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• 1913 — Alfred A. Pegal (writer of the Generation 1 episode "Fire in the Sky") is born.
• 1946 — John Braden (writer of several Kid Stuff storybooks) is born.
• 1955 — Marly Ribeiro (Brazilian voice of Dylan Gould's assistant) is born.
• 1957 — Bernard Fortin (Canadian French voice of Galvatron in Age of Extinction) is born.
• 1960 — Teo Bellia (Italian voice of Scorponok) is born.
• 1962 — Akio Hirose (Japanese voice of James Savoy) is born.
• 1962 — Bruno Dubernat (French voice of Unicron in the Transformers: Armada video game) is born.
• 1963 — Wolfgang Berger (German voice of Optimus Prime in the Transformers 40th Anniversary Event) is born.
• 1967 — David McDermott (writer for Cybertron) is born.
• 1972 — Marcio Dondi (Brazilian voice of Grimlock, Shockwave and War for Cybertron Trilogy Ultra Magnus ) is born.
• 1979 — Paolo De Santis (Italian voice of Jack Darby and Rescue Bots Blades and Kade Burns) is born.
• 1986 — The Transformers episode "Megatron's Plan to Conquer Earth - Part 2" premieres in Japan.
• 1987 — The strategy guide Mystery of Convoy is released in Japan.
• 1989 — The Super-God Masterforce episode "God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?" premieres in Japan.
• 1993 — The Headmasters episode "The Miracle Warriors, Part 1" airs in Malaysia.
• 1995 — Aaron Archer begins his career at Kenner.
• 2001 — Car Robots — Vol. 7 is released on DVD in Japan by Pony Canyon.
• 2003 — The Armada episode "Trust" premieres in the U.S.
• 2003 — The Legends of the Microns episode "擬態 (へんしん) - Metamorphosis" premieres in Japan.
• 2004 — The Armada episode "Tactician" premieres in France.
• 2007 — Spotlight: Ultra Magnus is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2008 — Alejandro Illescas (Latin American Spanish voice of Cheetor in Beast Wars and also Rapid Run) passes away at the age of 47.
• 2009 — The Animated episode "The Elite Guard" premieres in Italy.
• 2010 — Daisuke Gōri (Japanese voice of Dauros, Goryu, Violengiguar and more) dies at the age of 57 due to suicide.
• 2012 — The Prime episode "Scrapheap" premieres in Hungary.
• 2014 — Seizō Katō (Japanese voice of Generation 1 Devastator, Galvatron and Megatron) passes away at age 86.
• 2018 — Optimus Prime #15 and Windblade – The Last City TPB are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2019 — The last day one could order from Hasbro Toy Shop before it closes down and is later rebranded and relaunched as Hasbro Pulse.
• 2023 — Hasbro officially reveals the Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Airazor figure and pre-orders go up for it.
• 2024 — Cobra Commander #1 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
• 2025 — The Transformers One – Vinyl Soundtrack is released.
• 2025 — TakaraTomy hosts the T-Spark Zone Event.
• 2025 — The Transformers One: New Adventures episode "Energon Mine" premieres on YouTube.