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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[484]] – King [[Huneric]] of the Vandals replaces [[Nicene Christianity|Nicene]] bishops with [[Arianism|Arian]] ones, and banishes some to [[Corsica]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Nicolaye|first=Carla|chapter=Episcopal elections in 5th-century Vandal North Africa|title=Episcopal Elections in Late Antiquity|editor-last1=Leemans|editor-first1=Johan|editor-last2=Van Nuffelen|editor-first2=Peter|editor-last3=Keough|editor-first3=Shawn W.J.|editor-last4=Nicolaye|editor-first4=Carla|location=Berlin|publisher=De Gruyter|date=2011|isbn=9783110268553|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y-AHXIJ_HZ0C|pages=393–395|access-date=2021-02-24|archive-date=2022-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224154101/https://books.google.com/books?id=y-AHXIJ_HZ0C|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1303]] – The English are defeated at the [[Battle of Roslin]], in the [[First War of Scottish Independence]].<ref>{{cite book|author=George W. Bartle|title=A Synopsis of English History ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vn0DAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA92|year=1869|publisher=Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer|pages=92|access-date=2021-02-14|archive-date=2022-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224154055/https://books.google.com/books?id=vn0DAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA92|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1386]] – King [[Charles III of Naples]] and Hungary is assassinated at [[Buda]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Lodge|first=Richard|title=The Close of the Middle Ages: 1273-1494|location=New York|publisher=Macmillan|date=1902|oclc=1020758127|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Yc1AQAAMAAJ|pages=154–155|access-date=2021-02-24|archive-date=2022-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224154058/https://books.google.com/books?id=-Yc1AQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1525]] – A [[House of Habsburg|Spanish-Austrian]] army defeats a French army at the [[Battle of Pavia]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Jean Giono|title=Battle of Pavia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MsaqJQAACAAJ|date=August 1985|publisher=Peter Owen Limited|isbn=978-0-7206-0780-2|access-date=2021-02-14|archive-date=2022-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224154051/https://books.google.com/books?id=MsaqJQAACAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1527]] – Coronation of [[Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand I]] as the king of Bohemia in [[Prague]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ferdinand I Holy Roman emperor|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ferdinand-I-Holy-Roman-emperor|access-date=2020-09-10|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|archive-date=2018-09-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917182628/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ferdinand-I-Holy-Roman-emperor|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1538]] – [[Treaty of Nagyvárad]] between Holy Roman Emperor [[Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand I]] and King [[John Zápolya]] of Hungary and Croatia.<ref>{{cite book|last=Moose|first=Christina J.|title=Great Events From History: The Renaissance and Early Modern Era, 1454-1600. Vol. 1: 1454—1532|location=Pasadena, Calif.|publisher=Salem Press|date=2005|isbn=9781587652141|page=446}}</ref> *[[1582]] – With the [[papal bull]] ''[[Inter gravissimas]]'', [[Pope Gregory XIII]] announces the [[Gregorian calendar]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Wigelsworth|first=Jeffrey R.|title=Science and Technology in Medieval European Life|location=Westport, Conn.|publisher=Greenwood Press|date=2006|isbn=9780313337543|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VPDqnGGHpHYC|page=135|access-date=2021-02-24|archive-date=2022-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224154100/https://books.google.com/books?id=VPDqnGGHpHYC|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1597]] – The last battle of the [[Cudgel War]] takes place on the [[Santavuori Hill]] in [[Ilmajoki]], [[Ostrobothnia (historical province)|Ostrobothnia]].<ref>[https://ilmajoki.fi/asuminen-ja-ymparisto/puistot-ja-yleiset-alueet/jaakko-ilkan-leikkipuisto/nuijasota/ Nuijasota – Ilmajoki] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917021954/https://ilmajoki.fi/asuminen-ja-ymparisto/puistot-ja-yleiset-alueet/jaakko-ilkan-leikkipuisto/nuijasota/ |date=2021-09-17 }} (in Finnish)</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1607]] – ''[[L'Orfeo]]'' by [[Claudio Monteverdi]], one of the first works recognized as an [[opera]], receives its première performance.<ref>{{cite book|last=Calcagno|first=Mauro|title=From Madrigal to Opera: Monteverdi's Staging of the Self|location=Berkeley, Calif.|publisher=University of Californmia Press|date=2012|isbn=9780520951525|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jIc0uvCGOEsC|pages=16, 20|access-date=2021-02-24|archive-date=2022-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224154053/https://books.google.com/books?id=jIc0uvCGOEsC|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1711]] – ''[[Rinaldo (opera)|Rinaldo]]'' by [[George Frideric Handel]], the first Italian [[opera]] written for the London stage, is premièred.<ref>{{cite book|title= Handel's operas: 1704–1726|last= Dean|first= Winton|author2= Knapp, J Merrill|author-link2= J. Merrill Knapp|year= 1995|publisher= Oxford University Press|location= Oxford|isbn= 9780198164418|url-access= registration|url= https://archive.org/details/handelsoperas1700000dean|pages=182–183}}</ref> *[[1739]] – [[Battle of Karnal]]: The army of [[History of Iran#Before the First World War|Iranian]] ruler [[Nader Shah]] defeats the forces of the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] emperor of [[History of India#The Mughal era|India]], [[Muhammad Shah]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Watts|first=Tim J.|chapter=Delhi, Sack of|title=Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia|editor-last=Mikaberidze|editor-first=Alexander|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2011|isbn=9781598843361|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jBBYD2J2oE4C|pages=271–272|access-date=2021-02-24|archive-date=2021-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411204001/https://books.google.com/books?id=jBBYD2J2oE4C|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1803]] – In ''[[Marbury v. Madison]]'', the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] establishes the principle of [[judicial review]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Nowak|first1=John E.|last2=Rotunda|first2=Ronald D.|title=Constitutional Law|location=St. Paul, Minn.|publisher=Thomson/West|date=2004|isbn=9780314144522|pages=1–3}}</ref> *[[1809]] – London's [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane|Drury Lane Theatre]] burns to the ground, leaving its owner, Irish writer and politician [[Richard Brinsley Sheridan]], destitute.<ref>{{cite book|author1=James Fullarton Arnott|author2=James F. Arnott|author3=John William Robinson|title=English Theatrical Literature, 1559-1900: A Bibliography; Incorporating Robert W. Lowe's 'A Bibliographical Account of English Theatrical Literature' Published in 1888|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a6YLAQAAIAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Society for Theatre Research|isbn=978-0-85430-000-6|page=135|access-date=2021-02-23|archive-date=2022-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224154052/https://books.google.com/books?id=a6YLAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *1809 – [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Britain]] [[Invasion of Martinique (1809)|invades]] and captures the [[French colonial empire|French]] colony of [[Martinique]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=James |first1=William |title=The naval history of Great Britain during the French revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Vol. 5: 1808 – 1811 |last2=Lambert |first2=Andrew |date=2002 |publisher=Conway Maritime Press |isbn=978-0-85177-909-6 |edition=[Nachdr. der Ausg.] London 1837 |volume=5 |location=London |pages=209}}</ref> *[[1812]] – [[Treaty of Paris (24 February 1812)|Treaty of Paris]] between [[Napoleon]] and [[Frederick William III of Prussia]] against Russia is signed.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rowe |first=Michael |title=The Oxford handbook of the history of nationalism |date=7 March 2013 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-920919-4 |editor-last=Breuilly |editor-first=John |pages=140}}</ref> *[[1813]] – [[Sinking of HMS Peacock]] by [[USS Hornet (1805)|USS Hornet]] on the [[Demerara River]], [[Guyana]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Roosevelt |first=Theodore |title=The Naval War of 1812 |date=1999-05-04 |publisher=[[Modern Library]] |isbn=978-0-375-75419-7 |edition=Reprint |series=Modern Library war |location=New York |pages=94–95}}</ref> *[[1821]] – Final stage of the [[Mexican War of Independence]] from [[Spanish Empire|Spain]] with [[Plan of Iguala]]. *[[1822]] – The first [[Swaminarayan temple]] in the world, [[Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad]], is inaugurated. *[[1826]] – The signing of the [[Treaty of Yandabo]] marks the end of the [[First Anglo-Burmese War]]. *[[1831]] – The [[Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek]], the first removal treaty in accordance with the [[Indian Removal Act]], is proclaimed.<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Department of Justice|title=Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States: Advising the President and Heads of Departments in Relation to Their Official Duties|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CicrAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA452|year=1852|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=452|access-date=2021-02-23|archive-date=2022-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224154053/https://books.google.com/books?id=CicrAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA452|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Choctaw]]s in [[Mississippi]] cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West. *[[1848]] – [[List of French monarchs|King]] [[Louis-Philippe of France]] abdicates the throne.