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February 23, 2019, 8:22 pm

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KOHANAIKI CLUB

Το ιδιωτικό

club των

εκατομμυριούχων

1.850 στρέμματα ακραίου πλούτου

στις ηφαιστειογενείς παραλίες της Χαβάης

Αν και τα τελευταία χρόνια οι κάτοικοι των δυτικών Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών δείχνουν τη σαφή προτίμηση τους στις μεξικάνικες ακτογραμμές, με το Hollywood να «ψηφίζει»Los Cabos, το μεγάλο νησί της Χαβάης με τις ηφαιστειογενείς κοραλλένιες του παραλίες, στη δυτική του πλευρά, τείνει να γίνει το παραμυθένιο «σημείο» συνάντησης των εκατομμυριούχων του πλανήτη και εκτός Αμερικής. Κι αυτό, γιατί ναι μεν μαγευτικές περιοχές για διακοπές και ψυχαγωγία υπάρχουν και σε πολλά άλλα σημεία του πλανήτη αλλά οι τοπικές αρχές της Χαβάης προσφέρουν ένα σωρό κίνητρα για να προσελκύουν εύπορους τουρίστες ή τις επενδύσεις για να τους φιλοξενούν.
Επιπλέον, οι σχετικά σταθερές κλιματολογικές συνθήκες που επικρατούν στο νησί και ο μεγάλος αριθμός πτήσεων από το εξωτερικό, μετά τον εκσυγχρονισμό του αεροδρομίου και την καλή κατάσταση του οδικού δικτύου, αποτελούν πόλο έλξης 8 εκατομμυρίων τουριστών το χρόνο, ένα νούμερο που αφορά όλα τα νησιά της Χαβάης.

Σε πολλές από τις περιοχές του μεγάλου νησιού, οι τοπικές αρχές ενθάρρυναν την αγορά δημοσίων εκτάσεων από μεγάλες επιχειρήσεις και ιδιώτες, στοχεύοντας σε υψηλό ποιοτικά τουριστικό προϊόν, με αποτέλεσμα να δημιουργηθούν μεγάλα οικιστικά clubs και κοινότητες πραγματικών εκατομμυριούχων του πλανήτη. Ένα από αυτά τα πολύ κλειστά ελιτίστικα clubs, έκτασης 1.850 στρεμμάτων, είναι το περίφημο Kohanaiki πολύ κοντά στην πόλη -και φημισμένο παραθεριστικό κέντρο- Kailua-Kona, στη δυτική ακτογραμμή του νησιού.

Με ετήσια συνδρομή που φτάνει τα 25.000 δολάρια (χωρίς αυτή, η παραμονή στο club κοστίζει… $150.000), το Kohanaiki προσφέρει στους πολύ εύπορους φιλοξενούμενους του τον απόλυτο παράδεισο διακοπών, ο οποίος, εκτός των πολλών άλλων, δίνει τη δυνατότητα αγοράς πολυτελών εξοχικών κατοικιών, είτε έτοιμων και εφοδιασμένων με όλες τις luxury ανέσεις είτε προκατασκευασμένων, με επιλογή των νέων ιδιοκτητών τους να τα επιπλώσουν και να τα διαμορφώσουν σύμφωνα με τα γούστα τους, τηρώντας όμως κάποιους κανόνες αισθητικής και αρχιτεκτονικής που θέτει το club.
Το Kohanaiki, στο οποίο εκτός από το οικονομικό γίνεται κάποιος δεκτός έπειτα από πρόσκληση κάποιου άλλου μέλους, διαθέτει κοντά στις 400 πολυτελείς εξοχικές κατοικίες(αρκετές από αυτές είναι απλά οριοθετημένες) που ξεκινούν από τα 195 τετραγωνικά μέτρα και φτάνουν έως και τα 650, ενώ βέβαια υπάρχουν και καμιά 10αριά πολύ «βαριές» περιπτώσεις ακραίας χλιδής που αφορούν κατοικίες για δισεκατομμυριούχους.

Κατασκευασμένο σε μια ηφαιστειογενή περιοχή που κάποτε κατείχε ο μεγάλος βασιλιάς της Χαβάης, Kamehameha I, το Kohanaiki είναι ουσιαστικά μια ιδιωτική μικρή πόλη, ένα πολυτελές θέρετρο πλουσίων, στο οποίο παρέχονται όλες οι υπηρεσίες ενός 5άστερου (και βάλε) ξενοδοχείου, με την προσθήκη ενός τεράστιου γηπέδου golf σχεδιασμένου από τονRees Jones, θρύλο στον συγκεκριμένο τομέα, μιας luxurious λέσχης με spa 6.300 τετραγωνικών εντυπωσιακής κατασκευής και μιας ιδιωτικής παραλίας μήκους 4 περίπου χιλιομέτρων.

Όσο για τις ίδιες τις ανέσεις; Εκτός από τις τις κατοικίες, 110 από τις οποίες είναι ήδη αγορασμένες και που βέβαια διαθέτουν όλων των ειδών τις πισίνες, το Kohanaiki προσφέρει ότι μπορεί να φανταστεί κανείς, όπως έναν μεγάλο αριθμό εστιατορίων για όλα τα γούστα, πολυτελές beach bar, ειδικό χώρο για τα παιδιά που μοιάζει με… luxurious κατασκήνωση, οργανωμένες αθλητικές εγκαταστάσεις με όλων των ειδών τις δραστηριότητες, ενώ οργανώνονται συνέχεια διάφορες εκδηλώσεις για όλων των ειδών τις προτιμήσεις.

Απολαύστε κάποιες από τις εικόνες του Kohanaiki και «ταξιδέψτε» μαζί μας!

ΚΑΝΤΕ ΚΛΙΚ ΣΤΙΣ ΕΙΚΟΝΕΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΟ ΦΥΣΙΚΟ ΤΟΥΣ ΜΕΓΕΘΟΣ

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February 23, 2019, 8:24 pm

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484 – King Huneric removes the Christian bishops from their offices and banished some to Corsica. A few are martyred, including former proconsul Victorian along with Frumentius and other merchants. They are killed at Hadrumetum after refusing to become Arians.
1303 – Battle of Roslin, of the First War of Scottish Independence.
1386 – King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda.
1525 – A Spanish-Austrian army defeats a French army at the Battle of Pavia.
1538 – Treaty of Nagyvárad between Ferdinand I and John Zápolya.
1582 – With the papal bull Inter gravissimas, Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.
1607 – L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its première performance.
1711 – The London première of Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage.
1739 – Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.
1803 – In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the principle of judicial review.
1809 – London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving owner Richard Brinsley Sheridan destitute.
1821 – Final stage of the Mexican War of Independence from Spain with Plan of Iguala.
1822 – The first Swaminarayan temple in the world, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad, is inaugurated.
1826 – The signing of the Treaty of Yandabo marks the end of the First Anglo-Burmese War.
1831 – The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty in accordance with the Indian Removal Act, is proclaimed. The Choctaws in Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West.
1848 – King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne.
1854 – A Penny Red with perforations was the first perforated postage stamp to be officially issued for distribution.
1863 – Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
1868 – Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
1875 – The SS Gothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
1881 – China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
1895 – Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the Cuban War of Independence, that ends with the Spanish–American War in 1898.
1916 – The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.
1917 – World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
1918 – Estonian Declaration of Independence.
1920 – The Nazi Party is founded.
1920 – Nancy Astor became the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
1942 – The Battle of Los Angeles: A false alarm led to an anti-aircraft barrage that lasted into the early hours of February 25.
1942 – An order-in-council passed under the Defence of Canada Regulations of the War Measures Act gives the Canadian federal government the power to intern all "persons of Japanese racial origin".
1944 – Merrill's Marauders: The Marauders begin their 1,000-mile journey through Japanese occupied Burma.
1945 – Egyptian Premier Ahmad Mahir Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree.
1946 – Colonel Juan Perón, founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism, is elected to his first term as President of Argentina.
1949 – The Armistice Agreements are signed, to formally end the hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.^[3]
1968 – Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué.
1971 – The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed three days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar is appointed as the new chairman.
1976 – The current constitution of Cuba is formally proclaimed.
1980 – The United States Olympic hockey team completes its Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4–2 to win the gold medal.
1981 – The 6.7 M_s Gulf of Corinth earthquake affected Central Greece with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Twenty-two people were killed, 400 were injured, and damage totaled $812 million.
1983 – A special commission of the United States Congress condemns the Japanese American internment during World War II.
1984 – Tyrone Mitchell perpetrates the 49th Street Elementary School shooting in Los Angeles, killing two children and injuring 12 more.
1989 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa and offers a USD $3 million bounty for the death of Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.
1989 – United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, rips open during flight, blowing nine passengers out of the business-class section.
1991 – Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.
1996 – Two civilian airplanes operated by the Miami-based group Brothers to the Rescue are shot down in international waters by the Cuban Air Force.
2004 – The 6.3 M_w Al Hoceima earthquake strikes northern Morocco with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 628 people are killed, 926 are injured, and up to 15,000 are displaced.
2006 – Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in attempt to subdue a possible military coup.
2007 – Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.
2008 – Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba and the Council of Ministers after 32 years. He remains as head of the Communist Party for another three years.
2015 – A Metrolink train derails in Oxnard, California following a collision with a truck, leaving more than 30 injured.
2016 – Tara Air Flight 193, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft, crashed, with 23 fatalities, in Solighopte, Myagdi District, Dhaulagiri Zone, while en route from Pokhara Airport to Jomsom Airport.

