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• 1917 — Animator Warren Batchelder is born in Los Angeles.
• 1930 — Clive Revill (voice of the original The Transformers cartoon Kickback) is born.
• 1960 — Mariângela Cantú (Brazilian voice of Charlotte Mearing) is born.
• 1972 — Transformers: Prime writer David Slack is born.
• 1974 — Katja Sirkiä (Finnish voice of Strongarm) is born.
• 1974 — Writer Cavan Scott is born.
• 1975 — Actor Martin Spinhayer (French voice of Megatronus in Robots in Disguise 2015) is born.
• 1977 — Bryce Johnson (Theodore Galloway in Revenge of the Fallen: The Game) is born.
• 1979 — Nando Sierpe (Brazilian voice of Alex Malto) is born.
• 1986 — The Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers episode "Children Play" premieres in Japan.
• 1987 — Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is born in England.
• 1989 — The Victory episode "Move Out! Rescue Team" premieres in Japan.
• 1994 — Ana Elena Bittencourt (Brazilian voice of Tina Lark) is born.
• 2003 — The Legends of the Microns episode "疾風 (はやて) - gale" premieres in Japan.
• 2007 — The Transformers: Target: 2006 #1 is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2009 — The Transformers Animated episode "Human Error, Part I" premieres in the US.
• 2012 — The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye #4 and The Transformers Classics, Vol. 3 are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2013 — Hasbro puts up the first of two online polls in the "Fan-Built Bot" program that would ultimately produce Windblade.
• 2013 — A ceremony at the China National Convention Center launches the Transformers 4 Chinese Actors Talent Search Reality Show.
• 2015 — The Robots in Disguise episode "W.W.O.D.?" premieres on Cartoon Network in the USA.
• 2015 — The Rescue Bots episode "The Last of Morocco" premieres on Discovery Family.
• 2015 — The Robots in Disguise episode "More than Meets the Eye" premieres in Germany.
• 2018 — Optimus Prime #17, #18 and Lost Light #17 are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2018 — Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 23: Destiny is released by Hachette Partworks.
• 2019 — Mexican voice actor Alfonso Ramírez dies at age 72.
• 2020 — The Rescue Bots Academy episodes "Acting Out" and "Need to Know" premiere on Discovery Family.