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{{pp-pc1}} {{pp-move-indef}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1258]] – The [[Siege of Baghdad]] ends with the surrender of the last [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid caliph]] to [[Hulegu Khan]], a prince of the [[Mongol Empire]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Atwood |first=Christopher P. |date=2004 |title=Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire |chapter=‘Abbasid Caliphate |publisher=Facts on File |location=New York |isbn=978-0-8160-4671-3 |url=https://www.academia.edu/8855875 |access-date=2 March 2022 |page=2}}</ref> *[[1306]] – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in [[Dumfries]], [[Robert the Bruce]] murders [[John Comyn III of Badenoch|John Comyn]], sparking the revolution in the [[Wars of Scottish Independence]]. *[[1355]] – The [[St Scholastica Day riot]] breaks out in [[Oxford]], England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.<ref>{{cite book |first=William Abel |last=Pantin |author-link=William Abel Pantin |title=Oxford Life in Oxford Archives |url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordlifeinoxfo0000pant |url-access=registration |year=1972 |publisher=Clarendon P. |page=[https://archive.org/details/oxfordlifeinoxfo0000pant/page/99 99]|isbn=978-0-19-822351-1 }}</ref> *[[1502]] – [[Vasco da Gama]] sets sail from [[Lisbon]], Portugal, on his [[4th Portuguese India Armada (Gama, 1502)|second voyage]] to India.<ref>{{cite book |first=Armando |last=Cortesão |author-link=Armando Cortesão |title=The Mystery of Vasco Da Gama |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kNAgAQAAIAAJ |year=1973 |publisher=Agrupamento de Estudos de Cartografia Antiga, Secção Anexa à Universidade de Coimbra |page=107}}</ref> *[[1567]] – [[Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley|Lord Darnley]], second husband of [[Mary, Queen of Scots]], is found strangled following an explosion at the [[Kirk o' Field|Kirk o' Field house]] in [[Edinburgh]], Scotland, a suspected assassination. ===1601–1900=== *[[1712]] – [[Huilliche uprising of 1712|Huilliches in Chiloé rebel]] against Spanish [[encomienda|encomenderos]].<ref name=Urbina>{{cite journal |last=Urbina |first=Rodolfo |year=1990 |title=La rebelión indígena de 1712: los tributarios de Chiloé contra la encomienda |trans-title=The Indigenous Rebellion of 1712: The Tributaries of Chiloé Against the Encomienda |url=http://www.memoriachilena.cl/archivos2/pdfs/MC0008625.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314211720/http://www.memoriachilena.cl/archivos2/pdfs/mc0008625.pdf |archive-date=2014-03-14 |url-status=live |journal=Tiempo y espacio [Time and Space] |issue=1 |pages=73–86 |location=Chillán |publisher=El Departamento |language=es }}</ref> *[[1763]] – [[French and Indian War]]: The [[Treaty of Paris (1763)|Treaty of Paris]] ends the war and France cedes [[Quebec]] to Great Britain.<ref>{{cite book |first= Colin G. |last= Calloway |title= The Scratch of a Pen: 1763 and the Transformation of North America |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=XtxG369-VHQC&pg=PA8|year=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press|page=8|isbn= 978-0-19-804119-1}}</ref> *[[1814]] – [[Napoleonic Wars]]: The [[Battle of Champaubert]] ends in French victory over the [[Russian Empire|Russians]] and the [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussians]]. *[[1840]] – [[Queen Victoria]] of the United Kingdom marries [[Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]]. *[[1846]] – [[First Anglo-Sikh War]]: [[Battle of Sobraon]]: British defeat Sikhs in the final battle of the war. *[[1861]] – [[Jefferson Davis]] is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional [[President of the Confederate States of America]]. *[[1862]] – [[American Civil War]]: A [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate [[Mosquito Fleet]] in the [[Battle of Elizabeth City]] on the [[Pasquotank River]] in [[North Carolina]]. ===1901–present=== *[[1906]] – {{HMS|Dreadnought|1906|6}}, the first of a revolutionary [[Dreadnought|new breed of battleships]], is christened.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History : British History Timeline |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/timeline/worldwars_timeline_noflash.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=8 October 2020}}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[Józef Haller de Hallenburg]] performs the [[Poland's Wedding to the Sea|symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea]], celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea. *[[1920]] – About 75% of the population in Zone I votes to join [[Denmark]] in the [[1920 Schleswig plebiscites]]. *[[1923]] – [[Texas Tech University]] is founded as Texas Technological College in [[Lubbock, Texas]]. *[[1930]] – The [[Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng]] launches the failed [[Yên Bái mutiny]] in hope of overthrowing [[Annam (French protectorate)|French protectorate over Vietnam]]. *[[1933]] – In round 13 of a [[boxing]] match at New York City's [[Madison Square Garden (1925)|Madison Square Garden]], [[Primo Carnera]] knocks out [[Ernie Schaaf]]. Schaaf dies four days later. *[[1936]] – [[Second Italo-Abyssinian War]]: [[Kingdom of Italy|Italian]] troops launch the [[Battle of Amba Aradam]] against [[Ethiopian Empire|Ethiopian]] defenders. *[[1939]] – [[Spanish Civil War]]: The [[Francoist Spain|Nationalists]] conclude their [[Catalonia Offensive|conquest of Catalonia]] and seal the border with France. *[[1940]] – The [[Soviet Union]] begins mass deportations of Polish citizens from [[Territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union|occupied eastern Poland]] to Siberia. *[[1943]] – [[World War II]]: Attempting to completely lift the [[Siege of Leningrad]], the [[Red Army|Soviet Red Army]] engages [[Nazi Germany|German]] troops and [[Francoist Spain|Spanish]] volunteers in the [[Battle of Krasny Bor]]. *[[1947]] – The [[Paris Peace Treaties, 1947|Paris Peace Treaties]] are signed by Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland and the [[Allies of World War II]]. *[[1954]] – U.S. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] warns against United States intervention in [[Vietnam]]. *[[1962]] – [[Cold War]]: Captured American [[Lockheed U-2|U2 spy-plane]] pilot [[Gary Powers]] is exchanged for captured [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] spy [[Rudolf Abel]]. *[[1964]] – [[Melbourne–Voyager collision]]: The aircraft carrier {{HMAS|Melbourne|R21|6}} collides with and sinks the destroyer {{HMAS|Voyager|D04|6}} off the south coast of [[New South Wales]], Australia, killing 82. *[[1967]] – The [[Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|25th Amendment to the United States Constitution]] is ratified. *[[1972]] – [[Ras al-Khaimah|Ras Al Khaimah]] joins the [[United Arab Emirates]], now making up seven emirates. *[[1984]] – [[Kenya Army|Kenyan soldiers]] kill an estimated 5,000 ethnic Somali Kenyans in the [[Wagalla massacre]]. *[[1989]] – [[Ron Brown]] is elected chairman of the [[Democratic National Committee]], becoming the first [[African Americans|African American]] to lead a major American [[political party]]. *[[1996]] – [[IBM]] supercomputer [[Deep Blue (chess computer)|Deep Blue]] defeats [[Garry Kasparov]] in chess for the first time. *[[2003]] – France and Belgium break the [[NATO]] procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for [[Turkey]] in case of a possible war with [[Iraq]]. *[[2004]] – Forty-three people are killed and three are injured when a [[Fokker 50]] [[Kish Air Flight 7170|crashes]] near [[Sharjah International Airport]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Fokker 50 EP-LCA Sharjah Airport (SHJ)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20040210-0|access-date=2022-02-09|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[2009]] – The [[communications satellite]]s [[Iridium 33]] and [[Kosmos 2251]] [[2009 satellite collision|collide in orbit]], destroying both. *[[2013]] – Thirty-six people are killed and 39 others are injured in a [[2013 Kumbh Mela stampede|stampede]] in [[Allahabad]], India, during the [[Kumbh Mela]] festival. *[[2016]] – [[South Korea]] decides to stop the [[Kaesong Industrial Region|operation of the Kaesong joint industrial complex]] with [[North Korea]] in response to the launch of [[Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4]]. *[[2018]] – Nineteen people are killed and 66 injured when a [[Kowloon Motor Bus]] [[double-decker bus|double decker]] on route 872 in [[Hong Kong]] [[2018 Hong Kong bus accident|overturns]]. *[[2021]] – The traditional [[Rio Carnival|Carnival in Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil is canceled for the first time because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Cancelan tradicional carnaval en Río de Janeiro debido a la pandemia |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/02/10/mundo/cancelan-tradicional-carnaval-en-rio-de-janeiro-de/ |access-date=March 11, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |date=February 10, 2021 |language=es}}</ref> *[[2021]] – Texas' worst energy infrastructure failure, the [[2021 Texas power crisis]], starts.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vera |first=Eric Levenson,Travis Caldwell,Amir |date=2021-02-18 |title=Texas governor says he is responsible for the status of ERCOT, vows reforms |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/18/weather/texas-winter-storm-thursday/index.html |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> <!-- SCIENTOLOGY: Please do not add the Scientology event to this article without participating in the discussion on the talk page. SCIENTOLOGY --> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1486]] – [[George of the Palatinate]], German bishop (d. 1529)<ref>{{cite book|author=Herausgegeben Durch die Historische Commission bei der Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaftern|title=Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Band 8: Friedrich I. von Sachsen-Altenburg—Gering|location=Leipzig|publisher=Duncker & Humblot|date=1878|oclc=309922836|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eKxycpgALGYC|page=698|language=German}}</ref> *[[1499]] – [[Thomas Platter]], Swiss author and scholar (d. 1582)<ref>{{cite book|last=Katritzky|first=M.A.|title=Healing, Performance and Ceremony in the Writings of Three Early Modern Physicians: Hippolytus Guarinonius and the Brothers Felix and Thomas Platter|location=New York|date=2012|isbn=9781315253572|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LDioDQAAQBAJ|page=18}}</ref> *[[1514]] – [[Domenico Bollani]], Bishop of Milan (d. 1579)<ref>{{cite book|last=Cairns|first=Christopher|title=Domenico Bollani, Bishop of Brescia: Devotion to Church and State in the Republic of Venice in the Sixteenth Century|location=Nieuwkoop, Netherlands|publisher=De Graaf|date=1976|isbn=9789060043462|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JU8HEQAAQBAJ|page=11}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1606]] – [[Christine of France]], Duchess of Savoy (d. 1663) *[[1609]] – [[John Suckling (poet)|John Suckling]], English poet and playwright (d. 1642) *[[1627]] – [[Cornelis de Bie]], Flemish poet and jurist (d. 1715) *[[1685]] – [[Aaron Hill (writer)|Aaron Hill]], English poet and playwright (d. 1750) *[[1696]] – [[Johann Melchior Molter]], German violinist and composer (d. 1765) *[[1766]] – [[Benjamin Smith Barton]], American botanist and physician (d. 1815) *[[1775]] – [[Charles Lamb]], English poet and essayist (d. 1834) *[[1785]] – [[Claude-Louis Navier]], French physicist and engineer (d. 1836) *[[1795]] – [[Ary Scheffer]], Dutch-French painter and academic (d. 1858) *[[1797]] – [[George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall]] (d. 1883) *[[1821]] – [[Roberto Bompiani]], Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1908) *[[1824]] – [[Samuel Plimsoll]], English merchant and politician (d. 1898) *[[1829]] – [[Julius von Szymanowski]], Russian surgeon of Polish-German origin (d. 1868)<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Rogers |first=BO |year=1979 |title=Julius von Szymanowski (1829--1868). His life and contributions to plastic surgery |url=http://journals.lww.com/plasreconsurg/Citation/1979/10000/Julius_von_Szymanowski__1829_1868___His_Life_and.5.aspx |journal=Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery |volume=64 |issue=4 |pages=465–78 |doi=10.1097/00006534-197910000-00005 |pmid=384429}}</ref> *[[1842]] – [[Agnes Mary Clerke]], Irish astronomer and author (d. 1907)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Catharine M C|last1=Haines|first2=Helen M|last2=Stevens|title=International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950|location=Santa Barbara|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2001|page=66|isbn=978-1-57607-090-1}}</ref> *[[1843]] – [[Adelina Patti]], Italian-French [[opera]] singer (d. 1919) *[[1846]] – [[Lord Charles Beresford]], Irish admiral and politician (d. 1919) * 1846 – [[Ira Remsen]], American chemist and academic (d. 1927)<ref name="J.H.Gazette">{{cite news |last1=Stimpert |first1=James |title=Ira Remsen: The Chemistry Was Right |url=https://pages.jh.edu/gazette/2000/sep1100/11remsen.html |access-date=10 February 2021 |work=The Johns Hopkins Gazette |issue=2 |date=11 September 2000 |volume=30 |quote=Ira Remsen was born Feb. 10, 1846, in New York City, of Dutch and Huguenot ancestry. ...}}</ref> *[[1847]] – [[Nabinchandra Sen]], Bangladeshi poet and author (d. 1909) *[[1859]] – [[Alexandre Millerand]], French lawyer and politician, 12th [[President of France]] (d. 1943) *[[1867]] – [[Robert Garran]], Australian lawyer and public servant (d. 1957) *[[1868]] – [[Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1868–1879)|Prince Waldemar of Prussia]] (d. 1879) * 1868 – [[William Allen White]], American journalist and author (d. 1944) *[[1869]] – [[Royal Cortissoz]], American art critic (d. 1948) *[[1879]] – [[Ernst Põdder]], Estonian general (d. 1932) *[[1881]] – [[Pauline Brunius]], Swedish actress and director (d. 1954) *[[1883]] – [[Edith Clarke]], American electrical engineer (d. 1959) * 1883 – [[H. V. Hordern]], Australian cricketer (d. 1938) * 1888 – [[Giuseppe Ungaretti]], Egyptian-Italian soldier, journalist, and poet (d. 1970)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Giuseppe Ungaretti {{!}} Italian Poet, WWI Soldier, Founder of Hermetic Movement |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Giuseppe-Ungaretti |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Britannica |language=en}}</ref> *[[1889]] – [[Cevdet Sunay]], Turkish general and politician, 5th [[President of Turkey]] (d. 1982) *[[1890]] – [[Fanny Kaplan]], Ukrainian-Russian activist (d. 1918) * 1890 – [[Boris Pasternak]], Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1960) *[[1892]] – [[Alan Hale Sr.]], American actor and director (d. 1950) *[[1893]] – [[Jimmy Durante]], American actor, singer, and pianist (d. 1980) * 1893 – [[Bill Tilden]], American tennis player and coach (d. 1953) *[[1894]] – [[Harold Macmillan]], English captain and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (d. 1986) *[[1897]] – [[Judith Anderson]], Australian actress (d. 1992) * 1897 – [[John Franklin Enders]], American virologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1985)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tyrrell |first1=David Arthur John |title=John Franklin Enders, 10 February 1897 - 8 September 1985 |doi-access=free |s2cid-access=free |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |pages=211–233 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1987.0008 |date=1 December 1987|volume=33 |pmid=11621434 |s2cid=42188390 }}</ref> *[[1898]] – [[Bertolt Brecht]], German director, playwright, and poet (d. 1956) * 1898 – [[Joseph Kessel]], French journalist and author (d. 1979) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Stella Adler]], American actress and educator (d. 1992)<ref>{{cite web |title=Stella Adler {{!}} American actress |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stella-Adler |website=Britannica |access-date=10 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1902]] – [[Walter Houser Brattain]], Chinese-American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1987) *[[1903]] – [[Waldemar Hoven]], German physician (d. 1948) * 1903 – [[Matthias Sindelar]], Austrian footballer and manager (d. 1939) *[[1904]] – [[John Farrow]], Australian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1963) *[[1905]] – [[Walter A. Brown]], American businessman, founded the [[Boston Celtics]] (d. 1964) * 1905 – [[Chick Webb]], American drummer and bandleader (d. 1939) *[[1906]] – [[Lon Chaney Jr.]], American actor (d. 1973)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Feb. 10: Chloe Grace Moretz, Stephanie Beatriz |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/02/10/Famous-birthdays-for-Feb-10-Chloe-Grace-Moretz-Stephanie-Beatriz/9951675992133/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=9 February 2024 |date=10 February 2023}}</ref> *[[1907]] – [[Anthony Cottrell (rugby union)|Anthony Cottrell]], New Zealand rugby player (d. 1988) *[[1908]] – [[Jean Coulthard]], Canadian composer and educator (d. 2000)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jean Coulthard {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jean-coulthard |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=6 February 2020}}</ref> *[[1909]] – [[Min Thu Wun]], Burmese poet, scholar, and politician (d. 2004) *[[1910]] – [[Dominique Pire]], Belgian friar, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1969)<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1914]] – [[Larry Adler]], American harmonica player, composer, and actor (d. 2001) *[[1915]] – [[Vladimir Zeldin]], Russian actor (d. 2016) *[[1919]] – [[Ioannis Charalambopoulos]], Greek colonel and politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of Greece]] (d. 2014) *[[1920]] – [[José Manuel Castañón]], Spanish lawyer and author (d. 2001) * 1920 – [[Alex Comfort]], English physician and author (d. 2000) * 1920 – [[Neva Patterson]], American actress (d. 2010) *[[1922]] – [[Árpád Göncz]], Hungarian author, playwright, and politician, 1st [[President of Hungary]] (d. 2015) * 1922 – [[José Gabriel da Costa]], Brazilian spiritual leader, founder of the [[União do Vegetal]] (d. 1971) *[[1923]] – [[Allie Sherman]], American football player and coach (d. 2015) *[[1924]] – [[Max Ferguson]], Canadian radio host and actor (d. 2013) * 1924 – [[Bud Poile]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2005) *[[1925]] – [[Pierre Mondy]], French actor and director (d. 2012) *[[1926]] – [[Sidney Bryan Berry]], American general (d. 2013) * 1926 – [[Danny Blanchflower]], Northern Irish soldier, footballer and manager (d. 1993) *[[1927]] – [[Leontyne Price]], American operatic soprano<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1929]] – [[Jerry Goldsmith]], American composer and conductor (d. 2004) * 1929 – [[Jim Whittaker]], American mountaineer * 1929 – [[Lou Whittaker]], American mountaineer (d. 2024) *[[1930]] – [[E. L. Konigsburg]], American author and illustrator (d. 2013) * 1930 – [[Robert Wagner]], American actor and producer<ref name="AP"/> *[[1931]] – [[James West (inventor)|James West]], American inventor and acoustician *[[1932]] – [[Barrie Ingham]], English-American actor (d. 2015) *[[1933]] – [[Faramarz Payvar]], Iranian musician and composer (d. 2009) * 1933 – [[Richard Schickel]], American journalist, author, and critic (d. 2017) * [[1934]] – [[Fleur Adcock]], New Zealand poet (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-10-11 |title=Fleur Adcock, poet with a laidback tone whose work was anchored in direct, irreverent observation |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/10/11/fleur-adcock-poet-direct-irreverent-style-died-obituary/ |access-date=2024-10-14 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> *[[1935]] – [[Theodore Antoniou]], Greek composer and conductor (d. 2018) * 1935 – [[Barbara Maier Gustern]], American vocal coach and singer (d. 2022) *[[1937]] – [[Anne Anderson (researcher)|Anne Anderson]], Scottish physiologist and academic (d. 1983) * 1937 – [[Roberta Flack]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Russonello |first=Giovanni |date=February 24, 2025 |title=Roberta Flack, Virtuoso Singer-Pianist Who Ruled the Charts, Dies at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/arts/music/roberta-flack-dead.html |access-date=March 1, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for February 10, 2023 includes celebrities Emma Roberts, Chloe Grace Moretz |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/02/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-february-10-2023-includes-celebrities-emma-roberts-chloe-grace-moretz.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=9 February 2024 |date=10 February 2023}}</ref> *[[1939]] – [[Adrienne Clarkson]], Hong Kong-Canadian journalist and politician, 26th [[Governor General of Canada]] * 1939 – [[Deolinda Rodríguez de Almeida]], Angolan nationalist (d. 1967) *[[1940]] – [[Mary Rand]], English sprinter and long jumper * 1940 – [[Kenny Rankin]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2009) *[[1941]] – [[Michael Apted]], English director and producer (d. 2021) *1941 – [[Dick Carlson]], American journalist and diplomat (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Murphy |first=Brian |date=March 27, 2025 |title=Dick Carlson, who led Voice of America at Cold War’s end, dies at 84 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/03/27/dick-carlson-tucker-voa-dies/ |access-date=April 3, 2025 |work=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[Peter Allen (musician)|Peter Allen]], Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 1992) * 1944 – [[Frank Keating]], American lawyer and politician, 25th [[Governor of Oklahoma]] * 1944 – [[Frances Moore Lappé]], American author and activist * 1944 – [[Rufus Reid]], American bassist and composer *[[1945]] – [[Delma S. Arrigoitia]], Puerto Rican historian, author, educator and lawyer (d. 2023) * 1945 – [[Glynn Saulters]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Glynn Saulters |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/saultgl01.html |access-date=9 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1946]] – [[Dick Anderson]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dick Anderson |url=https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1881 |publisher=[[National Football Foundation]] |access-date=9 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Louise Arbour]], Canadian lawyer and jurist * 1947 – [[Butch Morris]], American cornet player, composer, and conductor (d. 2013) * 1947 – [[Nicholas Owen (journalist)|Nicholas Owen]], English journalist *[[1949]] – [[Nigel Olsson]], English rock drummer and singer-songwriter *[[1950]] – [[Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta]], Mexican economist and politician (d. 1994) * 1950 – [[Mark Spitz]], American swimmer<ref name="AP"/> *[[1951]] – [[Bob Iger]], American media executive *[[1952]] – [[Lee Hsien Loong]], Singaporean general and politician, 3rd [[Prime Minister of Singapore]] *[[1955]] – [[Jim Cramer]], American television personality, pundit, and author * 1955 – [[Tom LaGarde]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tom LaGarde |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77328/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=9 February 2024}}</ref> * 1955 – [[Greg Norman]], Australian golfer and sportscaster<ref name="AP"/> *[[1956]] – [[Kathleen Beller]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1956 – [[James Martin Graham]], American Roman Catholic priest (d. 1997) * 1956 – [[Enele Sopoaga]], Tuvaluan politician, 12th [[Prime Minister of Tuvalu]] *[[1957]] – [[Katherine Freese]], American astrophysicist and academic *[[1959]] – [[John Calipari]], American basketball player and coach *[[1960]] – [[Jim Kent]], American biologist, computer programmer, academic *[[1961]] – [[Alexander Payne]], American director, producer, and screenwriter * 1961 – [[George Stephanopoulos]], American television journalist<ref name="AP"/> *[[1962]] – [[Cliff Burton]], American musician and songwriter (d. 1986) * 1962 – [[Bobby Czyz]], American boxer and commentator<ref>{{cite web|url= https://boxstat.co/boxer/23992-bobby-czyz|title= Bobby