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• 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt.
• 842 – Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German languages.
• 1014 – Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry of Bavaria, King of Germany and of Italy, as Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1076 – Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1130 – Pope Innocent II is elected.
• 1349 – Several hundred Jews are burned to death by mobs while the remaining Jews are forcibly removed from Strasbourg.
• 1400 – Richard II of England dies, most probably from starvation, in Pontefract Castle, on the orders of Henry Bolingbroke.
• 1502 – Spanish Inquisition: The Catholic Monarchs issue a decree forcing Muslims in Granada to convert to Catholicism or leave Spain.
• 1530 – Spanish conquistadores, led by Nuño de Guzmán, overthrow and execute Tangaxuan II, the last independent monarch of the Tarascan state in present-day central Mexico.
• 1556 – Thomas Cranmer is declared a heretic.
• 1655 – Arauco War: The Mapuche under their elected military leader, Clentaru, rise up against the Spanish in an insurrection in present-day central Chile.
• 1778 – The United States flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
• 1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
• 1779 – James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
• 1797 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St. Vincent: John Jervis, (later 1st Earl of St Vincent) and Horatio Nelson (later 1st Viscount Nelson) lead the British Royal Navy to victory over a Spanish fleet in action near Gibraltar.
• 1804 – Karađorđe leads the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire.
• 1831 – Ras Marye of Yejju marches into Tigray and defeats and kills Dejazmach Sabagadis in the Battle of Debre Abbay.
• 1835 – The original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, in the Latter Day Saint movement, is formed in Kirtland, Ohio.
• 1849 – In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.
• 1852 – Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, is founded in London.
• 1855 – Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.
• 1859 – Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state.
• 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
• 1879 – The War of the Pacific breaks out when Chilean armed forces occupy the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
• 1899 – Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
• 1900 – British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
• 1903 – The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
• 1912 – Arizona is admitted as the 48th U.S. state.
• 1912 – In Groton, Connecticut, the first diesel-powered submarine is commissioned.
• 1918 – The Soviet Union adopts the Gregorian calendar (on 1 February according to the Julian calendar).
• 1919 – The Polish–Soviet War begins.
• 1920 – The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago.
• 1924 – The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
• 1929 – Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago.
• 1942 – Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore.
• 1943 – World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated.
• 1943 – World War II: Tunisia Campaign: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's Fifth Panzer Army launches a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.
• 1944 – World War II: In the Action of 14 February 1944, a British submarine sinks a German-controlled Italian submarine in the Strait of Malacca.
• 1945 – World War II: On the first day of the bombing of Dresden, the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces begin fire-bombing Dresden.
• 1945 – World War II: Navigational error leads to the mistaken bombing of Prague, Czechoslovakia by an American squadron of B-17s assisting in the Soviet's Vistula–Oder Offensive.
• 1945 – World War II: Mostar is liberated by Yugoslav partisans
• 1945 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets with King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard the USS Quincy, officially beginning U.S.-Saudi diplomatic relations.
• 1946 – The Bank of England is nationalized.
• 1949 – The Knesset (Israeli parliament) convenes for the first time.
• 1949 – The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
• 1950 – Chinese Civil War: The National Revolutionary Army instigates the unsuccessful Battle of Tianquan against the People's Liberation Army.
• 1956 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union begins in Moscow. On the last night of the meeting, Premier Nikita Khrushchev condemns Joseph Stalin's crimes in a secret speech.
• 1961 – Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
• 1962 – First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy takes television viewers on a tour of the White House.
• 1966 – Australian currency is decimalised.
• 1970 – The iconic live album Live at Leeds by The Who is recorded.
• 1979 – In Kabul, Setami Milli militants kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police.
• 1981 – Stardust fire: A fire in a Dublin nightclub kills 48 people
• 1983 – United American Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee collapses. Its president, Jake Butcher, is later convicted of fraud.
• 1989 – Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal disaster.
• 1989 – Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.
• 1990 – Ninety-two people are killed when Indian Airlines Flight 605 crashes in Bangalore, India.
• 1990 – The Voyager 1 spacecraft takes the photograph of planet Earth later become famous as Pale Blue Dot.
• 1998 – An oil tanker train collides with a freight train in Yaoundé, Cameroon, spilling fuel oil. One person scavenging the oil created a massive explosion which kills 120.
• 2000 – The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.
• 2004 – In a suburb of Moscow, Russia, the roof of the Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 25 people, and wounding more than 100 others.
• 2005 – Lebanese self-made billionaire and business tycoon Rafic Hariri is killed, along with 21 others, when explosives, equivalent of around 1,000 kg of TNT, are detonated as his motorcade drove near the St. George Hotel in Beirut.
• 2005 – Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected al-Qaeda-linked militants that hit the Philippines' Makati financial district in Metro Manila, Davao City, and General Santos City.
• 2005 – YouTube is launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos.
• 2008 – Northern Illinois University shooting: A gunman opened fire in a lecture hall of the DeKalb County, Illinois university resulting in six fatalities (including gunman) and 21 injuries.
• 2011 – As a part of Arab Spring, the Bahraini uprising, a series of demonstrations, amounting to a sustained campaign of civil resistance, in the Persian Gulf country of Bahrain begins with a 'Day of Rage'.
• 2015 – Two people are killed in shootings at a free-speech seminar and at a synagogue service in Copenhagen.

Births[edit]

