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???? — Yoshiyuki Matsūra (Japanese voice of Fixit and War for Cybertron Trilogy Mirage ) is born.
1919 — Director Tom Ray is born in Arizona.
1932 — Dennis Marks (writer of "The Golden Lagoon " and "The Core ") is born.
1942 — Marvel inker Dave Hunt is born.
1944 — Helmut Gauß (German voice of Silverbolt , Bumblebee , Shockwave and Clawtrap ) is born.
1950 — Mariko Takigawa (Japanese voice of Gabriella Constanza ) is born.
1958 — Show Hayami (Japanese voice of Spike Witwicky , Ironhide , Tracks , Ultra Magnus , Sixknight , Vector Prime and more) is born.
1959 — Hiroshi Ōtaki (Japanese voice of L. W. Wilder ) is born.
1960 — Hercules Fernando (Brazilian voice of Cheetor , Hosney , Drift , Ron and Shockwave ) is born.
1960 — Virginie Ledieu (European French voice of Elise Presser ) is born.
1963 — Alberto Bognanni (Italian voice of G1 Wheeljack and Starscream in the 2008 redub) is born.
1968 — Kim Strauss (voice of Robots in Disguise (2001) Ultra Magnus ) is born.
1988 — The Super-God Masterforce episode "Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai " premieres in Japan.
1991 — José Ángel Torres (Mexican voice of Noah Díaz and Mohawk ) is born.
1992 — The Headmasters episode "The Resurrected Billy Against the Decepticons " airs in Malaysia.
2000 — The Car Robots episode "Awaken To Righteousness! Black Convoy " premieres in Japan.
2003 — Japanese Ito Yokaido stores offer the Race Micron Road Assault Edition toys (Drift , Indy , and Spin ), one free with the purchase of Legend of the Microns MC-09 Jetfire or MD-05 Shockwave ... though apparently many stores gave them away with any Legend of the Microns purchase.
2004 — Transformers: Robots in Disguise —Volume One is released on DVD in the UK by Maximum Entertainment .
2005 — Eom Joo-hwan (Korean voice of Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime and Unicron ) dies at the age of 55.
2008 — The Transformers Animated episode "Lost and Found " premieres in Latin America.
2009 — Final day of the Canadaian Chevy/GM mall contest promotion where you could get a free Aveo Swerve . Yes, free.
2010 — Fourth day of Cybertron Con 2010 in Shanghai , China .
2011 — Dark of the Moon hits the $1 billion mark in worldwide box office receipts, the first Paramount film to do so... and all in just under five weeks of release. Holy crap.
2014 — The Rescue Bots episode "Rise of the Heroes " premieres on Hub Network .
2016 — The Combiner Wars episode "The Fall " premieres on go90 .
2017 — Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook #2 and Revolutionaries , Volume 1: Crisis Intervention TPB are released by IDW Publishing .
2019 — The Generations Selects Special Comic Seacons comic 1 is first published.
2022 — Renegade Game Studios releases the Transformers Roleplaying Game core rulebook as a digital PDF.
2023 — Final day of the Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Special Edition release in Peru cinemas.