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Sir Adolphus William Ward|author2=George Walter Prothero|author3=Sir Stanley Mordaunt Leathes|title=The Cambridge Modern History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jbc8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA101|year=1934|publisher=CUP Archive|pages=101|access-date=2021-02-24|archive-date=2022-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224154059/https://books.google.com/books?id=Jbc8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA101|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1854]] – A [[Penny Red]] with perforations becomes the first perforated [[postage stamp]] to be officially issued for distribution.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Post, and Postal Service |volume= 22 |last= Ingram |first= Thomas Allan | pages = 176–196 see page 191 |quote= English Issues....Line-engraved Stamps....One Penny Stamp....Third issue, February 1854: small crown watermark... }}</ref> *[[1863]] – [[Arizona]] is organized as a [[United States territory]]. *[[1868]] – [[Andrew Johnson]] becomes the first [[President of the United States]] to be [[Impeachment of Andrew Johnson|impeached]] by the [[United States House of Representatives]]. He is later acquitted in the [[United States Senate|Senate]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Floyd Millard Riddick|title=Procedure and Guidelines for Impeachment Trials in the United States Senate|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CZAzg2Ivkk4C&pg=PA3|year=1974|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=3|access-date=2021-02-24|archive-date=2022-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224154103/https://books.google.com/books?id=CZAzg2Ivkk4C&pg=PA3|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1875]] – The {{SS|Gothenburg}} hits the [[Great Barrier Reef]] and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Great Barrier Reef: A Guide to the Reef, Its Islands, and Resorts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KK4QAQAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Glenmede|isbn=978-0-7316-5785-8|page=20|access-date=2021-02-24|archive-date=2022-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224154104/https://books.google.com/books?id=KK4QAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1876]] – The stage première of ''[[Peer Gynt]]'', a play by [[Henrik Ibsen]] with incidental music by [[Edvard Grieg]], takes place in Christiania (Oslo), Norway.<ref>{{cite book|author=Edvard Grieg|title=Peer Gynt: suites nos. 1 and 2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oCbnKHiV-wEC&pg=PP4|date=1 January 1997|publisher=Courier Corporation|isbn=978-0-486-29582-4|pages=4|access-date=24 February 2021|archive-date=24 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224154100/https://books.google.com/books?id=oCbnKHiV-wEC&pg=PP4|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1881]] – [[Qing dynasty|China]] and [[Russian Empire|Russia]] sign the [[Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1881)|Sino-Russian Ili Treaty]]. *[[1895]] – [[Revolution]] breaks out in Baire, a town near [[Santiago de Cuba]], beginning the [[Cuban War of Independence]]; the war ends along with the [[Spanish–American War]] in 1898.<ref>{{cite book|author=Jan Knippers Black|title=Area Handbook for Cuba|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FH1EAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA37|year=1976|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=37|access-date=2021-02-24|archive-date=2022-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224154058/https://books.google.com/books?id=FH1EAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA37|url-status=live}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1916]] – The [[Governor-General of Korea]] establishes a clinic called ''Jahyewon'' in [[Sorokdo]] to segregate [[Hansen's disease]] patients. *[[1917]] – [[World War I]]: The U.S. ambassador [[Walter Hines Page]] to the United Kingdom is given the [[Zimmermann Telegram]], in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of [[New Mexico]], [[Texas]], and [[Arizona]] to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States. *[[1918]] – [[Estonian Declaration of Independence]].<ref name="Aggression1954">{{cite book|author=United States Congress|title=Report of the Select Committee to Investigate Communist Aggression and the Forced Incorporation of the Baltic States into the U.S.S.R.: Third Interim Report of the Select Committee on Communist Aggression, House of Representatives, Eighty-third Congress, Second Session, Under Authority of H. Res. 346 and H. Res. 438|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-qo3U7wwQScC&pg=PA28|year=1954|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=28|access-date=2021-02-24|archive-date=2022-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224154058/https://books.google.com/books?id=-qo3U7wwQScC&pg=PA28|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor|Nancy Astor]] becomes the first woman to speak in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]] following her [[1919 Plymouth Sutton by-election|election]] as a [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) three months earlier. * 1920 – The [[Nazi Party]] (NSDAP) was founded by [[Adolf Hitler]] in the [[Hofbräuhaus am Platzl|Hofbräuhaus]] beer hall in Munich, Germany.<ref>Some 2000 people attended the meeting at the [[Hofbrauhaus]]; Hitler offered the program point-by-point, to an approving crowd. {{cite book |last=Toland |first=John |author-link=John Toland (author) |title=Adolf Hitler |publisher=Doubleday & Company |year=1976 |isbn=0-385-03724-4 |location=New York |pages=94–98}}</ref> *[[1942]] – Seven hundred ninety-one<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who Perished on the Struma |url=https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/holocaust/0140_Struma.html#P9 |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=jewishgen.org}}</ref> [[Romanian Jewish]] [[refugees]] and crew members are killed after the [[MV Struma]] is [[Struma disaster|torpedoed]] by the [[Soviet Navy]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1942-03-13 |title=THE STRUMA DISASTER|work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1942/03/13/archives/the-struma-disaster.html |access-date=2022-06-16 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Voyage of the Struma |url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/voyage-of-the-struma |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=encyclopedia.ushmm.org}}</ref> * 1942 – The [[Battle of Los Angeles]]: A [[false alarm]] led to an anti-aircraft barrage that lasted into the early hours of February 25. *[[1943]] – [[World War II]]: [[1943 Greek protests against labour mobilization|First large-scale protest march]] resulting in clashes with the Axis occupation forces and collaborationist police in Athens against rumours of forced mobilization of Greek workers for work in Germany.<ref>{{cite book|last=Mazower|first=Mark|author-link=Mark Mazower|title=Inside Hitler's Greece: The Experience of Occupation, 1941–44|year=1993|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=0-300-06552-3|location=New Haven and London | page=116}}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[Egypt]]ian Premier [[Ahmad Mahir Pasha]] is killed in [[Parliament of Egypt|Parliament]] after reading a decree. *[[1946]] – Colonel [[Juan Perón]], founder of the political movement that became known as [[Peronism]], is [[Argentine general election, 1946|elected]] to his first term as [[List of Presidents of Argentina|President of Argentina]]. *[[1949]] – The [[1949 Armistice Agreements|Armistice Agreements]] are signed, to formally end the hostilities of the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War|1948 Arab-Israeli War]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/71260B776D62FA6E852564420059C4FE|title=S/1296 of 23 March 1949|date=2011-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726121052/http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/71260B776D62FA6E852564420059C4FE|access-date=2018-10-29|archive-date=2011-07-26}}</ref> *[[1966]] – [[1966 Ghanaian coup d'état|Ghanaian coup d'état]] by National Liberation Council overthrows [[Kwame Nkrumah]]'s Government<ref>{{Cite book |last=Biney |first=Ama |author-link=Ama Biney|title=The Political and Social Thought of Kwame Nkrumah |date=24 March 2011 |publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]] |isbn=9781349295135 |pages=2, 158}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Rathbone |first=Richard |title=Nkrumah & the chiefs: The Politics of Chieftaincy in Ghana, 1951–1960 |date=30 June 2000 |publisher=[[Ohio University Press]] |isbn=978-0-8214-1305-0 |series=Western African studies |location=Athens, Ohio |pages=119}}</ref> *[[1967]] – [[Cultural Revolution]]: [[Zhang Chunqiao]] announces the dissolution of the [[Shanghai People's Commune]], replacing its local government with a [[Revolutionary committee (China)|revolutionary committee]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Meisner|first=Maurice|author-link=Maurice Meisner|title=Mao's China and After: A History of the People's Republic|year=1986|location=[[New York City|New York]]|publisher=[[Free Press (publisher)|Free Press]]|isbn=9780029208700|oclc=13270932|edition=3rd|url=https://libcom.org/library/maos-china-after-history-peoples-republic-maurice-meisner|pages=331|access-date=2021-07-23|archive-date=2021-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812035931/https://libcom.org/library/maos-china-after-history-peoples-republic-maurice-meisner|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1968]] – [[Vietnam War]]: The [[Tet Offensive]] is halted; [[South Vietnam]]ese forces led by [[Ngo Quang Truong]] [[Battle of Hue|recapture]] the [[Citadel of Hue|citadel of Hué]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Shulimson|first1=Jack|last2=Blasiol|first2=Leonard|last3=Smith|first3=Charles|last4=Dawson|first4=David|title=U.S. Marines in Vietnam: 1968, the Defining Year|publisher=History and Museums Division, USMC|year=1997|url=https://www.usmcu.edu/Portals/218/US%20Marines%20In%20Vietnam%20The%20Defining%20Year%201968%20%20PCN%2019000313800.pdf|isbn=0160491258|pages=209–212|access-date=2021-01-02|archive-date=2020-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204084038/https://www.usmcu.edu/Portals/218/US%20Marines%20In%20Vietnam%20The%20Defining%20Year%201968%20%20PCN%2019000313800.