• 1468 – Johannes Werner, German priest and mathematician (d. 1522)
• 1483 – Babur, Moghul emperor (d. 1530)
• 1545 – Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara (d. 1561)
• 1602 – Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (d. 1676)
• 1640 – Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (d. 1693)
• 1679 – Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, German organist and composer (d. 1735)
• 1692 – Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French author and playwright (d. 1754)
• 1701 – Enrique Flórez, Spanish historian and author (d. 1773)
• 1763 – Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (d. 1813)
• 1799 – Walenty Wańkowicz, Polish painter and illustrator (d. 1842)
• 1800 – Emory Washburn, American historian, lawyer, and politician, 22nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1877)
• 1808 – Michael Costa, Italian-English conductor and composer (d. 1884)
• 1819 – Christopher Latham Sholes, American journalist and politician, invented the typewriter (d. 1890)
• 1824 – Winfield Scott Hancock, American general and politician (d. 1886)
• 1828 – Edmond François Valentin About, French journalist and author (d. 1885)
• 1835 – Piet Paaltjens, Dutch minister and poet (d. 1894)
• 1846 – Julian Scott, American soldier and drummer, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1901)
• 1847 – Maria Pia of Savoy (d. 1911)
• 1847 – Anna Howard Shaw, American physician, minister, and activist (d. 1919)
• 1848 – Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (d. 1934)
• 1855 – Frank Harris, Irish author and journalist (d. 1931)
• 1859 – George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., American engineer, inventor of the Ferris wheel (d. 1896)
• 1860 – Eugen Schiffer, German lawyer and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (d. 1954)
• 1869 – Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist and meteorologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1959)
• 1871 – Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (d. 1959)
• 1882 – John Barrymore, American actor and singer (d. 1942)
• 1884 – Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish actor and director (d. 1947)
• 1884 – Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet and playwright (d. 1974)
• 1890 – Nina Hamnett, Welsh-English painter and author (d. 1956)
• 1892 – Radola Gajda, Czech commander and politician (d. 1948)
• 1894 – Jack Benny, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1974)
• 1895 – Wilhelm Burgdorf, German general (d. 1945)
• 1895 – Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (d. 1973)
• 1898 – Bill Tilman, English mountaineer and explorer (d. 1977)
• 1898 – Fritz Zwicky, Swiss-American physicist and astronomer (d. 1974)
• 1903 – Stuart Erwin, American actor (d. 1967)
• 1905 – Thelma Ritter, American actress and singer (d. 1969)
• 1907 – Johnny Longden, English-American jockey and trainer (d. 2003)
• 1912 – Tibor Sekelj, Hungarian lawyer, explorer, and author (d. 1988)
• 1913 – Mel Allen, American sportscaster (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Woody Hayes, American football player and coach (d. 1987)
• 1913 – Jimmy Hoffa, American union leader (d. 1975)
• 1913 – James Pike, American bishop (d. 1969)
• 1916 – Marcel Bigeard, French general (d. 2010)
• 1916 – Sally Gray, English actress and singer (d. 2006)
• 1916 – Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese director and producer (d. 1996)
• 1916 – Edward Platt, American actor (d. 1974)
• 1917 – Herbert A. Hauptman, American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
• 1921 – Hugh Downs, American journalist, game show host, and producer
• 1921 – Hazel McCallion, Canadian businesswoman and politician, 3rd Mayor of Mississauga
• 1922 – Murray the K, American radio host (d. 1982)
• 1924 – Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma
• 1927 – Lois Maxwell, Canadian-Australian model and actress (d. 1960)
• 1928 – William Allain, American soldier and politician, 58th Governor of Mississippi (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Vicente T. Blaz, American general and politician (d. 2014)
• 1929 – Vic Morrow, American actor and director (d. 1982)
• 1931 – Bernie Geoffrion, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2006)
• 1931 – Brian Kelly, American actor and director (d. 2005)
• 1932 – Harriet Andersson, Swedish actress
• 1932 – Alexander Kluge, German actor and director
• 1933 – Madhubala, Indian actress and singer (d. 1969)
• 1934 – Florence Henderson, American actress, singer, and producer
• 1935 – David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn, Scottish academic and diplomat, 27th Governor of Hong Kong
• 1937 – John MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market, English politician, Secretary of State for Transport
• 1937 – Magic Sam, American singer and guitarist (d. 1969)
• 1938 – Lee Chamberlin, American actress (d. 2014)
• 1939 – Blowfly, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2016)
• 1939 – Eugene Fama, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 – James Maynard, American businessman, co-founded Golden Corral
• 1941 – Donna Shalala, American academic and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
• 1941 – Paul Tsongas, American lawyer and politician (d. 1997)
• 1942 – Michael Bloomberg, American businessman and politician, 108th Mayor of New York City
• 1942 – Andrew Robinson, American actor and director
• 1942 – Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican race car driver (d. 1962)
• 1943 – Eric Andersen, American singer-songwriter
• 1943 – Maceo Parker, American saxophonist (Parliament-Funkadelic, The J.B.'s, and The Horny Horns)
• 1943 – Aaron Russo, American director and producer (d. 2007)
• 1944 – Carl Bernstein, American journalist and author
• 1944 – Alan Parker, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1944 – Ronnie Peterson, Swedish race car driver (d. 1978)
• 1945 – Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
• 1945 – Rod Masterson, American lieutenant and actor (d. 2013)
• 1946 – Bernard Dowiyogo, Nauru politician, President of Nauru (d. 2003)
• 1946 – Gregory Hines, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 2003)
• 1947 – Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975)
• 1947 – Judd Gregg, American lawyer and politician, 76th Governor of New Hampshire
• 1948 – Teller, American magician and actor
• 1948 – Kitten Natividad, Mexican-American actress and dancer
• 1948 – Pat O'Brien, American journalist and author
• 1948 – Wally Tax, Dutch singer-songwriter (The Outsiders and Tax Free) (d. 2005)
• 1950 – Roger Fisher, American guitarist and songwriter (Heart and Alias)
• 1951 – Terry Gross, American radio host and producer
• 1951 – Kevin Keegan, English footballer and manager
• 1952 – Sushma Swaraj, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs
• 1954 – Jam Mohammad Yousaf, Pakistani politician, Chief Minister of Balochistan (d. 2013)
• 1955 – Carol Kalish, American publisher (d. 1991)
• 1956 – Howard Davis, Jr., American boxer and trainer (d. 2015)
• 1956 – Dave Dravecky, American baseball player
• 1956 – Katharina Fritsch, German sculptor and academic
• 1957 – Alan Hunter, American television host and actor
• 1957 – Soile Isokoski, Finnish soprano and actress
• 1957 – Alan Smith, English bishop
• 1958 – Francisco Javier López Peña, Spanish soldier (d. 2013)
• 1958 – Grant Thomas, Australian footballer and coach
• 1959 – Renée Fleming, American soprano and actress
• 1960 – Philip Jones, English admiral
• 1960 – Jim Kelly, American football player and businessman
• 1960 – Meg Tilly, American actress and author
• 1962 – Sakina Jaffrey, American actress
• 1963 – Enrico Colantoni, Canadian actor, director, and producer
• 1963 – John Marzano, American baseball player (d. 2008)
• 1964 – Gianni Bugno, Italian cyclist and sportscaster
• 1964 – Valente Rodriguez, American actor and producer
• 1966 – Petr Svoboda, Czech ice hockey player and agent
• 1967 – Stelios Haji-Ioannou, Greek-English businessman, founded easyJet
• 1967 – Manuela Maleeva, Bulgarian-Swiss tennis player
• 1967 – Mark Rutte, Dutch businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 1968 – Jules Asner, American model and television host
• 1968 – Scott McClellan, American civil servant and author, 25th White House Press Secretary
• 1969 – Meg Hillier, English journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
• 1970 – Giuseppe Guerini, Italian cyclist
• 1970 – Sean Hill, American ice hockey player
• 1970 – Simon Pegg, English actor, director, and producer
• 1971 – Viscera, American wrestler and actor (d. 2014)
• 1971 – Kris Aquino, Filipino talk show host, actress, and producer
• 1971 – Gheorghe Mureșan, Romanian basketball player
• 1972 – Drew Bledsoe, American football player and coach
• 1972 – Jaan Tallinn, Estonian computer programmer, co-developed Skype
• 1972 – Rob Thomas, American singer-songwriter (Matchbox Twenty and Tabitha's Secret)
• 1973 – Tyus Edney, American basketball player and coach
• 1973 – Steve McNair, American football player (d. 2009)
• 1976 – Liv Kristine, Norwegian singer-songwriter (Leaves' Eyes and Theatre of Tragedy)
• 1976 – Erica Leerhsen, American actress and producer
• 1977 – Donna Cruz, Filipino actress and singer
• 1977 – Cadel Evans, Australian cyclist
• 1977 – Jim Jefferies, Australian comedian and actor
• 1977 – Darren Purse, English footballer
• 1977 – Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (d. 2007)
• 1978 – Dwele, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1978 – Dean Gaffney, English actor
• 1978 – Danai Gurira, American actress and playwright
• 1978 – Richard Hamilton, American basketball player
• 1978 – Darius Songaila, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
• 1980 – Josh Senter, American screenwriter and producer
• 1980 – Michelle Ye, Hong Kong actress and producer
• 1981 – Matteo Brighi, Italian footballer
• 1981 – Randy de Puniet, French motorcycle racer
• 1981 – Brad Halsey, American baseball player (d. 2014)
• 1981 – Ayako Hamada, Mexican-Japanese wrestler
• 1981 – Erin Torpey, American actress and singer
• 1982 – Marián Gáborík, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1982 – John Halls, English footballer and model
• 1982 – Lenka Tvarošková, Slovak tennis player
• 1983 – Callix Crabbe, Virgin Islander baseball player
• 1983 – Rocky Elsom, Australian rugby player
• 1983 – Rhydian Roberts, Welsh singer and actor
• 1983 – Bacary Sagna, French footballer
• 1984 – John Prats, Filipino actor and dancer
• 1985 – Karima Adebibe, English model and actress
• 1985 – Havana Brown, Australian singer, DJ, and dancer
• 1985 – Tyler Clippard, American baseball player
• 1985 – Heart Evangelista, Filipino singer and actress
• 1985 – Philippe Senderos, Swiss footballer
• 1985 – Miki Yeung, Hong Kong singer and actress (Cookies)
• 1986 – Michael Ammermüller, German race car driver
• 1986 – Roxanne Guinoo, Filipino actress
• 1986 – Oliver Lee, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1986 – Gao Lin, Chinese footballer
• 1987 – Edinson Cavani, Uruguayan footballer
• 1987 – Joe Pichler, American actor
• 1987 – Tom Pyatt, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 – David Wheater, English footballer
• 1988 – Katie Boland, Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1988 – Ángel Di María, Argentinian footballer
• 1988 – Siim Liivik, Estonian ice hockey player
• 1988 – Asia Nitollano, American singer and dancer (The Pussycat Dolls)
• 1989 – Néstor Calderón, Mexican footballer
• 1989 – Adam Matuszczyk, Polish footballer
• 1989 – Emma Miskew, Canadian curler
• 1989 – Brandon Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 – Kristian Thomas, English gymnast
• 1990 – Sefa Yılmaz, German-Turkish footballer
• 1991 – Daniela Mona Lambin, Estonian footballer
• 1991 – Chris Rowney, English footballer
• 1991 – Rilwan Waheed, Maldivian footballer
• 1992 – Christian Eriksen, Danish footballer
• 1992 – Freddie Highmore, English actor
• 1993 – Shane Harper, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Deaths[edit]

