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• 1898 — Caleb Bradham names his soft drink Pepsi-Cola.
• 1952 — Guy Nadon (Canadian French voice of Optimus Prime in the live-action film series) is born.
• 1955 — Michitaka Kobayashi (Japanese voice of Highbrow, Bruticus, Goldbug and more in The Headmasters) is born.
• 1973 — Kirby Morrow (voice of Armada Rad and Hot Shot in Cybertron) is born.
• 1974 — Leonardo García (Mexican voice of Revenge of the Fallen and Dark of the Moon Soundwave) is born.
• 1987 — The Headmasters episode "The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery" premieres in Japan.
• 1987 — Transformers: The Head Masters for the Famicom Disk System is released in Japan.
• 1997 — Werner Abrolat (German voice of Devastator and Unicron in The Transformers: The Movie and a few other roles) dies.
• 2002 — Transformers: Armada #2 is released by Dreamwave Productions.
• 2005 — Christoph Lindert (German voice actor for much of G1 and G2) passes away.
• 2006 — The 22nd show in the Kiss Players radio drama series airs in Japan on the "Lyrian Moe-tchao" program.
• 2010 — The Animated episode "Swindle's Scheme" premieres in Japan.
• 2010 — Animated Rodimus, Samurai Prowl, Sunstorm, Swindle, Waspinator and the Cybertron Megatron & Cybertron Optimus Prime 2-pack are released in Japan.
• 2012 — The Transformers Japanese Collection: Victory DVD set is released in the US by Shout! Factory.
• 2013 — More than Meets the Eye #20, Regeneration One #94, Beast Hunters #4 and The Transformers Classics, Vol. 5 are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2014 — TakaraTomy releases Cloud TFC-A02 Brawn and TFC-D02 Starscream.
• 2015 — Nintendo of America hosts the Splatoon "Autobots vs. Decepticons" Splatfest online event, starting at 9pm Pacific Time.
• 2019 — Transformers #11 is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2021 — The Hasbro Pulse YouTube channel uploaded the entire first season of The Transformers for free streaming.