1103 – Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156)
1413 – Louis, Duke of Savoy (d. 1465)
1463 – Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (d. 1494)
1494 – Johan Friis, Danish statesman (d. 1570)^[4]
1500 – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1558)^[5]
1536 – Pope Clement VIII (d. 1605)
1545 – John of Austria (d. 1578)
1553 – Cherubino Alberti, Italian engraver and painter (d. 1615)
1557 – Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1619)
1593 – Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford, English soldier and courtier (d. 1625)
1595 – Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet (d. 1640)
1604 – Arcangela Tarabotti, born Elena Tarabotti, Venetian nun and feminist (d. 1652)
1619 – Charles Le Brun, French painter and theorist (d. 1690)
1622 – Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665)
1670 – Rajaram Raj Bhonsle, third Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire (d. 1700)
1709 – Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (d. 1782)
1721 – John McKinly, Irish-American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware (d. 1796)
1723 – John Burgoyne, English general and politician (d. 1792)
1736 – Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1806)
1743 – Joseph Banks, English botanist and explorer (d. 1820)
1762 – Charles Frederick Horn, German-English composer and educator (d. 1830)
1767 – Rama II of Siam (d. 1824)
1774 – Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)
1786 – Martin W. Bates, American lawyer and politician (d. 1869)
1786 – Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist, author, and academic (d. 1859)
1788 – Johan Christian Dahl, Norwegian-German painter (d. 1857)
1827 – Lydia Becker, English-French activist (d. 1890)
1831 – Leo von Caprivi, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1899)
1835 – Julius Vogel, English-New Zealand journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1899)
1836 – Winslow Homer, American painter and illustrator (d. 1910)
1837 – Rosalía de Castro, Spanish poet (d. 1885)
1842 – Arrigo Boito, Italian journalist, author, and composer (d. 1918)
1848 – Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian engineer, lawyer, and politician (d. 1907)
1852 – George Moore, Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1933)
1868 – Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player (d. 1949)
1874 – Honus Wagner, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1955)
1877 – Rudolph Ganz, Swiss pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1972)
1877 – Ettie Rout, Australian-New Zealand educator and activist (d. 1936)
1885 – Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (d. 1966)
1885 – Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, poet, and painter (d. 1939)
1890 – Marjorie Main, American actress (d. 1975)
1896 – Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter (d. 1991)
1898 – Kurt Tank, German pilot and engineer (d. 1983)
1900 – Irmgard Bartenieff, German-American dancer and physical therapist, leading pioneer of dance therapy (d. 1981)
1903 – Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright (d. 1967)
1908 – Telford Taylor, American general, lawyer, and historian (d. 1998)
1909 – August Derleth, American anthologist and author (d. 1971)
1914 – Ralph Erskine, English-Swedish architect, designed The Ark and Byker Wall (d. 2005)
1914 – Weldon Kees, American author, poet, painter, and pianist (d. 1955)
1915 – Jim Ferrier, Australian golfer (d. 1986)
1919 – John Carl Warnecke, American architect (d. 2010)^[6]
1921 – Abe Vigoda, American actor (d. 2016)
1922 – Richard Hamilton, English painter and academic (d. 2011)
1922 – Steven Hill, American actor (d. 2016)
1924 – Hal Herring, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
1924 – Erik Nielsen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2008)
1925 – Bud Day, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2013)
1927 – Emmanuelle Riva, French actress (d. 2017)
1929 – Kintaro Ohki, South Korean wrestler (d. 2006)
1930 – Barbara Lawrence, American model and actress (d. 2013)
1931 – Dominic Chianese, American actor and singer
1931 – Brian Close, English cricketer and coach (d. 2015)
1932 – Michel Legrand, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2019)
1932 – Zell Miller, American sergeant and politician, 79th Governor of Georgia (d. 2018)
1932 – John Vernon, Canadian-American actor (d. 2005)
1933 – Judah Folkman, American physician and biologist (d. 2008)
1933 – Ali Mazrui, Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (d. 2014)
1933 – David "Fathead" Newman, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2009)
1934 – Bettino Craxi, Italian lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2000)
1934 – Renata Scotto, Italian soprano
1935 – Ryhor Baradulin, Belarusian poet, essayist, and translator (d. 2014)
1936 – Guillermo O'Donnell, Argentine political scientist (d. 2011)
1938 – James Farentino, American actor (d. 2012)
1938 – Phil Knight, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Nike, Inc.
1939 – Jamal Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi physicist and cosmologist (d. 2013)
1940 – Pete Duel, American actor (d. 1971)
1940 – Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (d. 2014)
1940 – Denis Law, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
1941 – Joanie Sommers, American singer and actress
1942 – Colin Bond, Australian race car driver
1942 – Paul Jones, English singer, harmonica player, and actor
1942 – Joe Lieberman, American lawyer and politician
1942 – Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Indian philosopher, theorist, and academic
1943 – Kent Haruf, American novelist (d. 2014)
1943 – Gigi Meroni, Italian footballer (d. 1967)
1943 – Pablo Milanés, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943 – Terry Semel, American businessman
1944 – Nicky Hopkins, English keyboard player (d. 1994)
1944 – Ivica Račan, Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (d. 2007)
1945 – Barry Bostwick, American actor and singer
1946 – Grigory Margulis, Russian mathematician and academic
1947 – Mike Fratello, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1947 – Rupert Holmes, English-American singer-songwriter and playwright
1947 – Edward James Olmos, American actor and director
1948 – Jayalalithaa, Indian actress and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d.2016)
1948 – Walter Smith, Scottish footballer and manager
1948 – Tim Staffell, English singer and guitarist
1948 – Dennis Waterman, English actor
1950 – Steve McCurry, American photographer and journalist
1950 – George Thorogood, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951 – David Ford, Northern Irish social worker and politician
1951 – Derek Randall, English cricketer
1951 – Debra Jo Rupp, American actress
1951 – Helen Shaver, Canadian actress and director
1951 – Laimdota Straujuma, Latvian economist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Latvia
1953 – Anatoli Kozhemyakin, Soviet footballer (d. 1974)
1954 – Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer-songwriter and producer
1954 – Judith Ortiz Cofer, Puerto Rican American award-winning author (d. 2016)
1954 – Sid Meier, Canadian-American game designer and programmer, created the Civilization series
1954 – Mike Pickering, English DJ and saxophonist
1955 – Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founded Apple Inc. and Pixar (d. 2011)
1955 – Eddie Johnson, American basketball player
1955 – Alain Prost, French race car driver
1956 – Judith Butler, American philosopher, theorist, and author
1956 – Eddie Murray, American baseball player and coach
1956 – Paula Zahn, American journalist and producer
1958 – Sammy Kershaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958 – Mark Moses, American actor
1959 – Beth Broderick, American actress and director
1959 – Mike Whitney, Australian cricketer and television host
1962 – Michelle Shocked, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1963 – Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
1963 – Mike Vernon, Canadian ice hockey player
1964 – Russell Ingall, British-Australian race car driver and sportscaster
1965 – Paul Gruber, American football player
1965 – Jane Swift, American businesswoman and politician, Governor of Massachusetts
1966 – Billy Zane, American actor and producer
1967 – Brian Schmidt, Australian astrophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1968 – Mitch Hedberg, American comedian and actor (d. 2005)
1969 – Kim Seung-woo, South Korean actor
1970 – Jeff Garcia, American football player and coach
1970 – Neil Sullivan, English-Scottish footballer and coach
1970 – Jonathan Ward, American film actor
1971 – Josh Bernstein, American anthropologist, explorer, and author
1971 – Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish race car driver
1971 – Brian Savage, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1972 – Teodor Currentzis, Greek conductor and composer
1972 – Manon Rhéaume, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1973 – Stubby Clapp, Canadian baseball player and coach
1973 – Chris Fehn, American drummer
1973 – Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player and pilot
1974 – Chad Hugo, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
1974 – Mike Lowell, American baseball player and sportscaster
1974 – Bonnie Somerville, American actress
1975 – Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler
1976 – Crista Flanagan, American actress and screenwriter
1976 – Zach Johnson, American golfer
1976 – Bradley McGee, Australian cyclist and coach
1976 – Matt Skiba, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977 – Jason Akermanis, Australian footballer and coach
1977 – Bronson Arroyo, American baseball player and singer
1977 – Floyd Mayweather, Jr., American boxer
1978 – Gary, South Korean rapper and producer
1978 – Shinya, Japanese drummer and songwriter
1978 – John Nolan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1978 – DeWayne Wise, American baseball player
1978 – Leon Constantine, English footballer
1980 – Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
1981 – Felipe Baloy, Panamanian footballer
1981 – Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
1981 – Mauro Rosales, Argentinian footballer
1981 – Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer
1982 – Nick Blackburn, American baseball player
1982 – Emanuel Villa, Argentinian footballer
1982 – Klára Koukalová, Czech tennis player
1982 – Fala Chen, Chinese actress and singer
1984 – Corey Graves, American wrestler and sportscaster
1985 – Nakash Aziz, Indian playback singer and music composer
1987 – Kim Kyu-jong, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor
1988 – Mathieu Baudry, French footballer
1989 – Trace Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1991 – Madison Hubbell, American ice dancer^[7]
1991 – Semih Kaya, Turkish footballer^[8]