• 869 – Saint Cyril, Greek bishop, linguist, and scholar (b. 827)
• 1229 – Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson, Isles king
• 1317 – Margaret of France, Queen of England (b. 1282)
• 1400 – Richard II of England (b. 1367)
• 1571 – Odet de Coligny, French cardinal (b. 1517)
• 1676 – Abraham Bosse, French engraver and illustrator (b. 1602)
• 1714 – Maria Luisa of Savoy (b. 1688)
• 1737 – Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot, English lawyer and politician Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1685)
• 1744 – John Hadley, English mathematician, invented the octant (b. 1682)
• 1779 – James Cook, English captain, cartographer, and explorer (b. 1728)
• 1780 – William Blackstone, English jurist and politician (b. 1723)
• 1782 – Singu Min, Burmese king (b. 1756)
• 1808 – John Dickinson, American lawyer and politician 5th Governor of Delaware (b. 1732)
• 1831 – Vicente Guerrero, Mexican general and politician, 2nd President of Mexico (b. 1782)
• 1831 – Henry Maudslay, English engineer (b. 1771)
• 1870 – St. John Richardson Liddell, American general (b. 1815)
• 1881 – Fernando Wood, American merchant and politician, 73rd Mayor of New York City (b. 1812)
• 1884 – Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, American wife of Theodore Roosevelt (b. 1861)
• 1885 – Jules Vallès, French journalist and author (b. 1832)
• 1891 – William Tecumseh Sherman, American general (b. 1820)
• 1894 – Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1901 – Edward Stafford, Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1819)
• 1910 – Giovanni Passannante, Italian anarchist (b. 1849)
• 1922 – Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish lawyer and politician (b. 1880)
• 1929 – Thomas Burke, American sprinter, coach, and lawyer (b. 1875)
• 1930 – Thomas Mackenzie, Scottish-New Zealand cartographer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1853)
• 1942 – Adnan Saidi, Malayan lieutenant (b. 1915)
• 1943 – Dora Gerson, German actress and singer (b. 1899)
• 1943 – David Hilbert, Russian-German mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1862)
• 1948 – Mordecai Brown, American baseball player and manager (b. 1876)
• 1949 – Yusuf Salman Yusuf, Iraqi politician (b. 1901)
• 1950 – Karl Guthe Jansky, American physicist and engineer (b. 1905)
• 1952 – Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (b. 1896)
• 1958 – Abdur Rab Nishtar, Pakistani politician, 2nd Governor of Punjab (b. 1899)
• 1959 – Baby Dodds, American drummer (b. 1898)
• 1967 – Sig Ruman, German-American actor (b. 1884)
• 1969 – Vito Genovese, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1897)
• 1970 – Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer and coach (b. 1880)
• 1974 – Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer and coach (b. 1903)
• 1975 – Julian Huxley, English biologist and eugenicist, co-founded the World Wide Fund for Nature (b. 1887)
• 1975 – P. G. Wodehouse, English author and poet (b. 1881)
• 1979 – Adolph Dubs, American lieutenant and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan (b. 1920)
• 1983 – Lina Radke, German runner and coach (b. 1903)
• 1986 – Edmund Rubbra, English composer and conductor (b. 1901)
• 1987 – Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1904)
• 1988 – Frederick Loewe, German-American composer (b. 1901)
• 1989 – James Bond, American ornithologist and zoologist (b. 1900)
• 1989 – Vincent Crane, English pianist (The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and Atomic Rooster) (b. 1943)
• 1994 – Andrei Chikatilo, Ukrainian-Russian serial killer (b. 1936)
• 1994 – Christopher Lasch, American historian and critic (b. 1932)
• 1995 – Michael V. Gazzo, American actor and playwright (b. 1923)
• 1995 – U Nu, Burmese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1907)
• 1996 – Bob Paisley, English footballer and manager (b. 1919)
• 1999 – John Ehrlichman, American lawyer and politician, 12th White House Counsel (b. 1925)
• 1999 – Buddy Knox, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1933)
• 2002 – Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1922)
• 2002 – Mick Tucker, English drummer (The Sweet) (b. 1947)
• 2003 – Johnny Longden, English jockey and trainer (b. 1907)
• 2004 – Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (b. 1970)
• 2005 – Rafic Hariri, Lebanese businessman and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1944)
• 2006 – Lynden David Hall, English singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1974)
• 2007 – Ryan Larkin, Canadian animator and director (b. 1943)
• 2007 – Gareth Morris, English flute player and educator (b. 1920)
• 2009 – Bernard Ashley, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Laura Ashley plc (b. 1926)
• 2009 – Louie Bellson, American drummer and composer (b. 1924)
• 2010 – Doug Fieger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Knack and Sky) (b. 1952)
• 2010 – Dick Francis, Welsh jockey and author (b. 1920)
• 2010 – Linnart Mäll, Estonian historian, orientalist, and translator (b. 1938)
• 2011 – George Shearing, English-American pianist and composer (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Mike Bernardo, South African boxer and martial artist (b. 1969)
• 2012 – Tonmi Lillman, Finnish drummer and producer (Lordi, Sinergy, To/Die/For, and Ajattara) (b. 1973)
• 2012 – Dory Previn, American singer-songwriter (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Péter Rusorán, Hungarian swimmer, water polo player, and coach (b. 1940)
• 2013 – Glenn Boyer, American historian and author (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Ronald Dworkin, American philosopher and scholar (b. 1931)
• 2013 – T. L. Osborn, American evangelist and author (b. 1923)
• 2014 – Tom Finney, English footballer (b. 1922)
• 2014 – Jim Fregosi, American baseball player and manager (b. 1942)
• 2014 – Chris Pearson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Yukon (b. 1931)
• 2014 – Mike Stepovich, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Alaska Territory (b. 1919)
• 2015 – Louis Jourdan, French-American actor and singer (b. 1921)
• 2015 – Philip Levine, American poet and academic (b. 1928)
• 2015 – Franjo Mihalić, Croatian-Serbian runner and coach (b. 1920)
• 2015 – Wim Ruska, Dutch wrestler and martial artist (b. 1940)
• 2016 – Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, English lieutenant, engineer, and politician (b. 1928)
• 2016 – Steven Stucky, American composer and academic (b. 1949)