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1971]] – The [[All India Forward Bloc]] holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed three days earlier. [[P.K. Mookiah Thevar]] is appointed as the new chairman. *[[1976]] – The [[Constitution of Cuba#1976 Constitution|1976 constitution of Cuba]] is formally proclaimed. *[[1978]] – The [[Yuba County Five]] disappear in California. Four of their bodies are found four months later. *[[1981]] – The 6.7 {{M|s|link=y}} [[1981 Gulf of Corinth earthquakes|Gulf of Corinth earthquake]] affected [[Kentriki Ellada|Central Greece]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity]] of VIII (''Severe''). Twenty-two people were killed, 400 were injured, and damage totaled $812 million. *[[1983]] – A special commission of the [[United States Congress]] condemns the [[Japanese American internment]] during World War II. *[[1984]] – [[Tyrone Mitchell]] perpetrates the 49th Street Elementary School shooting in Los Angeles, killing two children and injuring 12 more. *[[1989]] – [[United Airlines Flight 811]], bound for New Zealand from [[Honolulu]], rips open during flight, blowing nine passengers out of the business-class section.<ref name="AAR-92-02 Final Report">{{cite web|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR9202.pdf |title=Aircraft Accident Report, Explosive Decompression – Loss of Cargo Door in Flight, United Airlines Flight 811, Boeing 747-122, N4713U, Honolulu, Hawaii, February 24, 1989 |publisher=[[National Transportation Safety Board]] |date=March 18, 1992 |access-date=January 14, 2016}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Gulf War]]: Ground troops cross the [[Saudi Arabia]]n border and enter [[Iraq]], thus beginning the [[Gulf War#Ground campaign|ground phase]] of the war. *[[1996]] – Two civilian airplanes operated by the [[Miami]]-based group [[Brothers to the Rescue]] are [[1996 shootdown of Brothers to the Rescue aircraft|shot down]] in international waters by the [[Cuban Air Force]]. *[[1999]] – [[China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509]], a [[Tupolev Tu-154]] aircraft, crashes in [[Rui'an]], [[Zhejiang]], China. All 61 people on board are killed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19990224-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-154M B-2622 Ruian|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2020-02-13|archive-date=2019-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115061854/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19990224-0|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2004]] – The 6.3 {{M|w|link=y}} [[2004 Al Hoceima earthquake|Al Hoceima earthquake]] strikes northern [[Morocco]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''). At least 628 people are killed, 926 are injured, and up to 15,000 are displaced. *[[2006]] – [[President of the Philippines|Philippine President]] [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]] declares [[Proclamation 1017]] placing the country in a [[2006 state of emergency in the Philippines|state of emergency]] in attempt to subdue a possible military coup. *[[2007]] – Japan launches its fourth [[spy satellite]], stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as [[North Korea]]. *[[2008]] – [[Fidel Castro]] retires as the [[President of Cuba]] and the [[Council of Ministers (Cuba)|Council of Ministers]] after 32 years. He remained as head of the [[Communist Party of Cuba|Communist Party]] for another three years. *[[2015]] – A [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] train [[2015 Oxnard train derailment|derails]] in [[Oxnard, California]] following a collision with a truck, leaving more than 30 injured. *[[2016]] – [[Tara Air Flight 193]], a [[de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter]] aircraft, crashed, with 23 fatalities, in [[Myagdi District|Solighopte, Myagdi District, Dhaulagiri Zone]], while en route from [[Pokhara Airport]] to [[Jomsom Airport]]. *[[2020]] – [[Mahathir Mohamad]] resigns as [[Prime Minister of Malaysia]] following an attempt to replace the [[Pakatan Harapan]] government, which triggered the [[2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis|2020-2022 Malaysian political crisis]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-02-24 |title=Mahathir Mohamad: Malaysian prime minister in shock resignation|publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51610974 |access-date=2022-04-12}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Russo-Ukrainian War]]: Days after [[Address concerning the events in Ukraine|recognising]] [[Donetsk People's Republic|Donetsk]] and [[Luhansk People's Republic|Luhansk]] as [[International recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic|independent states]], Russian president [[Vladimir Putin]] [[On conducting a special military operation|orders]] a [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|full-scale invasion]] of [[Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-60454795|title=Russia launches invasion of Ukraine|publisher=BBC News|date=24 February 2022|access-date=24 February 2022|archive-date=21 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221183326/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-60454795|url-status=live}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1103]] – [[Emperor Toba]] of Japan (d. 1156) *[[1304]] – [[Ibn Battuta]], Moroccan explorer<ref>{{cite book |last=Dunn |first=Ross E. |author-link=Ross E. Dunn |title=The Adventures of Ibn Battuta |publisher=University of California Press |year=2005 |pages=19–20 |isbn=978-05-20243-85-9}}</ref> *[[1360]] – [[Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy|Amadeus VII]], Count of Savoy<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cox |first=Eugene L. |title=The Green Count of Savoy: Amedeus VI and Transalpine Savoy in the Fourteenth-Century |date=8 December 2015 |publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |isbn=9780691623092 }}</ref> *[[1413]] – [[Louis, Duke of Savoy]] (d. 1465) *[[1463]] – [[Giovanni Pico della Mirandola]], Italian philosopher (d. 1494) *[[1494]] – [[Johan Friis]], Danish statesman (d. 1570)<ref>{{cite book|author=Grolier Incorporated|title=The Encyclopedia Americana: International Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UZExAQAAIAAJ|date=March 1998|publisher=Grolier|isbn=978-0-7172-0130-3|page=98|access-date=2019-02-20|archive-date=2022-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224154054/https://books.google.com/books?id=UZExAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1500]] – [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]] (d. 1558)<ref>{{cite book|author=Charles V (Holy Roman Emperor)|title=Correspondence of the Emperor Charles V. and His Ambassadors at the Courts of England and France|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hMcfAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA8|year=1850|publisher=R. Bentley|pages=8|access-date=2019-02-20|archive-date=2022-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224154102/https://books.google.com/books?id=hMcfAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA8|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1536]] – [[Pope Clement VIII]] (d. 1605)<ref>{{cite web |title=Clement VIII | pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Clement-VIII-pope |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=14 January 2021|archive-date=17 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017113837/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Clement-VIII-pope |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1545]] – [[John of Austria]] (d. 1578) *[[1553]] – [[Cherubino Alberti]], Italian engraver and painter (d. 1615) *[[1557]] – [[Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor]] (d. 1619)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthias | Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary & Bohemia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matthias |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref> *[[1593]] – [[Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford]], English soldier and courtier (d. 1625) *[[1595]] – [[Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski]], Polish author and poet (d. 1640) ===1601–1900=== *[[1604]] – [[Arcangela Tarabotti]], Venetian nun and feminist (d. 1652) *[[1619]] – [[Charles Le Brun]], French painter and theorist (d. 1690) *[[1622]] – [[Johannes Clauberg]], German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665) *[[1709]] – [[Jacques de Vaucanson]], French engineer (d. 1782) *[[1721]] – [[John McKinly]], Irish-American physician and politician, 1st [[List of Governors of Delaware|Governor of Delaware]] (d. 1796) *[[1723]] – [[John Burgoyne]], English general and politician (d. 1792) *[[1736]] – [[Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach]] (d. 1806) *[[1743]] – [[Joseph Banks]], English botanist and explorer (d. 1820) *[[1762]] – [[Charles Frederick Horn]], German-English composer and educator (d. 1830) *[[1767]] – [[Rama II of Siam]] (d. 1824) *[[1774]] – [[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge]] (d. 1850) *[[1786]] – [[Martin W. Bates]], American lawyer and politician (d. 1869) * 1786 – [[Wilhelm Grimm]], German anthropologist, author, and academic (d. 1859) *[[1788]] – [[Johan Christian Dahl]], Norwegian-German painter (d. 1857) *[[1797]] – [[Samuel Lover]], Irish composer, writer and painter (d. 1868)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Samuel Lover | Irish writer, poet, musician | Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Lover |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref> *[[1827]] – [[Lydia Becker]], English-French activist (d. 1890) *[[1829]] – [[Friedrich Spielhagen]], German novelist, literary theorist and translator<ref>{{Cite web |title=Friedrich von Spielhagen | Novelist, Critic, Poet | Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Friedrich-von-Spielhagen |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref> *[[1830]] – [[Karolina Světlá]], Czech female author<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Catalogue |url=https://katalog.ahmp.cz/pragapublica/permalink?xid=A42B37BF70DB473BA002CAF3EED5FA77&scan=222#scan222 |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=katalog.ahmp.cz}}</ref> *[[1831]] – [[Leo von Caprivi]], German general and politician, [[List of Chancellors of Germany|Chancellor of Germany]] (d. 1899) *[[1835]] – [[Julius Vogel]], English-New Zealand journalist and politician, 8th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (d. 1899) *[[1836]] – [[Winslow Homer]], American painter and illustrator (d. 1910) *[[1837]] – [[Rosalía de Castro]], Spanish poet (d. 1885)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Anna-Marie|last1=Aldaz|first2=Barbara N.