February 2
Day of the year
February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar ; 332 days remain until the end of the year (333 in leap years ).
Events
Pre-1600
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 of France is defeated by the Norse Great Heathen Army at Lüneburg Heath in Saxony .[ 1]
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 .[ 2]
1207 – Terra Mariana , eventually comprising present-day Latvia and Estonia , is established.
1428 – An intense earthquake struck the Principality of Catalonia , with the epicenter near Camprodon .[ 3] Widespread destruction and heavy casualties were reported.[ 4]
1438 – Nine leaders of the Transylvanian peasant revolt are executed at Torda .
1461 – Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross results in the death of Owen Tudor.
1536 – Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina .
1601–1900
1645 – Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms : Battle of Inverlochy .[ 5]
1653 – New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.[ 6]
1709 – Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring Daniel Defoe 's adventure book Robinson Crusoe .
1814 – The last of the River Thames frost fairs comes to an end.[ 7]
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 capture Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burn it to the ground.
1870 – The Seven Brothers (Seitsemän veljestä ), a novel by Finnish author Aleksis Kivi , is published first time in several thin booklets.[ 8]
1876 – The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
1881 – The sentences of the trial of the warlocks of Chiloé are imparted.[ 9] [ 10]
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 .
1900 – Boston, Detroit, Milwaukee, Baltimore, Chicago and St. Louis, agree to form baseball's American League.[ 11]
1901–present
1901 – Funeral of Queen Victoria .
1909 – The Paris Film Congress opens, an attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.[ 12]
1913 – Grand Central Terminal opens in New York City.
1920 – The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
1922 – Ulysses by James Joyce is published.[ 13]
1922 – The uprising called the "pork mutiny " starts in the region between Kuolajärvi and Savukoski in Finland.[ 14] [ 15]
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 organized German troops in the city.
1954 – The Detroit Red Wings played in the first outdoor hockey game by any NHL team in an exhibition against the Marquette Branch Prison Pirates in Marquette, Michigan .[ 16]
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–Afghan War : 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 .
1998 – Cebu Pacific Flight 387 crashes into Mount Sumagaya in the Philippines , killing all 104 people on board.[ 17]
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 .[ 18]
2005 – The Government of Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act . This legislation would become law on July 20 , 2005, legalizing same-sex marriage .
2007 – Police officer Filippo Raciti is killed when a clash breaks out in the Sicily derby between Catania and Palermo, in the Serie A , the top flight of Italian football. This event led to major changes in stadium regulations in Italy.
2012 – The ferry MV Rabaul Queen sinks off the coast of Papua New Guinea near the Finschhafen District , with an estimated 146–165 dead.
2021 – The Burmese military establishes the State Administration Council , the military junta , after deposing the democratically elected government in the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état .[ 19]
Births
Pre-1600
450 – Justin I , Byzantine emperor (d. 527)[ 20]
1208 – James I of Aragon (d. 1276)[ 21]
1425 (or 1426 ) – Eleanor of Navarre , Queen regnant of Navarre (d. 1479)[ 22]
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)
1517 – Gotthard Kettler , the last Master of the Livonian Order and the first Duke of Courland and Semigallia (d. 1587)[ 23]
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)[ 24]
1585 – Judith Quiney , William Shakespeare's youngest daughter (d. 1662)
1585 – Hamnet Shakespeare , William Shakespeare's only son (baptised;[ 25] d. 1596)
