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• 1925 — Composer Michiaki Watanabe is born.
• 1945 — Writer Arthur Sellers is born.
• 1948 — Actor Jim Carter (the voice of Cogman) is born.
• 1954 — Voice actor Tatá Guarnieri is born.
• 1984 — The first known newspaper advertisements for the the original Transformers toyline offer Autobot Cars for $8.99 USD (approximately $23 in 2020 dollars). No rainchecks, limit two per customer, minimum 300 per store.
• 1990 — The Super-God Masterforce episode "A Friendship is Born" premieres in Malaysia.
• 1998 — The Beast Wars II episode "The Tentacular Scuba" premieres in Japan.
• 2003 — The Battle of the Star Gate #3, "Activation", is published in Super Robot Magazine #13 in Japan.
• 2004 — The Transformers — Collection 3: Series 2.2 is released on DVD in New Zealand by Madman Entertainment.
• 2008 — Transformers Animated: Season One is released on DVD in the US by Paramount Pictures.
• 2009 — IDW Publishing's Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac is released to stores, as is our collective joyjuice. All Hail Megatron #14 is also released, to a great deal less enthusiasm.
• 2010 — Final day of shooting in Chicago for Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
• 2014 — TakaraTomy releases the exclusive Masterpiece MP-10A Convoy (BAPE ver.)
• 2015 — The Transformers: Windblade (vol.2) #6 is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2016 — Final day of the Angry Birds Transformers "You've Got The Touch" event.
• 2017 — The Robots in Disguise episode "Moon Breaker" premieres on Teletoon in Canada.
• 2020 — Transformers #22, Secrets & Lies #2, and Transformers vs. The Terminator #3 are released by IDW Publishing.