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• ???? — Tomotaka Hachisuka (Japanese voice of Hammerstrike in Robots in Disguise) is born.
• 1920 — Johnny Haymer (voice of the original The Transformers cartoon Swindle, Vortex, Highbrow, Caliburst and Recoil) is born.
• 1947 — Storyboard artist Wendell Washer is born.
• 1950 — Sébastien Dhavernas (Canadian French voice of Theodore Galloway) is born.
• 1952 — Beau Weaver (voice of Octane) is born.
• 1956 — Heike Schroetter (German voice of Beast Machines Blackarachnia and Martha) is born.
• 1964 — Seo Mun-seok (Korean voice of Ratchet, Bobby Bolivia and Shockwave) is born.
• 1965 — Masaki Aizawa (Japanese voice of Overload, Ultra Magnus and others) is born.
• 1968 — Matt Hill (voice of Energon Ironhide and Carlos Lopez) is born. Buttered toast!
• 1989 — Fernando Mendonça (Brazilian voice of Optimus Prime) is born.
• 1992 — The Victory episode "The Tidal Wave" premieres in Malaysia.
• 1993 — Misaki Kuno (Japanese voice of Mo Malto) is born.
• 1995 — Mai Kanazawa (Japanese voice of Stevie) is born.
• 1995 — Paulo Pinheiro (Brazilian voice of Bumblebee and more) dies at age 62.
• 2000 — The Beast Wars Metals episode "Blub-blub Blub-blub!" airs in Japan.
• 2003 — The 17th Japanese "World Hobby Fair" takes place in Osaka. Takara gives one random member of the "Street Speed Micron Overdrive Edition" team (Auto, Nitro, Sieg) with the completion of the "Legends of the Microns Character Popularity Contest" at their booth.
• 2005 — Super Link — Volume 009 is released on DVD in Japan by Interchannel.
• 2008 — The Animated episode "The Thrill of the Hunt" premieres in the U.S.
• 2008 — The Animated episode "Total Meltdown" premieres in Canada and on U.S. On Demand services.
• 2008 — The promotional video for the Fun Publications Transformers Collectors' Club-exclusive Nightbeat toy debuts on YouTube.
• 2010 — Fun Publications reveals the identity of membership-freebie Dion's gang-molded "partner", Cop-Tur.
• 2011 — Prime #3 and Sector 7 #5 are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2012 — The Prime episode "Convoy" premieres in Hungary.
• 2013 — The Prime episodes "Toxicity" and "Hurt" premiere in Germany.
• 2015 — Prime — Season 2 Vol. 4: Darkest Hour is released to home video in the United Kingdom by Primal Screen.
• 2019 — The Cyberverse episodes "King of the Dinosaurs" and "The Extinction Event" premiere in Germany.
• 2019 — The Rescue Bots Academy episodes "The Bot Who Cried Rescue" and "Mount Botmore" premiere on Discovery Family.
• 2022 — Transformers #39, The Magic of Cybertron TPB, Transformers Volume 4: Declaration of War HC and the Transformers/Back to the Future TPB are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2023 — Pre-orders go up for the Flame Toys Furai Model Sound Wave kit.
• 2024 — Michael Rüth (German voice of Soundwave) dies at age 85.
• 2025 — The Transformers Authentics Shockwave figure is revealed on the Hasbro Shop.
• 2026 — Stefan Gossler (German voice of Galvatronus) dies at age 70.