1588 – Georg II of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl , German nobleman (d. 1644)
1600 – Gabriel Naudé , French librarian and scholar (d. 1653)
1601–1900
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)
1677 – Jean-Baptiste Morin , French composer (d. 1745)[ 26]
1695 – William Borlase , English geologist and archaeologist (d. 1772)
1695 – François de Chevert , French general (d. 1769)[ 27]
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 politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1838)[ 28]
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)
1857 – Jan Drozdowski , Polish pianist and music teacher (d. 1918)[ 29]
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)
1862 – Émile Coste , French fencer (d. 1927)[ 30]
1862 – Cornelius McKane , American physician, educator, and hospital founder (d. 1912)[ 31]
1866 – Enrique Simonet , Spanish painter and academic (d. 1927)
1869 – Alexander Atabekian , Armenian physician and anarchist publisher (d. 1933)[ 32]
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)
1877 – Frank L. Packard , Canadian author (d. 1942)
1878 – Joe Lydon , American boxer (d. 1937)[ 33]
1880 – Frederick Lane , Australian swimmer (d. 1969)[ 34]
1881 – Orval Overall , American baseball player and manager (d. 1947)
1882 – Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (d. 1944)[ 35]
1882 – James Joyce , Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet (d. 1941)
1883 – Johnston McCulley , American author and screenwriter, created Zorro (d. 1958)
1883 – Julia Nava de Ruisánchez , Mexican activist and writer (d. 1964)[ 36]
1885 – Mikhail Frunze , Soviet revolutionary, politician, army officer and military theorist (d. 1925)[ 37]
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)[ 38]
1892 – Tochigiyama Moriya , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (d. 1959)
1893 – Cornelius Lanczos , Hungarian mathematician and physicist (d. 1974)
1893 – Raoul Riganti , Argentinian race car driver (d. 1970)[ 39]
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)
1895 – George Sutcliffe , Australian public servant (d. 1964)[ 40]
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 – Willie Kamm , American baseball player and manager (d. 1988)
1901–present
1901 – Jascha Heifetz , Lithuanian-American violinist and educator (d. 1987)[ 41]
1902 – Newbold Morris , American lawyer and politician (d. 1966)
1902 – John Tonkin , Australian politician, 20th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1995)
1904 – Bozorg Alavi , Iranian author and activist (d. 1997)[ 42]
1905 – Ayn Rand , Russian-born American novelist and philosopher (d. 1982)[ 41]
1908 – Wes Ferrell , American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
1909 – Frank Albertson , American actor (d. 1964)[ 43]
1911 – Jack Pizzey , Australian politician, 29th Premier of Queensland (d. 1968)
1912 – Millvina Dean , English civil servant and cartographer (d. 2009)[ 44]
1912 – Burton Lane , American songwriter and composer (d. 1997)
1913 – Poul Reichhardt , Danish actor and singer (d. 1985)[ 45]
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)
1916 – Xuân Diệu , Vietnamese poet and author (d. 1985)[ 46]
1917 – Mary Ellis , British World War II ferry pilot (d. 2018)[ 47]
1917 – Đỗ Mười , Vietnamese politician, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (d. 2018)
1918 – Hella Haasse , Indonesian-Dutch author (d. 2011)[ 48]
1919 – Lisa Della Casa , Swiss soprano and actress (d. 2012)[ 49]
1919 – Georg Gawliczek , German footballer and manager (d. 1999)
1920 – George Hardwick , English footballer and coach (d. 2004)
1920 – John Russell , American Olympic equestrian (d. 2020)
1920 – Arthur Willis , English football player-manager (d. 1987)[ 50]
1922 – Kunwar Digvijay Singh , Indian field hockey player (d. 1978)
1922 – Robert Chef d'Hôtel , French athlete (d. 2019)
1922 – Stoyanka Mutafova , Bulgarian actress (d. 2019)
1922 – James L. Usry , American politician, first African-American mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey (d. 2002)
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 (d. 2018)
