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• 481 – Vandal king Huneric organises a conference between Catholic and Arian bishops at Carthage.
• 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.
• 1329 – King John of Bohemia captures Medvėgalis, an important fortress of the pagan Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and baptizes 6,000 of its defenders
• 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia).
• 1662 – The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege.
• 1713 – The Kalabalik or Tumult in Bendery results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.
• 1793 – French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
• 1796 – The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.
• 1814 – Mayon in the Philippines erupts, killing around 1,200 people, the most devastating eruption of the volcano.
• 1835 – Slavery is abolished in Mauritius.
• 1861 – American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States.
• 1864 – Second Schleswig War: Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig, starting the war.
• 1865 – President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• 1884 – The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
• 1893 – Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
• 1895 – Fountains Valley, Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve in Africa, is proclaimed by President Paul Kruger.
• 1896 – La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
• 1897 – Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
• 1908 – Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
• 1918 – Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar.
• 1924 – The United Kingdom recognizes the USSR.
• 1942 – World War II: Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of German-occupied Norway, appoints Vidkun Quisling the Minister President of the National Government.
• 1942 – World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls–Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater.
• 1942 – Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States government, begins broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers.
• 1942 – Mao Zedong makes a speech on "Reform in Learning, the Party and Literature", which puts into motion the Yan'an Rectification Movement.
• 1946 – Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary-General.
• 1946 – The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic.
• 1953 – North Sea flood of 1953 is caused by a heavy storm which occurred overnight, 31 January-1 February 1953; floods strike the Netherlands, Belgium and the U.K.
• 1960 – Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
• 1964 – The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
• 1965 – The Hamilton River in Labrador, Canada is renamed the Churchill River in honour of Winston Churchill.
• 1968 – Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan is recorded on motion picture film, as well as in an iconic still photograph taken by Eddie Adams.
• 1968 – Canada's three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, are unified into the Canadian Forces.
• 1968 – The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation.
• 1972 – Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
• 1974 – A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293.
• 1979 – Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran after nearly 15 years of exile.
• 1989 – The Western Australian towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder amalgamate to form the City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder.
• 1991 – A runway collision between USAir Flight 1493 and SkyWest Flight 5569 at Los Angeles International Airport results in the deaths of 34 people, and injuries to 30 others.
• 1992 – The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court declares Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal disaster case.
• 1996 – The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.
• 1998 – Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne becomes the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.
• 2002 – Daniel Pearl, American journalist and South Asia Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, kidnapped January 23, 2002, is beheaded and mutilated by his captors.
• 2003 – Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during the reentry of mission STS-107 into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
• 2004 – Hajj pilgrimage stampede: In a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured.
• 2005 – King Gyanendra of Nepal carries out a coup d'état to capture the democracy, becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers.
• 2009 – The first cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was formed in Iceland, making her the country's first female prime minister and the world's first openly gay head of government.
• 2012 – At least 72 people are killed and over 500 injured as a result of clashes between fans of Egyptian football teams Al-Masry and Al-Ahly in the city of Port Said.
• 2013 – The Shard, the tallest building in the European Union, is opened to the public.

Births[edit]