|last2=Gantt|first3=Anne C.|last3=Bromley|title=Poems|location=Albany|publisher=State University of New York Press|year=1991|page=xix|isbn=978-0-79140-582-6}}</ref> *[[1842]] – [[Arrigo Boito]], Italian journalist, author, and composer (d. 1918) *[[1848]] – [[Andrew Inglis Clark]], Australian engineer, lawyer, and politician (d. 1907) *[[1852]] – [[George Moore (novelist)|George Moore]], Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1933) *[[1857]] – [[Emma Ann Browne]],British-born Australian philanthropist (d. 1941)<ref>{{Citation |last=Richards |first=Paul A. C. |title=Emma Ann Browne (1857–1941) |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/browne-emma-ann-13265 |access-date=2024-11-08 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}</ref> *[[1868]] – [[Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild]], French financier and polo player (d. 1949) *[[1869]] – [[Zara DuPont]], American suffragist (d. 1946)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Troyer |first1=Andrew |last2=Heaphy |first2=Leslie |title=Biographical Sketch of Zara DuPont |url=https://documents.alexanderstreet.com/d/1009860177 |website=Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920 |publisher=Alexander Street Documents |access-date=27 December 2019 |archive-date=16 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016224634/https://documents.alexanderstreet.com/d/1009860177 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1874]] – [[Honus Wagner]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1955) *[[1877]] – [[Rudolph Ganz]], Swiss pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1972) * 1877 – [[Ettie Rout]], Australian-New Zealand educator and activist (d. 1936) * [[1881]] – [[Abdelaziz of Morocco|Moulay Abd al-Aziz bin Hassan]], Sultan of Morocco (d. 1943)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abd al-Aziz | Reformer, Modernization, Protector | Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abd-al-Aziz-sultan-of-Morocco |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> *[[1885]] – [[Chester W. Nimitz]], American admiral (d. 1966) * 1885 – [[Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz]], Polish author, poet, and painter (d. 1939) *[[1890]] – [[Marjorie Main]], American actress (d. 1975) *[[1895]] – [[Şehzade Osman Fuad]], Ottoman prince (d. 1973)<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/burkesroyalfamil0002unse/mode/2up |title=Burke's royal families of the world |date=1977 |publisher=Burke's Peerage |isbn=9780850110234 |editor-last=Massingberd |editor-first=Hugh Montgomery |location=London |publication-date=1997-01-01 |pages=28, 173}}</ref> *[[1896]] – [[Richard Thorpe]], American director and screenwriter (d. 1991) *[[1898]] – [[Kurt Tank]], German pilot and engineer (d. 1983) *[[1900]] – [[Irmgard Bartenieff]], German-American dancer and physical therapist, leading pioneer of [[dance therapy]] (d. 1981) ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – [[Vladimir Bartol]], Italian-Slovene author and playwright (d. 1967) *[[1908]] – [[Telford Taylor]], American general, lawyer, and historian (d. 1998) *[[1909]] – [[August Derleth]], American anthologist and author (d. 1971) *[[1914]] – [[Ralph Erskine (architect)|Ralph Erskine]], English-Swedish architect, designed [[The Ark, London|The Ark]] and [[Byker Wall]] (d. 2005) * 1914 – [[Weldon Kees]], American author, poet, painter, and pianist (d. 1955) *[[1915]] – [[Jim Ferrier]], Australian golfer (d. 1986) *[[1919]] – [[John Carl Warnecke]], American architect (d. 2010)<ref>{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Emma|title=John Carl Warnecke Dies at 91, Designed Kennedy Gravesite|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=April 23, 2010|access-date=September 25, 2018|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/22/AR2010042205678.html|postscript=none|archive-date=September 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926014542/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/22/AR2010042205678.html|url-status=live}}; {{cite news|last=Grimes|first=William|title=John Carl Warnecke, Architect to Kennedy, Dies at 91|work=The New York Times|date=April 22, 2010|access-date=September 25, 2018|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/arts/design/23warnecke.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/arts/design/23warnecke.html |archive-date=2022-01-02 |url-access=limited |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[1921]] – [[Abe Vigoda]], American actor (d. 2016)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Feb. 24: O'Shea Jackson Jr., Billy Zane |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/02/24/Famous-birthdays-for-Feb-24-OShea-Jackson-Jr-Billy-Zane/9301676822181/#:~:text=Famous%20birthdays%20for%20Feb.,%2C%20Billy%20Zane%20%2D%20UPI.com |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=23 February 2024 |date=24 February 2023}}</ref> *[[1922]] – [[Richard Hamilton (artist)|Richard Hamilton]], English painter and academic (d. 2011) * 1922 – [[Steven Hill]], American actor (d. 2016) *[[1924]] – [[Hal Herring]], American football player and coach (d. 2014) * 1924 – [[Erik Nielsen]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd [[Deputy Prime Minister of Canada]] (d. 2008) * 1924 – [[F. G. Bailey]], British-American anthropologist (d. 2020)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Simpson |first=Edward |date=26 February 2021 |title=Obituary (I): F. G. Bailey (24 February 1924–8 July 2020) |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0069966720976507 |journal=Contributions to Indian Sociology|volume=55 |issue=1 |pages=123–125 |doi=10.1177/0069966720976507 |issn=0069-9667}}</ref> *[[1925]] – [[Bud Day]], American colonel and pilot, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 2013) * 1926 – [[Dave Sands]], Australian boxer (d. 1952) *[[1927]] – [[Emmanuelle Riva]], French actress (d. 2017) *[[1929]] – [[Kintarō Ōki]], South Korean wrestler (d. 2006) *[[1930]] – [[Barbara Lawrence]], American model and actress (d. 2013) *[[1931]] – [[Dominic Chianese]], American actor and singer<ref name="AP"/> * 1931 – [[Brian Close]], English cricketer and coach (d. 2015) *[[1932]] – [[Michel Legrand]], French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2019)<ref name="UPI"/> * 1932 – [[Zell Miller]], American sergeant and politician, 79th [[Governor of Georgia]] (d. 2018) * 1932 – [[John Vernon]], Canadian-American actor (d. 2005) *[[1933]] – [[Judah Folkman]], American physician and biologist (d. 2008) * 1933 – [[Ali Mazrui]], Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (d. 2014) * 1933 – [[David "Fathead" Newman]], American saxophonist and composer (d. 2009) *[[1934]] – [[Bettino Craxi]], Italian lawyer and politician, 45th [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (d. 2000) * 1934 – [[Johnny Hills]], English footballer<ref>{{Hugman|9016|Johnny Hills|access-date=19 February 2020}}</ref> (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary – Johnnie Hills |url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2021/november/obituary-johnnie-hills/ |website=Tottenham Hotspur |access-date=30 November 2021 |date=29 November 2021 |archive-date=1 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201115753/https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2021/november/obituary-johnnie-hills/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1934 – [[George Ryan]], American politician, 39th [[Governor of Illinois]] (d. 2025)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/former-illinois-gov-george-ryan-who-went-to-prison-for-corruption-dies-at-age-91/3736563/|title=Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, who went to prison for corruption, dies at age 91|publisher=NBC Chicago|accessdate=May 2, 2025|date=May 2, 2025}}</ref> * 1934 – [[Renata Scotto]], Italian soprano (d. 2023) *[[1935]] – [[Ryhor Baradulin]], Belarusian poet, essayist, and translator (d. 2014) *[[1936]] – [[Carol D'Onofrio]], American public health researcher (d. 2020)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Make|first=Kara|date=2020-04-23|title=Carol D'Onofrio, champion of health for underserved communities, dies at 84|url=https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/04/23/carol-donofrio-champion-of-health-for-underserved-communities-dies-at-84/|access-date=2021-08-10|website=Berkeley News|archive-date=2021-08-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810211524/https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/04/23/carol-donofrio-champion-of-health-for-underserved-communities-dies-at-84/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1936 – [[Guillermo O'Donnell]], Argentine political scientist (d. 2011) *[[1938]] – [[James Farentino]], American actor (d. 2012) * 1938 – [[Phil Knight]], American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded [[Nike, Inc.]]