February 2

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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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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.<ref name="CFTI4">Template:Cite web</ref> Widespread destruction and heavy casualties were reported.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Historic Environment Scotland</ref>
1653 – New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1709 – Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring Daniel Defoe's adventure book Robinson Crusoe.
1725 – J. S. Bach leads the first performance of his chorale cantata Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125, based on Luther's paraphrase of the Nunc dimittis.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1814 – The last of the River Thames frost fairs comes to an end.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1901–present

1901 – Funeral of Queen Victoria.
1909 – The Paris Film Congress opens, an attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPPC cartel in the United States.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1922 – The uprising called the "pork mutiny" starts in the region between Kuolajärvi and Savukoski in Finland.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

450 – Justin I, Byzantine emperor (d. 527)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1208 – James I of Aragon (d. 1276)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1425 (or 1426) – Eleanor of Navarre, Queen regnant of Navarre (d. 1479)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1585 – Judith Quiney, William Shakespeare's youngest daughter (d. 1662)
1585 – Hamnet Shakespeare, William Shakespeare's only son (baptised;<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1695 – William Borlase, English geologist and archaeologist (d. 1772)
1695 – François de Chevert, French general (d. 1769)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1862 – Cornelius McKane, American physician, educator, and hospital founder (d. 1912)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1866 – Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and academic (d. 1927)
1869 – Alexander Atabekian, Armenian physician and anarchist publisher (d. 1933)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1872 – Abul Kasem, Bengali politician (d. 1936)<ref name="BP">Template:Cite Banglapedia</ref>
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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1880 – Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (d. 1969)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1881 – Orval Overall, American baseball player and manager (d. 1947)
1882 – Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (d. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1885 – Mikhail Frunze, Soviet revolutionary, politician, army officer and military theorist (d. 1925)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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)<ref name="UPI">Template:Cite web</ref>
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)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1905 – Ayn Rand, Russian-born American novelist and philosopher (d. 1982)<ref name="UPI"/>
1908 – Wes Ferrell, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
1909 – Frank Albertson, American actor (d. 1964)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1911 – Jack Pizzey, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Queensland (d. 1968)
1912 – Millvina Dean, English civil servant and cartographer (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1912 – Burton Lane, American songwriter and composer (d. 1997)
1913 – Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor and singer (d. 1985)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1917 – Mary Ellis, British World War II ferry pilot (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Cbignore</ref>
1917 – Đỗ Mười, Vietnamese politician, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (d. 2018)
1918 – Hella Haasse, Indonesian-Dutch author (d. 2011)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1919 – Lisa Della Casa, Swiss soprano and actress (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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)<ref name="UPI"/>
1923 – Clem Windsor, Australian rugby player and surgeon (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1924 – Sonny Stitt, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1982)
1924 – Elfi von Dassanowsky, Austrian-American singer, pianist, producer (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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)<ref name="UPI"/>
1927 – Doris Sams, American baseball player (d. 2012)
1928 – Ciriaco De Mita, 47th Prime minister of Italy<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (d. 2022)
1928 – Gamal Hamdan, Egyptian scholar and geographer (d. 1993)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1928 – Jay Handlan, American basketball player and engineer (d. 2013)
1928 – Tommy Harmer, English footballer and youth team coach (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1929 – Sheila Matthews Allen, American actress and producer (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1931 – Les Dawson, English comedian and author (d. 1993)
1931 – Glynn Edwards, Malaysian-English actor (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1931 – John Paul Harney, Canadian educator and politician (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1937 – Tom Smothers, American comedian, actor, and activist (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1937 – Alexandra Strelchenko, Ukrainian actress and singer (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1938 – Norman Fowler, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