• 1261 – Walter de Stapledon, English bishop and politician, Lord High Treasurer (d. 1326)
• 1435 – Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy (d. 1472)
• 1447 – Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1504)
• 1459 – Conrad Celtes, German poet and scholar (d. 1508)
• 1462 – Johannes Trithemius, German lexicographer, historian, and cryptographer (d. 1516)
• 1552 – Edward Coke, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (d. 1634)
• 1561 – Henry Briggs, British mathematician (d. 1630)
• 1635 – Marquard Gude, German archaeologist and scholar (d. 1689)
• 1648 – Elkanah Settle, English poet and playwright (d. 1724)
• 1659 – Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (d. 1729)
• 1663 – Ignacia del Espíritu Santo, Filipino nun, founded the Religious of the Virgin Mary (d. 1748)
• 1666 – Marie Thérèse de Bourbon, Princess of Conti and titular queen of Poland (d.1732)
• 1687 – Johann Adam Birkenstock, German violinist and composer (d. 1733)
• 1690 – Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1768)
• 1701 – Johan Agrell, Swedish-German pianist and composer (d. 1765)
• 1761 – Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, South African-French mycologist and academic (d. 1836)
• 1763 – Thomas Campbell, Irish minister and theologian (d. 1854)
• 1764 – George Duff, Scottish captain (d. 1805)
• 1796 – Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss minister, poet, and educator (d. 1865)
• 1801 – Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (d. 1881)
• 1820 – George Hendric Houghton, American clergyman and theologian (d. 1897)
• 1836 – Emil Hartmann, Danish organist and composer (d. 1898)
• 1844 – G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist and academic (d. 1924)
• 1851 – Durham Stevens, American lawyer and diplomat (d. 1908)
• 1858 – Ignacio Bonillas, Mexican diplomat (d. 1942)
• 1859 – Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor (d. 1924)
• 1866 – Agda Meyerson, Swedish nurse and healthcare activist (d. 1924)
• 1868 – Ștefan Luchian, Romanian painter and illustrator (d. 1917)
• 1872 – Clara Butt, English singer (d. 1936)
• 1872 – Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician (d. 1949)
• 1873 – John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1901)
• 1874 – Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1929)
• 1878 – Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer and architect, designed the Grand Hotel Aranybika (d. 1955)
• 1878 – Milan Hodža, Slovak journalist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (d. 1944)
• 1881 – Tip Snooke, South African cricketer (d. 1966)
• 1882 – Louis St. Laurent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1973)
• 1884 – Bradbury Robinson, American football player and physician (d. 1949)
• 1884 – Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian journalist and author (d. 1937)
• 1887 – Charles Nordhoff, English-American lieutenant, pilot, and author (d. 1947)
• 1890 – Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War (d. 1942)
• 1894 – John Ford, American director and producer (d. 1973)
• 1894 – James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer (d. 1955)
• 1895 – Conn Smythe, Canadian businessman (d. 1980)
• 1897 – Denise Robins, English journalist and author (d. 1985)
• 1898 – Leila Denmark, American pediatrician and author (d. 2012)
• 1901 – Frank Buckles, American soldier (d. 2011)
• 1901 – Clark Gable, American actor (d. 1960)
• 1902 – Therese Brandl, German concentration camp guard (d. 1947)
• 1902 – Langston Hughes, American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright (d. 1967)
• 1904 – S.J. Perelman, American humorist and screenwriter (d. 1979)
• 1905 – Emilio G. Segrè, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)
• 1906 – Adetokunbo Ademola, Nigerian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (d. 1993)
• 1907 – Günter Eich, German author and songwriter (d. 1972)
• 1907 – Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian pianist and composer (d. 1993)
• 1908 – George Pal, Hungarian-American animator and producer (d. 1980)
• 1908 – Louis Rasminsky, Canadian economist and banker (d. 1998)
• 1909 – George Beverly Shea, Canadian-American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
• 1910 – Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Chinese general and politician (d. 2009)
• 1915 – Stanley Matthews, English footballer and manager (d. 2000)
• 1917 – José Luis Sampedro, Spanish economist and author (d. 2013)
• 1917 – Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player and soldier (d. 1944)
• 1918 – Muriel Spark, Scottish playwright and poet (d. 2006)
• 1918 – Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Mike Scarry, American football player and coach (d. 2012)
• 1921 – Peter Sallis, English actor (d. 2017)
• 1921 – Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano and actress (d. 2004)
• 1921 – Patricia Robins, British writer and WAAF officer (d. 2016).
• 1923 – Ben Weider, Canadian businessman, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (d. 2008)
• 1924 – Richard Hooker, American novelist (d. 1997)
• 1924 – Emmanuel Scheffer, German-Israeli footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2012)
• 1927 – Galway Kinnell, American poet and academic (d. 2014)
• 1928 – Sam Edwards, Welsh physicist and academic (d. 2015)
• 1928 – Tom Lantos, Hungarian-American academic and politician (d. 2008)
• 1930 – Shahabuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi judge and politician, 12th President of Bangladesh
• 1930 – Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Indian-Bangladeshi general and politician, 10th President of Bangladesh
• 1931 – Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (d. 2007)
• 1932 – Hassan Al-Turabi, Sudanese activist and politician (d. 2016)
• 1934 – Nicolae Breban, Romanian author, poet, and playwright
• 1936 – Tuncel Kurtiz, Turkish actor, playwright, and director (d. 2013)
• 1936 – Azie Taylor Morton, American educator and politician, 36th Treasurer of the United States (d. 2003)
• 1937 – Don Everly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1937 – Garrett Morris, American actor and comedian
• 1938 – Jimmy Carl Black, American drummer and singer (d. 2008)
