tankor in Beast Machines and Alpha Trion, Breakdown and Shockwave in Prime) is born.
• 1954 — Takao Ishii (Japanese voice of Aimless, Kup, Snapdragon, and Wideload in "The Rebirth") is born.
• 1961 — Editor Jim Owsley is born.
• 1964 — Don Brown (voice of Constructicon Maximus, Cyclonus / Snow Cat, and Scorponok) is born.
• 1970 — Brian Bloom (additional voices in Fall of Cybertron) is born.
• 1972 — Colorist Len O'Grady is born in Dublin, Ireland.
• 1976 — Kei Kobayashi (Japanese voice of Mrs. Hansen) is born.
• 1988 — The final day to mail an entry into Takara's "Lander Present Campaign" lottery to receive one of 3000 not-sold-at-retail Pretender Lander toys.
• 1989 — The Transformers episode "Hoist Goes to the Movie" premieres in Germany.
• 1991 — The Victory episode "Terror Under the Metropolis" premieres in Malaysia.
• 1992 — Patrick Baehr (German voice of Jetstorm) is born.
• 1994 — The Headmasters episode "The Mystery of Planet Master" premieres in Russia.
• 1999 — The Beast Wars Neo episode "The Stolen Gung Ho" premieres in Japan.
• 2007 — Fourth day of BotCon 2007.
• 2009 — Last day to send in pre-orders for the Japanese Lawson exclusive Revenge preview Bumblebee / Legends Mudflap and preview Soundwave / Legends Fallen exclusive 2-packs.
• 2010 — Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2011 — Dark of the Moon is released in Argentina, Armenia, Belarus, Chile, Croatia, Georgia, Kuwait, Lebanon, New Zealand, Serbia, Slovakia, the United Arab Emirates, and Uruguay.
• 2011 — Final day of pre-orders for the Japanese Lawson exclusive Optimus Prime metal strap.
• 2012 — TakaraTomy releases Prime AM-07 Starscream, AM-12 War Breakdown, AM-13 Medic Knock Out, AM-14 Vehicon, and EZ Collection Evac and Prime Breakdown.
• 2012 — The Next Generation World Hobby Fair Summer '12 takes place in Fukuoka, Japan, where participants in the "Arms Up Challenge" can get the special Arms Micron Shining O.P., plus early-purchase AMW Microns Gabu, Baru, and Dai (with a free bonus Firebolt Clear Yellow Version with the purchase of all three).
• 2012 — The Prime episode "Partners" premieres in Spain.
• 2012 — The Prime episode "Phantom Transformation! Mind-Diving" premieres in Japan.
• 2012 — The Rescue Bots episode "The Lost Bell" premieres on Hub Network.
• 2013 — Claudio Fattoretto (Italian voice of Tankor in Beast Machines and Sideswipe in the live-action film series) passes away.
• 2013 — The last day of BotCon 2013 in San Diego, California.
• 2014 — Age of Extinction: The EP is released for download.
• 2017 — The Last Knight is released in India.
• 2018 — TakaraTomy releases Power of the Primes PP-10 Alchemist Prime, PP-11 Dinobot Slug, PP-12 Dinobot Swoop, PP-13 Dinobot Snarl, PP-14 Dinobot Sludge, and PP-15 Grimlock.
• 2019 — Rescue Bots Academy premieres on Discovery Kids in the Latin American markets.
• 2019 — The last day the Robots in Disguise mobile game is scheduled to be available for download.
• 2021 — Beast Wars #5 and The Magic of Cybertron #3 are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2021 — The Toy Clash! Roboca Battle arcade game shuts down.
• 2023 — The EarthSpark episode "Missed Connection" premieres on YTV in Canada.
• 2024 — The EarthSpark episode "Robbie is Strong!" premieres in Japan.
• 2024 — Tom Wyner (writer for the 2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon and voice of Grimlock) passes away.
• 2025 — Former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Jim Shooter passes away at the age of 73.
• 2025 — Saverio Indrio (Italian voice of Bumblebee, Doubledealer, Heavy Load, and Mandroid) also passes away at age 61.