1938 – Bo Hopkins, American actor (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1938 – Gene MacLellan, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 1995)
1939 – Jackie Burroughs, English-born Canadian actress (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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)<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Cbignore</ref>
1941 – Lee Redmond, American woman with the longest fingernails (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1941 – Cory Wells, American pop-rock singer (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite news; Template:Cite news</ref>
1942 – Graham Nash, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"/>
1944 – Andrew Davis, English organist and conductor (d. 2024)
1944 – Geoffrey Hughes, English actor (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1946 – Alpha Oumar Konaré, Malian academic and politician, 3rd President of Mali
1946 – Constantine Papadakis, Greek-American businessman and academic (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1947 – Greg Antonacci, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1947 – Farrah Fawcett, American actress and producer (d. 2009)<ref name="UPI"/>
1948 – Ina Garten, American chef and author<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref>
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<ref name="AP"/>
1949 – Yasuko Namba, Japanese mountaineer (d. 1996)
1949 – Brent Spiner, American actor and singer<ref name="AP"/>
1949 – Ross Valory, American bass player and songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
1950 – Osamu Kido, Japanese wrestler (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1950 – Libby Purves, British journalist and author
1950 – Bárbara Rey, Spanish singer and actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1950 – Barbara Sukowa, German actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1950 – Genichiro Tenryu, Japanese wrestler
1951 – Vangelis Alexandris, Greek basketball player and coach
1951 – Ken Bruce, Scottish radio host<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1952 – Dave Casper, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1952 – John Cornyn, American lawyer and politician, 49th Attorney General of Texas
1952 – Park Geun-hye, South Korean politician, 11th President of South Korea<ref name="UPI"/>
1952 – Ralph Merkle, American computer scientist and academic
1952 – Carol Ann Susi, American actress (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Google books</ref>
1953 – Duane Chapman, American bounty hunterTemplate:Citation needed
1953 – Jerry Sisk, Jr., American gemologist, co-founded Jewelry Television (d. 2013)
1954 – Christie Brinkley, American actress, model, and businesswoman<ref name="AP"/>
1954 – Hansi Hinterseer, Austrian skier and actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1954 – Nelson Ne'e, Solomon Islander politician (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1954 – John Tudor, American baseball player
1955 – Leszek Engelking, Polish poet and author (d. 2022)
1955 – Bob Schreck, American author<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1955 – Michael Talbott, American actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1955 – Kim Zimmer, American actress<ref name="AP"/>
1955 – Jean-Michel Dupuis, French actor (d. 2024)<ref>Mort du comédien Jean-Michel Dupuis, second rôle chez Claude Lelouch et Edouard Molinaro Template:In lang</ref>
1956 – Adnan Oktar, Turkish cult leader<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1957 – Phil Barney, Algerian-French singer-songwriter<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1958 – Michel Marc Bouchard, Canadian playwright<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1959 – Dexter Manley, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1961 – Abraham Iyambo, Namibian politician (d. 2013)
1961 – Lauren Lane, American actress and academic<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1962 – Philippe Claudel, French author, director, and screenwriter
1962 – Andy Fordham, English darts player (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1962 – Luke Johnson, English businessman<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1962 – Paul Kilgus, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1962 – Kate Raison, Australian actress
1962 – Michael T. Weiss, American actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1963 – Ilya Byakin, Russian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1963 – Eva Cassidy, American singer and guitarist (d. 1996)<ref name="UPI"/>
1963 – Kjell Dahlin, Swedish ice hockey player
1963 – Andrej Kiska, Slovak entrepreneur and philanthropist, President of Slovakia
1963 – Philip Laats, Belgian martial artist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1963 – Stephen McGann, English actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1963 – Vigleik Storaas, Norwegian pianist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1965 – Carl Airey, English footballer
1965 – Naoki Sano, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1966 – Andrei Chesnokov, Russian tennis player and coach
1966 – Robert DeLeo, American bass player, songwriter, and producer<ref name="AP"/>
1966 – Adam Ferrara, American actor and comedian<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1968 – Sean Elliott, American basketball player and sportscaster
1968 – Scott Erickson, American baseball player and coach
1969 – Dana International, Israeli singer-songwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1969 – Valeri Karpin, Estonian-Russian footballer and manager
1970 – Roar Strand, Norwegian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1970 – Erik ten Hag, Dutch footballer and manager<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1970 – Jennifer Westfeldt, American actress and singer<ref name="AP"/>