• 1938 – Jacky Cupit, American golfer
• 1938 – Sherman Hemsley, American actor and singer (d. 2012)
• 1939 – Fritjof Capra, Austrian physicist, author, and academic
• 1939 – Claude François, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and dancer (d. 1978)
• 1939 – Paul Gillmor, American lawyer and politician (d. 2007)
• 1939 – Ekaterina Maximova, Russian ballerina (d. 2009)
• 1939 – Joe Sample, American pianist and composer (d. 2014)
• 1941 – Jerry Spinelli, American author
• 1942 – Bibi Besch, Austrian-American actress (d. 1996)
• 1942 – Terry Jones, Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1942 – David Sincock, Australian cricketer
• 1944 – Mike Enzi, American soldier, accountant, and politician
• 1944 – Petru Popescu, Romanian-American director, producer, and author
• 1944 – Burkhard Ziese, German footballer and manager (d. 2010)
• 1945 – Serge Joyal, Canadian lawyer and politician, 50th Secretary of State for Canada
• 1946 – Elisabeth Sladen, English actress (d. 2011)
• 1947 – Adam Ingram, Scottish computer programmer and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
• 1947 – Normie Rowe, Australian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1947 – Jessica Savitch, American journalist (d. 1983)
• 1948 – Rick James, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2004)
• 1948 – Ferruccio Mazzola, Italian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 1950 – Mike Campbell, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1950 – Ali Haydar Konca, Turkish politician, 4th Turkish Minister of European Union Affairs
• 1950 – Rich Williams, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1951 – Sonny Landreth, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1951 – Andrew Smith, English politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
• 1952 – Owoye Andrew Azazi, Nigerian general (d. 2012)
• 1954 – Chuck Dukowski, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1956 – Exene Cervenka, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1957 – Mohammed Jamal Khalifa, Saudi Arabian businessman (d. 2007)
• 1957 – Gilbert Hernandez, American author and illustrator
• 1958 – Luther Blissett, Jamaican-English footballer and manager
• 1958 – Eleanor Laing, Scottish lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
• 1961 – Volker Fried, German field hockey player and coach
• 1961 – Daniel M. Tani, American engineer and astronaut
• 1962 – José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer (d. 2004)
• 1962 – Tomoyasu Hotei, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 – Takashi Murakami, Japanese painter and sculptor
• 1964 – Jani Lane, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
• 1964 – Mario Pelchat, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1964 – Linus Roache, English actor
• 1965 – Stéphanie of Monaco, designer, singer and princess
• 1965 – Brandon Lee, American actor and martial artist (d. 1993)
• 1965 – Sherilyn Fenn, American actress
• 1966 – Michelle Akers, American soccer player
• 1967 – Meg Cabot, American author and screenwriter
• 1968 – Lisa Marie Presley, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1968 – Mark Recchi, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1968 – Pauly Shore, American comedian, actor, director, and producer
• 1969 – Gabriel Batistuta, Argentinian footballer
• 1969 – Andrew Breitbart, American journalist, author, and publisher (d. 2012)
• 1969 – Brian Krause, American actor and screenwriter
• 1969 – Franklyn Rose, Jamaican cricketer
• 1969 – Patrick Wilson, American drummer
• 1970 – Yasuyuki Kazama, Japanese race car driver
• 1970 – Malik Sealy, American basketball player and actor (d. 2000)
• 1971 – Harald Brattbakk, Norwegian footballer and pilot
• 1971 – Michael C. Hall, American actor and producer
• 1972 – Christian Ziege, German footballer
• 1973 – Andrew DeClercq, American basketball player and coach
• 1973 – Óscar Pérez Rojas, Mexican footballer
• 1974 – Walter McCarty, American basketball player and coach
• 1975 – Big Boi, American rapper and producer
• 1975 – Martijn Reuser, Dutch footballer
• 1976 – Phil Ivey, American poker player
• 1976 – Mat Rogers, Australian rugby player
• 1977 – Lari Ketner, American football player (d. 2014)
• 1977 – Robert Traylor, American basketball player (d. 2011)
• 1978 – Tim Harding, Australian singer and actor
• 1979 – Valentín Elizalde, Mexican singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
• 1979 – Jason Isbell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1979 – Juan Silveira dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
• 1980 – Héctor Luna, Dominican baseball player
• 1980 – Moisés Muñoz, Mexican footballer
• 1980 – Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2005)
• 1981 – Rob Austin, English race car driver
• 1981 – Hins Cheung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter
• 1981 – Christian Giménez, Argentinian footballer
• 1981 – Graeme Smith, South African cricketer
• 1982 – Gavin Henson, Welsh rugby player
• 1982 – Shoaib Malik, Pakistani cricketer
• 1983 – Heather DeLoach, child actress
• 1983 – Kevin Martin, American basketball player
• 1983 – Anna Suzuki, Japanese actress and model
• 1983 – Jurgen Van den Broeck, Belgian cyclist
• 1983 – Andrew VanWyngarden, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1984 – Darren Fletcher, Scottish footballer
• 1985 – Dean Shiels, Irish footballer
• 1986 – Jorrit Bergsma, Dutch speed skater
• 1986 – Lauren Conrad, American fashion designer and author
• 1987 – Sebastian Boenisch, Polish footballer
• 1987 – Moises Henriques, Portuguese-Australian cricketer
• 1987 – Austin Jackson, American baseball player
• 1987 – Ronda Rousey, American mixed martial artist and actress
• 1987 – Giuseppe Rossi, Italian footballer
• 1988 – Brett Anderson, American baseball player
• 1989 – Ricky Pinheiro, Portuguese footballer
• 1990 – Dan Gosling, English footballer
• 1990 – Laura Marling, British singer-songwriter
• 1991 – Blake Austin, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 – Kyle Palmieri, American hockey player
• 1993 – Diego Mella, Italian footballer
• 1994 – Joe Boyce, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 – Anna-Lena Friedsam, German tennis player
• 1994 – Harry Styles, English singer-songwriter