Τ'ακούτε τι παράγγειλε η Καθαρή Δευτέρα;
Πεθαίν΄ ο Κρέος, πέθανε, ψυχομαχάει ο Τύρος
σηκώνει ο Πράσος την ουρά κι ο Κρέμμυδος τα γένεια
Μπαλώστε τα σακούλια σας, τροχίστε τα λεπίδια
και στον τρανό τον πλάτανο, να μάσουμε στεκούλια.

• Ο Αλευροπόλεμος στο Γαλαξίδι, είναι ένα έθιμο που διατηρείται από το 1801. Εκείνα τα χρόνια, παρόλο που το Γαλαξίδι τελούσε υπό την τουρκική κατοχή, όλοι οι κάτοικοι περίμεναν τις Αποκριές για να διασκεδάσουν και να χορέψουν σε κύκλους. Ένας κύκλος για τις γυναίκες, ένας για τους άντρες. Φορούσαν μάσκες ή απλώς έβαφαν τα πρόσωπά τους με κάρβουνο. Στη συνέχεια προστέθηκε το αλεύρι, το λουλάκι, το βερνίκι των παπουτσιών και η ώχρα.
• Βλάχικος Γάμος στη Θήβα. Είναι ένα έθιμο που φθάνει στις μέρες μας περίπου από το 1830, μετά την απελευθέρωση των ορεινών περιοχών. Οι Βλάχοι, δηλαδή οι τσοπάνηδες από τη Μακεδονία, την Ήπειρο, τη Θεσσαλία και τη Ρούμελη, εγκατέλειψαν τότε την άγονη γη τους και βρήκαν γόνιμο έδαφος νοτιότερα. Το θέαμα είναι έξοχο, η γαμήλια πομπή πολύχρωμη, η μουσική που τη συνοδεύει (πίπιζες, νταούλια κ.ά.) εξαιρετικά ζωντανή.
• Του Κουτρούλη ο Γάμος στη Μεθώνη Μεσσηνίας. Καρναβαλίστικος γάμος, που κρατάει από τον 14ο αιώνα. Στις μέρες μας, το ζευγάρι των νεονύμφων είναι δύο άντρες, που μαζί με τους συγγενείς πηγαίνουν στην πλατεία, όπου γίνεται ο γάμος με παπά και με κουμπάρο. Διαβάζεται το προικοσύμφωνο και ακολουθεί τρικούβερτο γλέντι.
• Στη Μεσσήνη Μεσσηνίας γίνεται η αναπαράσταση της εκτέλεσης μιας γερόντισσας, της γριάς Συκούς, που κατά την παράδοση, κρεμάστηκε στη θέση Κρεμάλα της πόλης, με εντολή του Ιμπραήμ Πασά, επειδή είχε το θάρρος, εξηγώντας του ένα όνειρο που είχε δει, να του πει ότι η εκστρατεία του και ο ίδιος θα είχαν οικτρό τέλος από την αντίδραση και το σθένος των επαναστατημένων Ελλήνων. Μετά την αναπαράσταση, μπορεί κάθε επισκέπτης να "κρεμαστεί"από τους ψευτοδήμιους της κρεμάλας. Το απόγευμα της Καθαράς Δευτέρας γίνεται η παρέλαση με μαζορέτες, άρματα, μεταμφιεσμένους μικρούς και μεγάλους και χορευτικά συγκροτήματα.
• Μπουρανί στον Τύρναβο. Μπουρανί είναι μία χορτόσουπα δίχως λάδι, γύρω από την προετοιμασία της οποίας στήνεται ολόκληρο το σκηνικό του παιχνιδιού με φαλλικά σύμβολα και τολμηρά πειράγματα από τους μπουρανίδες.
• Στην Κάρπαθο λειτουργεί το Λαϊκό Δικαστήριο Ανήθικων Πράξεων. Κάποιοι κάνουν άσχημες χειρονομίες σε κάποιους άλλους και συλλαμβάνονται από τους Τζαφιέδες (χωροφύλακες) για να οδηγηθούν στο Δικαστήριο, που το αποτελούν οι σεβάσμιοι του νησιού. Τα αυτοσχέδια αστεία και τα γέλια ακολουθεί τρικούβερτο γλέντι.
• Στις κοινότητες Ποταμιά, Καλόξιδο και Λιβάδια της Νάξου οι κάτοικοι ντύνονται Κορδελάτοι ή Λεβέντες. Οι Κορδελάτοι είναι φουστανελοφόροι και η δεύτερη ονομασία τους Λεβέντες αποδίδεται στους πειρατές. Από κοντά τους ακολουθούν και οι ληστές, οι Σπαραρατόροι, που αρπάζουν τις κοπέλες για να τις βάλουν με το ζόρι στο χορό και στο γλέντι, που κρατάει ως το πρωί.
• Στα χωριά Μέρωνα και Μελιδόνια του Ρεθύμνου αναβιώνουν έθιμα όπως το κλέψιμο της νύφης, ο Καντής, το μουντζούρωμα, τα οποία, σε συνδυασμό με το καλό κρασί και τους ήχους της λύρας, αποτελούν μια μοναδική εμπειρία.
• Στη Σκύρο, σχεδόν όλοι οι κάτοικοι με παραδοσιακές ενδυμασίες κατεβαίνουν στην πλατεία του νησιού, όπου χορεύουν και τραγουδούν τοπικούς σκοπούς.