1923 – Liz Smith , American journalist and author (d. 2017)[ 41]
1923 – Clem Windsor , Australian rugby player and surgeon (d. 2007)[ 51]
1924 – Sonny Stitt , American saxophonist and composer (d. 1982)
1924 – Elfi von Dassanowsky , Austrian-American singer, pianist, producer (d. 2007)[ 52]
1925 – Elaine Stritch , American actress and singer (d. 2014)
1926 – Valéry Giscard d'Estaing , French academic and politician, 20th President of France (d. 2020)
1927 – Stan Getz , American saxophonist (d. 1991)[ 41]
1927 – Doris Sams , American baseball player (d. 2012)
1928 – Ciriaco De Mita , 47th Prime minister of Italy [ 53] (d. 2022)
1928 – Gamal Hamdan , Egyptian scholar and geographer (d. 1993)[ 54]
1928 – Jay Handlan , American basketball player and engineer (d. 2013)
1928 – Tommy Harmer , English footballer and youth team coach (d. 2007)[ 55]
1929 – Sheila Matthews Allen , American actress and producer (d. 2013)[ 56]
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)
1929 – Waldemar Kmentt , Austrian operatic tenor (d. 2015)[ 57]
1931 – Les Dawson , English comedian and author (d. 1993)
1931 – Glynn Edwards , Malaysian-English actor (d. 2018)[ 58]
1931 – John Paul Harney , Canadian educator and politician (d. 2021)[ 59]
1931 – Dries van Agt , Dutch politician, diplomat and jurist, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2024)
1931 – Judith Viorst , American journalist and author
1932 – Arthur Lyman , American jazz vibraphone and marimba player (d. 2002)
1932 – Robert Mandan , American actor (d. 2018)
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
1934 – Khalil Ullah Khan , Bangladeshi actor (d. 2014)[ 60]
1935 – Pete Brown , American golfer (d. 2015)
1935 – Evgeny Velikhov , Russian physicist and academic (d. 2024)
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 – Remak Ramsay , American actor[ 61]
1937 – Tom Smothers , American comedian, actor, and activist (d. 2023)[ 62]
1937 – Alexandra Strelchenko , Ukrainian actress and singer (d. 2019)[ 63]
1938 – Norman Fowler , English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
1938 – Bo Hopkins , American actor (d. 2022)[ 64]
1938 – Gene MacLellan , Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 1995)
1939 – Jackie Burroughs , English-born Canadian actress (d. 2010)[ 65]
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
1941 – Terry Biddlecombe , English jockey (d. 2014)[ 66]
1941 – Lee Redmond , American woman with the longest fingernails (d. 2023) [ 67]
1942 – Graham Nash , English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist[ 68]
1944 – Andrew Davis , English organist and conductor (d. 2024)
1944 – Geoffrey Hughes , English actor (d. 2012)[ 69]
1944 – Ursula Oppens , American pianist and educator
1945 – John Eatwell, Baron Eatwell , English economist and academic
1946 – John Armitt , English engineer and businessman
1946 – Blake Clark , American comedian and actor[ 70]
1946 – Alpha Oumar Konaré , Malian academic and politician, 3rd President of Mali
1946 – Constantine Papadakis , Greek-American businessman and academic (d. 2009)[ 71]
1947 – Greg Antonacci , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2017)[ 72]
1947 – Farrah Fawcett , American actress and producer (d. 2009)[ 41]
1948 – Ina Garten , American chef and author[ 68]
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 – Jack McGee , American actor[ 68]
1949 – Yasuko Namba , Japanese mountaineer (d. 1996)
1949 – Brent Spiner , American actor and singer[ 68]
1949 – Ross Valory , American bass player and songwriter[ 68]
1950 – Osamu Kido , Japanese wrestler (d. 2023)[ 73]
1950 – Libby Purves , British journalist and author
1950 – Bárbara Rey , Spanish singer and actress[ 74]
1950 – Barbara Sukowa , German actress[ 75]
1950 – Genichiro Tenryu , Japanese wrestler
1951 – Vangelis Alexandris , Greek basketball player and coach
1951 – Ken Bruce , Scottish radio host[ 76]
1952 – Dave Casper , American football player[ 77]
1952 – John Cornyn , American lawyer and politician, 49th Attorney General of Texas
1952 – Park Geun-hye , South Korean politician, 11th President of South Korea [ 41]
1952 – Ralph Merkle , American computer scientist and academic