Deaths[edit]

• 583 – Kan B'alam I, ruler of Palenque (b. 524)
• 772 – Pope Stephen III (b. 720)
• 850 – Ramiro I, king of Asturias
• 992 – Jawhar as-Siqilli, Fatimid statesman
• 1222 – Alexios Megas Komnenos, first Emperor of Trebizond
• 1248 – Henry II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1207)
• 1328 – Charles IV of France (b. 1294)
• 1501 – Sigismund of Bavaria (b. 1439)
• 1542 – Girolamo Aleandro, Italian cardinal (b. 1480)
• 1563 – Menas of Ethiopia (b. 1559)
• 1590 – Lawrence Humphrey, English theologian and academic (b. 1527)
• 1691 – Pope Alexander VIII (b. 1610)
• 1718 – Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1660)
• 1733 – Augustus II the Strong, Polish king (b. 1670)
• 1734 – John Floyer, English physician and author (b. 1649)
• 1743 – Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian organist and composer (b. 1657)
• 1750 – Bakar of Georgia (b. 1699)
• 1761 – Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French priest and historian (b. 1682)
• 1768 – Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, English field marshal and politician (b. 1685)
• 1793 – William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1717)
• 1832 – Archibald Murphey, American judge and politician (b. 1777)
• 1851 – Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright (b. 1797)
• 1871 – Alexander Serov, Russian composer and critic (b. 1820)
• 1893 – George Henry Sanderson, American lawyer and politician, 22nd Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1824)
• 1897 – Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (b. 1826)
• 1903 – Sir George Stokes, Anglo-Irish physicist, mathematician, and politician (b. 1819)
• 1907 – Léon Serpollet, French businessman (b. 1858)
• 1908 – Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1922 – William Desmond Taylor, American actor and director (b. 1872)
• 1924 – Maurice Prendergast, American painter (b. 1858)
• 1928 – Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
• 1936 – Georgios Kondylis, Greek general and politician, 128th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
• 1940 – Philip Francis Nowlan, American author, created Buck Rogers (b. 1888)
• 1940 – Zacharias Papantoniou, Greek journalist and critic (b. 1877)
• 1944 – Piet Mondrian, Dutch-American painter (b. 1872)
• 1949 – Nicolae Dumitru Cocea, Romanian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1880)
• 1949 – Herbert Stothart, American conductor and composer (b. 1885)
• 1957 – Friedrich Paulus, German general (b. 1890)
• 1958 – Clinton Davisson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1959 – Madame Sul-Te-Wan, American actress (b. 1873)
• 1966 – Hedda Hopper, American actress and journalist (b. 1885)
• 1966 – Buster Keaton, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1895)
• 1968 – Echol Cole and Robert Walker - sparking the Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike
• 1970 – Alfréd Rényi, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1921)
• 1976 – Werner Heisenberg, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
• 1976 – George Whipple, American physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1979 – Abdi İpekçi, Turkish journalist and activist (b. 1929)
• 1981 – Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American engineer and businessman, founded the Douglas Aircraft Company (b. 1892)
• 1981 – Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1908)
• 1986 – Alva Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1987 – Alessandro Blasetti, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1989 – Elaine de Kooning, American painter and academic (b. 1918)
• 1992 – Jean Hamburger, French physician and surgeon (b. 1909)
• 1996 – Ray Crawford, American race car driver, pilot, and businessman (b. 1915)
• 1997 – Herb Caen, American journalist and author (b. 1916)
• 1999 – Paul Mellon, American art collector and philanthropist (b. 1907)
• 2001 – André D'Allemagne, Canadian political scientist and academic (b. 1929)
• 2002 – Aykut Barka, Turkish geologist and academic (b. 1951)
• 2002 – Hildegard Knef, German actress and singer (b. 1925)
• 2003 – crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia
  • Michael P. Anderson, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1959)
  • David M. Brown, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1956)
  • Kalpana Chawla, Indian-American engineer and astronaut (b. 1961)
  • Laurel Clark, American captain, surgeon, and astronaut (b. 1961)
  • Rick Husband, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1957)
  • William C. McCool, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1961)
  • Ilan Ramon, Israeli colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1954)
• 2003 – Mongo Santamaría, Cuban-American drummer and bandleader (b. 1922)
• 2004 – Suha Arın, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)
• 2005 – John Vernon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1932)
• 2007 – Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-American playwright and composer (b. 1911)
• 2008 – Beto Carrero, Brazilian actor and businessman (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Don Cornelius, American television host and producer (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Wisława Szymborska, Polish poet and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Ed Koch, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 105th Mayor of New York City (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Shanu Lahiri, Indian painter and educator (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Cecil Womack, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
• 2014 – Luis Aragonés, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1938)
• 2014 – Vasily Petrov, Russian marshal (b. 1917)
• 2014 – Rene Ricard, American poet, painter, and critic (b. 1946)
• 2014 – Maximilian Schell, Austrian-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 2015 – Aldo Ciccolini, Italian-French pianist (b. 1925)
• 2015 – Udo Lattek, German footballer, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1935)
• 2015 – Monty Oum, American animator, director, and screenwriter (b. 1981)
• 2016 – Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores, Guatemalan general and politician, 27th President of Guatemala (b. 1930)
• 2017 – Desmond Carrington, British actor and broadcaster (b. 1926)

NTAΛΙΝΤΑ ΣΤΙΣ 12 ΦΕΒΡΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ ΣΤΟ ΜΕΓΑΡΟ

• 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum), a collection of "Roman law".
• 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King Louis III is defeated by the Norse Great Heathen Army at Lüneburg Heath in Saxony.
• 962 – Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.
• 1032 – Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes king of Burgundy.
• 1141 – The Battle of Lincoln, at which Stephen, King of England is defeated and captured by the allies of Empress Matilda.
• 1207 – Terra Mariana, eventually comprising present-day Latvia and Estonia, is established.
• 1438 – Nine leaders of the Transylvanian peasant revolt are executed at Torda.
• 1461 – Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross is fought in Herefordshire, England.
• 1536 – Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• 1645 – Battle of Inverlochy.
• 1653 – New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.
• 1709 – Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring Daniel Defoe's adventure book Robinson Crusoe.
• 1848 – Mexican–American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed.
• 1850 – Brigham Young declares war on Timpanogos in the Battle at Fort Utah.
• 1868 – Pro-Imperial forces captured Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burned it to the ground.
• 1876 – The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
• 1887 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
• 1899 – The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
• 1901 – Funeral of Queen Victoria.
• 1913 – Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
• 1920 – The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
• 1920 – France occupies Memel.
• 1922 – Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
• 1925 – Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
• 1934 – The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
• 1935 – Leonarde Keeler administers polygraph tests to two murder suspects, the first time polygraph evidence was admitted in U.S. courts.
• 1942 – The Osvald Group is responsible for the first, active event of anti-Nazi resistance in Norway, to protest the inauguration of Vidkun Quisling.
• 1943 – World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end when Soviet troops accept the surrender of the last German troops in the city.
• 1959 – Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances.
• 1966 – Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
• 1971 – Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
• 1971 – The international Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands is signed in Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran.
• 1980 – Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
• 1982 – Hama massacre: The government of Syria attacks the town of Hama.
• 1987 – After the 1986 People Power Revolution, the Philippines enacts a new constitution.
• 1989 – Soviet war in Afghanistan: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul.
• 1990 – Apartheid: F. W. de Klerk announces the unbanning of the African National Congress and promises to release Nelson Mandela.
• 2000 – First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments.
• 2004 – Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks.
• 2005 – The Government of Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act. This legislation would become law on July 20, 2005, legalizing same-sex marriage.
• 2012 – The ferry MV Rabaul Queen sinks off the coast of Papua New Guinea near the Finschhafen District, with an estimated 146-165 dead.