616 – Æthelberht of Kent (b. 560)
951 – Liu Yun, Chinese governor (jiedushi)
1018 – Borrell, bishop of Vic
1114 – Thomas, archbishop of York
1386 – Charles III of Naples (b. 1345)
1496 – Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1445)
1525 – Jacques de La Palice, French nobleman and military officer (b. 1470)
1525 – Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier (b. c. 1488)
1525 – Richard de la Pole, last Yorkist claimant to the English throne (b. 1480)
1563 – Francis, Duke of Guise (b. 1519)
1580 – Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel, English nobleman (b. 1511)
1588 – Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist (b. 1515)
1666 – Nicholas Lanier, English composer and painter (b. 1588)
1685 – Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland (b. 1629)
1704 – Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (b. 1643)
1714 – Edmund Andros, English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1637)
1721 – John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1648)
1732 – Francis Charteris, Scottish soldier (b. 1675)
1777 – Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)
1785 – Carlo Buonaparte, Corsican lawyer and politician (b. 1746)
1799 – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist and academic (b. 1742)
1810 – Henry Cavendish, French-English physicist and chemist (b. 1731)
1812 – Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1775)
1815 – Robert Fulton, American engineer (b. 1765)
1825 – Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist (b. 1754)
1856 – Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1792)
1876 – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (b. 1809)
1879 – Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (b. 1825)
1910 – Osman Hamdi Bey, Greek archaeologist and painter (b. 1842)
1914 – Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)
1925 – Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
1927 – Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)
1929 – André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
1930 – Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)
1953 – Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)
1953 – Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
1970 – Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)
1974 – Margaret Leech, American historian and author (b. 1895)
1975 – Hans Bellmer, German artist (b. 1902)^[9]
1975 – Nikolai Bulganin, Russian marshal and politician, 6th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1895)
1978 – Alma Thomas, American painter and educator (b.1891)
1982 – Virginia Bruce, American actress (b. 1910)
1986 – Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian Bharatnatyam dancer (b. 1904)^[10]
1986 – Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan (b. 1904)
1990 – Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (b. 1945)
1990 – Malcolm Forbes, American sergeant and publisher (b. 1917)
1990 – Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (b. 1896)
1990 – Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1927)
1991 – John Daly, American journalist and game show host (b. 1914)
1991 – George Gobel, American actor (b. 1919)
1991 – Webb Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)
1993 – Danny Gallivan, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1917)
1993 – Bobby Moore, English footballer and manager (b. 1941)
1994 – Jean Sablon, French singer and actor (b. 1906)
1994 – Dinah Shore, American actress and singer (b. 1916)
1998 – Antonio Prohías, Cuban-American cartoonist (b. 1921)
1998 – Henny Youngman, English-American comedian and violinist (b. 1906)
1999 – Andre Dubus, American short story writer, essayist, and memoirist (b. 1936)
2001 – Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (b. 1912)
2001 – Claude Shannon, American mathematician, cryptographer, and engineer (b. 1916)
2002 – Leo Ornstein, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (b. 1893)
2004 – John Randolph, American actor (b. 1915)
2005 – Coşkun Kırca, Turkish diplomat, journalist and politician (b. 1927)
2006 – Octavia E. Butler, American author and educator (b. 1947)
2006 – Don Knotts, American actor and comedian (b. 1924)
2006 – John Martin, Canadian broadcaster, co-founded MuchMusic (b. 1947)
2006 – Dennis Weaver, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1924)
2007 – Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor (b. 1906)
2007 – Damien Nash, American football player (b. 1982)
2008 – Larry Norman, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
2010 – Dawn Brancheau, senior animal trainer at SeaWorld (b. 1969)
2011 – Anant Pai, Indian author and illustrator (b. 1929)
2012 – Agnes Allen, American baseball player and therapist (b. 1930)
2012 – Oliver Wrong, English nephrologist and academic (b. 1925)
2013 – Virgil Johnson, American singer (b. 1935)
2013 – Con Martin, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1923)
2014 – Franny Beecher, American guitarist (b. 1921)
2014 – Alexis Hunter, New Zealand-English painter and photographer (b. 1948)
2014 – Carlos Páez Vilaró, Uruguayan painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
2014 – Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
2015 – Mefodiy, Ukrainian metropolitan (b. 1949)
2015 – Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat (b. 1962)
2016 – Peter Kenilorea, Solomon Islands politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (b. 1943)
2016 – Nabil Maleh, Syrian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
2016 – George C. Nichopoulos, American soldier and physician (b. 1927)
2018 – Sridevi, Indian actress (b. 1963)

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484 – King Huneric removes the Christian bishops from their offices and banished some to Corsica. A few are martyred, including former proconsul Victorian along with Frumentius and other merchants. They are killed at Hadrumetum after refusing to become Arians.
1303 – Battle of Roslin, of the First War of Scottish Independence.
1386 – King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda.
1525 – A Spanish-Austrian army defeats a French army at the Battle of Pavia.
1538 – Treaty of Nagyvárad between Ferdinand I and John Zápolya.
1582 – With the papal bull Inter gravissimas, Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.
1607 – L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its première performance.
1711 – The London première of Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage.
1739 – Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.
1803 – In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the principle of judicial review.
1809 – London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving owner Richard Brinsley Sheridan destitute.
1821 – Final stage of the Mexican War of Independence from Spain with Plan of Iguala.
1822 – The first Swaminarayan temple in the world, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad, is inaugurated.
1826 – The signing of the Treaty of Yandabo marks the end of the First Anglo-Burmese War.
1831 – The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty in accordance with the Indian Removal Act, is proclaimed. The Choctaws in Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West.
1848 – King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne.
1854 – A Penny Red with perforations was the first perforated postage stamp to be officially issued for distribution.
1863 – Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
1868 – Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
1875 – The SS Gothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
1881 – China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
1895 – Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the Cuban War of Independence, that ends with the Spanish–American War in 1898.
1916 – The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.
1917 – World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
1918 – Estonian Declaration of Independence.
1920 – The Nazi Party is founded.
1920 – Nancy Astor became the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
1942 – The Battle of Los Angeles: A false alarm led to an anti-aircraft barrage that lasted into the early hours of February 25.
1942 – An order-in-council passed under the Defence of Canada Regulations of the War Measures Act gives the Canadian federal government the power to intern all "persons of Japanese racial origin".
1944 – Merrill's Marauders: The Marauders begin their 1,000-mile journey through Japanese occupied Burma.
1945 – Egyptian Premier Ahmad Mahir Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree.
1946 – Colonel Juan Perón, founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism, is elected to his first term as President of Argentina.
1949 – The Armistice Agreements are signed, to formally end the hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.^[3]
1968 – Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué.
1971 – The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed three days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar is appointed as the new chairman.
1976 – The current constitution of Cuba is formally proclaimed.
1980 – The United States Olympic hockey team completes its Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4–2 to win the gold medal.
1981 – The 6.7 M_s Gulf of Corinth earthquake affected Central Greece with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Twenty-two people were killed, 400 were injured, and damage totaled $812 million.
1983 – A special commission of the United States Congress condemns the Japanese American internment during World War II.
1984 – Tyrone Mitchell perpetrates the 49th Street Elementary School shooting in Los Angeles, killing two children and injuring 12 more.
1989 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa and offers a USD $3 million bounty for the death of Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.
1989 – United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, rips open during flight, blowing nine passengers out of the business-class section.
1991 – Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.
1996 – Two civilian airplanes operated by the Miami-based group Brothers to the Rescue are shot down in international waters by the Cuban Air Force.
2004 – The 6.3 M_w Al Hoceima earthquake strikes northern Morocco with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 628 people are killed, 926 are injured, and up to 15,000 are displaced.
2006 – Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in attempt to subdue a possible military coup.
2007 – Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.
2008 – Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba and the Council of Ministers after 32 years. He remains as head of the Communist Party for another three years.
2015 – A Metrolink train derails in Oxnard, California following a collision with a truck, leaving more than 30 injured.
2016 – Tara Air Flight 193, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft, crashed, with 23 fatalities, in Solighopte, Myagdi District, Dhaulagiri Zone, while en route from Pokhara Airport to Jomsom Airport.