1952 – Carol Ann Susi , American actress (d. 2014)[ 78]
1953 – Duane Chapman , American bounty hunter[citation needed ]
1953 – Jerry Sisk, Jr. , American gemologist, co-founded Jewelry Television (d. 2013)
1954 – Christie Brinkley , American actress, model, and businesswoman[ 68]
1954 – Hansi Hinterseer , Austrian skier and actor[ 79]
1954 – Nelson Ne'e , Solomon Islander politician (d. 2013)[ 80]
1954 – John Tudor , American baseball player
1955 – Leszek Engelking , Polish poet and author (d. 2022)
1955 – Bob Schreck , American author[ 81]
1955 – Michael Talbott , American actor[ 82]
1955 – Kim Zimmer , American actress[ 68]
1955 – Jean-Michel Dupuis , French actor (d. 2024)[ 83]
1956 – Adnan Oktar , Turkish cult leader[ 84]
1957 – Phil Barney , Algerian-French singer-songwriter[ 85]
1958 – Michel Marc Bouchard , Canadian playwright[ 86]
1959 – Dexter Manley , American football player[ 87]
1961 – Abraham Iyambo , Namibian politician (d. 2013)
1961 – Lauren Lane , American actress and academic[ 88]
1962 – Philippe Claudel , French author, director, and screenwriter
1962 – Andy Fordham , English darts player (d. 2021)[ 89] [ 90]
1962 – Luke Johnson , English businessman[ 91]
1962 – Paul Kilgus , American baseball player[ 92]
1962 – Kate Raison , Australian actress
1962 – Michael T. Weiss , American actor[ 93]
1963 – Ilya Byakin , Russian ice hockey player[ 94]
1963 – Eva Cassidy , American singer and guitarist (d. 1996)[ 41]
1963 – Kjell Dahlin , Swedish ice hockey player
1963 – Andrej Kiska , Slovak entrepreneur and philanthropist, President of Slovakia
1963 – Philip Laats , Belgian martial artist[ 95]
1963 – Stephen McGann , English actor[ 96]
1963 – Vigleik Storaas , Norwegian pianist[ 97]
1965 – Carl Airey , English footballer
1965 – Naoki Sano , Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist[ 98]
1966 – Andrei Chesnokov , Russian tennis player and coach
1966 – Robert DeLeo , American bass player, songwriter, and producer[ 68]
1966 – Adam Ferrara , American actor and comedian[ 99]
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 – Kenny Albert , American sportscaster[ 100]
1968 – Sean Elliott , American basketball player and sportscaster
1968 – Scott Erickson , American baseball player and coach
1969 – Dana International , Israeli singer-songwriter[ 101]
1969 – Valeri Karpin , Estonian-Russian footballer and manager
1970 – Roar Strand , Norwegian footballer[ 102]
1970 – Erik ten Hag , Dutch footballer and manager[ 103]
1970 – Jennifer Westfeldt , American actress and singer[ 68]
1971 – Michelle Gayle , English singer-songwriter and actress[ 104]
1971 – Arly Jover , Spanish actress[ 105]
1971 – Isaac Kungwane , South African footballer and sportscaster (d. 2014)
1971 – Rockwilder , American rapper and producer[ 106]
1971 – Hwang Seok-jeong , South Korean actress
1971 – Jason Taylor , Australian rugby league player and coach[ 107]
1972 – Hisashi , Japanese musician[ 108]
1972 – Melvin Mora , Venezuelan baseball player
1972 – Aleksey Naumov , Russian footballer[ 109]
1973 – Andrei Luzgin , Estonian tennis player and coach
1973 – Aleksander Tammert , Estonian discus thrower[ 110]
1973 – Marissa Jaret Winokur , American actress and singer[ 68]
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[ 68]
1977 – Libor Sionko , Czech footballer
1978 – Adam Christopher , New Zealand writer[ 111]
1978 – Barry Ferguson , Scottish footballer and manager
1978 – Dan Gadzuric , Dutch basketball player[ 112]
1978 – Lee Ji-ah , South Korean actress[ 113]
1978 – Rich Sommer , American actor[ 68]
1978 – Faye White , English footballer[ 114]
1979 – Urmo Aava , Estonian race car driver
1979 – Fani Chalkia , Greek hurdler and sprinter[ 115]
1979 – Christine Lampard , Irish television host[ 116]
1979 – Shamita Shetty , Indian actress[ 117]
1979 – Irini Terzoglou , Greek shot putter[ 118]
1980 – Teddy Hart , Canadian wrestler[ 119]
1980 – Zhang Jingchu , Chinese actress[ 120]
1980 – Oleguer Presas , Spanish footballer
1981 – Lance Allred , American basketball player and activist[ 121]
1981 – Emre Aydın , Turkish singer-songwriter[ 122]
1981 – Michelle Bass , English model and singer[ 123]
