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- 1925 — Composer Chūmei Watanabe is born.
- 1945 — Writer Arthur Sellers is born.
- 1948 — Jim Carter (voice of Cogman) is born.
- 1954 — Tatá Guarnieri (Brazilian voice of Optimus Prime, Cheetor, Dreadwing, Huxley Prescott, Saberhorn and Quintesson Executioner) is born.
- 1957 — Pascal Casanova (French voice of Ironhide and several characters in the The Battle Begins version of Transform and Roll Out, Part 1) is born.
- 1966 — Kőrösi András (Hungarian voice of Apelinq) is born.
- 1969 — Takeshi Maruyama (Japanese voices of Colan, Jerry Wang, Chief of Staff and Roy) is born.
- 1976 — Yuki Nakao (voice of Mikesu) is born.
- 1978 — Satoshi Tsuruoka (voice of Strada and Japanese voice of Prime Starscream and Cyberverse Starscream, Thundercracker, Lockdown, Rack'n'Ruin and more) is born.
- 1980 — Balázs Simonyi (Hungarian voice of Leo Spitz) is born.
- 1984 — The first known newspaper advertisements for the the original Transformers toyline offer Autobot Cars for $8.99 USD (approximately $22.39 in 2020 dollars). No rainchecks, limit two per customer, minimum 300 per store.
- 1990 — The Super-God Masterforce episode "A Friendship is Born" premieres in Malaysia.
- 1996 — The Beast Wars episodes "The Web", "Equal Measures", "Power Surge", and "Fallen Comrades" are made available for early access to DirecTV customers in the United States on a pay-per-view basis.
- 1998 — The Beast Wars II episode "The Tentacular Scuba" premieres in Japan.
- 2000 — The Beast Machines episode "Savage Noble" premieres in the U.S. on Fox Kids.
- 2003 — The Battle of the Star Gate #3, "Activation", is published in Super Robot Magazine #13 in Japan.
- 2004 — The Transformers — Collection 3: Series 2.2 is released on DVD in New Zealand by Madman Entertainment.
- 2004 — Siena Agudong (voice of Izzy) is born.
- 2008 — Transformers Animated: Season One is released on DVD in the US by Paramount Pictures.
- 2009 — IDW Publishing's Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac is released to stores, as is our collective joyjuice. All Hail Megatron #14 is also released, to a great deal less enthusiasm.
- 2010 — Final day of shooting in Chicago for Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
- 2013 — Final day of Cybertron Con 2013 at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing, China.
- 2013 — The Transformers: Prime episode "Regeneration" premieres in Brazil.
- 2014 — TakaraTomy releases the exclusive Masterpiece MP-10A Convoy (BAPE ver.)
- 2015 — The Transformers: Windblade (vol.2) #6 is released by IDW Publishing.
- 2016 — Final day of the Angry Birds Transformers "You've Got The Touch" event.
- 2017 — The Robots in Disguise episode "Moon Breaker" premieres on Teletoon in Canada.
- 2017 — The Rescue Bots episodes "Endangered Species", "More than Meets the Eye" and "I Have Heard the Robots Singing" premiere in Italy.
- 2020 — Transformers #22, Secrets & Lies #2, and Transformers vs. The Terminator #3 are released by IDW Publishing.
- 2023 — The Transformers: EarthSpark episodes "Bear Necessities" and "Warzone" premieres on Nickelodeon.