1103 – Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156)
1413 – Louis, Duke of Savoy (d. 1465)
1463 – Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (d. 1494)
1494 – Johan Friis, Danish statesman (d. 1570)^[4]
1500 – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1558)^[5]
1536 – Pope Clement VIII (d. 1605)
1545 – John of Austria (d. 1578)
1553 – Cherubino Alberti, Italian engraver and painter (d. 1615)
1557 – Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1619)
1593 – Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford, English soldier and courtier (d. 1625)
1595 – Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet (d. 1640)
1604 – Arcangela Tarabotti, born Elena Tarabotti, Venetian nun and feminist (d. 1652)
1619 – Charles Le Brun, French painter and theorist (d. 1690)
1622 – Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665)
1670 – Rajaram Raj Bhonsle, third Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire (d. 1700)
1709 – Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (d. 1782)
1721 – John McKinly, Irish-American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware (d. 1796)
1723 – John Burgoyne, English general and politician (d. 1792)
1736 – Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1806)
1743 – Joseph Banks, English botanist and explorer (d. 1820)
1762 – Charles Frederick Horn, German-English composer and educator (d. 1830)
1767 – Rama II of Siam (d. 1824)
1774 – Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)
1786 – Martin W. Bates, American lawyer and politician (d. 1869)
1786 – Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist, author, and academic (d. 1859)
1788 – Johan Christian Dahl, Norwegian-German painter (d. 1857)
1827 – Lydia Becker, English-French activist (d. 1890)
1831 – Leo von Caprivi, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1899)
1835 – Julius Vogel, English-New Zealand journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1899)
1836 – Winslow Homer, American painter and illustrator (d. 1910)
1837 – Rosalía de Castro, Spanish poet (d. 1885)
1842 – Arrigo Boito, Italian journalist, author, and composer (d. 1918)
1848 – Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian engineer, lawyer, and politician (d. 1907)
1852 – George Moore, Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1933)
1868 – Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player (d. 1949)
1874 – Honus Wagner, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1955)
1877 – Rudolph Ganz, Swiss pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1972)
1877 – Ettie Rout, Australian-New Zealand educator and activist (d. 1936)
1885 – Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (d. 1966)
1885 – Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, poet, and painter (d. 1939)
1890 – Marjorie Main, American actress (d. 1975)
1896 – Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter (d. 1991)
1898 – Kurt Tank, German pilot and engineer (d. 1983)
1900 – Irmgard Bartenieff, German-American dancer and physical therapist, leading pioneer of dance therapy (d. 1981)
1903 – Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright (d. 1967)
1908 – Telford Taylor, American general, lawyer, and historian (d. 1998)
1909 – August Derleth, American anthologist and author (d. 1971)
1914 – Ralph Erskine, English-Swedish architect, designed The Ark and Byker Wall (d. 2005)
1914 – Weldon Kees, American author, poet, painter, and pianist (d. 1955)
1915 – Jim Ferrier, Australian golfer (d. 1986)
1919 – John Carl Warnecke, American architect (d. 2010)^[6]
1921 – Abe Vigoda, American actor (d. 2016)
1922 – Richard Hamilton, English painter and academic (d. 2011)
1922 – Steven Hill, American actor (d. 2016)
1924 – Hal Herring, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
1924 – Erik Nielsen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2008)
1925 – Bud Day, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2013)
1927 – Emmanuelle Riva, French actress (d. 2017)
1929 – Kintaro Ohki, South Korean wrestler (d. 2006)
1930 – Barbara Lawrence, American model and actress (d. 2013)
1931 – Dominic Chianese, American actor and singer
1931 – Brian Close, English cricketer and coach (d. 2015)
1932 – Michel Legrand, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2019)
1932 – Zell Miller, American sergeant and politician, 79th Governor of Georgia (d. 2018)
1932 – John Vernon, Canadian-American actor (d. 2005)
1933 – Judah Folkman, American physician and biologist (d. 2008)
1933 – Ali Mazrui, Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (d. 2014)
1933 – David "Fathead" Newman, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2009)
1934 – Bettino Craxi, Italian lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2000)
1934 – Renata Scotto, Italian soprano
1935 – Ryhor Baradulin, Belarusian poet, essayist, and translator (d. 2014)
1936 – Guillermo O'Donnell, Argentine political scientist (d. 2011)
1938 – James Farentino, American actor (d. 2012)
1938 – Phil Knight, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Nike, Inc.
1939 – Jamal Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi physicist and cosmologist (d. 2013)
1940 – Pete Duel, American actor (d. 1971)
1940 – Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (d. 2014)
1940 – Denis Law, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
1941 – Joanie Sommers, American singer and actress
1942 – Colin Bond, Australian race car driver
1942 – Paul Jones, English singer, harmonica player, and actor
1942 – Joe Lieberman, American lawyer and politician
1942 – Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Indian philosopher, theorist, and academic
1943 – Kent Haruf, American novelist (d. 2014)
1943 – Gigi Meroni, Italian footballer (d. 1967)
1943 – Pablo Milanés, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943 – Terry Semel, American businessman
1944 – Nicky Hopkins, English keyboard player (d. 1994)
1944 – Ivica Račan, Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (d. 2007)
1945 – Barry Bostwick, American actor and singer
1946 – Grigory Margulis, Russian mathematician and academic
1947 – Mike Fratello, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1947 – Rupert Holmes, English-American singer-songwriter and playwright
1947 – Edward James Olmos, American actor and director
1948 – Jayalalithaa, Indian actress and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d.2016)
1948 – Walter Smith, Scottish footballer and manager
1948 – Tim Staffell, English singer and guitarist
1948 – Dennis Waterman, English actor
1950 – Steve McCurry, American photographer and journalist
1950 – George Thorogood, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951 – David Ford, Northern Irish social worker and politician
1951 – Derek Randall, English cricketer
1951 – Debra Jo Rupp, American actress
1951 – Helen Shaver, Canadian actress and director
1951 – Laimdota Straujuma, Latvian economist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Latvia
1953 – Anatoli Kozhemyakin, Soviet footballer (d. 1974)
1954 – Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer-songwriter and producer
1954 – Judith Ortiz Cofer, Puerto Rican American award-winning author (d. 2016)
1954 – Sid Meier, Canadian-American game designer and programmer, created the Civilization series
1954 – Mike Pickering, English DJ and saxophonist
1955 – Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founded Apple Inc. and Pixar (d. 2011)
1955 – Eddie Johnson, American basketball player
1955 – Alain Prost, French race car driver
1956 – Judith Butler, American philosopher, theorist, and author
1956 – Eddie Murray, American baseball player and coach
1956 – Paula Zahn, American journalist and producer
1958 – Sammy Kershaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958 – Mark Moses, American actor
1959 – Beth Broderick, American actress and director
1959 – Mike Whitney, Australian cricketer and television host
1962 – Michelle Shocked, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1963 – Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
1963 – Mike Vernon, Canadian ice hockey player
1964 – Russell Ingall, British-Australian race car driver and sportscaster
1965 – Paul Gruber, American football player
1965 – Jane Swift, American businesswoman and politician, Governor of Massachusetts
1966 – Billy Zane, American actor and producer
1967 – Brian Schmidt, Australian astrophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1968 – Mitch Hedberg, American comedian and actor (d. 2005)
1969 – Kim Seung-woo, South Korean actor
1970 – Jeff Garcia, American football player and coach
1970 – Neil Sullivan, English-Scottish footballer and coach
1970 – Jonathan Ward, American film actor
1971 – Josh Bernstein, American anthropologist, explorer, and author
1971 – Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish race car driver
1971 – Brian Savage, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1972 – Teodor Currentzis, Greek conductor and composer
1972 – Manon Rhéaume, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1973 – Stubby Clapp, Canadian baseball player and coach
1973 – Chris Fehn, American drummer
1973 – Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player and pilot
1974 – Chad Hugo, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
1974 – Mike Lowell, American baseball player and sportscaster
1974 – Bonnie Somerville, American actress
1975 – Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler
1976 – Crista Flanagan, American actress and screenwriter
1976 – Zach Johnson, American golfer
1976 – Bradley McGee, Australian cyclist and coach
1976 – Matt Skiba, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977 – Jason Akermanis, Australian footballer and coach
1977 – Bronson Arroyo, American baseball player and singer
1977 – Floyd Mayweather, Jr., American boxer
1978 – Gary, South Korean rapper and producer
1978 – Shinya, Japanese drummer and songwriter
1978 – John Nolan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1978 – DeWayne Wise, American baseball player
1978 – Leon Constantine, English footballer
1980 – Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
1981 – Felipe Baloy, Panamanian footballer
1981 – Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
1981 – Mauro Rosales, Argentinian footballer
1981 – Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer
1982 – Nick Blackburn, American baseball player
1982 – Emanuel Villa, Argentinian footballer
1982 – Klára Koukalová, Czech tennis player
1982 – Fala Chen, Chinese actress and singer
1984 – Corey Graves, American wrestler and sportscaster
1985 – Nakash Aziz, Indian playback singer and music composer
1987 – Kim Kyu-jong, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor
1988 – Mathieu Baudry, French footballer
1989 – Trace Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1991 – Madison Hubbell, American ice dancer^[7]
1991 – Semih Kaya, Turkish footballer^[8]

616 – Æthelberht of Kent (b. 560)
951 – Liu Yun, Chinese governor (jiedushi)
1018 – Borrell, bishop of Vic
1114 – Thomas, archbishop of York
1386 – Charles III of Naples (b. 1345)
1496 – Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1445)
1525 – Jacques de La Palice, French nobleman and military officer (b. 1470)
1525 – Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier (b. c. 1488)
1525 – Richard de la Pole, last Yorkist claimant to the English throne (b. 1480)
1563 – Francis, Duke of Guise (b. 1519)
1580 – Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel, English nobleman (b. 1511)
1588 – Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist (b. 1515)
1666 – Nicholas Lanier, English composer and painter (b. 1588)
1685 – Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland (b. 1629)
1704 – Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (b. 1643)
1714 – Edmund Andros, English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1637)
1721 – John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1648)
1732 – Francis Charteris, Scottish soldier (b. 1675)
1777 – Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)
1785 – Carlo Buonaparte, Corsican lawyer and politician (b. 1746)
1799 – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist and academic (b. 1742)
1810 – Henry Cavendish, French-English physicist and chemist (b. 1731)
1812 – Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1775)
1815 – Robert Fulton, American engineer (b. 1765)
1825 – Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist (b. 1754)
1856 – Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1792)
1876 – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (b. 1809)
1879 – Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (b. 1825)
1910 – Osman Hamdi Bey, Greek archaeologist and painter (b. 1842)
1914 – Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)
1925 – Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
1927 – Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)
1929 – André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
1930 – Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)
1953 – Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)
1953 – Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
1970 – Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)
1974 – Margaret Leech, American historian and author (b. 1895)
1975 – Hans Bellmer, German artist (b. 1902)^[9]
1975 – Nikolai Bulganin, Russian marshal and politician, 6th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1895)
1978 – Alma Thomas, American painter and educator (b.1891)
1982 – Virginia Bruce, American actress (b. 1910)
1986 – Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian Bharatnatyam dancer (b. 1904)^[10]
1986 – Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan (b. 1904)
1990 – Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (b. 1945)
1990 – Malcolm Forbes, American sergeant and publisher (b. 1917)
1990 – Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (b. 1896)
1990 – Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1927)
1991 – John Daly, American journalist and game show host (b. 1914)
1991 – George Gobel, American actor (b. 1919)
1991 – Webb Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)
1993 – Danny Gallivan, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1917)
1993 – Bobby Moore, English footballer and manager (b. 1941)
1994 – Jean Sablon, French singer and actor (b. 1906)
1994 – Dinah Shore, American actress and singer (b. 1916)
1998 – Antonio Prohías, Cuban-American cartoonist (b. 1921)
1998 – Henny Youngman, English-American comedian and violinist (b. 1906)
1999 – Andre Dubus, American short story writer, essayist, and memoirist (b. 1936)
2001 – Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (b. 1912)
2001 – Claude Shannon, American mathematician, cryptographer, and engineer (b. 1916)
2002 – Leo Ornstein, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (b. 1893)
2004 – John Randolph, American actor (b. 1915)
2005 – Coşkun Kırca, Turkish diplomat, journalist and politician (b. 1927)
2006 – Octavia E. Butler, American author and educator (b. 1947)
2006 – Don Knotts, American actor and comedian (b. 1924)
2006 – John Martin, Canadian broadcaster, co-founded MuchMusic (b. 1947)
2006 – Dennis Weaver, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1924)
2007 – Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor (b. 1906)
2007 – Damien Nash, American football player (b. 1982)
2008 – Larry Norman, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
2010 – Dawn Brancheau, senior animal trainer at SeaWorld (b. 1969)
2011 – Anant Pai, Indian author and illustrator (b. 1929)
2012 – Agnes Allen, American baseball player and therapist (b. 1930)
2012 – Oliver Wrong, English nephrologist and academic (b. 1925)
2013 – Virgil Johnson, American singer (b. 1935)
2013 – Con Martin, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1923)
2014 – Franny Beecher, American guitarist (b. 1921)
2014 – Alexis Hunter, New Zealand-English painter and photographer (b. 1948)
2014 – Carlos Páez Vilaró, Uruguayan painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
2014 – Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
2015 – Mefodiy, Ukrainian metropolitan (b. 1949)
2015 – Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat (b. 1962)
2016 – Peter Kenilorea, Solomon Islands politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (b. 1943)
2016 – Nabil Maleh, Syrian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
2016 – George C. Nichopoulos, American soldier and physician (b. 1927)
2018 – Sridevi, Indian actress (b. 1963)