Births[edit]

• 450 – Justin I, Byzantine emperor (d. 527)
• 1208 – James I of Aragon (d. 1276)
• 1282 – Maud Chaworth, Countess of Leicester.
• 1426 – Eleanor of Navarre, Queen regnant of Navarre (d. 1479)
• 1443 – Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony (d. 1486)
• 1455 – John, King of Denmark (d. 1513)
• 1457 – Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, Italian-Spanish historian and author (d. 1526)
• 1467 – Columba of Rieti, Italian Dominican sister (d. 1501)
• 1494 – Bona Sforza, queen of Sigismund I of Poland (d. 1557)
• 1502 – Damião de Góis, Portuguese philosopher and historian (d. 1574)
• 1506 – René de Birague, Italian-French cardinal and politician (d. 1583)
• 1509 – John of Leiden, Dutch Anabaptist leader (d. 1536)
• 1522 – Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1565)
• 1536 – Piotr Skarga, Polish writer (d. 1612)
• 1551 – Nicolaus Reimers, German astronomer (d. 1600)
• 1576 – Alix Le Clerc, French Canoness Regular and foundress (d. 1622)
• 1585 – Judith Quiney, William Shakespeare's youngest daughter (d. 1662)
• 1585 – Hamnet Shakespeare, William Shakespeare's only son (d. 1596)
• 1588 – Georg II of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl, German nobleman (d. 1644)
• 1600 – Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (d. 1653)
• 1611 – Ulrik of Denmark, Danish prince-bishop (d. 1633)
• 1613 – Noël Chabanel, French missionary and saint (d. 1649)
• 1621 – Johannes Schefferus, Swedish author and hymn-writer (d. 1679)
• 1650 – Pope Benedict XIII (d. 1730)
• 1650 – Nell Gwyn, English actress, mistress of King Charles II of England (d. 1687)
• 1651 – William Phips, Royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (d. 1695)
• 1669 – Louis Marchand, French organist and composer (d. 1732)
• 1695 – William Borlase, English geologist and archaeologist (d. 1772)
• 1700 – Johann Christoph Gottsched, German author and critic (d. 1766)
• 1711 – Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (d. 1794)
• 1714 – Gottfried August Homilius, German organist and composer (d. 1785)
• 1717 – Ernst Gideon von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (d. 1790)
• 1754 – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1838)
• 1782 – Henri de Rigny, French admiral and politician, French Minister of War (d. 1835)
• 1786 – Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1856)
• 1802 – Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist and academic (d. 1887)
• 1803 – Albert Sidney Johnston, American general (d. 1862)
• 1829 – Alfred Brehm, German zoologist and illustrator (d. 1884)
• 1829 – William Stanley, English engineer and philanthropist (d. 1909)
• 1841 – François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and hydrologist (d. 1912)
• 1842 – Julian Sochocki, Polish-Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1927)
• 1849 – Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (d. 1921)
• 1851 – José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican illustrator and engraver (d. 1913)
• 1856 – Frederick William Vanderbilt, American railway magnate (d. 1938)
• 1856 – Makar Yekmalyan, Armenian composer (d. 1905)
• 1860 – Curtis Guild, Jr., American journalist and politician, 43rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1915)
• 1861 – Solomon R. Guggenheim, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (d. 1949)
• 1866 – Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and academic (d. 1927)
• 1873 – Leo Fall, Austrian composer (d. 1925)
• 1873 – Konstantin von Neurath, German politician and diplomat, 13th German Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1956)
• 1875 – Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (d. 1962)
• 1881 – Orval Overall, American baseball player and manager (d. 1947)
• 1882 – James Joyce, Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet (d. 1941)
• 1883 – Johnston McCulley, American author and screenwriter, created Zorro (d. 1958)
• 1886 – William Rose Benét, American poet and author (d. 1950)
• 1887 – Ernst Hanfstaengl, German businessman (d. 1975)
• 1889 – Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general (d. 1952)
• 1890 – Charles Correll, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1972)
• 1892 – Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (d. 1959)
• 1893 – Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician and physicist (d. 1974)
• 1893 – Damdin Sükhbaatar, Mongolian soldier and politician (d. 1924)
• 1895 – George Halas, American football player and coach (d. 1983)
• 1895 – Robert Philipp, American painter (d. 1981)
• 1896 – Kazimierz Kuratowski, Polish mathematician and logician (d. 1980)
• 1897 – Howard Deering Johnson, American businessman, founded Howard Johnson's (d. 1972)