<ref name="UPI"/> * 1938 – [[Kathleen Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow]], British life peer<ref>{{Cite book |title=Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage |date=1 December 2003 |publisher=[[Burke's Peerage]] |isbn=9780971196629 |editor-last=Mosley |editor-first=Charles |edition=107th |location=London}}</ref> *[[1939]] – [[Jamal Nazrul Islam]], Bangladeshi physicist and cosmologist (d. 2013) *[[1940]] – [[Pete Duel]], American actor (d. 1971) * 1940 – [[Jimmy Ellis (boxer)|Jimmy Ellis]], American boxer (d. 2014) * 1940 – [[Denis Law]], Scottish footballer and sportscaster (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 17, 2025 |title=Denis Law: Manchester United and Scotland legend dies aged 84 |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/ckgvny01x9go |access-date=January 17, 2025 |website=[[BBC Sport]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[Joanie Sommers]], American singer and actress<ref name="AP"/> *[[1942]] – [[Paul Jones (singer)|Paul Jones]], English singer, harmonica player, and actor * 1942 – [[Celia Kaye]], American actress<ref>{{cite book |last1=Berumen |first1=Frank Javier Garcia |title=American Indian Image Makers of Hollywood |date=2020 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476636474 |page=168}}</ref> * 1942 – [[Joe Lieberman]], American lawyer and politician (d. 2024)<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |archive-date=March 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327215333/https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/27/politics/joe-lieberman/index.html |url-status=live |last=Tapper |first=Jake |date=March 27, 2024 |title=Former Sen. Joe Lieberman has died |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/27/politics/joe-lieberman/index.html |access-date=March 27, 2024 |publisher=CNN}}</ref> * 1942 – [[Jenny O'Hara]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1942 – [[Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak]], Indian philosopher, theorist, and academic *[[1943]] – [[Kent Haruf]], American novelist (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/03/books/kent-haruf-sublime-novelist-of-small-town-life-dies-at-71.html| title = Kent Haruf, Acclaimed Novelist of Small-Town Life, Is Dead at 71| author = Yardley, William| date = December 2, 2014| access-date = 2017-04-09| newspaper = The New York Times| archive-date = 2017-08-27| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170827004642/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/03/books/kent-haruf-sublime-novelist-of-small-town-life-dies-at-71.html| url-status = live}}</ref> * 1943 – [[Gigi Meroni]], Italian footballer (d. 1967) * 1943 – [[Pablo Milanés]], Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2022) *[[1944]] – [[Nicky Hopkins]], English keyboard player (d. 1994) * 1944 – [[Ivica Račan]], Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th [[Prime Minister of Croatia]] (d. 2007) *[[1945]] – [[Barry Bostwick]], American actor and singer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for February 24, 2022 includes celebrities Barry Bostwick, Billy Zane |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/02/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-february-24-2022-includes-celebrities-barry-bostwick-billy-zane.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=23 February 2024 |date=24 February 2022}}</ref> *[[1946]] – [[Grigory Margulis]], Russian mathematician and academic *[[1947]] – [[Rupert Holmes]], English-American singer-songwriter and playwright<ref name="AP"/> * 1947 – [[Edward James Olmos]], American actor and director<ref>{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA145|date=30 September 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-264-1|pages=145|access-date=24 February 2021|archive-date=24 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224154105/https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA145|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1948]] – [[Jayalalithaa]], Indian actress and politician, 16th [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]] (d. 2016) * 1948 – [[Dennis Waterman]], English actor (d. 2022)<ref>{{citation |author1=Waterman, Dennis |author2=Jill Arlon |title=ReMinder |publisher=Hutchinson |year=2000 |page=1 |isbn=978-0-09-180108-3 }}</ref> * 1948 – [[GM Quader]], Bangladeshi politician<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-15 |title=Ghulam Muhammed Quader |url=http://parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3603 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815160438/http://parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3603 |archive-date=15 August 2022 |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Bangladesh parliament}}</ref> * [[1949]] – [[John Lever]], English Test cricketer<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bateman |first=Colin |title=If the Cap Fits |publisher=Tony Williams Publications |isbn=9781869833213 |publication-date=1993 |pages=109}}</ref> *[[1950]] – [[George Thorogood]], American musician<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mettler |first1=Mike |title=Wilmington Native George Thorogood on His 45-Year Music Career |url=https://delawaretoday.com/life-style/wilmington-native-george-thorogood-looks-back-on-a-45-year-music-career/ |publisher=Delaware Today |access-date=13 February 2023 |date=3 December 2019}}</ref> *[[1951]] – [[David Ford (politician)|David Ford]], Northern Irish social worker and politician * 1951 – [[Derek Randall]], English cricketer * 1951 – [[Debra Jo Rupp]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1951 – [[Helen Shaver]], Canadian actress and director<ref name="AP"/> * 1951 – [[Laimdota Straujuma]], Latvian economist and politician, 12th [[Prime Minister of Latvia]] * 1951 – [[Andrew Leung]], Hong Kong politician, 3rd [[President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Report of the Legislative Council 2005-2006 Session |url=https://www.legco.gov.hk/general/english/sec/reports/a_0506_txt.pdf |access-date=22 September 2024 |website=Legislative Council of the Hong Kong |page=120}}</ref> *[[1952]] – [[Tommy Burleson]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tom Burleson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76305/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1953]] – [[Anatoli Kozhemyakin]], Soviet footballer (d. 1974) *[[1954]] – [[Plastic Bertrand]], Belgian singer-songwriter and producer * 1954 – [[Judith Ortiz Cofer]], Puerto Rican author (d. 2016) * 1954 – [[Sid Meier]], Canadian-American game designer and programmer, created the ''[[Civilization (series)|Civilization series]]'' * 1954 – [[Mike Pickering]], English DJ and saxophonist * 1954 – [[Željko Glasnović]], Croatian politician and general<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-12-28 |title=Glasnović, Željko |url=https://www.sabor.hr/en/members-parliament/glasnovic-zeljko-8-term |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Hrvatski Sabor}}</ref> * 1954 – [[Constantine Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby]], British peer, writer, and entrepreneur<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mr Constantine Phipps (Hansard) |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-constantine-phipps-1/index.html |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=api.parliament.uk}}</ref> *[[1955]] – [[Steve Jobs]], American businessman, co-founded [[Apple Computer]] and [[Pixar]] (d. 2011)<ref name="UPI"/> * 1955 – [[Eddie Johnson (basketball, born 1955)|Eddie Johnson]], American basketball player (d. 2020) * 1955 – [[Alain Prost]], French race car driver<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1956]] – [[Judith Butler]], American philosopher, theorist, and author * 1956 – [[Eddie Murray]], American baseball player and coach<ref name="AP"/> * 1956 – [[Paula Zahn]], American journalist and producer<ref name="AP"/> *[[1958]] – [[Sammy Kershaw]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"/> * 1958 – [[Mark Moses]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> *[[1959]] – [[Beth Broderick]], American actress and director<ref name="AP"/> * 1959 – [[Mike Whitney]], Australian cricketer and television host * 1959 – [[Abhishek Singhvi]], Indian politician<ref>{{Cite news |last=Roy |first=Debayan |date=18 May 2018 |editor-last=Tabassum |editor-first=Huma |title=The Growing Importance of Being Abhishek Manu Singhvi: Man Fronting Congress' Legal Troubles |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/the-growing-importance-of-being-abhishek-manu-singhvi-man-fronting-congress-legal-troubles-1752825.html |access-date=22 September 2024 |work=[[CNN-News18]] |publisher=[[Network18 Group]]}}</ref> * 1959 – [[François Villeroy de Galhau]], 30th [[Governor of the Bank of France]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=François Villeroy de Galhau |url=https://www.banque-france.fr/en/francois-villeroy-de-galhau |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Banque de France}}</ref> *[[1961]] – [[Emilio Rivera]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1961 – [[Erna Solberg]], Norwegian politician, 35th [[Prime Minister of Norway]]<ref name="UPI"/> * 1961 – [[John Grogan (politician)|John Grogan]], British politician<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grogan, John Timothy, (born 24 Feb. 1961), Chairman, Mongolian British Chamber of Commerce, since 2010 |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-18317 |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u18317}}</ref> *[[1962]] – [[Kelly Craft]], American businesswoman and diplomat<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=390223|title=Candidate – Kelly Knight Craft|website=Our Campaigns|access-date=2021-06-11|archive-date=2021-06-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611190959/https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=390223|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://pressfrom.info/news/politics/-248495-trump-to-nominate-kelly-knight-craft-as-u-n-ambassador.html|title=Trump to Nominate Kelly Knight Craft as U.N. Ambassador|work=The New York Times |date=22 February 2019 |access-date=2021-06-11|archive-date=2022-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224154059/https://pressfrom.info/news/politics/-248495-trump-to-nominate-kelly-knight-craft-as-u-n-ambassador.html|url-status=live|last1=Karni |first1=Annie |last2=Bilefsky |first2=Dan }}</ref> * 1962 – [[Michelle Shocked]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/> *[[1963]] – [[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]], Indian filmmaker and composer<ref>{{cite news |last1=Parande |first1=Shweta |title=Sanjay Leela Bhansali birthday special: Best songs of the filmmaker's movies |url=https://www.india.com/entertainment/sanjay-leela-bhansali-special-best-songs-of-the-filmmakers-movies-16117/ |publisher=India.com |date=24 February 2014|access-date=24 February 2021 |archive-date=11 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411021732/https://www.india.com/entertainment/sanjay-leela-bhansali-special-best-songs-of-the-filmmakers-movies-16117/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1963 – [[Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro]] * 1963 – [[Mike Vernon (ice hockey)|Mike Vernon]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1963 – [[Mateu Alemany]], Spanish lawyer, football director of [[FC Barcelona]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-03 |title=Director of Football Alemany to Leave FC Barcelona This Summer |url=https://newscentral.africa/director-of-football-alemany-to-leave-fc-barcelona-this-summer/ |access-date=2024-09-21}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Russell Ingall]], British-Australian race car driver and sportscaster * 1964 – [[Elizabeth Wilson (politician)|Elizabeth Wilson]], American politician<ref>{{cite web |last1=Payne |first1=Marissa |title=Weinacht, Wilson running to represent C.R., Marion in Iowa House |url=https://www.thegazette.com/campaigns-elections/susie-weinacht-elizabeth-wilson-running-to-represent-parts-of-cedar-rapids-marion-in-iowa-house-2/ |website=The Gazette |access-date=25 May 2024}}</ref> *[[1965]] – [[Paul Gruber]], American football player * 1965 – [[Jane Swift]], American businesswoman and politician, [[Governor of Massachusetts]] *[[1966]] – [[Billy Zane]], American actor and producer<ref name="AP"/> *1966 – [[Katie Allen (politician)|Katie Allen]], Australian politician and medical researcher<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr Katie Allen |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=282986 |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Parliament of Australia}}</ref> *[[1967]] – [[Brian Schmidt]], Australian astrophysicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[1968]] – [[Mitch Hedberg]], American comedian and actor (d. 2005) *[[1969]] – [[Kim Seung-woo]], South Korean actor *[[1970]] – [[Jeff Garcia]], American football player and coach * 1970 – [[Neil Sullivan]], Scottish footballer and coach<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=7716|title=Neil Sullivan|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=19 February 2020|archive-date=9 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909001055/http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=7716|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1970 – [[Jonathan Ward (actor)|Jonathan Ward]], American actor *[[1971]] – [[Pedro de la Rosa]], Spanish race car driver<ref>{{cite book|author=Francois-Michel Gregoire|title=Who Works in Formula One 2006|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B1ErRfjy4I0C&pg=PA80|date=April 2006|publisher=Who Works Sports Publications|isbn=978-1-901711-42-4|pages=80|access-date=2021-02-14|archive-date=2022-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224154105/https://books.google.com/books?id=B1ErRfjy4I0C&pg=PA80|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1971 – [[Gillian Flynn]], American author, screenwriter, and producer<ref name="UPI"/> * 1971 – [[Brian Savage]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Brian Savage |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/brian-savage-8458682 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1972]] – [[Teodor Currentzis]], Greek conductor and composer * 1972 – [[Manon Rhéaume]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach *[[1973]] – [[Alexei Kovalev]], Russian ice hockey player and pilot *1973 – [[Philipp Rösler]], German politician<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gessat |first=Michael |date=13 May 2011 |editor-last=Kuebler |editor-first=Martin |title=Meteoric ascent |url=https://www.dw.com/en/vietnam-born-doctor-takes-reins-of-german-liberal-party/a-15073300 |access-date=22 September 2024 |work=[[Deutsche Welle]]}}</ref> *[[1974]] – [[Mike Lowell]], Puerto Rican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mike Lowell |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/mike-lowell-136780 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> * 1974 – [[Khadzhimurad Magomedov]], Russian freestyle wrestler<ref>{{Cite web |title=International Wrestling Database |url=https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbwrestling/daten.php?spid=2E3226F9915840EE8CC2875C1DB28222 |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=iat.uni-leipzig.de |archive-date=2016-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305192833/https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbwrestling/daten.php?spid=2E3226F9915840EE8CC2875C1DB28222 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 1974 – [[Gila Gamliel]], Israeli politician and [[Ministry of Science, Technology and Space|Minister of Science, Technology and Space]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Knesset Member Gila Gamliel |url=https://main.knesset.gov.il/en/mk/apps/mk/mk-personal-details/723 |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Knesset}}</ref> *[[1975]] – [[Ashley MacIsaac]], Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler *[[1976]] – [[Marco Campos]], Brazilian race car driver (d. 1995) * 1976 – [[Zach Johnson]], American golfer<ref>{{cite book|author=Andrew Podnieks|title=Golf Now!|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w-_mkB1Xh64C|year=2008|publisher=Firefly Books|isbn=978-1-55407-259-0|page=100|access-date=2021-02-23|archive-date=2021-10-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010111528/https://books.google.com/books?id=w-_mkB1Xh64C|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1976 – [[Bradley McGee]], Australian cyclist and coach<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/bradley-mcgee|title=Bradley McGee|website=IOC|access-date=February 23, 2021|archive-date=April 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428102604/https://www.olympic.org/bradley-mcgee|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1977]] – [[Jason Akermanis]], Australian footballer and coach * 1977 – [[Bronson Arroyo]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Bronson Arroyo |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/bronson-arroyo-276520 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> * 1977 – [[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]], American boxer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/athlete/floyd-mayweather|title=Floyd Mayweather|website=Biography|access-date=January 4, 2020|archive-date=January 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104074343/https://www.biography.com/athlete/floyd-mayweather|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Shinsuke Nakamura]], Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist *1980 – [[Jorrit Faassen]], Dutch businessman<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-09-28 |title=Nederlander mag 'pa' tegen Vladimir Poetin zeggen |url=https://www.quotenet.nl/lifestyle/a18819/nederlander-mag-pa-tegen-vladimir-poetin-zeggen-18819/ |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Quote Net |language=nl-NL}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Jonas Andersson (ice hockey)|Jonas Andersson]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jonas Andersson |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/jonas-andersson-8467906 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> * 1981 – [[Felipe Baloy]], Panamanian footballer * 1981 – [[Lleyton Hewitt]], Australian tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/H432/overview|title=Lleyton Hewitt|website=ATP|access-date=February 23, 2021|archive-date=January 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123140709/https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/H432/overview|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1981 – [[Mohammad Sami]], Pakistani cricketer * 1981 – [[Bob Sanders]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Bob Sanders |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/5569/bob-sanders |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Nick Blackburn]], American baseball player * 1982 – [[Fala Chen]], Chinese actress and singer * 1982 – [[Klára Koukalová]], Czech tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/110492/klara-koukalova|title=Klara Koukalova|website=WTA|access-date=February 14, 2021|archive-date=January 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121145020/https://www.wtatennis.com/players/110492/klara-koukalova|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1982 – [[Emanuel Villa]], Argentine footballer *[[1984]] – [[Wilson Bethel]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1984 – [[Corey Graves]], American wrestler and sportscaster * 1984 – [[Nani (actor)|Nani]], Indian actor and film producer<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ghosh |first=Samrudhi |date=24 February 2018 |title=Happy Birthday Nani: RJ to Tollywood's favourite lover boy, tracing the Natural Star's journey |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/actor-nani-birthday-film-journey-1176675-2018-02-24 |access-date=22 September 2024 |work=[[India Today]] |publisher=[[Living Media]]}}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[Nakash Aziz]], Indian playback singer and composer<ref>{{Cite web | title = Nakash Aziz | work = [[Sify]] | access-date = 8 September 2016 | url = http://www.sify.com/indianidol2/contestants/nakash/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160908024125/http://www.sify.com/indianidol2/contestants/nakash/ | archive-date = 8 September 