Czyz Boxer Stats}}</ref> * 1962 – [[Randy Velischek]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach *[[1963]] – [[Lenny Dykstra]], American baseball player *[[1964]] – [[Glenn Beck]], American journalist, producer, and author<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1966]] – [[Natalie Bennett]], Australian-English journalist and politician * 1966 – [[Daryl Johnston]], American football player and sportscaster *[[1967]] – [[Laura Dern]], American actress, director, and producer<ref name="AP"/> * 1967 – [[Jacky Durand]], French cyclist and sportscaster * 1967 – [[Vince Gilligan]], American director, producer, and screenwriter *[[1968]] – [[Peter Popovic]], Swedish ice hockey player and coach * 1968 – [[Garrett Reisman]], American engineer and astronaut *[[1969]] – [[Joe Mangrum]], American painter and sculptor * 1969 – [[James Small (rugby union)|James Small]], South African rugby player (d. 2019) *[[1970]] – [[Melissa Doyle]], Australian journalist and author * 1970 – [[Noureddine Naybet]], Moroccan international footballer and manager<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=14393|title=Noureddine Naybet|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref> * 1970 – [[Åsne Seierstad]], Norwegian journalist and author *[[1971]] – [[Lorena Rojas]], Mexican actress and singer (d. 2015) *[[1972]] – [[Michael Kasprowicz]], Australian cricketer *[[1973]] – [[Martha Lane Fox, Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho]], English businesswoman and politician *[[1974]] – [[Elizabeth Banks]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1974 – [[Ty Law]], American football player * 1974 – [[Ivri Lider]], Israeli singer * 1974 – [[Henry Paul]], New Zealand rugby player and coach *[[1975]] – [[Hiroki Kuroda]], Japanese baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Hiroki Kuroda |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/hiroki-kuroda-493133 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=9 February 2024}}</ref> * 1975 – [[Tina Thompson]], American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Tina Thompson |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/100076/tina-thompson |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=9 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1976]] – [[Lance Berkman]], American baseball player and coach * 1976 – [[Keeley Hawes]], English actress *[[1977]] – [[Salif Diao]], Senegalese footballer *[[1978]] – [[Don Omar]], Puerto Rican rapper, singer, producer, and actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Moser |first1=John J. |title=Don Omar, one of Latin music's biggest stars, to play Sands Bethlehem Event Center |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/mc-ent-don-omar-sands-bethlehem-20180622-story.html |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=24 August 2023 |date=22 June 2018}}</ref> *[[1979]] – [[Joey Hand]], American race car driver *[[1980]] – [[César Izturis]], Venezuelan baseball player * 1980 – [[Enzo Maresca]], Italian footballer * 1980 – [[Mike Ribeiro]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1980 – [[Bruno Šundov]], Croatian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Bruno Sundov |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1743/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=9 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Uzo Aduba]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1981 – [[Stephanie Beatriz]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1981 – [[Max Brown (British actor)|Max Brown]], English actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1981 – [[Andrew Johnson (footballer, born 1981)|Andrew Johnson]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=15639|title=Andrew Johnson|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref> * 1981 – [[Barry Sloane]], English actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1981 – [[Holly Willoughby]], English model and television host *[[1982]] – [[Hamad Al-Tayyar]], Kuwaiti footballer * 1982 – [[Justin Gatlin]], American sprinter * 1982 – [[Tarmo Neemelo]], Estonian footballer * 1982 – [[Iafeta Paleaaesina]], New Zealand rugby league player *[[1983]] – [[Vic Fuentes]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1984]] – [[Greg Bird (rugby league)|Greg Bird]], Australian rugby league player * 1984 – [[Alex Gordon]], American baseball player * 1984 – [[Kim Hyo-jin]], South Korean actress * 1984 – [[Zaza Pachulia]], Georgian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Zaza Pachulia |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2585/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=30 January 2023}}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[Selçuk İnan]], Turkish footballer * 1985 – [[Paul Millsap]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web|title=Paul Millsap|url= https://www.nba.com/players/paul/millsap/200794|website=NBA.com |access-date=16 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Jeff Adrien]], American basketball player * 1986 – [[Josh Akognon]], American basketball player * 1986 – [[Radamel Falcao]], Colombian footballer * 1986 – [[Roberto Jiménez Gago]], Spanish footballer * 1986 – [[Viktor Troicki]], Serbian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Viktor Troicki {{!