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• 44 BC – Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March.
• 221 – Liu Bei, a Chinese warlord and member of the Han royal house, declares himself emperor of Shu Han and claims his legitimate succession to the Han dynasty.
• 280 – Sun Hao of Eastern Wu surrenders to Sima Yan which began the Jin dynasty.
• 351 – Constantius II elevates his cousin Gallus to Caesar, and puts him in charge of the Eastern part of the Roman Empire.
• 493 – Odoacer, the first barbarian King of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, is slain by Theoderic the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, while the two kings were feasting together.
• 933 – After a ten-year truce, German King Henry the Fowler defeats a Hungarian army at the Battle of Riade near the Unstrut river.
• 1147 – Conquest of Santarém: The forces of Afonso I of Portugal capture Santarém.
• 1311 – Battle of Halmyros: The Catalan Company defeats Walter V, Count of Brienne to take control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in Greece.
• 1493 – Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas.
• 1564 – Mughal Emperor Akbar abolishes "jizya" (per capita tax).
• 1672 – Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence.
• 1781 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Court House – Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat an American force numbering 4,400.
• 1783 – In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'état never takes place.
• 1819 – French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel wins a contest at the Academie des Sciences in Paris by proving that light behaves like a wave. The Fresnel integrals, still used to calculate wave patterns, silence skeptics who had backed the particle theory of Isaac Newton.
• 1820 – Maine becomes the 23rd U.S. state.
• 1848 – A revolution breaks out in Hungary. The Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the Reform party.
• 1864 – American Civil War: The Red River Campaign : U.S. Navy fleet arrives at Alexandria, Louisiana.
• 1874 – France and Viet Nam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
• 1875 – Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
• 1877 – First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.
• 1888 – Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
• 1892 – Liverpool F.C. is founded.
• 1906 – Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
• 1916 – United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
• 1917 – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne and his brother the Grand Duke becomes Tsar.
• 1921 – Talaat Pasha, former Grand Vizir of the Ottoman Empire and chief architect of the Armenian Genocide is assassinated in Berlin by 23-year-old Armenian, Soghomon Tehlirian.
• 1922 – After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.
• 1926 – The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
• 1927 – The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.
• 1931 – SS Viking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
• 1933 – Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss keeps members of the National Council from convening, starting the Austrofascist dictatorship.
• 1935 – Percy Shaw founded his company Reflecting Roadstuds Limited to make cat's eyes.
• 1939 – World War II: German troops occupy the remaining part of Bohemia and Moravia; Czechoslovakia ceases to exist.
• 1939 – Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day.
• 1941 – Philippine Airlines, the flag carrier of the Philippines takes its first flight between Manila (from Nielson Field) to Baguio City with a Beechcraft Model 18 making the airline the first and oldest commercial airline in Asia operating under its original name.
• 1943 – World War II: Third Battle of Kharkov – the Germans retake the city of Kharkov from the Soviet armies in bitter street fighting.
• 1945 – World War II: Soviet forces begin an offensive to push Germans from Upper Silesia.
• 1952 – In Cilaos, Réunion, 1870 mm (73 inches) of rain falls in a 24-hour period, setting a new world record (March 15 through March 16).
• 1956 – My Fair Lady debuts on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre.
• 1961 – South Africa withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations.
• 1965 – President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act.
• 1978 – Somalia and Ethiopia signed a truce to end the Ethio-Somali War.
• 1985 – The first Internet domain name is registered (symbolics.com).
• 1985 – Brazilian military government ends.
• 1986 – Collapse of the Hotel New World: Thirty-three people die when the Hotel New World in Singapore collapses.
• 1990 – Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union.
• 1991 – The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany comes into effect, granting full sovereignty to the Federal Republic of Germany.
• 2011 – Beginning of the Syrian Civil War.

Births[edit]