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Wojtek Wolski]], Polish-Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Wojtek Wolski |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/wojtek-wolski-8471234 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Kim Kyu-jong]], South Korean singer, dancer, and actor * 1987 – [[Ashley Walker (basketball)|Ashley Walker]], American-Romanian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ashley Walker |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/201914/ashley-walker |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Mario Suárez (footballer)|Mario Suárez]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Atlético de Madrid Website |url=https://en.atleticodemadrid.com/jugadores/mario-suarez-mata-2 |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=en.atleticodemadrid.com}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Christopher Trimmel]], Austrian footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Christopher Trimmel | 1. FC Union Berlin | Player Profile | Bundesliga |url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/christopher-trimmel |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=bundesliga.com – the official Bundesliga website}}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Rodrigue Beaubois]], French basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Rodrigue Beaubois |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201958/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Alexander Koch (actor)|Alexander Koch]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1988 – [[Connie Ramsay]], Scottish judoka<ref>{{cite web |title=Glasgow 2014 – Connie Ramsay Profile |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/cycling_road/1026925/connie_ramsay.html |website=results.glasgow2014.com |access-date=29 August 2020 |archive-date=11 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411191356/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/cycling_road/1026925/connie_ramsay.html |url-status=usurped }}</ref> * 1988 – [[Maksym Radziwill]], Polish-Canadian mathematician<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garvan |first=Frank |date=2016 |title=Matomäki and Radziwill to receive 2016 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize |url=https://qseries.org/sastra-prize/2016.pdf |access-date=21 September 2024 |website=q-SERIES}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Trace Cyrus]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1989 – [[Daniel Kaluuya]], English actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Today in History, February 24: The calendar gets a massive makeover |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2020/02/24/today-history-february-24-calendar-gets-massive-makeover/4790269002/ |work=[[The Tennessean]] |access-date=24 July 2020 |date=24 February 2020}}</ref> * 1989 – [[Kosta Koufos]], Greek-American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kosta Koufos |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201585/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Dwayne Allen]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dwayne Allen |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14901/dwayne-allen |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Derek Wolfe]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Derek Wolfe |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14964/derek-wolfe |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Tim Erixon]], American-Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tim Erixon |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/tim-erixon-8475148 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Madison Hubbell]], American ice dancer<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00013466.htm |title= Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE: 2015/2016 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160527084328/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00013466.htm |archive-date= May 27, 2016 |url-status= unfit }}</ref> * 1991 – [[O'Shea Jackson Jr.]], American actor and rapper<ref>{{cite web |last1=Daniels |first1=Jamisha |title=O'Shea Jackson Jr. accepts Best Picture award at ADMA with a powerful speech |url=https://thesource.com/2016/02/29/oshea-jackson-jr-accepts-best-picture-award-at-adma/ |publisher=[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]] |access-date=13 February 2023 |date=29 February 2016}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Semih Kaya]], Turkish footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=329898|title=SEMİH KAYA|publisher=Turkish Football Federation|access-date=20 February 2019|archive-date=20 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220181615/http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=329898|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Christian Kabasele]], Congolese-born Belgian footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Christian Kabasele Defender, Profile & Stats | Premier League |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/19605/Christian-Kabasele/overview |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=premierleague.com}}</ref> * 1992 – [[Stefan Ashkovski]], Macedonian footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stefan Ashkovski | North Macedonia | UEFA EURO 2024 | UEFA.com |url=https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/teams/players/250004361--stefan-ashkovski/ |access-date=2024-09-21 |publisher=UEFA}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Jessica Pegula]], American tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/316956/jessica-pegula|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Jessica Pegula|publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]|access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref> * 1994 – [[Earl Sweatshirt]], American rapper<ref>{{cite web |last1=J. |first1=Miranda |title=Happy Birthday, Earl Sweatshirt! |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/happy-birthday-earl-sweatshirt/ |publisher=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]] |access-date=13 February 2023 |date=24 February 2015}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Royce Freeman]], American football player<ref>{{cite web|title=Royce Freeman|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/roycefreeman/2560733/profile|website=NFL.com|access-date=16 March 2020|archive-date=24 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124015649/http://www.nfl.com/player/roycefreeman/2560733/profile|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Anjali Paragsingh]], Surinamese badminton player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade (Badminton) Athlete Profile : PARAGSINGH Anjali Shivani |url=https://res-taipei.fisu.net/eng/zb/engzb_badminton-athlete-profile-n23201-paragsingh-anjali-shivani.htm}}</ref> *1997 – [[Đurđina Jauković]], Montenegrin handball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=European Handball Federation – Djurdjina Jaukovic / Player |url=https://history.eurohandball.com/ec/cl/women/2019-20/player/549996/DjurdjinaJaukovic |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=history.eurohandball.com}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Antony (footballer, born 2000)|Antony Matheus dos Santos]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Antony |url=https://www.manutd.com/en/players-and-staff/detail/antony |website=Manchester United}}</ref> *2000 – [[Nichika Yamada]], Japanese volleyball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olympedia – Nichika Yamada |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/144483 |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kanz |title=ARAKI TO LEAD JAPAN WOMEN'S TEAM IN 2021 – Asian Volleyball Confederation |url=https://asianvolleyball.net/new/araki-to-lead-japan-womens-team-in-2021/ |access-date=2024-10-03}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Honey Osrin]], British swimmer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honey OSRIN | Profile | World Aquatics Official |url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/athletes/1188568/honey-osrin/profile |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=World Aquatics}}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Samuele Vignato]], Italian football player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Samuele Vignato Monza Forward, Profile & Stats | Premier League |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/118261/Samuele-Vignato/overview |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=premierleague.com}}</ref> *2004 – [[Rafael Obrador]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rafa Obrador califica el grupo de "increíble" y ve las instalaciones de Abegondo "de gran nivel" |url=https://www.rcdeportivo.es/noticias/rafa-obrador-califica-el-grupo-de-increible-y-ve-las-instalaciones-de-abegondo-de-gran-nivel |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=rcdeportivo.es |language=es}}</ref> <!