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• 1948 — John Noble (voice of Unicron in Prime) is born, both here and in a parallel universe.
• 1949 — Pedro Eugênio (Brazilian voice of Egyptian guard) is born.
• 1955 — Seong-ho Shin (Korean voice of Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime, Ironhide, Astrotrain, Optimus Primal, Vector Prime and Crazybolt) is born.
• 1961 — Voice actor Stanley Townsend is born.
• 1962 — Actor Ravil Isyanov (Alexi Voskhod in Dark of the Moon) is born in Moscow.
• 1970 — Fredrik Hiller (Swedish voice of Megatron in the Unicron Trilogy and also Animated Megatron) is born.
• 1971 — Japanese voice actor Kōichi Toshima is born.
• 1975 — Luis Carreño (Latin American Spanish voice of Unicron Trilogy Starscream) is born.
• 1977 — The Voyager spacecraft, carrying one of two Voyager golden records leaves Earth.
• 1978 — Anneli Heed (Swedish voice of Arcee) is born.
• 1981 — Jacob Weigert (German voice of Santos) is born.
• 1983 — Arturo Acosta (Mexican voice of Bumblebee) is born.
• 1991 — André Luiz Chapéu (Brazillian voice of Ironhide, Shockwave, Quintessons and more) dies at age 50.
• 1994 — The Generation 2 episode "Kremzeek!" premieres in Germany.
• 2001 — Beast Wars — The Beginning: Vol. 3 is released on VHS in the UK by Universal.
• 2003 — The Transformers Theme Song Collection soundtrack album is released in Japan by Columbia Music Entertainment.
• 2003 — The Armada episode "Remorse" premieres on YTV in Canada.
• 2004 — The Super Link episode "Return! Our Scorponok" premieres in Japan.
• 2005 — The Cybertron episode "Search" premieres in the U.S.
• 2005 — The Galaxy Force episode "The Revived Giant God" premieres in Japan.
• 2008 — All Hail Megatron #2 and Spotlight: Doubledealer are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2009 — Animated — Volume Vier: Mission Erfüllt is released on DVD in Germany by Paramount Pictures.
• 2012 — TakaraTomy releases the Arms Micron Gum candy toys: basically the Gacha Arms Microns Optimus Prime Blaster, Bumblebee Sword, and the reddish-purple versions of Gobu and Zado.
• 2014 — Robots in Disguise #32 is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2017 — The Rescue Bots episodes "Now and Then" and "Today and Forever" premiere in Italy.
• 2018 — Roger Behr (voice of Runabout and Runamuck) passes away at age 70.
• 2021 — Hasbro China officially reveals WFC-K35 Tigatron on their flagship store on Taobao.
• 2022 — Comic inker Tom Palmer dies at age 80.
• 2023 — The Beast Wars Again episode "Stop the Sneezing (Part 1)" airs on TV Tokyo.
• 2024 — Atsuko Tanaka (Japanese voice of Botanica in Beast Machines and Slipstream in Animated) passes away at age 61.
• 2024 — Transformers One: Movie Novelization, Destined for Greatness! & Finding the Spark are released by Simon & Schuster.
• 2024 — Hasbro Pulse puts up the 40th Selection TF-40A Lio Convoy for preorder.
• 2025 — G.I. Joe #10 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.