• 270 – Saint Nicholas, Greek bishop (d. 343)
• 1275 – Margaret of England, Duchess of Brabant (d. 1333)
• 1455 – Pietro Accolti, Italian cardinal (d. 1532)
• 1493 – Anne de Montmorency, French captain and diplomat (d. 1567)
• 1584 – Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (d. 1663)
• 1591 – Alexandre de Rhodes, French missionary and lexicographer (d. 1660)
• 1638 – Shunzhi Emperor of China (d. 1661)
• 1666 – George Bähr, German architect, designed the Dresden Frauenkirche (d. 1738)
• 1737 – Amarindra, Thai wife of Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (d. 1826)
• 1754 – Archibald Menzies, Scottish surgeon and botanist (d. 1842)
• 1767 – Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States (d. 1845)
• 1771 – Robert Hett Chapman, American minister and academic (d. 1833)
• 1772 – József Ficzkó, Slovene-Croatian priest and author (d. 1843)
• 1779 – William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1848)
• 1790 – Ludwig Immanuel Magnus, German mathematician and academic (d. 1861)
• 1791 – Charles Knight, English author and publisher (d. 1873)
• 1809 – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (d. 1876)
• 1809 – Karl Josef von Hefele, German bishop and theologian (d. 1893)
• 1813 – John Snow, English physician and epidemiologist (d. 1858)
• 1818 – Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general and politician (d. 1924)
• 1821 – Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian physicist and chemist (d. 1895)
• 1821 – William Milligan, Scottish theologian, author, and educator (d. 1892)
• 1824 – Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (d. 1907)
• 1830 – Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914)
• 1830 – Élisée Reclus, French geographer and academic (d. 1905)
• 1831 – Daniel Comboni, Italian missionary and saint (d. 1881)
• 1835 – John Henry Kagi, American lawyer and activist (d. 1859)
• 1835 – Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1916)
• 1838 – Karl Davydov, Russian cellist, composer, and conductor (d. 1889)
• 1851 – John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Arkansas (d. 1916)
• 1851 – William Mitchell Ramsay, Scottish archaeologist and scholar (d. 1939)
• 1852 – Augusta, Lady Gregory, Irish playwright and translator (d. 1932)
• 1854 – Emil von Behring, German physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)
• 1857 – Christian Michelsen, Norwegian businessman and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1925)
• 1858 – Liberty Hyde Bailey, American botanist and academic, co-founded the American Society for Horticultural Science (d. 1954)
• 1858 – Franz Böckli, Swiss target shooter (d. 1937)
• 1860 – Waldemar Haffkine, Russian-Swiss bacteriologist and microbiologist (d. 1930)
• 1864 – Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (Oslo Philharmonic) (d. 1935)
• 1865 – Manuk Abeghian, Armenian author and scholar (d. 1944)
• 1866 – Matthew Charlton, Australian miner and politician (d. 1948)
• 1866 – Johan Vaaler, Norwegian inventor, invented the Paper clip (d. 1910)
• 1867 – Lionel Johnson, English poet and critic (d. 1902)
• 1869 – Stanisław Wojciechowski, Polish scholar and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Poland (d. 1953)
• 1874 – Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1951)
• 1874 – Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and politician, 32nd United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1952)
• 1878 – Rezā Shāh, Iranian king (d. 1944)
• 1886 – John Olin, American wrestler (d. 1920)
• 1887 – Marjorie Merriweather Post, American businesswoman, founded General Foods (d. 1973)
• 1887 – Lütfi Kırdar, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (d. 1961)
• 1890 – Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician and mountaineer (d. 1980)
• 1892 – James Basevi Ord, American colonel (d. 1938)
• 1897 – Jackson Scholz, American runner (d. 1986)
• 1901 – R. A. Bevan, English advertiser (d. 1974)
• 1902 – Henri Saint Cyr, Swedish horse rider (d. 1979)
• 1904 – George Brent, Irish-American actor (d. 1979)
• 1904 – J. Pat O'Malley, English actor (d. 1985)
• 1905 – Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, German lawyer and judge (d. 1944)
• 1907 – Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer (d. 1981)
• 1910 – Tom Richards, Welsh runner (d. 1985)
• 1910 – Nick Stewart, American actor and singer (d. 2000)
• 1912 – Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and author (d. 1979)
• 1912 – Lightnin' Hopkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1982)
• 1912 – Phillip Pavia, American painter and sculptor (d. 2005)
• 1913 – Macdonald Carey, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1913 – Rosita Contreras, Argentinian actress and singer (d. 1962)
• 1913 – Jack Fairman, English race car driver (d. 2002)
• 1914 – Aniello Dellacroce, American gangster (d. 1985)
• 1914 – Joe E. Ross, American actor (d. 1982)
• 1915 – Caterina Boratto, Italian actress (d. 2010)
• 1916 – Frank Coghlan, Jr., American actor and pilot (d. 2009)
• 1916 – Fadil Hoxha, Kosovar commander and politician, 2nd President of Kosovo (d. 2001)
• 1916 – Harry James, American trumpet player, bandleader, and actor (d. 1983)
• 1917 – Jürgen Ohlsen, German actor (d. 1994)
• 1918 – Richard Ellmann, American author and critic (d. 1987)
• 1918 – Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 1987)
• 1918 – William McIntyre, Canadian lawyer and judge (d. 2009)
• 1919 – Lawrence Tierney, American actor (d. 2002)
• 1920 – Lawrence Sanders, American author (d. 1998)
• 1920 – E. Donnall Thomas, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)
• 1921 – Madelyn Pugh, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2011)
• 1921 – Stafford Smythe, Canadian businessman (d. 1971)
• 1922 – Nino Bibbia, Italian bobsledder (d. 2013)
• 1923 – Joseph Madec, French bishop (d. 2013)
• 1923 – Charles Wheeler, German-English soldier and journalist (d. 2008)
• 1924 – Walter Gotell, German-English actor (d. 1997)
• 1926 – Ben Johnston, American composer and academic
• 1926 – Jeanne Mockford, English actress
• 1926 – Norm Van Brocklin, American football player and coach (d. 1983)
• 1927 – Philip Jebb, English architect and politician (d. 1995)
• 1927 – Christian Marquand, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2000)
• 1927 – Carl Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)
• 1928 – Bob Wilber, American clarinet player and saxophonist
• 1930 – Zhores Alferov, Belarusian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1930 – Martin Karplus, Austrian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1930 – Kostas Nestoridis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1931 – James Ellis, Northern Irish actor (d. 2014)
• 1931 – D.J. Fontana, American drummer (The Blue Moon Boys)
• 1931 – David Hayes, American sculptor and academic (d. 2013)
• 1931 – Richard Wirthlin, American religious leader (d. 2011)
• 1932 – Alan Bean, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
• 1932 – Arif Mardin, Turkish-American music producer (d. 2006)
• 1933 – Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American lawyer and judge
• 1933 – Philippe de Broca, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
• 1934 – Aldo Giorgini, Italian graphic designer (d. 1994)
• 1934 – Richard Layard, Baron Layard, English economist and academic
• 1934 – Kanshi Ram, Indian politician (d. 2006)
• 1935 – Judd Hirsch, American actor
• 1935 – Jimmy Swaggart, American pastor and television host
• 1935 – Leonid Yengibarov, Russian-Armenian clown and boxer (d. 1972)
• 1936 – David Andrews, Irish politician, 21st Minister of Foreign Affairs for Ireland
• 1936 – Howard Greenfield, American songwriter (d. 1986)
• 1937 – Dan Adkins, American illustrator (d. 2013)
• 1937 – Marcus Raichle, American neurologist and physiologist
• 1937 – Valentin Rasputin, Russian environmentalist and author (d. 2015)
• 1937 – Roger Tomkys, English academic and diplomat
• 1938 – Charles Lloyd, American saxophonist and flute player
• 1939 – David Eisenberg, American biologist and biophysicist
• 1939 – Ted Kaufman, American engineer and politician
• 1939 – Robert Nye, English author, poet, and playwright
• 1940 – Margo Howard, American journalist
• 1940 – Frank Dobson, English politician, Secretary of State for Health
• 1940 – Phil Lesh, American bass player (Grateful Dead, The Other Ones, The Dead, and Furthur)
• 1940 – Mel Phillips, American radio host and programmer
• 1941 – Jean-Louis Lafosse, French race car driver (d. 1981)
• 1941 – Mike Love, American singer-songwriter (The Beach Boys and Celebration)
• 1943 – David Cronenberg, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1943 – Lynda La Plante, English screenwriter, and author
• 1943 – Michael Scott-Joynt, English bishop (d. 2014)
• 1943 – Sly Stone, American singer-songwriter and producer (Sly and the Family Stone)
• 1944 – Chi Cheng, Taiwanese runner and politician
• 1944 – Jacques Doillon, French director and screenwriter