}} Overview {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/viktor-troicki/t840/overview |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=ATP Tour}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Justin Braun (ice hockey)|Justin Braun]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web | title=Justin Braun Stats and News | website=NHL.com | date=February 5, 2021 | url=https://www.nhl.com/player/justin-braun-8474027 | access-date=February 6, 2021}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Jakub Kindl]], Czech ice hockey player * 1987 – [[Facundo Roncaglia]], Argentine footballer *[[1988]] – [[Francesco Acerbi]], Italian footballer *[[1989]] – [[Travis d'Arnaud]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Travis d'Arnaud |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/travis-d-arnaud-518595 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=9 February 2024}}</ref> * 1989 – [[Liam Hendriks]], Australian baseball player * 1989 – [[Birgit Skarstein]], Norwegian Paralympic athlete and social entrepreneur<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Birgit Skarstein |first1=Magne |last1=Bolme |first2=Svein |last2=Askheim |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=22 June 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Birgit_Skarstein |language=no|access-date=24 March 2024}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Trevante Rhodes]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1990 – [[Choi Soo-young]], South Korean singer-songwriter, actress, and dancer<ref>{{cite book |author=Mark Russell |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ |title=K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution |date=April 29, 2014 |publisher=Tuttle Publishing |isbn=978-1-4629-1411-1 |page=72 |access-date=October 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527064350/https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ |archive-date=May 27, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[C. J. Anderson]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=C.J. Anderson |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/16040 |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=9 February 2024}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Rebecca Dempster]], Scottish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Rebecca Dempster {{!}} Scotland {{!}} Scottish FA |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=73253&lid=14 |website=www.scottishfa.co.uk |access-date=27 April 2020}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Emma Roberts]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> *[[1992]] – [[Haruka Nakagawa]], Japanese singer and actress * 1992 – [[Reinhold Yabo]], German footballer *[[1993]] – [[Yasser Ibrahim]], Egyptian footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/fb00fb4f430e88fc/original/vfolbncwswkxqi8ostba-pdf.pdf |title=FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020: Squad list |page=1 |work=[[FIFA]] |date=1 February 2021 |access-date=1 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418162417/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/fb00fb4f430e88fc/original/vfolbncwswkxqi8ostba-pdf.pdf |archive-date=18 April 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Max Kepler]], German-American baseball player * 1993 – [[Luis Madrigal]], Mexican footballer * 1993 – [[Filip Twardzik]], Czech footballer *[[1994]] – [[Son Na-eun]], South Korean singer and actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Apink Profile |url=http://www.a-cube.co.kr/apink |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006074547/http://www.a-cube.co.kr/apink |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |access-date=July 17, 2016 |website=Official Korean website |language=ko}}</ref> * 1994 – [[Kang Seul-gi]], South Korean singer * 1994 – [[Makenzie Vega]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1994 – [[Miguel Almirón]], Paraguayan footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Miguel Almirón|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/54312/Miguel-Almir%C3%B3n/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Sterling Brown (basketball)|Sterling Brown]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Sterling Brown |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1628425/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=9 February 2024}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Bobby Portis]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web|title=Bobby Portis|url= https://www.nba.com/player/1626171/bobby-portis|website=NBA.com |access-date=3 February 2024|language=en}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Carolane Soucisse]], Canadian ice dancer<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00101515.htm|title=Carolane SOUCISSE / Shane FIRUS|date=March 23, 2018|website=www.isuresults.com|access-date=2018-05-10}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Lexi Thompson]], American golfer * 1995 – [[Naby Keïta]], Guinean footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Naby Keïta|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/12316/Naby-Ke%C3%AFta/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Alexandar Georgiev]], Bulgarian-Russian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexandar Georgiev |url=https://www.nhl.com/avalanche/player/alexandar-georgiev-8480382 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=9 February 2024}}</ref> * 1996 – [[Emanuel Mammana]], Argentine footballer *[[1997]] – [[Josh Jackson (basketball)|Josh Jackson]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Josh Jackson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1628367/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=9 February 2024}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Lilly King]], American swimmer * 1997 – [[Chloë Grace Moretz]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1997 – [[Nadia Podoroska]], Argentine tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nadia Podoroska {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/319112/nadia-podoroska |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Josh Rosen]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Josh Rosen |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3886377/josh-rosen |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=9 February 2024}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Adam Armstrong (footballer)|Adam Armstrong]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Adam Armstrong|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/9199/Adam-Armstrong/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Tiffany Espensen]], American actress<ref name="UPI"/> *[[2000]] – [[María Carlé]], Argentine tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wimbledon Player Profile: Maria Carle |url=https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/players/overview/wta322638.html |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=www.wimbledon.com}}</ref> * 2000 – [[Yara Shahidi]], American actress and model<ref name="AP"/> <!--Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. NO RED LINKS. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information.--> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[547]] – [[Scholastica]], Christian [[nun]] *[[1127]] – [[William IX, Duke of Aquitaine]] (b. 1071)<ref>{{cite web |title=William IX {{!}} duke of Aquitaine and Gascony |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-IX |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=2 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1163]] – [[Baldwin III of Jerusalem]] (b. 1130) *[[1242]] – [[Emperor Shijō]] of Japan (b. 1231) *[[1280]] – [[Margaret II, Countess of Flanders]] (b. 1202) *[[1306]] – [[John "the Red" Comyn]], Scottish nobleman *[[1307]] – [[Temür Khan, Emperor Chengzong of Yuan]] (b. 1265) *[[1346]] – Blessed [[Clare of Rimini]] (b. 1282)<ref>Butler, Alban et al. ''Butler's Lives of the Saints.'' London: Burns & Oates, 1995. p. 103. {{ISBN|0-86012-251-4}}</ref> *[[1471]] – [[Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg|Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg]] (b. 1413) *[[1524]] – [[Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria]] (b. 1468) *[[1526]] – [[John V, Count of Oldenburg]], German noble (b. 1460) *[[1567]] – [[Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley]], consort of [[Mary, Queen of Scots]] (b. 1545) *[[1576]] – [[Wilhelm Xylander]], German scholar, translator, and academic (b. 1532) ===1601–1900=== *[[1660]] – [[Judith Leyster]], Dutch painter (b. 1609)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1485.html |title=Judith Leyster |publisher=National Gallery of Art |access-date=1 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1686]] – [[William Dugdale]], English genealogist and historian (b. 1605) *[[1752]] – [[Henriette of France]], French Princess (b.1727) *[[1755]] – [[Montesquieu]], French lawyer and philosopher (b. 1689) *[[1782]] – [[Friedrich Christoph Oetinger]], German theologian and author (b. 1702) *[[1829]] – [[Pope Leo XII]] (b. 1760) *[[1831]] – [[Peter Heywood]], British naval officer (b. 1772)<ref>{{cite book|last= Tagart|first= Edward|author-link=Edward Tagart|title= A Memoir of the late Captain Peter Heywood, R.N. with Extracts from his Diaries and Correspondence|publisher= Effingham Wilson|url= https://archive.org/details/oldenglishcustom00ditcrich|location= London|year= 1832|pages=318–324}}</ref> *[[1837]] – [[Alexander Pushkin]], Russian poet and author (b. 1799) *[[1846]] – [[Maria Aletta Hulshoff]], Dutch feminist and pamphleteer (b. 1781)<ref>{{cite book|first=Lia|last=Van Gemert|title=Women's Writing from the Low Countries 1200-1875: A Bilingual Anthology|location=Amsterdam|publisher=Amsterdam University Press|year=2011|page=490|isbn=978-9-08964-129-8}}</ref> *[[1854]] – [[José Joaquín de Herrera]], Mexican politician and general (b. 1792)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/jose-joaquin-de-herrera/|title=JOSÉ JOAQUÍN DE HERRERA|publisher=Presidencia de la Republica de Mexico|language=es|access-date=May 27, 2019|archive-date=August 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825015405/http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/jose-joaquin-de-herrera|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1857]] – [[David Thompson (explorer)|David Thompson]], English-Canadian surveyor and explorer (b. 1770) *[[1865]] – [[Heinrich Lenz]], Estonian-Italian physicist and academic (b. 1804) *[[1879]] – [[Honoré Daumier]], French illustrator and painter (b. 1808) *[[1887]] – [[Ellen Wood (author)|Ellen Wood]], English author (b. 1814) *[[1891]] – [[Sofia Kovalevskaya]], Russian-Swedish mathematician and physicist (b. 1850) ===1901–present=== *[[1904]] – [[John A. Roche]], American lawyer and politician, 30th [[Mayor of Chicago]] (b. 1844) *[[1906]] – [[Ezra Butler Eddy]], American-Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1827) *[[1912]] – [[Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister]], English surgeon and academic (b. 1827) *[[1913]] – [[Konstantinos Tsiklitiras]], Greek long jumper (b. 1888) *[[1917]] – [[John William Waterhouse]], English painter (b. 1849) *[[1918]] – [[Abdul Hamid II]], Ottoman sultan (b. 1842) * 1918 – [[Ernesto Teodoro Moneta]], Italian soldier and journalist, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1833) *[[1920]] – [[Henry Strangways]], English-Australian politician, 12th [[Premier of South Australia]] (b. 1832) *[[1923]] – [[Wilhelm Röntgen]], German physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1845) *[[1928]] – [[José Sánchez del Río]], Mexican martyr and saint (b. 1913) *[[1932]] – [[Edgar Wallace]], English author and screenwriter (b. 1875) *[[1939]] – [[Pope Pius XI]] (b. 1857) *[[1944]] – [[E. M. Antoniadi]], Greek-French astronomer and chess player (b. 1870) *[[1945]] – [[Anacleto Díaz]], Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1878) *[[1950]] – [[Marcel Mauss]], French sociologist and anthropologist (b. 1872) *[[1956]] – [[Leonora Speyer]], American poet and violinist (b. 1872) * 1956 – [[Emmanouil Tsouderos]], Greek banker and politician, 132nd [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. 