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• ???? — Japanese voice actress Kimie Hantani is born.
• 1930 — Astronaut Buzz Aldrin is born.
• 1932 — Vicente Gisbert (Castilian Spanish voice of Rhinox) is born.
• 1933 — Gérard Hernandez (European French voice of Ratchet and Trailbreaker in the "Changing Gears" episode of the original cartoon) is born.
• 1946 — Willi Röbke (German voice of Optimus Prime and Megatron/Galvatron) is born.
• 1952 — Dave Fennoy (voice of Warpath in Dark of the Moon: The Game and Robots in Disguise Overload) begins his life with a lot of hair to grow.
• 1955 — Director Noboro Huruse is born.
• 1955 — Vincent Violette (European French voice of Seymour Simmons, and also French voice of Animated Megatron, Prowl and more) is born.
• 1960 — Mieczyslaw Moranski (Polish voice of Energon Starscream and Strongarm) is born.
• 1966 — Actor Rainn Wilson (Professor Colan in Revenge of the Fallen) is born.
• 1966 — Sílvia Goiabeira (Brazilian voice of SUV driver and Elita-1) is born.
• 1969 — Reno Wilson (voice of Frenzy, Mudflap, Brains, Sqweeks, and Mohawk in the live-action film series) is born.
• 1970 — Denise Reis (Brazilian voice of Airazor, Airachnid and Madeline Pynch) is born.
• 1978 — Omar Sy (voice of Hot Rod in The Last Knight) is born.
• 1980 — Georgia Reed (voice of Chromia in the War for Cybertron Trilogy) is born.
• 1983 — Mami Nishikaku (performer of "Marionette") is born.
• 1988 — Paweł Krucz (Polish voice of Slipstream and Tour boat captain) is born.
• 1991 — The Super-God Masterforce episode "The Last Powermaster Warrior Is Found" premieres in Malaysia.
• 1994 — Annie Rojas (Mexican voice of Tessa Yeager, Jacqueline and Terratronus) is born.
• 1999 — The Beast Wars II episode "Legend! The Green Warrior" premieres in Japan.
• 2005 — Takara releases Galaxy Force GC-09 Guardshell and GD-05 Gasket.
• 2005 — Transformers — Collection 5: Series 3.2 is released on DVD in New Zealand by Madman Entertainment.
• 2010 — Bumblebee #2 is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2012 — The Prime episode "Deus ex Machina" premieres in Hungary.
• 2012 — The Prime episode "Metal Attraction" premieres in Germany.
• 2015 — The Mystery of Convoy Returns episode "Mystery of Smearing Salt in the Open Wound" first premieres.
• 2016 — Robots in Disguise #6, The Transformers #49 and Transformers/G.I. Joe: Tyrants Rise, Heroes are Born TPB are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2021 — TakaraTomy releases War for Cybertron Trilogy WFC-09 Bumblebee and WFC-10 Elita-1, plus Earthrise ER EX-15 Doublecrosser and ER EX-16 Skywarp & Thundercracker and Siege SG-EX Ratchet, SG-EX Decepticon Phantomstrike Squadron (featuring Skywarp, Fracas, Terror-Daxtyl and Shrute) are released as TakaraTomy Mall exclusives.
• 2021 — Transformers #27 is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2022 — IDW announced that they would be losing the Transformers and G.I. Joe licenses at the end of the year, with their ongoing series set to conclude in the summer.
• 2024 — Robosen Megatron is announced.
• 2025 — Noah Nelson (voice of Transformers The Game Blackout) dies at the age of 73.