• 1944 – Deniz Kandiyoti, Turkish-English author and academic
• 1944 – Francis Mankiewicz, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1993)
• 1945 – Walter Adams, German runner
• 1945 – Robert Carnwath, Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill, English lawyer and judge
• 1945 – A. K. Faezul Huq, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (d. 2007)
• 1945 – Mark J. Green, American lawyer and politician
• 1946 – Bobby Bonds, American baseball player and coach (d. 2003)
• 1946 – Mahir Çayan, Turkish politician (d. 1972)
• 1946 – Stephen Hill, English sociologist and academic
• 1946 – Howard E. Scott, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (War and Lowrider Band)
• 1946 – David Wall, English ballet dancer (d. 2013)
• 1947 – David Colley, Australian cricketer
• 1947 – Ry Cooder, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1947 – Gino Ferrin, German footballer and manager
• 1948 – Kate Bornstein, American author and activist
• 1948 – Gavin Stamp, English historian and author
• 1948 – Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (d. 2003)
• 1949 – Deirdre Hutton, Scottish civil servant
• 1950 – Jørgen Olsen, Danish singer-songwriter (Olsen Brothers)
• 1950 – Kurt Koch, Swiss cardinal
• 1951 – David Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool, English politician
• 1952 – Howard Devoto, English singer-songwriter (Buzzcocks, Magazine, and Luxuria)
• 1952 – Philip Green, English businessman
• 1952 – Howard Koh, American physician and politician, 14th United States Assistant Secretary for Health
• 1953 – Kostas Bigalis, Greek singer-songwriter
• 1953 – Richard Bruton, Irish politician, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
• 1953 – Colin Croft, Guyanese cricketer and sportscaster
• 1953 – Heather Graham Pozzessere, American author
• 1953 – Kumba Ialá, Bissau-Guinean politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (d. 2014)
• 1954 – Massimo Bubola, Italian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1954 – Isobel Buchanan, Scottish soprano and actress
• 1954 – Bob Budiansky, American author and illustrator
• 1954 – Henry Marsh, American runner and businessman, co-founded MonaVie
• 1955 – Mohsin Khan, Pakistani cricketer
• 1955 – Dee Snider, American singer-songwriter and actor (Twisted Sister and Desperado)
• 1956 – Clay Matthews, Jr., American football player and coach
• 1957 – Joaquim de Almeida, Portuguese-American actor
• 1957 – Víctor Muñoz, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1957 – Park Overall, American actress
• 1957 – David Silverman, American animator, director, and screenwriter
• 1959 – Harold Baines, American baseball player and coach
• 1959 – Renny Harlin, Finnish director and producer
• 1959 – Lisa Holton, American journalist and author
• 1959 – Fabio Lanzoni, Italian-American model and actor
• 1959 – Ben Okri, Nigerian poet and author
• 1960 – Mike Pagliarulo, American baseball player and coach
• 1960 – Phil Walsh, Australian rules footballer and coach (d. 2015)
• 1961 – Terry Cummings, American basketball player and singer
• 1961 – Craig Ludwig, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1962 – Terence Trent D'Arby, American singer-songwriter
• 1963 – Bret Michaels, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Poison)
• 1964 – Rockwell, American singer-songwriter
• 1964 – Davide Pinato, Italian footballer
• 1965 – Sunetra Gupta, Indian epidemiologist, author, and academic
• 1965 – Svetlana Medvedeva, Russian economist, First Lady of Russia
• 1966 – Chris Bruno, American actor
• 1967 – Naoko Takeuchi, Japanese illustrator
• 1968 – Kahimi Karie, Japanese singer
• 1968 – Mark McGrath, American singer-songwriter and television host (Sugar Ray and The Wondergirls)
• 1968 – Terje Riis-Johansen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy
• 1968 – Sabrina Salerno, Italian singer, actress, and producer
• 1968 – Jon Schaffer, American guitarist (Iced Earth and Demons and Wizards)
• 1969 – Rona Ambrose, Canadian journalist and politician, 8th Canadian Minister of Health
• 1969 – Gianluca Festa, Italian footballer and coach
• 1969 – Timo Kotipelto, Finnish singer-songwriter (Stratovarius, Kotipelto, and Cain's Offering)
• 1969 – Elvir Laković Laka, Bosnian singer-songwriter
• 1969 – Apollo Papathanasio, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Firewind, Spiritual Beggars, Evil Masquerade, and Gardenian)
• 1969 – Kim Raver, American actress
• 1969 – Yutaka Take, Japanese jockey
• 1970 – Derek Parra, American speed skater and coach
• 1971 – Penny Lancaster, English model and photographer
• 1971 – Joanne Wise, English long jumper
• 1972 – Mark Hoppus, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Blink-182, +44, and City (Comma) State)
• 1972 – Darren Dunstan, Canadian stage and voice actor, and voice director
• 1972 – Mike Tomlin, American football player and coach
• 1973 – Robin Hunicke, American video game designer and producer
• 1973 – Lee Jung-jae, South Korean actor
• 1973 – Masayuki Naruse, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1974 – Robert Fick, American baseball player
• 1975 – will.i.am, American rapper, producer, and actor (The Black Eyed Peas and Atban Klann)
• 1975 – Eva Longoria, American actress and producer
• 1975 – Veselin Topalov, Bulgarian chess player
• 1975 – Darcy Tucker, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 – Katherine Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1977 – Adrian Burnside, Australian baseball player
• 1977 – Joe Hahn, American DJ, producer, and director (Linkin Park)
• 1977 – Brian Tee, Japanese-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1977 – Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Indian soldier (d. 2008)
• 1978 – Flávio Furtado, Cape Verdean boxer
• 1978 – Noé Hernández, Mexican race walker (d. 2013)
• 1978 – Jeong Hyeong-don, South Korean comedian and entertainer
• 1978 – Takeru Kobayashi, Japanese competitive eater
• 1978 – Ali Saïdi-Sief, Algerian runner
• 1979 – Onur Aydın, Turkish basketball player
• 1979 – Kevin Youkilis, American baseball player
• 1980 – Freddie Bynum, American baseball player
• 1980 – Claudiney Ramos, Brazilian footballer (d. 2013)
• 1980 – Ola Afolabi, British professional boxer
• 1980 – Carlos Merino, Spanish professional footballer
• 1981 – Young Buck, American rapper, producer, and actor (G-Unit and UTP)
• 1981 – Mikael Forssell, German-Finnish footballer
• 1981 – Veronica Maggio, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1982 – Jordan Hastings, Canadian drummer (Alexisonfire, Jersey, Black Lungs, and Cunter)
• 1982 – Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich, Kenyan runner
• 1982 – Emily Tyndall, American actress and dancer
• 1982 – Tonikaku Akarui Yasumura, Japanese comedian
• 1983 – Sean Biggerstaff, Scottish actor
• 1983 – Umut Bulut, Turkish footballer
• 1983 – Eva Ekvall, Venezuelan model, anchor and author Miss Venezuela 2000 (d. 2011)
• 1983 – Jouji Shibue, Japanese model and actor
• 1984 – Badradine Belloumou, French-Algerian footballer
• 1984 – Gabb Drilon, Filipino actor
• 1984 – Olivier Jean, Canadian speed skater
• 1984 – Wilson Aparecido Xavier Júnior, Brazilian footballer
• 1984 – Yo Yo Honey Singh, Indian rapper, producer, and actor
• 1984 – Kostas Vasileiadis, Greek basketball player
• 1985 – Maiko, Japanese-American actress
• 1985 – Eva Amurri, American actress
• 1985 – Antti Autti, Finnish snowboarder
• 1985 – Tom Chilton, English race car driver
• 1985 – Curtis Davies, English footballer
• 1985 – Javier Garrido, Spanish footballer
• 1985 – Jon Jay, American baseball player
• 1985 – Kellan Lutz, American model and actor
• 1985 – James Maclurcan, Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1986 – Jai Courtney, Australian actor and model
• 1986 – Serkan Çalik, Turkish footballer
• 1987 – Adrianne León, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1988 – Éver Guzmán, Mexican footballer
• 1988 – Maria Minerva, Estonian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1988 – James Reimer, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 – Jolo Revilla, Filipino actor and politician
• 1988 – Alexander Sims, English racing driver
• 1989 – Sam Baldock, English footballer
• 1989 – Bryce Gibbs, Australian footballer
• 1989 – Sandro Raniere, Brazilian footballer
• 1990 – Siobhan Magnus, American singer-songwriter
• 1991 – Tavon Austin, American football player
• 1991 – Kurt Baptiste, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 – Kie Kitano, Japanese singer, actress and model
• 1991 – Kevin Müller, German footballer
• 1991 – Mitchell Todd, Scottish rugby player (d. 2012)
• 1991 – Xavier Henry, American basketball player
• 1993 – Alia Bhatt, Indian actress and singer
• 1993 – Paul Pogba, French footballer
• 1993 – Alyssa Reid, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1995 – Momoka Ariyasu, Japanese singer (Momoiro Clover Z)
• 1997 – Yuina Kuroshima, Japanese model and actress
• 2001 – Ellie Leach, English actress