• 1897 – Gertrude Blanch, Russian-American mathematician (d. 1996)
• 1900 – Anni Frind, German lyric soprano (d. 1987) ^[1]
• 1900 – Willie Kamm, American baseball player and manager (d. 1988)
• 1900 – Elena Sánchez Valenzuela, Mexican silent film star, journalist, and suffragette (d. 1950)
• 1901 – Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-born American violinist and educator (d. 1987)
• 1902 – Newbold Morris, American lawyer and politician (d. 1966)
• 1905 – Ayn Rand, Russian-born American novelist and philosopher (d. 1982)
• 1908 – Wes Ferrell, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
• 1912 – Burton Lane, American songwriter and composer (d. 1997)
• 1914 – Eric Kierans, Canadian economist and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Communications (d. 2004)
• 1915 – Abba Eban, South African-Israeli politician and diplomat, 1st Israel Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2002)
• 1915 – Stan Leonard, Canadian golfer (d. 2005)
• 1915 – Khushwant Singh, Indian journalist and author (d. 2014)
• 1917 – Đỗ Mười, Vietnamese politician, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam
• 1919 – Georg Gawliczek, German footballer and manager (d. 1999)
• 1920 – George Hardwick, English footballer and coach (d. 2004)
• 1922 – Kunwar Digvijay Singh, Indian field hockey (d. 1978)
• 1922 – James L. Usry, American politician, first African-American mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey (d. 2002)
• 1922 – Stoyanka Mutafova, Bulgarian actress
• 1923 – Jean Babilée, French dancer and choreographer (d. 2014)
• 1923 – James Dickey, American poet and novelist (d. 1997)
• 1923 – Svetozar Gligorić, Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster (d.2012)
• 1923 – Bonita Granville, American actress and producer (d. 1988)
• 1923 – Red Schoendienst, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1923 – Liz Smith, American journalist and author (d. 2017)
• 1924 – Sonny Stitt, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1982)
• 1925 – Elaine Stritch, American actress and singer (d. 2014)
• 1926 – Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, French academic and politician, 20th President of France
• 1927 – Stan Getz, American saxophonist (d. 1991)
• 1927 – Doris Sams, American baseball player (d. 2012)
• 1928 – Ciriaco De Mita, 47th Prime minister of Italy^[2]
• 1928 – Jay Handlan, American basketball player and engineer (d. 2013)
• 1928 – A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., American judge, author, and activist (d. 1998)
• 1929 – George Band, English engineer and mountaineer (d. 2011)
• 1929 – Věra Chytilová, Czech actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
• 1929 – John Henry Holland, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2015)
• 1931 – Dries van Agt, Dutch politician, diplomat and jurist, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 1931 – Les Dawson, English comedian and author (d. 1993)
• 1931 – John Paul Harney, Canadian educator and politician
• 1931 – Judith Viorst, American journalist and author
• 1932 – Arthur Lyman, American jazz vibraphone and marimba player (d. 2002)
• 1932 – Robert Mandan, American actor
• 1933 – M'el Dowd, American actress and singer (d. 2012)
• 1933 – Tony Jay, English-American actor (d. 2006)
• 1933 – Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Cuban bassist and composer (d. 2009)
• 1933 – Than Shwe, Burmese general and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Burma
• 1935 – Pete Brown, American golfer (d. 2015)
• 1935 – Evgeny Velikhov, Russian physicist and academic
• 1936 – Metin Oktay, Turkish footballer and manager (d. 1991)
• 1937 – Don Buford, American baseball player and coach
• 1937 – Eric Arturo Delvalle, Panamanian lawyer and politician, President of Panama (d. 2015)
• 1937 – Anthony Haden-Guest, British journalist, poet, and critic
• 1937 – Tom Smothers, American comedian, actor, and activist
• 1938 – Norman Fowler, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
• 1938 – Gene MacLellan, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 1995)
• 1939 – Jackie Burroughs, English born Canadian actress (d. 2010)
• 1939 – Mary-Dell Chilton, American chemist and inventor and one of the founders of modern plant biotechnology
• 1939 – Dale T. Mortensen, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014)
• 1940 – Alan Caddy, English guitarist and producer (d. 2000)
• 1940 – Thomas M. Disch, American author and poet (d. 2008)
• 1940 – Wayne Fontes, American football player and coach
• 1940 – David Jason, English actor, director, and producer
• 1942 – Graham Nash, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 – Andrew Davis, English organist and conductor