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1209: "ο ’Αγιος Φραγκίσκος της Ασίζης ξεκινά την ""αποστολή""του, να ζει στην απόλυτη φτώχια και να κηρύσσει το λόγο του Θεού."

1304: γεννιέται ο ’Αραβας Ιμπν Μπατούτα, που έγινε γνωστός από τις ταξιδιωτικές του περιγραφές για την Ασία και την Αφρική.

1389: "στη μάχη του Φαλπέσινγκ, ο βασιλιάς Αλβέρτος της Σουηδίας ηττάται και αιχμαλωτίζεται από τους Δανούς. Η ""Σεμίραμις του Βορρά"", όπως αποκλήθηκε η βασίλισσα Μαργαρίτα της Δανίας, (1353 - 1412), ενώνει κάτω από το σκήπτρο της τα στέμματα Δανίας και Σουηδίας."

1709: γεννιέται ο Γάλλος μηχανικός Ζακ Βοκανσόν, ο οποίος δημιούργησε το πρώτο ρομπότ.

1711: "κάνει πρεμιέρα στο Λονδίνο η όπερα του Τζορτζ Φρίντριχ Χέντελ ""Ρινάλντο"", η πρώτη ιταλική όπερα, που ανεβαίνει σε λονδρέζικη σκηνή."

1786: γεννιέται ο Βίλχεμ Γκριμ, ο μικρότερος των Αδελφών Γκριμ, που έγραψαν μερικά από τα ωραιότερα παραμύθια, όπως τη Χιονάτη και τους Επτά Νάνους και την Ωραία Κοιμωμένη.

1803: το Ανώτατο Δικαστήριο των ΗΠΑ καθιερώνει την πράξη της δικαστικής επιθεώρησης.

1815: "πεθαίνει ο Ρόμπερτ Φούλτον, μηχανικός και εφευρέτης, που σχεδίασε το ""Ναυτίλο""το πρώτο υποβρύχιο, που τέθηκε κανονικά σε λειτουργία."

1821: στο Ιάσιο ο αρχηγός της Φιλικής Εταιρείας και υπασπιστής του Τσάρου της Ρωσίας, πρίγκιπας Αλέξανδρος Υψηλάντης κηρύσσει την έναρξη του αγώνα για την ελληνική ανεξαρτησία.

1836: ο Σάμιουελ Κόλτ κατοχυρώνει ως πατέντα το περίστροφο κολτ.

1848: ο βασιλιάς Λουδοβίκος Φίλιππος της Γαλλίας παραιτείται από το θρόνο.

1863: κάνουν για πρώτη φορά την εμφάνισή τους σε αποκριάτικη παρέλαση στη Νέα Ορλεάνη της Λουϊζιάνας, τα αποκριάτικα άρματα.

1868: ο ’Αντριου Τζόνσον γίνεται ο πρώτος Πρόεδρος, ο οποίος δέχεται μομφή από τη Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων των ΗΠΑ, αφού προσπάθησε να αποπέμψει τον υπουργό Πολέμου Έντουιν Στάντον. Ο Τζόνσον, στη συνέχεια θα αθωωθεί από τη Σύγκλητο.

1876: "κάνει πρεμιέρα, στο Όσλο, η σκηνική μουσική ""Πέερ Γκιντ""του Έντβαρτν Γκρίεγκ."

1885: γεννιέται ο Τσέστερ Νίμιτζ, επικεφαλής των αμερικανικών δυνάμεων κατά τη διάρκεια του Β΄ Παγκοσμίου Πλέμου.

1887: το Παρίσι και οι Βρυξέλλες γίνονται οι δυο πρωτεύουσες, που συνδέονται για πρώτη φορά με τηλεφωνικό δίκτυο.

1902: οι περιπλανώμενοι καταδρομείς των Μπόερς, που τον περασμένο Οκτώβριο είχαν εισβάλει στην Αποικία του Ακρωτηρίου, φτάνουν 50 μίλια έξω από το Κέιπ Τάουν και αρχίζουν να απωθούνται.

1903: "πεθαίνει ο Έλληνας διάσημος εξερευνητής και γιατρός Παναγιώτης Ποταγός, σε ηλικία 64 ετών. Είχε εξερευνήσει την Ασία επί πέντε χρόνια και με δαπάνες του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών δημοσίευσε τις παρατηρήσεις του σε βιβλίο με τίτλο ""Περίληψις περιηγήσεων Ποταγού""."

1909: "γεννιέται ο Όγκουστ Γουίλιαμ Ντέρλεθ, Αμερικανός συγγραφέας, που μεταξύ άλλων συνέγραψε μια σειρά αστυνομικών ιστοριών με βασικό ήρωα τον ""Σόλαρ Πονς"", που θυμίζουν πολύ εκείνες του ""Σέρλοκ Χολμς"", Η ομοιότητα αυτή μοιάζει παράξενη, καθώς ο Ντέρλεθ δε βρέθηκε κοντά στο Λονδίνο, όταν καταπιάστηκε με τη συγγραφή τους."

1909: ιδρύεται στο Ντιτρόιτ η εταιρία αυτοκινήτων Hudson Motos Car Company.

1912: οι Ιταλοί βομβαρδίζουν τη Βηρυτό, αρχίζοντας έτσι εχθροπραξίες κατά της Οθωμανικής Αυτοκρατορίας.

1920: "το Κόμμα των Γερμανών Εργατών, με υπεύθυνο προπαγάνδας τον άγνωστο τότε Αδόλφο Χίτλερ, ανακοινώνει την αντισημιτική του πολιτική. Σε μια μπυραρία του Μονάχου ο Χίτλερ ανακοινώνει τις ""25""θέσεις του για τα προβλήματα της Γερμανίας. Πρόκειται για ένα συνονθύλευμα από θέσεις του παγγερμανισμού, του σοσιαλισμού, του φασισμού και της θεωρίας για την ιεραρχία των φυλών."

1921: στη Διάσκεψη του Λονδίνου έχει κληθεί ο υπουργός Στρατιωτικών Δημήτριος Γούναρης, ο οποίος ζητά να παραμείνει σεβαστή η Συνθήκη των Σεβρών, που κύρωσαν οι Σύμμαχοι με τις υπογραφές τους.

1924: ο Αμερικανός κολυμβητής Τζόνι Βάισμιλερ τερματίζει πρώτος στα 100 μέτρα με 57 2/5 δευτερόλεπτα, σπάζοντας το παγκόσμιο ρεκόρ.

1925: μία θερμική βόμβα χρησιμοποιείται για πρώτη φορά για να σπάσει ένα κομμάτι πάγου 250.000 τόνων, το οποίο είχε φράξει το ποτάμι Σεντ Λόρενς κοντά στο Γουάντικτον της Νέας Υόρκης.

1929: στην Αυστρία, συμπλοκές σημειώνονται στους δρόμους της Βιέννης, μεταξύ 6.000 φασιστών και 18.000 σοσιαλιστών.

1930: στις ΗΠΑ, ο Πρόεδρος Χούβερ ζητά από το Κογκρέσο να κάνει οικονομίες, ειδάλλως θα υποχρεωθεί να αυξήσει τη φορολογία κατά 40%.

1932: γεννιέται ο Μισέλ Λεγκράν, Γάλλος συνθέτης, μαέστρος και πιανίστας.

1933: η Ιαπωνία αρχίζει την κατάληψη της Κίνας, βόρεια του Σινικού Τείχους.

1934: γεννιέται ο Μπετίνο Κράξι, πρώην πρωθυπουργός της Ιταλίας και ηγέτης του Ιταλικού Σοσιαλιστικού Κόμματος από το 1976 έως το 1993.

1934: επίθεση κατά της κυβέρνησης για το θέμα του υπογραφέντος Βαλκανικού Συμφώνου εξαπολύει ο Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος.