1981 – Salem al-Hazmi , Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 (d. 2001)
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 – Jason Vargas , American baseball player[ 124]
1983 – Vladimir Voskoboinikov , Estonian footballer
1983 – Alex Westaway , English singer-songwriter and guitarist[ 125]
1984 – Brian Cage , American wrestler[ 126]
1984 – Chin-Lung Hu , Taiwanese baseball player[ 127]
1984 – Mao Miyaji , Japanese actress[ 128]
1984 – Rudi Wulf , New Zealand rugby player[ 129]
1985 – Morris Almond , American basketball player[ 130]
1985 – Masoud Azizi , Afghan sprinter[ 131]
1985 – Renn Kiriyama , Japanese actor[ 132]
1985 – Kristo Saage , Estonian basketball player[ 133]
1985 – Silvestre Varela , Portuguese footballer[ 134]
1986 – Gemma Arterton , English actress and singer[ 68]
1986 – Miwa Asao , Japanese volleyball player[ 135]
1987 – Anthony Fainga'a , Australian rugby player
1987 – Saia Fainga'a , Australian rugby player
1987 – Faydee , Australian singer[ 136]
1987 – Athena Imperial , Filipino journalist, Miss Earth-Water 2011 [ 137]
1987 – Mimi Page , American singer-songwriter and composer
1987 – Gerard Piqué , Spanish footballer
1987 – Javon Ringer , American football player
1987 – Jill Scott , English footballer[ 138]
1987 – Martin Spanjers , American actor and producer[ 139]
1988 – JuJu Chan , Hong Kong-American actress, martial artist, singer, and writer[ 140]
1988 – Zosia Mamet , American actress[ 141]
1988 – Brad Peacock , American baseball player[ 142]
1989 – Harrison Smith , American football player[ 143]
1989 – Southside , American record producer[ 144]
1991 – Nathan Delfouneso , English footballer
1991 – Gregory Mertens , Belgian footballer (d. 2015)
1991 – Shohei Nanba , Japanese actor[ 145]
1992 – Lammtarra , American race horse (d. 2014)[ 146]
1992 – Joonas Tamm , Estonian footballer[ 147]
1993 – Bobby Decordova-Reid , English footballer[ 148]
1993 – Ravel Morrison , English footballer[ 149]
1994 – Caterina Bosetti , Italian volleyball player[ 150]
1995 – Paul Digby , English footballer[ 151]
1995 – Aleksander Jagiełło , Polish footballer
1995 – Arfa Karim , Pakistani student and computer prodigy (d. 2012)
1995 – Curtis Lazar , Canadian ice hockey player[ 152]
1996 – Christian Dvorak , American ice hockey player[ 153]
1996 – Paul Mescal , Irish actor[ 41]
1996 – Harry Winks , English footballer[ 154]
1997 – Ellie Bamber , English actress[ 41]
1998 – Shiho Katō , Japanese singer and model[ 155]
1999 – Jeff Okudah , American football player[ 156]
2000 – Munetaka Murakami , Japanese baseball player[ 157]
2004 – Eleonore Caburet , French rhythmic gymnast[ 158]
Deaths
Pre-1600
619 – Laurence of Canterbury , English archbishop and saint[ 159]
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
1416 – Racek Kobyla of Dvorce [ 160]
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 (b. c. 1400 )
1512 – Hatuey , Caribbean tribal chief
1529 – Baldassare Castiglione , Italian soldier and diplomat (b. 1478)
1580 – Bessho Nagaharu , Japanese daimyō (b. 1558)
1594 – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina , Italian composer and educator (b. 1525)
1601–1900
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)
1798 – Ferdinand Ashmall , English centenarian, Catholic priest, died in 73rd year of his ministry (b. 1695)[ 161]
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)
1836 – Letizia Ramolino , Italian noblewoman (b. 1750)[ 162]
1861 – Théophane Vénard , French Catholic missionary (b. 1829)[ 163]
1881 – Henry Parker , English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1808)
1901–present
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 – Amanda McKittrick Ros , Irish author and poet (b. 1860)[ 164]
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)
1942 – Hugh D. McIntosh , Australian businessman (b. 1876)[ 165]
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)
1966 – Hacı Ömer Sabancı , Turkish businessman (b. 1906)[ 166]
1968 – Tullio Serafin , Italian conductor and director (b. 1878)
1969 – Boris Karloff , English actor (b. 1887)
1970 – Lawrence Gray , American actor (b. 1898)[ 167]