• 1944 – Ursula Oppens, American pianist and educator
• 1945 – John Eatwell, Baron Eatwell, English economist and academic
• 1946 – John Armitt, English engineer and businessman
• 1946 – Alpha Oumar Konaré, Malian academic and politician, 3rd President of Mali
• 1947 – Farrah Fawcett, American actress and producer (d. 2009)
• 1948 – Ina Garten, American chef and author
• 1948 – Al McKay, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1948 – Roger Williamson, English race car driver (d. 1973)
• 1949 – Duncan Bannatyne, Scottish businessman and philanthropist
• 1949 – Yasuko Namba, Japanese mountaineer (d. 1996)
• 1949 – Brent Spiner, American actor
• 1949 – Ross Valory, American rock bass player and songwriter
• 1950 – Libby Purves, British journalist and author
• 1950 – Genichiro Tenryu, Japanese wrestler
• 1951 – Vangelis Alexandris, Greek basketball player and coach
• 1952 – John Cornyn, American lawyer and politician, 49th Attorney General of Texas
• 1952 – Rick Dufay, French-American guitarist and songwriter
• 1952 – Park Geun-hye, South Korean politician, 11th President of South Korea
• 1952 – Ralph Merkle, American computer scientist and academic
• 1953 – Jerry Sisk, Jr., American gemologist, co-founded Jewelry Television (d. 2013)
• 1954 – Christie Brinkley, American actress, model, and businesswoman
• 1954 – John Tudor, American baseball player
• 1955 – Leszek Engelking, Polish poet and author
• 1955 – Kim Zimmer, American actress
• 1961 – Abraham Iyambo, Namibian politician (d. 2013)
• 1962 – Philippe Claudel, French author, director, and screenwriter
• 1963 – Eva Cassidy, American singer and guitarist (d. 1996)
• 1963 – Kjell Dahlin, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1963 – Andrej Kiska, Slovak entrepreneur and philanthropist, President of Slovakia
• 1965 – Carl Airey, English footballer
• 1966 – Andrei Chesnokov, Russian tennis player and coach
• 1966 – Robert DeLeo, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
• 1966 – Michael Misick, Caicos Islander politician, Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands
• 1967 – Artūrs Irbe, Latvian ice hockey player and coach
• 1967 – Laurent Nkunda, Congolese general
• 1968 – Sean Elliott, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1968 – Scott Erickson, American baseball player and coach
• 1969 – Valeri Karpin, Estonian-Russian footballer and manager
• 1970 – Jennifer Westfeldt, American actress and singer
• 1971 – Isaac Kungwane, South African footballer and sportscaster (d. 2014)
• 1971 – Jason Taylor, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1971 – Hwang Seok-jeong, South Korean actress
• 1972 – Melvin Mora, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1973 – Andrei Luzgin, Estonian tennis player and coach
• 1973 – Marissa Jaret Winokur, American actress and singer
• 1975 – Todd Bertuzzi, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 – Donald Driver, American football player
• 1975 – Ieroklis Stoltidis, Greek footballer
• 1976 – Ryan Farquhar, Northern Irish motorcycle racer
• 1976 – James Hickman, English swimmer
• 1976 – Ana Roces, Filipino actress
• 1977 – Shakira, Colombian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1977 – Libor Sionko, Czech footballer
• 1978 – Eden Espinosa, American actress and singer
• 1978 – Annabel Ellwood, Australian tennis player
• 1978 – Barry Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1979 – Urmo Aava, Estonian race car driver
• 1979 – Klaus Mainzer, German rugby player
• 1980 – Angela Finger-Erben, German journalist
• 1980 – Oleguer Presas, Spanish footballer
• 1982 – Sergio Castaño Ortega, Spanish footballer
• 1982 – Kelly Mazzante, American basketball player
• 1982 – Kan Mi-youn, South Korean singer, model, and host
• 1983 – Ronny Cedeño, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1983 – Carolina Klüft, Swedish heptathlete and jumper
• 1983 – Jordin Tootoo, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 – Vladimir Voskoboinikov, Estonian footballer
• 1984 – Rudi Wulf, New Zealand rugby player
• 1985 – Silvestre Varela, Portuguese footballer
• 1986 – Gemma Arterton, English actress and singer
• 1987 – Anthony Fainga'a, Australian rugby player
• 1987 – Saia Fainga'a, Australian rugby player
• 1987 – Mimi Page, American singer-songwriter and composer
• 1987 – Gerard Piqué, Spanish footballer
• 1987 – Javon Ringer, American football player
• 1989 – Harrison Smith, American football player
• 1991 – Nathan Delfouneso, English footballer
• 1991 – Gregory Mertens, Belgian footballer (d. 2015)
• 1993 – Ravel Morrison, English footballer
• 1995 – Paul Digby, English footballer
• 1995 – Aleksander Jagiełło, Polish footballer
• 1995 – Arfa Karim, Pakstani student and computer prodigy (d. 2012)