1938: γεννιέται ο Φιλ Νάιτ, ιδρυτής της εταιρίας αθλητικών ειδών, Nike Inc.

1938: μία οδοντόβουρτσα με νάιλον τρίχες είναι το πρώτο εμπορικό προϊόν που δημιουργείται από νάιλον.

1939: η Ουγγαρία υπογράφει αντικομουνιστικό σύμφωνο με την Ιταλία, το Ράιχ και την Ιαπωνία.

1942: γεννιέται ο Φιλ Λίμπερμαν, που υπήρξε ο πρώτος Εβραίος υποψήφιος για τη θέση του αντιπροέδρου των ΗΠΑ.

1942: "εκπέμπει για πρώτη φορά ο επίσημος ραδιοφωνικός σταθμός των ΗΠΑ, ""Η Φωνή της Αμερικής"" (Voice of America)."

1942: στην Τουρκία, ο Γερμανός πρέσβης Φραντς φον Πάπεν διασώζεται από δολοφονική απόπειρα.

1944: ο στρατηγός Ραμίρεθ παραιτείται από το προεδρικό αξίωμα της Αργεντινής. Τον αντικαθιστά ο στρατηγός Φαρέλ, με αντιπρόεδρο τον άγνωστο τότε Χουάν Ντομίνγκο Περόν.

1945: αφού διαβάζει το διάταγμα κήρυξης πολέμου κατά της Γερμανίας, δολοφονείται μέσα στο Κοινοβούλιο ο Αιγύπτιος πρωθυπουργός Αχμέντ Μάχερ Πασάς.

1946: εκλέγεται Πρόεδρος της Αργεντινής ο Χουάν Ντομίνγκο Περόν.

1948: κατά τη διάρκεια του Ψυχρού Πολέμου, το Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα παίρνει τον έλεγχο της Τσεχοσλοβακίας.

1949: παρά την υπογραφή της συνθήκης ανακωχής, η Αίγυπτος αρνείται να αναγνωρίσει έστω και τυπικά το κράτος του Ισραήλ.

1952: στο Βιετνάμ, οι Γάλλοι εκκενώνουν το Χοαμπίν και συγκεντρώνονται για να επιτεθούν στο Δέλτα του Τονκίν.

1953: η Βουλή της Νοτίου Αφρικής ψηφίζει ένα νόμο περί δημόσιας ασφάλειας, δίνοντας με αυτό τον τρόπο στην Κυβέρνηση της χώρας αυξημένες εξουσίες κατά των μειονοτήτων.

1954: στην Ελλάδα, καθορίζεται ο νέος νόμος περί εκλογής βουλευτών.

1955: γεννιέται ο Αλέν Προστ, ένας από τους διασημότερους οδηγούς όλων των εποχών, στη Φόρμουλα 1.

1955: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός Στιβ Τζομπς, που μαζί με τον Στιβ Βόζνιακ ίδρυσαν την Apple Computer, στο γκαράζ του σπιτιού του.

1955: η Τουρκία και το Ιράκ υπογράφουν στη Βαγδάτη συμφωνία για στρατιωτική συμμαχία.

1961: στην Ταγκανίκα, μετά από ανασκαφές, ο Λικέι φέρνει στο φως το σκελετό του πιο πρωτόγονου ανθρώπου, του Αυστραλοπιθήκου.

1963: εφευρίσκεται η πρώτη μεταλλική ρακέτα του τένις.

1966: "γεννιέται ο σταρ του Χόλιγουντ, Μπίλυ Ζέιν, που πρωταγωνίστησε στον ""Τιτανικό""και στους ""Μαχητές των Δρόμων""."

1968: ρεκόρ προσέλευσης σε αγώνα ποδοσφαίρου σημειώνεται στο Hampden Park όταν 134.461 θεατές παρακολουθούν τον αγώνα Σκοτία- Αγγλία για το Ευρωπαϊκό Πρωτάθλημα.

1968: στον πόλεμο του Βιετνάμ, σταματούν οι μάχες του Τετ και το Νότιο Βιετνάμ καταλαμβάνει εκ νέου την Χουέ.

1970: ιδρύεται στις ΗΠΑ η Εθνική Δημόσια Ραδιοφωνία.

1971: "δεκαπέντε Έλληνες ναυτικοί αγνοούνται μετά το ναυάγιο του πλοίου ""Ιόλη"", στην Ιρλανδία."

1973: κηδεύεται η μεγάλη Ελληνίδα ηθοποιός, βραβευμένη με Όσκαρ Κατίνα Παξινού, που πέθανε σε ηλικία 73 ετών.

1979: ξεσπάει πόλεμος κατά μήκος των συνόρων της Βόρειας και Νότιας Υεμένης.

1979: οι ΗΠΑ αίρουν το δεκαετές εμπάργκο κατά του Πακιστάν.

1980: οι 13οι Χειμερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες, που διεξάγονται στο Λέικ Πλάσιντ των ΗΠΑ, σφραγίζονται με τις εξαιρετικές επιδόσεις του Αμερικανού αθλητή του πατινάζ Έρικ Χέιντεν, που κατακτά πέντε χρυσά μετάλλια.

1981: σεισμός 6,7 Ρίχτερ, με επίκεντρο τις Αλκυονίδες Νήσους, συγκλονίζει την Αθήνα, την περιοχή της Κορινθίας, της Εύβοιας και μεγάλο τμήμα της Κεντρικής Ελλάδας και της Πελοποννήσου. Σύμφωνα με επίσημο απολογισμό, οι νεκροί φτάνουν τους 20, κυρίως από καρδιακές προσβολές.

1981: τα Ανάκτορα του Μπάκιγχαμ αναγγέλλουν τους αρραβώνες του πρίγκιπα Καρόλου με τη λαίδη Νταϊάνα Σπένσερ.

1983: ειδική επιτροπή του Κογκρέσου των ΗΠΑ ανακοινώνει μία έκθεση η οποία καταδικάζει την πρακτική του Ιαπωνικού περιορισμού κατά τον Δεύτερο Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο.

1983: "είκοσι τέσσερις νεκροί είναι ο τραγικός απολογισμός του ναυαγίου του πλοίου ""Χρυσή Αυγή""στο Κάβο Ντόρο."

1987: ο μπασκετμπολίστας, Καρίμ Αμπντούλ Τζαμπάρ, σκοράρει το πρώτο του τρίποντο. Μέχρι τότε είχε σημειώσει 36.000 πόντους μόνο με δίποντα.

1988: "το Ανώτατο δικαστήριο των ΗΠΑ αποφασίζει να δικαιώσει το περιοδικό του Λάρι Φλιν ""Hustler""με το να μην εγκρίνει απόφαση μικρότερου δικαστηρίου, το οποίο είχε αποφανθεί να δώσει το περιοδικό 200.000 δολάρια στον Τζέρι Φάλγουελ, ως αποζημίωση για δυσφήμιση."

1989: ένα Μπόινγκ 747 της εταιρίας United Airlines, με προορισμό τη Νέα Ζηλανδία από τη Χαβάη, ανοίγει κατά τη διάρκεια της πτήσης με αποτέλεσμα να εκσφενδονιστούν στον αέρα 9 άτομα, επιβάτες και πλήρωμα.

1989: "ο Αγιατολάχ Ρουχολάχ Χομεϊνί επικηρύσσει τον συγγραφέα των ""Σατανικών Στίχων""Σαλμάν Ρουσντί, για 3.000.000 δολάρια."

1989: στο Τόκιο, παρουσία 200.000 λαού και επισήμων από 162 χώρες, κηδεύεται ο αυτοκράτορας Χιροχίτο.

1990: η εισαγγελέας κ. Γιαταγάνα καταγγέλλει κύκλωμα ναρκωτικών στις φυλακές Κορυδαλλού.

1990: πεθαίνει ο Μάλκομ Φορμπς, εκδότης του περιοδικού Forbes, που είχε ιδρύσει ο πατέρας του.

1991: ντεμπούτο του Νίκου Μαχλά με την ομάδα του ΟΦΗ.

1991: ξεκινά η Καταιγίδα της Ερήμου με τις χερσαίες επιχειρήσεις των Συμμάχων εναντίον των ιρακινών στρατευμάτων στο Κουβέιτ.

1992: "η Χρυσή ’Αρκτος του Φεστιβάλ Κινηματογράφου στο Βερολίνο απονέμεται στην ταινία ""Γκραντ Κάνιον""του Αμερικανού Λόρενς Κάσνταν."

1992: στην Αϊτή, οι εκπρόσωποι του στρατιωτικού καθεστώτος και ο απομακρυνθείς Πρόεδρος Ζαν Μπερτράντ Αριστίντ συμφωνούν για την αποκατάσταση της Δημοκρατίας και την επιστροφή του στην Προεδρία της χώρας.

1993: "ο Έρικ Κλάπτον ""σαρώνει""τα βραβεία μουσικής Γκράμι."

1993: ο ΟΗΕ εγκρίνει το αμερικανικό σχέδιο για την παροχή από αέρος ανθρωπιστικής βοήθειας στους μουσουλμάνους της Βοσνίας, παρά τις απειλές των Σέρβων για αιματοχυσία.

1993: πεθαίνει από καρκίνο του στομάχου ο Μπόμπι Μουρ, πρώην λίμπερο και αρχηγός της εθνικής Αγγλίας, σε ηλικία 52 ετών

1993: στη νότια Βουλγαρία, ανακαλύπτεται το πρώτο βυζαντινό μεταλλείο χρυσού, που ανήκει στον 5ο αιώνα.