1970 – Bertrand Russell , English mathematician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
1970 – Hannah Ryggen , Norwegian textile artist (b. 1894)[ 168]
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 – Jim Burke , Australian cricketer (b. 1930)
1979 – Sid Vicious , English singer and bass player (b. 1957)
1980 – William Howard Stein , American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
1982 – Paul Desruisseaux , Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1905)[ 169]
1983 – Sam Chatmon , American singer and guitarist (b. 1897)[ 170]
1986 – Anita Cobby , Australian murder victim (b. 1959)[ 171]
1986 – Gino Hernandez , American wrestler (b. 1957)[ 172]
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 – Paul Ariste , Estonian linguist and academic (b. 1905)[ 173]
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)
1994 – Marija Gimbutas , Lithuanian-American archeologist (b. 1921)[ 174]
1995 – Thomas Hayward , American tenor and actor (b. 1917)[ 175]
1995 – Fred Perry , English tennis player (b. 1909)[ 176]
1995 – Donald Pleasence , English-French actor (b. 1919)
1996 – Gene Kelly , American actor, singer, dancer, and director (b. 1912)[ 177]
1997 – Erich Eliskases , Austrian chess player (b. 1913)[ 178]
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)
2002 – Paul Baloff , American singer-songwriter (b. 1960)[ 179]
2002 – Claude Brown , American author (b. 1937)[ 180]
2003 – Lou Harrison , American composer and educator (b. 1917)
2004 – Bernard McEveety , American director and producer (b. 1924)
2005 – Birgitte Federspiel , Danish actress (b. 1925)[ 181]
2005 – Max Schmeling , German boxer (b. 1905)
2007 – Vijay Arora , Indian actor (b. 1944)[ 182]
2007 – Billy Henderson , American singer (b. 1939)[ 183]
2007 – Joe Hunter , American pianist (b. 1927)[ 184]
2007 – Filippo Raciti , Italian police officer (b. 1967)[ 185]
2007 – Eric Von Schmidt , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1931)[ 186]
2007 – Masao Takemoto , Japanese gymnast (b. 1919)[ 187]
2008 – Barry Morse , Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1918)
2008 – Katoucha Niane , Guinean model and author (b. 1960)[ 188]
2011 – Edward Amy , Canadian general (b. 1918)
2011 – Defne Joy Foster , Turkish actress (b. 1975)[ 189]
2011 – Margaret John , Welsh actress (b. 1926)
2012 – Joyce Barkhouse , Canadian author (b. 1913)[ 190]
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)
2013 – P. Shanmugam , Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Puducherry (b. 1927)[ 191]
2013 – Walt Sweeney , American football player (b. 1941)[ 192]
2013 – Guy F. Tozzoli , American architect (b. 1922)[ 193]
2014 – Gerd Albrecht , German conductor (b. 1935)
2014 – Tommy Aquino , American motorcycle racer (b. 1992)[ 194]
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)
2014 – Luis Raúl , Puerto Rican comedian and actor (b. 1962)[ 195]
2014 – Bunny Rugs , Jamaican singer (b. 1948)[ 196]
2014 – Nigel Walker , English footballer (b. 1959)[ 197]
2015 – Joseph Alfidi , American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1949)
2015 – Dave Bergman , American baseball player (b. 1953)
2015 – Andriy Kuzmenko , Ukrainian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1968)[ 198]
2015 – Molade Okoya-Thomas , Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1935)
2015 – Stewart Stern , American screenwriter (b. 1922)[ 199]
2015 – The Jacka , American rapper and producer (b. 1977)[ 200]
2016 – Bob Elliott , American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
2020 – Bernard Ebbers , Canadian businessman, the co-founder and CEO of WorldCom (b. 1941)[ 201]
2021 – Captain Sir Tom Moore , British Army officer and charity campaigner (b. 1920)[ 202]
2023 – K. Viswanath , Indian actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1930)[ 203]
2023 – Butch Miles , American jazz drummer (b. 1944)[ 204]
2024 – Don Murray , American actor (b. 1929)[ 205]
2024 – Carl Weathers , American football player and actor (b. 1948)[ 206]
Holidays and observances
Mosaic of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
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