Deaths[edit]

Govert Flinck

Pope Clement XIII

Jaap Eden

Carl Friedrich Goerdeler

Boris Karloff

Sid Vicious

Gene Kelly

Philip Seymour Hoffman

• 619 – Laurence of Canterbury, English archbishop and saint
• 880 – Bruno, duke of Saxony
• 1124 – Bořivoj II, Duke of Bohemia (b. 1064)
• 1218 – Konstantin of Rostov (b. 1186)
• 1237 – Joan, Lady of Wales
• 1250 – Eric XI of Sweden (b. 1216)
• 1294 – Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1229)
• 1347 – Thomas Bek, Bishop of Lincoln, was the bishop of Lincoln (b. 1282)
• 1348 – Narymunt, Prince of Pinsk
• 1435 – Joan II of Naples, Queen of Naples (b. 1371)
• 1446 – Vittorino da Feltre, Italian humanist (b. 1378)
• 1448 – Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Egyptian jurist and scholar (b. 1372)
• 1461 – Owen Tudor, Welsh founder of the Tudor dynasty
• 1512 – Hatuey, Caribbean tribal chief
• 1529 – Baldassare Castiglione, Italian soldier and diplomat (b. 1478)
• 1580 – Bessho Nagaharu, Japanese daimyo (b. 1558)
• 1594 – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer and educator (b. 1525)
• 1648 – George Abbot, English author and politician (b. 1603)
• 1660 – Gaston, Duke of Orléans (b. 1608)
• 1660 – Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (b. 1615)
• 1661 – Lucas Holstenius, German geographer and historian (b. 1596)
• 1675 – Ivan Belostenec, Croatian linguist and lexicographer (b. 1594)
• 1688 – Abraham Duquesne, French admiral (b. 1610)
• 1704 – Guillaume de l'Hôpital, French mathematician and academic (b. 1661)
• 1712 – Martin Lister, English physician and geologist (b. 1639)
• 1714 – John Sharp, English archbishop (b. 1643)
• 1723 – Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist and physician (b. 1666)
• 1768 – Robert Smith, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1689)
• 1769 – Pope Clement XIII (b. 1693)
• 1802 – Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, English politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1713)
• 1804 – George Walton, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Georgia (b. 1749)
• 1831 – Vincenzo Dimech, Maltese sculptor (b. 1768)
• 1904 – Ernest Cashel, American-Canadian criminal (b. 1882)
• 1904 – William Collins Whitney, American financier and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1841)
• 1905 – Henri Germain, French banker and politician, founded Le Crédit Lyonnais (b. 1824)
• 1907 – Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1909 – Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1913 – Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer (b. 1845)
• 1918 – John L. Sullivan, American boxer (b. 1858)
• 1919 – Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian lieutenant (b. 1894)
• 1925 – Antti Aarne, Finnish historian and academic (b. 1867)
• 1925 – Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and cyclist (b. 1873)
• 1926 – Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general and politician (b. 1848)
• 1932 – Agha Petros, Assyrian general and politician (b. 1880)
• 1939 – Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player (b. 1879)
• 1942 – Ado Birk, Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1883)
• 1942 – Daniil Kharms, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1945 – Alfred Delp, German priest and philosopher (b. 1907)
• 1945 – Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, German economist and politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 – Johannes Popitz, German lawyer and politician (b. 1884)
• 1948 – Thomas W. Lamont, American banker and philanthropist (b. 1870)
• 1948 – Bevil Rudd, South African runner and journalist (b. 1894)
• 1950 – Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician and academic (b. 1873)
• 1952 – Callistratus of Georgia, Georgian patriarch (b. 1866)
• 1954 – Hella Wuolijoki, Estonian-Finnish author and politician (b. 1886)
• 1956 – Charley Grapewin, American actor (b. 1869)
• 1956 – Truxtun Hare, American football player and hammer thrower (b. 1878)
• 1956 – Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (b. 1876)
• 1957 – Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1890)
• 1962 – Shlomo Hestrin, Canadian-Israeli biochemist and academic (b. 1914)
• 1968 – Tullio Serafin, Italian conductor and director (b. 1878)
• 1969 – Boris Karloff, English actor (b. 1887)
• 1970 – Bertrand Russell, English mathematician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
• 1972 – Natalie Clifford Barney, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876)
• 1973 – Hendrik Elias, Belgian academic and politician, 9th Mayor of Ghent (b. 1902)
• 1974 – Imre Lakatos, Hungarian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1922)
• 1975 – Gustave Lanctot, Canadian historian and academic (b. 1883)
• 1979 – Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player (b. 1957)
• 1980 – William Howard Stein, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 1987 – Carlos José Castilho, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1927)
• 1987 – Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 1988 – Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 1989 – Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater and coach (b. 1951)
• 1989 – Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand minister and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Finance (b. 1901)
• 1990 – Joe Erskine, Welsh boxer (b. 1934)
• 1992 – Bert Parks, American actor, singer, television personality; Miss America telecast presenter (b. 1914)
• 1993 – François Reichenbach, French director and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 1995 – Fred Perry, English-Australian tennis player (b. 1909)
• 1995 – Donald Pleasence, English-French actor (b. 1919)
• 1996 – Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, dancer, and director (b. 1912)
• 1997 – Sanford Meisner, American actor and coach (b. 1904)
• 1998 – Haroun Tazieff, German-French geologist and cinematographer (b. 1914)
• 1999 – David McComb, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1962)
• 2003 – Lou Harrison, American composer and educator (b. 1917)
• 2004 – Bernard McEveety, American director and producer (b. 1924)
• 2005 – Max Schmeling, German boxer (b. 1905)
• 2008 – Barry Morse, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1918)
• 2011 – Edward Amy, Canadian general (b. 1918)
• 2011 – Margaret John, Welsh actress (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Frederick William Danker, American lexicographer and scholar (b. 1920)
• 2012 – George Esper, American journalist and academic (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Dorothy Gilman, American author (b. 1923)
• 2012 – James F. Lloyd, American pilot and politician (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Abraham Iyambo, Namibian politician (b. 1961)
• 2013 – John Kerr, American actor and lawyer (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Chris Kyle, American soldier and sniper (b. 1974)
• 2013 – Lino Oviedo, Paraguayan general and politician (b. 1943)
• 2013 – Pepper Paire, American baseball player (b. 1924)
• 2014 – Gerd Albrecht, German conductor (b. 1935)
• 2014 – Nicholas Brooks, English historian (b. 1941)
• 2014 – Eduardo Coutinho, Brazilian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1933)
• 2014 – Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1967)
• 2015 – Joseph Alfidi, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1949)
• 2015 – Dave Bergman, American baseball player (b. 1953)
• 2015 – Molade Okoya-Thomas, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1935)
• 2016 – Bob Elliott, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1923)