--Please do NOT add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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The Women Artists of Bologna. London: Methuen. p. 168. hdl:2027/uc1.32106007700112</ref> *[[1563]] – [[Francis, Duke of Guise]] (b. 1519) *[[1580]] – [[Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel]], English nobleman (b. 1511) *[[1588]] – [[Johann Weyer]], Dutch physician and occultist (b. 1515) ===1601–1900=== *[[1666]] – [[Nicholas Lanier]], English composer and painter (b. 1588) *[[1674]] – [[Prataprao Gujar]], 3rd Commander-in-chief of [[Maratha Confederacy]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sardesai |first=H. S. |title=Shivaji, The Great Maratha |publisher=Genesis Publishing |year=2002 |isbn=9788177552867 |pages=370}}</ref> *[[1685]] – [[Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle]], English general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland]] (b. 1629) *[[1704]] – [[Marc-Antoine Charpentier]], French composer (b. 1643) *[[1714]] – [[Edmund Andros]], English courtier and politician, 4th [[Colonial Governor of New York]] (b. 1637) *[[1721]] – [[John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby]], English poet and politician, [[Lord President of the Council]] (b. 1648) *[[1732]] – [[Francis Charteris (rake)|Francis Charteris]], Scottish soldier (b. 1675) *[[1777]] – [[Joseph I of Portugal]] (b. 1714) *[[1785]] – [[Carlo Buonaparte]], Corsican lawyer and politician (b. 1746) *[[1799]] – [[Georg Christoph Lichtenberg]], German physicist and academic (b. 1742) *[[1810]] – [[Henry Cavendish]], French-English physicist and chemist (b. 1731) *[[1812]] – [[Étienne-Louis Malus]], French physicist and mathematician (b. 1775) *[[1815]] – [[Robert Fulton]], American engineer (b. 1765) *[[1825]] – [[Thomas Bowdler]], English physician and philanthropist (b. 1754) *[[1856]] – [[Nikolai Lobachevsky]], Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1792) *[[1876]] – [[Joseph Jenkins Roberts]], American-Liberian politician, 1st [[President of Liberia]] (b. 1809) *[[1879]] – [[Shiranui Kōemon]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (b. 1825) ===1901–present=== *[[1910]] – [[Osman Hamdi Bey]], Turkish archaeologist and painter (b. 1842) *[[1914]] – [[Joshua Chamberlain]], American general and politician, 32nd [[Governor of Maine]] (b. 1828) *[[1925]] – [[Hjalmar Branting]], Swedish journalist and politician, 16th [[Prime Minister of Sweden]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1860) *[[1927]] – [[Edward Marshall Hall]], English lawyer and politician (b. 1858) *[[1929]] – [[André Messager]], French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853) *[[1930]] – [[Hermann von Ihering]], German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850) *[[1953]] – [[Robert La Follette Jr.]], American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895) * 1953 – [[Gerd von Rundstedt]], German field marshal (b. 1875) *[[1967]] – [[Mir Osman Ali Khan]], Last [[Nizam]] of [[Hyderabad State]] (b. 1886)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/the-last-nizam-of-hyderabad-who-was-mir-osman-ali-khan-1331292-2018-09-04|title=The last Nizam of Hyderabad: Who was Mir Osman Ali Khan?|website=India Today|date=4 September 2018 |access-date=2020-02-21|archive-date=2020-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713054519/https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/the-last-nizam-of-hyderabad-who-was-mir-osman-ali-khan-1331292-2018-09-04|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1970]] – [[Conrad Nagel]], American actor (b. 1897) *[[1974]] – [[Margaret Leech]], American historian and author (b. 1895) *[[1975]] – [[Hans Bellmer]], German artist (b. 1902)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/hans-bellmer-736|title=Hans Bellmer 1902-1975 | Tate|last=Tate|work=Tate|access-date=2017-10-04|archive-date=2017-10-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005002013/http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/hans-bellmer-736|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1975 – [[Nikolai Bulganin]], Russian marshal and politician, 6th [[Premier of the Soviet Union]] (b. 1895) *[[1978]] – [[Alma Thomas]], American painter and educator (b.1891) *[[1982]] – [[Virginia Bruce]], American actress (b. 1910) *[[1986]] – [[Rukmini Devi Arundale]], Indian Bharatnatyam dancer (b. 1904)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.naatya.org/rda/RDAPressRelease.htm|title=Rukmini Devi Arundale Centenary Celebration at Haverford College, February 28, 2004|website= naatya |access-date=2019-02-23|archive-date=2016-03-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330054033/http://www.naatya.org/rda/RDAPressRelease.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Tommy Douglas]], Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th [[Premier of Saskatchewan]] (b. 1904) *[[1990]] – [[Tony Conigliaro]], American baseball player (b. 1945) * 1990 – [[Malcolm Forbes]], American sergeant and publisher (b. 1917) * 1990 – [[Sandro Pertini]], Italian journalist and politician, 7th [[President of Italy]] (b. 1896) * 1990 – [[Johnnie Ray]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1927) *[[1991]] – [[John Daly (radio and television personality)|John Daly]], American journalist and game show host (b. 1914) * 1991 – [[George Gobel]], American actor (b. 1919) * 1991 – [[Webb Pierce]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921) *[[1993]] – [[Danny Gallivan]], Canadian sportscaster (b. 1917) * 1993 – [[Bobby Moore]], English footballer and manager (b. 1941) *[[1994]] – [[Jean Sablon]], French singer and actor (b. 1906) * 1994 – [[Dinah Shore]], American actress and singer (b. 1916) *[[1998]] – [[Antonio Prohías]], Cuban-American cartoonist (b. 1921) * 1998 – [[Henny Youngman]], English-American comedian and violinist (b. 1906) *[[1999]] – [[Andre Dubus]], American short story writer, essayist, and memoirist (b. 1936) *[[2001]] – [[Theodore Marier]], American composer and educator, founded the [[Boston Archdiocesan Choir School]] (b. 1912) * 2001 – [[Claude Shannon]], American mathematician, cryptographer, and engineer (b. 1916) *[[2002]] – [[Leo Ornstein]], Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (b. 1893) *[[2004]] – [[John Randolph (actor)|John Randolph]], American actor (b. 1915) *[[2005]] – [[Coşkun Kırca]], Turkish diplomat, journalist and politician (b. 1927) *[[2006]] – [[Octavia E. Butler]], American author and educator (b. 1947) * 2006 – [[Don Knotts]], American actor and comedian (b. 1924) * 2006 – [[John Martin (Canadian broadcaster)|John Martin]], Canadian broadcaster, co-founded [[MuchMusic]] (b. 1947) * 2006 – [[Dennis Weaver]], American actor, director, and producer (b. 1924) *[[2007]] – [[Bruce Bennett]], American shot putter and actor (b. 1906) * 2007 – [[Damien Nash]], American football player (b. 1982) *[[2008]] – [[Larry Norman]], American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947) *[[2010]] – [[Dawn Brancheau]], senior animal trainer at SeaWorld (b. 1969) *[[2011]] – [[Anant Pai]], Indian author and illustrator (b. 1929) *[[2012]] – [[Agnes Allen]], American baseball player and therapist (b. 1930) * 2012 – [[Oliver Wrong]], English nephrologist and academic (b. 1925) *[[2013]] – [[Virgil Johnson (singer)|Virgil Johnson]], American singer (b. 1935) * 2013 – [[Con Martin]], Irish footballer and manager (b. 1923) *[[2014]] – [[Franny Beecher]], American guitarist (b. 1921) * 2014 – [[Alexis Hunter]], New Zealand-English painter and photographer (b. 1948) * 2014 – [[Carlos Páez Vilaró]], Uruguayan painter and sculptor (b. 1923) * 2014 – [[Harold Ramis]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944) *[[2015]] – [[Mefodiy (Kudriakov)|Mefodiy]], Ukrainian metropolitan (b. 1949) * 2015 – [[Rakhat Aliyev]], Kazakh politician and diplomat (b. 1962) *[[2016]] – [[Peter Kenilorea]], Solomon Islands politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands]] (b. 1943) * 2016 – [[Nabil Maleh]], Syrian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936) * 2016 – [[George C. Nichopoulos]], American soldier and physician (b. 1927) *[[2018]] – [[Sridevi]], Indian actress (b. 1963) * 2018 – [[Haukur Hilmarsson]], Icelandic political activist and internationalist volunteer fighter (b. 1986)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Spencer|first1=Richard|title=Veteran Icelandic activist Haukur Hilmarsson killed fighting for Kurds in Syria|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/veteran-icelandic-activist-haukur-hilmarsson-killed-fighting-for-kurds-jtq3kcw97|access-date=9 March 2018|work=[[The Times]]|date=9 March 2018|archive-date=9 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309022315/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/veteran-icelandic-activist-haukur-hilmarsson-killed-fighting-for-kurds-jtq3kcw97|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Katherine Johnson]], American physicist and mathematician (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite web |title=Katherine Johnson | Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Katherine-Johnson-mathematician |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=25 February 2020|archive-date=11 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111053858/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Katherine-Johnson-mathematician |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Ronald Pickup]], English actor (b. 1940)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ferme|first=Antonio|date=February 25, 2021|title=Ronald Pickup, Actor in 'The Crown,' 'Best Marigold Hotel,' Dies at 80|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/ronald-pickup-dead-the-crown-best-marigold-hotel-1234915880/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227072919/https://variety.com/2021/film/news/ronald-pickup-dead-the-crown-best-marigold-hotel-1234915880/|archive-date=February 27, 2021|access-date=May 20, 2021|website=Variety}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Edith Roger]], Norwegian dancer and choreographer (b. 1922)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Edith Roger |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date= 23 August 2023|editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Edith_Roger |language=no|access-date=19 March 2024}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Kumar Shahani]], Indian film director and screenwriter (b.1940)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vajpeyi |first=Udayan |date=1 March 2024 |title=Death of a master filmmaker: Kumar Shahani (7 December 1940–24 February 2024) |url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/obituary/death-of-a-master-filmmaker-udayan-vajpeyis-tribute-to-kumar-shahani |access-date=22 September 2024 |work=[[The National Herald]]}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Roberta Flack]], American singer and pianist (b. 1937)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Italie |first=Hillel |date=24 February 2025 |title=Roberta Flack, Grammy-winning 'Killing Me Softly' singer with an intimate style, dies at 88 |url=https://apnews.com/article/roberta-flack-dies-61ad9755cc7b4f37b29884adc49c9340 |access-date=24 February 2025 |work=[[The Associated Press]]}}</ref> <!--Please do NOT add non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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