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???? — Singer Nao Anno is born.
1908 — Shockwave arrives on Earth , crashing in Siberia and causing the Tunguska event . Rising Storm issue 2
1929 — Vlastimir Đuza Stojiljković (Serbian voice of Optimus Prime ) is born.
1952 — Bruno Bulté (French voice of Rhinox and Tankor in Beast Machines and Alpha Trion , Breakdown and Shockwave in Prime ) is born.
1954 — Takao Ishii (Japanese voice of Aimless , Kup , Snapdragon , and Wideload in "The Rebirth ") is born.
1961 — Editor Jim Owsley is born.
1964 — Don Brown (voice of Constructicon Maximus , Cyclonus / Snow Cat , and Scorponok ) is born.
1970 — Brian Bloom (additional voices in Fall of Cybertron ) is born.
1972 — Colorist Len O'Grady is born in Dublin , Ireland .
1976 — Kei Kobayashi (Japanese voice of Mrs. Hansen ) is born.
1988 — The final day to mail an entry into Takara 's "Lander Present Campaign" lottery to receive one of 3000 not-sold-at-retail Pretender Lander toys.
1989 — The Transformers episode "Hoist Goes to the Movie " premieres in Germany .
1991 — The Victory episode "Terror Under the Metropolis " premieres in Malaysia.
1992 — Patrick Baehr (German voice of Jetstorm ) is born.
1999 — The Beast Wars Neo episode "The Stolen Gung Ho " premieres in Japan .
2007 — Fourth day of BotCon 2007 .
2009 — Last day to send in pre-orders for the Japanese Lawson exclusive Revenge preview Bumblebee / Legends Mudflap and preview Soundwave / Legends Fallen exclusive 2-packs.
2010 — Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II is released by IDW Publishing .
2011 — Dark of the Moon is released in Argentina , Armenia, Belarus, Chile , Croatia, Georgia, Kuwait, Lebanon , New Zealand , Serbia, Slovakia, the United Arab Emirates, and Uruguay .
2011 — Final day of pre-orders for the Japanese Lawson exclusive Optimus Prime metal strap.
2012 — TakaraTomy releases Prime AM-07 Starscream , AM-12 War Breakdown , AM-13 Medic Knock Out , AM-14 Vehicon , and EZ Collection Evac and Prime Breakdown .
2012 — The Next Generation World Hobby Fair Summer '12 takes place in Fukuoka, Japan , where participants in the "Arms Up Challenge" can get the special Arms Micron Shining O.P. , plus early-purchase AMW Microns Gabu , Baru , and Dai (with a free bonus Firebolt Clear Yellow Version with the purchase of all three).
2012 — The Prime episode "Partners " premieres in Spain .
2012 — The Prime episode "Phantom Transformation! Mind-Diving " premieres in Japan .
2012 — The Rescue Bots episode "The Lost Bell " premieres on Hub Network .
2013 — Claudio Fattoretto (Italian voice of Tankor in Beast Machines and Sideswipe in the live-action film series ) passes away.
2013 — The last day of BotCon 2013 in San Diego , California .
2014 — Age of Extinction : The EP is released for download.
2017 — The Last Knight is released in India .
2018 — TakaraTomy releases Power of the Primes PP-10 Alchemist Prime , PP-11 Dinobot Slug , PP-12 Dinobot Swoop , PP-13 Dinobot Snarl , PP-14 Dinobot Sludge , and PP-15 Grimlock .
2019 — Rescue Bots Academy premieres on Discovery Kids in the Latin American markets.
2019 — The last day the Robots in Disguise mobile game is scheduled to be available for download.
2021 — Beast Wars #5 and The Magic of Cybertron #3 are released by IDW Publishing .
2021 — The Toy Clash! Roboca Battle arcade game shuts down.
2023 — The EarthSpark episode "Missed Connection " premieres on YTV in Canada .
2024 — The EarthSpark episode "Robbie is Strong! " premieres in Japan .
2024 — Tom Wyner (writer for the 2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon and voice of Grimlock ) passes away.
2025 — Former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Jim Shooter passes away at the age of 73.
2025 — Saverio Indrio (Italian voice of Bumblebee , Doubledealer , Heavy Load , and Mandroid ) also passes away at age 61.