1971 – Michelle Gayle, English singer-songwriter and actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1971 – Arly Jover, Spanish actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1971 – Isaac Kungwane, South African footballer and sportscaster (d. 2014)
1971 – Rockwilder, American rapper and producer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1971 – Hwang Seok-jeong, South Korean actress
1971 – Jason Taylor, Australian rugby league player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1972 – Hisashi, Japanese musician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1972 – Melvin Mora, Venezuelan baseball player
1972 – Aleksey Naumov, Russian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1973 – Andrei Luzgin, Estonian tennis player and coach
1973 – Aleksander Tammert, Estonian discus thrower<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1973 – Marissa Jaret Winokur, American actress and singer<ref name="AP"/>
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<ref name="AP"/>
1977 – Libor Sionko, Czech footballer
1978 – Adam Christopher, New Zealand writer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1978 – Barry Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager
1978 – Dan Gadzuric, Dutch basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1978 – Lee Ji-ah, South Korean actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1978 – Rich Sommer, American actor<ref name="AP"/>
1978 – Faye White, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1979 – Urmo Aava, Estonian race car driver
1979 – Fani Chalkia, Greek hurdler and sprinter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1979 – Christine Lampard, Irish television host<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1979 – Shamita Shetty, Indian actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1979 – Irini Terzoglou, Greek shot putter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1980 – Teddy Hart, Canadian wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1980 – Zhang Jingchu, Chinese actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1980 – Oleguer Presas, Spanish footballer
1981 – Lance Allred, American basketball player and activist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Emre Aydın, Turkish singer-songwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Michelle Bass, English model and singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1983 – Vladimir Voskoboinikov, Estonian footballer
1983 – Alex Westaway, English singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 – Brian Cage, American wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 – Chin-Lung Hu, Taiwanese baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 – Mao Miyaji, Japanese actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 – Rudi Wulf, New Zealand rugby player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Morris Almond, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Masoud Azizi, Afghan sprinter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Renn Kiriyama, Japanese actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Kristo Saage, Estonian basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Silvestre Varela, Portuguese footballer<ref>Template:TFF player</ref>
1986 – Gemma Arterton, English actress and singer<ref name="AP"/>
1986 – Miwa Asao, Japanese volleyball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – Anthony Fainga'a, Australian rugby player
1987 – Saia Fainga'a, Australian rugby player
1987 – Faydee, Australian singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – Athena Imperial, Filipino journalist, Miss Earth-Water 2011<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – Mimi Page, American singer-songwriter and composer
1987 – Gerard Piqué, Spanish footballer
1987 – Javon Ringer, American football player
1987 – Jill Scott, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – Martin Spanjers, American actor and producer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – JuJu Chan, Hong Kong-American actress, martial artist, singer, and writer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Zosia Mamet, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Brad Peacock, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1989 – Harrison Smith, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1989 – Southside, American record producer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Nathan Delfouneso, English footballer
1991 – Gregory Mertens, Belgian footballer (d. 2015)
1991 – Shohei Nanba, Japanese actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1992 – Lammtarra, American race horse (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1992 – Joonas Tamm, Estonian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1993 – Bobby Decordova-Reid, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1993 – Ravel Morrison, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1994 – Caterina Bosetti, Italian volleyball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995 – Paul Digby, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995 – Aleksander Jagiełło, Polish footballer
1995 – Arfa Karim, Pakistani student and computer prodigy (d. 2012)
1995 – Curtis Lazar, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Christian Dvorak, American ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Paul Mescal, Irish actor<ref name="UPI"/>
1996 – Harry Winks, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997 – Ellie Bamber, English actress<ref name="UPI"/>
1998 – Shiho Katō, Japanese singer and model<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1999 – Jeff Okudah, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2000 – Munetaka Murakami, Japanese baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2004 – Eleonore Caburet, French rhythmic gymnast<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