1994: η Συρία χορηγεί άδεια εξόδου στους 1.000 Εβραίους, που ζουν στη χώρα, επιτρέποντάς τους να ταξιδέψουν στο εξωτερικό.

1994: ο Επίτροπος για τις εξωτερικές υποθέσεις της Ε.Ε. Χανς Βαν Ντεν Μπρουκ, ο Πρόεδρος και ο ΥΠΕΞ των Σκοπίων θέτουν την άρση των ελληνικών μέτρων ως προϋπόθεση για την επανάληψη του διαλόγου με την Ελλάδα.

1994: στις ΗΠΑ, η Μελίνα Μερκούρη εισάγεται εκτάκτως στο χειρουργείο προκειμένου να αντιμετωπιστεί μετεγχειρητική αιμορραγία.

1995: κατά την πρώτη ψηφοφορία, που γίνεται στη Βουλή για την ανάδειξη του Προέδρου της Δημοκρατίας, ο Κωστής Στεφανόπουλος παίρνει 181 ψήφους και ο Αθανάσιος Τσαλδάρης 109.

1995: στη Γερμανία, μετά από 11 χρόνια, δεκάδες χιλιάδες μεταλλεργάτες σε 22 βιομηχανίες της Βαυαρίας, κατεβαίνουν σε απεργία, διεκδικώντας αυξήσεις στους μισθούς τους.

1996: η Ορθόδοξη Εκκλησία της Ρωσίας διακόπτει τις σχέσεις της με το Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο, εξαιτίας της διένεξής τους για την Εκκλησία της Εσθονίας.

1996: κουβανέζικα καταδιωκτικά καταρρίπτουν δύο ιδιωτικά αεροπλάνα, που ανήκουν σε ομάδα αυτοεξόριστων Κουβανών.

1997: την υποψηφιότητά του για την ηγεσία της ΝΔ ανακοινώνει ο Μιλτιάδης Έβερτ.

1999: ένα αεροσκάφος τύπου Τουπόλεφ, των Νοτίων Κινεζικών Αερογραμμών συγκρούεται καθώς πλησιάζει το αεροδρόμιο της πόλης Βενζού, στην ανατολική Κίνα, και οδηγεί στο θάνατο 61 άτομα.

1999: η Πολιτεία της Αριζόνας εκτελεί τον Καρλ ΛεΓκράντ, ένα Γερμανό ο οποίος συμμετείχε σε ένοπλη ληστεία κατά την οποία σκοτώθηκε ένας άνθρωπος. Ο αδερφός του Καρλ, Γουόλτερ, είχε εκτελεστεί μία εβδομάδα πριν, παρά τις προσπάθειες που έκανε η Γερμανία, μέσω του Διεθνούς Δικαστηρίου για να αποτρέψει την εκτέλεση.

2002: ολοκληρώνονται οι 19οι Χειμερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες στο Σολτ Λέικ Σίτι των ΗΠΑ. Στους αγώνες συμμετείχαν 2.500 αθλητές από 77 χώρες.

2003: τελευταίο χειροκρότημα για τον ηθοποιό Τίτο Βανδή, που πεθαίνει σε ηλικία 86 ετών χτυπημένος από τον καρκίνο.

2004: "πάνω από 500 νεκρούς και 250 τραυματίες αφήνει πίσω του σεισμός 6,5 βαθμών της κλίμακας Ρίχτερ, που πλήττει το βόρειο Μαρόκο ενώ ολόκληρα χωριά, με σπίτια χτισμένα με λάσπη και τούβλα, ""σβήνονται""από το χάρτη."

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η Πάμελα: Ερχεται στο Open του Σαββίδη

Η Πάμελα Αντερσον έρχεται στην Ελλάδα και θα εμφανιστεί στην πρεμιέρα της εκπομπής «It’s show time» στο Open.

Η Αμερικανίδα ηθοποιός δημοσίευσε instastory, προειδοποιώντας τον παρουσιαστή της εκπομπής, Νίκο Κοκλώνη, για την παρουσία της.

Η Πάμελα που τρέλανε τον ανδρικό πληθυσμό τρέχοντας να σώσει λουόμενους φορώντας το κόκκινο ολόσωμο μαγιό της στο «Baywatch», κοινοποίησε φωτογραφία της και έκανε επισήμανση το όνομα του Νίκου Κοκλώνη, αλλά και του σόου που θα παρουσιάζει στο κανάλι του Ιβάν Σαββίδη.

Ο παρουσιαστής ανυπομονεί για την έναρξη της εκπομπής του, με τίτλο «It’s show time», και βρίσκεται σε πυρετώδεις προετοιμασίες, ώστε όλα να είναι έτοιμα και κατάλληλα οργανωμένα, προκειμένου να κερδίσει το «στοίχημα» και το τηλεοπτικό κοινό.

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1963, The Rolling Stones started a Sunday night residency at The Station Hotel, Richmond, Surrey. The Stones were paid £24 ($41) for the gig and played on the first night to a total of 66 people. £24 from 1963 would be worth £392, adjusted for inflation.

1965, The first full day of filming took place for The Beatles movie Help!, ' with the group riding bicycles on location near London Airport, England.

1969, The Jimi Hendrix Experience played their last ever-British performance when they appeared at the Royal Albert Hall.

1973, Roberta Flack had her second US No.1 when 'Killing Me Softly With His Song', started a five-week run at the top of the charts. The song was written in collaboration with singer songwriter Lori Lieberman and was born of a poem she wrote after experiencing a strong reaction to the Don McLean song 'Empty Chairs.' Roberta Flack first heard the song during a flight. She performed it for the first time live when supporting Marvin Gaye who told her she had to recorded a version before playing it live again.

1973, The Byrds made their final live appearance when they played at The Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey. (The then-current incarnation of the Byrds, which included Roger McGuinn, Clarence White, John York and Gene Parsons).

1975, Led Zeppelin released their sixth album Physical Graffiti in the UK. Recording sessions had been disrupted when bassist and keyboard player John Paul Jones had proposed quitting the band, supposedly to become choirmaster at Winchester Cathedral, England, although in reality he just needed time to rest after Zeppelin's demanding tour schedule. The group decided on a double album so they could feature songs left over from their previous albums Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin IV and Houses Of The Holy.

1975,

1976, The Eagles 'Greatest Hits' became the first album to be certified platinum by the R.I.A.A. New certification's represented sales of 1 million copies for albums and two million for singles.

1982, The Police won best British group at the first annual Brit Awards held in London, Adam And The Ants won best album for 'Kings Of The Wild Frontier', Cliff Richard won British Male Solo Artist, Randy Crawford won British Female Solo Artist, British Breakthrough Act went to The Human League, British Producer was Martin Rushent and Outstanding Contribution went to John Lennon.

1982, Winners at the Grammy Awards included John & Yoko Album of the year with 'Double Fantasy, Kim Carnes for Song of the year with 'Bette Davis Eyes', Quincy Jones won producer of the year and Sheena Easton best new act.

1990, American singer, songwriter, pianist Johnnie Ray died of liver failure at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. He scored over 20 Top 40 singles between 1952 & 1960 including 1956 UK No.1 & US No.2 single, 'Just Walking In The Rain'. Dexys Midnight Runners' name checked Ray in the lyrics to their 1982 hit 'Come On Eileen'.

1992, Kurt Cobain married Courtney Love in Waikiki, Hawaii. The press reported that the couple were expecting a baby on Sept 10th of this year.

1997, The Spice Girls won best single with 'Wannabe' at this year's Brit Awards held in London. Other winners included, Best Group for Manic Street Preachers, Best Dance Act went to The Prodigy, George Michael won Best Male, Best Female went to Gabrielle, Best Newcomer was won by Kula Shaker, International Male was Beck, International Female Sheryl Crow and Best International Group was The Fugees.

2000, Carlos Santana won eight awards at this year Grammy Awards. Before the 'Supernatural' album, the guitarist had not had a Top 10 album since 1981. Sting won two awards, one for best pop album and another for best male pop vocalist. Sir Elton John won the legend award and Phil Collins the best soundtrack award for 'Tarzan'.

2004, Estelle Axton, who helped create the legendary US soul music label Stax, died in hospital in Memphis, aged 85. Stax was home to Otis Redding, Rufus Thomas, Isaac Hayes and Booker T and the MG's and the Stax studio, 'Soulsville USA', was second only to Motown in its production of soul hits during its 1960s heyday.

2004,

2009, The United States Mint launched a new coin featuring American composer, pianist and bandleader Duke Ellington.

2010, 50 Cent was being sued over claims he unlawfully distributed a homemade sex video. Lastonia Leviston filed legal action in Manhattan, saying she made the private video with a lover in 2008 and alleged that 50 Cent posted the video on his website last year after blurring out the lover's face - and editing himself into it as narrator.

2010, The personal assistant to former Ramones manager Linda Stein was convicted in a New York court of bludgeoning her boss to death at her Manhattan apartment on 30 October 2007. Prosecutors said Natavia Lowery, 28, stole more than $30,000 (£19,500) from Stein, then clubbed her with a piece of exercise equipment. Jurors spent less than a day reaching a second-degree murder verdict.

2010, Promotions company MCD launched a $2.3 million lawsuit against Prince for pulling out of a concert in Dublin, Ireland in June, 2008, just ten days before it was to take place. The singer blamed the William Morris Agency for booking the event without permission, but the agency said the star cancelled the gig and gave "no reason of substance" for deciding to pull out.

2014, Franny Beecher the lead guitarist for Bill Haley & His Comets from 1954 to 1962 died in his sleep from natural causes. He was 92 years old. He continued to perform with surviving members of the Comets into 2006.