1882) *[[1957]] – [[Laura Ingalls Wilder]], American author (b. 1867) *[[1960]] – [[Aloysius Stepinac]], Croatian cardinal (b. 1898) *[[1966]] – [[Billy Rose]], American composer and songwriter (b. 1899) *[[1967]] – [[Dionysios Kokkinos]], Greek historian and author (b. 1884) *[[1975]] – [[Nikos Kavvadias]], Greek sailor and poet (b. 1910) *[[1979]] – [[Edvard Kardelj]], Slovene general and politician, 2nd [[Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia]] (b. 1910) *[[1992]] – [[Alex Haley]], American soldier, journalist, and author (b. 1921) *[[1993]] – [[Fred Hollows]], New Zealand-Australian ophthalmologist and academic (b. 1929) *[[1995]] – [[Paul Monette]], American author, poet, and activist (b. 1945) *[[1997]] – [[Brian Connolly]], Scottish musician (b. 1945)<ref>{{cite news|title=Brian Connolly - Sweet No More|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19970302&id=Nw5PAAAAIBAJ&pg=6087,4694398|access-date=9 February 2018|newspaper=[[New Straits Times]]|page=23}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Jim Varney]], American actor, comedian and writer (b. 1949) *[[2001]] – [[Abraham Beame]], American academic and politician, 104th [[Mayor of New York City]] (b. 1906) * 2001 – [[Buddy Tate]], American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1913) *[[2002]] – [[Dave Van Ronk]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936) *[[2003]] – [[Edgar de Evia]], Mexican-American photographer (b. 1910) * 2003 – [[Albert J. Ruffo]], American lawyer and politician, [[List of mayors of San Jose, California|Mayor of San Jose]] (b. 1908) * 2003 – [[Ron Ziegler]], American politician, 14th [[White House Press Secretary]] (b. 1939) *[[2005]] – [[Arthur Miller]], American actor, playwright, and author (b. 1915) *[[2006]] – [[James Yancey]], American record producer and rapper (b. 1974) *[[2008]] – [[Roy Scheider]], American actor and boxer (b. 1932) *[[2010]] – [[Fred Schaus]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1925) * 2010 – [[Charlie Wilson (Texas politician)|Charles Wilson]], American lieutenant and politician (b. 1933) *[[2011]] – [[Trevor Bailey]], English cricketer and journalist (b. 1923) *[[2012]] – [[Lloyd Morrison]], New Zealand banker and businessman, founded [[H. R. L. Morrison & Co]] (b. 1957) * 2012 – [[Jeffrey Zaslow]], American journalist and author (b. 1958) *[[2013]] – [[W. Watts Biggers]], American author, screenwriter, and animator (b. 1927) * 2013 – [[David Hartman (rabbi)|David Hartman]], American-Israeli rabbi and philosopher, founded the [[Shalom Hartman Institute]] (b. 1931) *[[2014]] – [[Stuart Hall (cultural theorist)|Stuart Hall]], Jamaican-English sociologist and theorist (b. 1932) * 2014 – [[Shirley Temple]], American actress and diplomat (b. 1928) *[[2015]] – [[Naseer Aruri]], Palestinian scholar and activist (b. 1934) * 2015 – [[Karl Josef Becker]], German cardinal and theologian (b. 1928) * 2015 – [[Deng Liqun]], Chinese theorist and politician (b. 1915) *[[2016]] – [[Fatima Surayya Bajia]], Indian-Pakistani author and playwright (b. 1930) *[[2017]] – [[Mike Ilitch]], American businessman (b. 1929) *[[2019]] – [[Carmen Argenziano]], American actor (b. 1943)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tmz.com/2019/02/10/stargate-sg1-actor-carmen-argenziano-dead-dies/|title='Stargate' Actor Carmen Argenziano Dead at 75|website=TMZ|date=10 February 2019 }}</ref> * 2019 – [[Jan-Michael Vincent]], American actor (b. 1944)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/airwolf-star-jan-michael-vincent-15947225|title=Airwolf star Jan-Michael Vincent dies after heart attack|first=Ben|last=Hurst|date=March 8, 2019|website=birminghammail}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Larry Flynt]], American publisher (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Notable deaths in 2021 |url=https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2021-idUSRTR4Z4Y0|access-date=2021-02-27|website=www.reuters.com}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Olsen Filipaina]], New Zealand rugby league player (b. 1957)<ref name="Reuters obit">{{cite news|title=Rugby league-'Galloping Garbo' Filipaina dies aged 64|url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/rugby-league-galloping-garbo-filipaina-dies-aged-64-2022-02-10/|date=9 February 2022|access-date=10 February 2022|work=Reuters}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[AKA (rapper)|AKA]], South African rapper (b. 1988)<ref>{{cite web |author1=Se-Anne Rall |title=Rapper AKA shot dead on Florida Road, Durban |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/rapper-aka-shot-dead-on-florida-road-durban-b29c3c28-fb1b-4d5b-9717-74007f6204a2 |website=IOL |access-date=11 February 2023 |date=February 10, 2023}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Peter Tuiasosopo]], American football player and actor (b. 1963)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Abigail |date=February 11, 2025 |title=Peter 'Navy' Tuiasosopo, 'Street Fighter' and 'New Girl' Actor, Dies at 61 |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/people-news/peter-navy-tuiasosopo-dead-street-fighter-1236303986/ |access-date=February 20, 2025 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}}</ref> <!--Please do not add non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information.--> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[feast day]]: **[[Austrebertha]] **[[Saint Charalambos|Charalambos]] **[[José Sánchez del Río]] **[[Scholastica]] **[[February 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Feast of St. Paul's Shipwreck]] ([[Malta]]) *[[Fenkil Day]](commemoration of the [[Second Battle of Massawa]]) ([[Eritrea]]) *[[Public holidays in Iraq|Kurdish Authors Union Day]] ([[Iraqi Kurdistan]]) *[[National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe]] ([[Italy]]) *[[Arabian_leopard#Arabian_Leopard_Day|Arabian Leopard Day]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Read |first=Johanna |date=2022-02-09 |title=It's Arabian Leopard Day And AlUla, Saudi Arabia Is Working To Rewild The Endangered Species |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/johannaread/2022/02/09/its-arabian-leopard-day-and-alula-saudi-arabia-is-working-to-rewild-the-endangered-species/?sh=5b4004d912dc |work=Forbes |location= |access-date=2024-01-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=KOSSAIFY |first=EPHREM |date=2023-06-22 |title=UN recognition of Arabian Leopard Day a 'major triumph for KSA,' conservationist says |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/2326556/saudi-arabia |work=Arab News |location= |access-date=2024-01-19}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/10 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=2|day=10}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/february/10 Historical Events on February 10] {{months}} [[Category:Days of February]]
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