619 – Laurence of Canterbury, English archbishop and saint<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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. Template:Circa)
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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1798 – Ferdinand Ashmall, English centenarian, Catholic priest, died in 73rd year of his ministry (b. 1695)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1861 – Théophane Vénard, French Catholic missionary (b. 1829)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1968 – Tullio Serafin, Italian conductor and director (b. 1878)
1969 – Boris Karloff, English actor (b. 1887)
1970 – Lawrence Gray, American actor (b. 1898)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1970 – Bertrand Russell, English mathematician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
1970 – Hannah Ryggen, Norwegian textile artist (b. 1894)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1983 – Sam Chatmon, American singer and guitarist (b. 1897)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 – Anita Cobby, Australian murder victim (b. 1959)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 – Gino Hernandez, American wrestler (b. 1957)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995 – Thomas Hayward, American tenor and actor (b. 1917)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995 – Fred Perry, English tennis player (b. 1909)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995 – Donald Pleasence, English-French actor (b. 1919)
1996 – Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, dancer, and director (b. 1912)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997 – Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player (b. 1913)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2002 – Claude Brown, American author (b. 1937)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2005 – Max Schmeling, German boxer (b. 1905)
2007 – Vijay Arora, Indian actor (b. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2007 – Billy Henderson, American singer (b. 1939)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2007 – Joe Hunter, American pianist (b. 1927)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2007 – Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer (b. 1967)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2007 – Eric Von Schmidt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1931)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2007 – Masao Takemoto, Japanese gymnast (b. 1919)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2008 – Barry Morse, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1918)
2008 – Katoucha Niane, Guinean model and author (b. 1960)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2011 – Edward Amy, Canadian general (b. 1918)
2011 – Defne Joy Foster, Turkish actress (b. 1975)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2011 – Margaret John, Welsh actress (b. 1926)
2012 – Joyce Barkhouse, Canadian author (b. 1913)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2013 – Walt Sweeney, American football player (b. 1941)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2013 – Guy F. Tozzoli, American architect (b. 1922)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2014 – Gerd Albrecht, German conductor (b. 1935)
2014 – Tommy Aquino, American motorcycle racer (b. 1992)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2014 – Bunny Rugs, Jamaican singer (b. 1948)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2014 – Nigel Walker, English footballer (b. 1959)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015 – Molade Okoya-Thomas, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1935)
2015 – Stewart Stern, American screenwriter (b. 1922)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2015 – The Jacka, American rapper and producer (b. 1977)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2016 – Bob Elliott, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
2020 – Bernard Ebbers, Canadian businessman, the co-founder and CEO of WorldCom (b. 1941)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2020 – Mad Mike Hoare, British-Irish military officer and mercenary (b. 1919)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2021 – Captain Sir Tom Moore, British Army officer and charity campaigner (b. 1920)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2023 – K. Viswanath, Indian actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1930)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2023 – Butch Miles, American jazz drummer (b. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2024 – Don Murray, American actor (b. 1929)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2024 – Carl Weathers, American football player and actor (b. 1948)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2025 – Brian Murphy, English comic actor (b. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Holidays and observances

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Mosaic of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple

Groundhog Day
Anniversary of Treaty of Tartu (Estonia)
Christian Feast Day:
Constitution Day (Philippines)
Day of Youth (Azerbaijan)
Earliest day on which Shrove Monday can fall, while March 8 is the latest; celebrated on Monday before Ash Wednesday (Christianity), and its related observances:
- Bun Day (Iceland)
- Fastelavn (Denmark/Norway)
- Nickanan Night (Cornwall)
- Rosenmontag (Germany)
Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple or Candlemas (Western Christianity), and its related observances:
- A quarter day in the Christian liturgical calendar (due to Candlemas). (Scotland)
- Celebration of Yemanja or Our Lady of Navigators (Candomblé)
- Chandeleur (France)
- Liichtmëssdag (Luxembourg)
- Our Lady of the Candles (Filipino Catholics)
- Virgin of Candelaria (Tenerife, Spain)
Victory of the Battle of Stalingrad (Russia)
World Wetlands Day

References

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External links

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