Deaths[edit]

• 44 BC – Julius Caesar, Roman general and politician (b. 100 BC)
• 220 – Cao Cao, Chinese warlord (b. 155)
• 963 – Romanos II, Byzantine emperor (b. 938)
• 1311 – Walter V, Count of Brienne (b. 1275)
• 1327 – Albert of Schwarzburg
• 1536 – Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, Ottoman sultan (b. 1493)
• 1575 – Annibale Padovano, Italian organist and composer (b. 1527)
• 1644 – Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau (b. 1576)
• 1657 – David Pardo, Dutch rabbi and scholar (b. 1591)
• 1673 – Salvator Rosa, Italian painter and poet (b. 1615)
• 1711 – Eusebio Kino, Italian priest and missionary (b. 1645)
• 1820 – Clemens Maria Hofbauer, Austrian priest and saint (b. 1751)
• 1832 – Otto Wilhelm Masing, Estonian linguist and clergyman (b. 1763)
• 1842 – Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1760)
• 1849 – Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian cardinal and linguist (b. 1774)
• 1891 – Joseph Bazalgette, English engineer and academic (b. 1819)
• 1891 – Théodore de Banville, French poet and author (b. 1823)
• 1897 – James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1898 – Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (b. 1813)
• 1921 – Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician, 281st Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1874)
• 1937 – H. P. Lovecraft, American author (b. 1890)
• 1938 – Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1888)
• 1939 – Luis Barceló, Spanish colonel (b. 1896)
• 1941 – Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter (b. 1864)
• 1944 – Otto von Below, Prussian general (b. 1857)
• 1951 – John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer and academic (b. 1889)
• 1957 – Ernst Nobs, Swiss politician (b. 1886)
• 1959 – Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1909)
• 1962 – Charles Bartliff, American soccer player (b. 1886)
• 1962 – Arthur Compton, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 1966 – Abe Saperstein, American basketball player and coach (b. 1902)
• 1969 – Miles Malleson, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 1969 – Musashiyama Takeshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 33rd Yokozuna (b. 1909)
• 1970 – Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1897)
• 1971 – Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (b. 1948)
• 1972 – Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter and educator (b. 1910)
• 1975 – Aristotle Onassis, Greek-Argentinian businessman (b. 1900)
• 1977 – Hubert Aquin, Canadian author and activist (b. 1929)
• 1977 – Antonino Rocca, Italian-American wrestler and referee (b. 1921)
• 1981 – René Clair, French director and screenwriter (b. 1898)
• 1983 – Coloman Braun-Bogdan, Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1905)
• 1983 – Rebecca West, English author and critic (b. 1892)
• 1985 – Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian and author (b. 1921)
• 1986 – Alexandru Giugaru, Romanian actor (b. 1897)
• 1987 – Douglas Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of National Defence (b. 1899)
• 1988 – Dmitri Polyakov, Ukrainian general and spy (b. 1926)
• 1989 – Muhammad Jameel Didi, Maldivian poet and politician (b. 1915)
• 1990 – Farzad Bazoft, Iranian-English journalist (b. 1958)
• 1990 – Tom Harmon, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1919)
• 1991 – Bud Freeman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1906)
• 1997 – Gail Davis, American actress and singer (b. 1925)
• 1997 – Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-French painter (b. 1906)
• 1998 – Tim Maia, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
• 1998 – Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and author (b. 1903)
• 1999 – Guy D'Artois, Canadian soldier (b. 1917)
• 2001 – Gaetano Cozzi, Italian historian and academic (b. 1922)
• 2001 – Ann Sothern, American actress and singer (b. 1909)
• 2003 – Thora Hird, English actress (b. 1911)
• 2003 – Paul Stojanovich, American television producer, created World's Wildest Police Videos (b. 1956)
• 2004 – Philippe Lemaire, French actor (b. 1927)
• 2004 – Bill Pickering, New Zealand-American scientist and engineer (b. 1910)
• 2004 – John Pople, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)
• 2005 – Bob Bellear, Australian engineer and judge (b. 1944)
• 2005 – Otar Korkia, Georgian basketball player and coach (b. 1923)
• 2005 – Shoji Nishio, Japanese martial artist (b. 1927)
• 2006 – Georgios Rallis, Greek lieutenant and politician, 173rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1918)
• 2006 – Red Storey, Canadian football player and referee (b. 1918)
• 2007 – Charles Harrelson, American murderer (b. 1938)
• 2007 – Bowie Kuhn, American lawyer and businessman (b. 1926)
• 2007 – Stuart Rosenberg, American director and producer (b. 1927)
• 2008 – Mikey Dread, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1954)
• 2008 – Vytautas Kernagis, Lithuanian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1951)
• 2008 – G. David Low, American astronaut and engineer (b. 1956)
• 2008 – Ken Reardon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)
• 2009 – Ron Silver, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1946)
• 2011 – Smiley Culture, English singer (b. 1963)
• 2011 – Nate Dogg, American rapper and actor (213) (b. 1969)
• 2012 – Mervyn Davies, Welsh rugby player (b. 1946)
• 2012 – Eb Gaines, American businessman and diplomat (b. 1927)
• 2012 – Luis Gonzales, Filipino actor (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Bernardino González Ruíz, Panamanian physician and politician, President of Panama (b. 1911)
• 2012 – Fran Matera, American illustrator (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Dave Philley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
• 2013 – James Bonk, American chemist and academic (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Booth Gardner, American businessman and politician, 19th Governor of Washington (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Hardrock Gunter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
• 2013 – Shannon Larratt, Canadian publisher, founded BMEzine (b. 1973)
• 2013 – Terry Lightfoot, English clarinet player (b. 1935)
• 2013 – Leverne McDonnell, Australian actress (b. 1963)
• 2013 – Masamichi Noro, Japanese-French martial artist, founded Kinomichi (b. 1935)
• 2013 – Kallam Anji Reddy, Indian engineer and businessman, founded Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (b. 1940)
• 2014 – Scott Asheton, American drummer (The Stooges and Sonic's Rendezvous Band) (b. 1949)
• 2014 – David Brenner, American comedian, actor, and author (b. 1936)
• 2014 – Bo Callaway, American soldier and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Army (b. 1927)
• 2014 – Paddy Cronin, Irish fiddler (b. 1925)
• 2014 – Clarissa Dickson Wright, English chef, author, and television personality (b. 1947)
• 2014 – Everett L. Fullam, American priest and scholar (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Jesper Langballe, Danish priest and politician (b. 1939)
• 2014 – Cees Veerman, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Cats) (b. 1943)
• 2015 – Collins Chabane, South African politician (b. 1960)
• 2015 – Robert Clatworthy, English sculptor and educator (b. 1928)
• 2015 – Narayan Desai, Indian author and activist (b. 1924)
• 2015 – Sally Forrest, American actress and dancer (b. 1928)
• 2015 – Curtis Gans, American political scientist and author (b. 1937)
• 2015 – Mike Porcaro, American bass player (Toto) (b. 1955)

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Γιαπολλούς ένας τροπικός παράδεισος, που έχει φίδια στο γρασίδι - μεταφορικά, αν όχι κυριολεκτικά.

Νομίζετε ότι έχετε βρει το τέλειο, αλλά υπάρχει πάντα μια πιθανότητα απογοήτευσης, μιας και το νησί είναι εντελώς παρθένο, πλην του ξενοδοχείου και της ιδιωτικής παραλίας που διαθέτει.

Με την πρώτη ματιά, όμως, το Datai είναι τέλειο. Αυτό το θέρετρο πέντε αστέρων στεγάζεται σε ένα καταπράσινο τροπικό δάσος στη βόρειο-δυτική γωνία της Μαλαισίας, στο νησί Λανγκάουι, και φτάνετε εκεί έπειτα από μια πτήση μιας ώρας από την πρωτεύουσα, Κουάλα Λουμπούρ.

Το κεντρικό κτίριο, το οποίο έχει περίπου 66 δωμάτια, χτισμένο το 1993, βρίσκεται σε έναν απότομο λόφο. Παρακάτω βρίσκονται άλλες 56 ατομικές βίλες ανάμεσα σε δέντρα.

Ο καιρός, έξω από την περίοδο των βροχών, η οποία ξεκινά τον Απρίλιο, είναι ζεστός, αλλά όχι υγρός.

Η ιδιωτική παραλία είναι από τις πιο όμορφες στη Γη. Κάτω από τις ξαπλώστρες του beach club, θα πιείτε κοκτέιλ και θα απολαύσετε θαλασσινά λινγκουίνι για μεσημεριανό γεύμα.

Υπάρχουν τέσσερα εστιατόρια, στα οποία 60 σεφ παράγουν ένα φάσμα ευρωπαϊκών πιάτων, αλλά και παραδοσιακών συνταγών της Μαλαισίας και της Ταϊλάνδης.

Δεν πρέπει να δοκιμάσετε την Datai αν έχετε ένα θέμα με τους πιθήκους που θα πηδούν διαρκώς, στα γύρω κλαδιά έξω από το δωμάτιό σας

Φανταστικό φαγητό, φυσική ομορφιά, κομψή απλότητα και άνεση είναι τα προτερήματα του Datai, που όμως είναι πανάκριβο και αρκετά περιπετειώδες.

Η απάντηση του Down Town: Ολοι γνώριζαν ποιος είναι ο σκοπός της φωτογράφισης