2016, Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan was ordered to give 6,000 euros to charity after head-butting an Irish police officer. The artist was arrested at Shannon Airport in November 2014 when she was taken off a flight from New York after an alleged air rage incident. Medical reports given to the court showed she had been suffering mania and was mentally ill when then incident happened.


February 24th: Born on this day

1942, Born on this day, Paul Jones, singer, harmonica player, actor, radio presenter, from British group Manfred Mann who had the 1964 UK & US No.1 single 'Do Wah Diddy Diddy. Jones is also a member of The Blues Band.

1944, Born on this day, Nicky Hopkins, session piano player who worked with The Rolling Stones, Jeff Beck, The Beatles, John Lennon, The Who and The Small Faces. Hopkins died on September 6th 1994.

1947, Born on this day, Rupert Holmes, writer, producer, singer who had the 1980 US No.1 & UK No. 23 single 'Escape, (The Pina Colada Song).

1947, Born on this day, Lonnie Turner, bassist with the Steve Miller Band who had the 1974 US No.1 & 1990 UK No.1 single 'The Joker'.

1948, Born on this day, Dennis Waterman, British singer, actor who had the1980 UK No.3 single with the theme from UK TV show 'Minder', 'I Could Be So Good For You'.

1959, Born on this day, Colin Farley, bassist with Cutting Crew who had the 1987 US No.1 & 1986 UK No.4 single 'I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight'.

1962, Born on this day, Michelle Shocked, American singer songwriter, 1988 single 'Anchorage'. She had the track 'Quality of Mercy' featured on the soundtrack for the film Dead Man Walking.

1973, Born on this day, Chris Fehn, American musician, best known as one of the two custom percussionists of the Grammy Award-winning heavy metal band Slipknot.

1974, Born on this day, Chad Hugo, one half of the music production and writing duo The Neptunes. His partner is Pharrell Williams, who has produced numerous No.1 hits for Mystikal, Jay-Z, NSYNC, Britney Spears* and Nelly.

1974, Born on this day, Noah "Wuv" Bernardo Jr founding member of the multi-platinum selling, San Diego based band P.O.D.

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Stanley Donen: Singin' in the Rain co-director dies aged 94

Stanley Donen, director of the classic films "Singing In The Rain" and "American in Paris", hugs his Oscar backstage — Image captionDonen received an honorary Oscar in 1998, and performed an impromptu dance

Veteran Hollywood musicals director Stanley Donen has died aged 94, according to US media reports.

The director was perhaps best known for the 1952 musical Singin' in the Rain, which he co-directed with its star Gene Kelly.

His other films included On the Town, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Funny Face.

The Chicago Tribune first reported Donen's death, citing one of his sons, Mark.

A former Broadway dancer, Donen moved into cinema as a choreographer, then as a director.

He translated his love for dance to the big screen with the help of Kelly and Fred Astaire. Singin' in the Rain was named the greatest movie musical of all time by the American Film Institute in 2006.

Photo of Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds in the 1952 film Singin' in the Rain — Image captionSingin' in the Rain starred Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds

Edgar Wright, who directed films including Hot Fuzz, paid tribute to the breadth of Donen's work, from musicals to thrillers, while Mission Impossible filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie said that Donen "understood when to move and when to let others do the moving".

In 1998, Donen was awarded an honorary Oscar by director Martin Scorcese "in appreciation for a body of work marked by grace, elegance, wit and visual innovation".

In his acceptance speech, he performed an impromptu song and dance routine while clutching his Oscar.

The key to a successful film, he once said, was a great script, great songs and great actors. "When filming starts, you show up and you stay the hell out of the way."

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Oscars 2019: How will the ceremony change this year?

Adam Lambert and Brian May from Queen — Image captionQueen and Adam Lambert will perform at this year's Oscars ceremony

Every year, the public seem to be interested in everything to do with the Oscars. Except, that is, for the ceremony itself.

This year's event takes place on Sunday night, but while most of us enjoy finding out who's won best actress or best picture, fewer people than ever have been actually tuning in to watch the telecast.

Last year, the ceremony's live audience was the lowest in in Oscars history, averaging 26.5 million viewers, down from 32.9 million in 2017.

The increased competition from streaming services will certainly have played a part - but it's also likely to be audience fatigue at how bloated the three-and-a-half hour ceremony has become.

"The first Oscars took less than 10 minutes," points out Scott Feinberg of The Hollywood Reporter, "which was obviously pre-television.

"Television came along, and networks paid a fortune for the Oscars, and as a result they expected a more complete kind of show.

"That meant no longer just handing out the awards but adding performance elements, so it became more telegenic, to include singing, dancing and comedy."

Comedians like Chris Rock, Ellen DeGeneres and Jimmy Kimmel have recently hosted the show to keep the audience entertained between awards and with an opening stand-up routine.

Image captionJimmy Kimmel, Ellen DeGeneres and Chris Rock have hosted the Oscars in recent years

There are also traditionally five musical performances from the best original song nominees.

But adding all these elements to the 24 categories means the telecast is just too long for some viewers to bear.

Consequently, the Academy had this year attempted to bring some changes to try and keep audiences tuning in - most significantly by shortening the length of the telecast to three hours.

But they've since had to row back on nearly all their time-saving decisions due to pressure from the film industry.

What were the proposals?

The Academy initially said that the winners of four of the categories would be announced during commercial breaks, with edited highlights being shown in the latter part of the telecast.

The prizes for cinematography, film editing, live-action short and makeup and hairstyling would have been given out while the audience at home is grabbing extra TV snacks.

But, suggests Feinberg: "That would've been really risky.

"During commercials, when people at the ceremony know they're not live on the air, they run around and talk to people, go to the bathroom, be a little loud, and that could've come across as disrespectful to the winners who are getting their awards during that time."

Several high-profile figures in the film industry, including Spike Lee, Seth Rogen and Martin Scorsese, also objected to the change.

So the Academy reinstated the categories, and told its members last week: "All awards will be presented without edits, in our traditional format."

Image captionCrazy Rich Asians may not have any nominations, but one of its stars Awkwafina has been enlisted as one of the category presenters

With the same number of categories to get through, the biggest time-saver may end up being the lack of a host.

After Kevin Hart's departure, the Academy confirmed this year would instead just have a mixture of celebrities introducing individual categories.

Jennifer Lopez, Whoopi Goldberg, Daniel Craig, Awkwafina and Tina Fey are among those who the Academy will be hoping keep viewers at home engaged.

It means the opening monologue from the host will be skipped, also saving time, but it's unlikely the ceremony will launch straight into handing out awards.

Karey Burke, the president of TV network ABC, which broadcasts the Oscars, says there is something special in the works to launch the ceremony.

"We have a very exciting opener planned. We are not going to go straight into people thanking their agents," she said.

There will also be a tightening up of the rules around acceptance speeches.

At the Academy's annual luncheon last month, nominees were told they'd have 90 seconds from the time their name is called until when their speech will need to be a concluded.

"It means you can hit the parties by 8:15," Oscars producer Glenn Weiss pointed out.

Image captionLady Gaga and Kendrick Lamar are both nominated for best song this year

Such changes might make the ceremony tighter, but those may not be the only things preventing viewers from tuning in.

In his 10-point plan to save the Oscars last year, Piers Morgan suggested the Academy should "slash the musical performances in half and get rid of the best song category".

But the Academy confirmed it wouldn't be cutting any of the songs - so this year's nominees, including Lady Gaga, will perform as normal.

(They had initially flirted with the idea of only having a couple of the nominees perform, but this was another idea they quickly decided against after industry backlash.)

The only absentee from the best song performances will be Kendrick Lamar - who dropped out earlier this week due to logistical issues.

Artistic v popular

Not only will four of the best song nominees perform - but there will be a bonus musical performance Queen and Adam Lambert, the Academy announced last week.

They're being included because one of the nominated films this year is the band's biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.

Another of Morgan's suggestions was: "Stop giving the best picture award to obscure films very few non-movie people actually see, like or understand."

His last point referred to the number of small, arthouse films that have won in recent years at the expense of box office smashes.

In 2017, for example, the hugely popular La La Land, which grossed $440m (£334m), lost out to Moonlight, which took less than a fifth of that - $65m (£49m).

"If you look at the numbers over the years, the ratings closely correlate to the popularity of the best picture nominees, because then people feel they have a rooting interest in the outcome," says Feinberg.

"Last year, it's not surprising the ratings took a hit because Three Billboards and The Shape of Water were not the films the audiences were going to in big numbers.

"If they'd nominated something like Wonder Woman, I think the numbers probably would've been a little better. This year, they have a lot riding on Black Panther.

"It's important for ABC, the Academy, Disney, that Black Panther not be snubbed."

Black Panther's popularity is perhaps one of the reasons the Academy attempted to introduce a new category this year to recognise more box office hits.

The cast of Black Panther — Image captionBlack Panther won the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild awards last month

Last August, it announced the introduction of the popular film category, which Black Panther would not only have definitely been nominated for, but would most likely have also won.

But this turned out to be another decision they would backtrack on - blaming the complications of introducing a new category so late in the year, when studios hadn't had time to prepare or target their promotional campaigns towards awards season.

It also would've meant yet another category to get through on the night - and most agree the Academy certainly doesn't need any more of those.

"Over the years the number of categories at the Oscars has grown," says Feinberg, "and it's much easier to add categories than it is to take them off the air.

"And that's because once a category is on the air, the people who would be affected by it don't want to lose that potential air time for their area of work."

Keeping the Oscars both short and entertaining is a surprisingly tall order in this day and age of short attention spans.

All eyes will be on Hollywood on Sunday night to find out whether they can pull it off.

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