February 1st
Holidays and Celebrations
National Freedom Day AKA Freedom Day (United States)
Imbolc * (See Below)
Royal Mounted Police Day - Royal Canadian Mounted Police officially came into existence
Langston Hughes' Birthday (1902)
Anniversary of the Abolition of Slavery (Mauritius)
Federal Territory Day (Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya, Malaysia)
National Baked Alaska Day
Car Insurance Day
Working Naked Day
Serpent Day
G.I. Joe Day
Give Kids A Smile Day
Hula in The Coola Day
Robinson Crusoe Day
Spunky Old Broads Day
Anniversary of The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan (Vietnam War) is videotaped and photographed by Eddie Adams. This image helped build opposition to the Vietnam War (1968).
Space Shuttle Columbia Remembrance Day - Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard (2003).
FCC Censorship Day -Also known as- The Day the Shit Hit the Fan - Janet Jackson's breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to FCC censorship guidelines (2004).
Rick James' Birthday, American musician and composer (1948 - d. 2004)
The start of Black History Month (United States and Canada)
The start of LGBT History Month in the United Kingdom. ·
Feast of Astina (Syrian Church)
Feast of St. Brigid, patron saint of Ireland.
* Dance Festival (Khajuraho, India) 4 Days - Mid January to February (2013)
* Imbolc - the first day of Spring in Ireland (Irish Calendar and Celtic Calendar) and one of the four Gaelic seasonal (and sometimes religious) festivals. Feast of St Brigid (Secondary Patron of Ireland) and Lá Feabhra, Also part of the Wiccan Wheel of the Year.
Fête de la Laurier Translation Bay laurel Day (French Republican) The 13th day of the Month of Pluviôse in the French Republican Calendar
Toast of The Day
"May your heart be light and happy,
May your smile be big and wide,
And may your pockets always have
a coin or two inside"
- Traditional Irish
Drink of The Day
Vodka Collins (AKA Comrade Collins)
2 parts Vodka
1 part freshly squeezed lemon juice
A drizzle of sugar syrup
Chilled carbonated water to taste
Wine of The Day
Prairie State Winery NV Reserve
Style - Chambourcin
Illinois
$20
Beer of The Day
Brooklyn Lager
Brewery - Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Style - American Red Lager
ABV - 5.20%
- In Celebration of the start of Black History Month, a beer from rock star Brewmaster of Brooklyn Brewery (Since 1994) and African American - Garrett Oliver (Born: July 29,1962). Oliver has also published the book "The Brewmaster's Table: Discovering the Pleasures of Real Beer with Real Food" and has been a judge at the Great American Beer Festival for eleven straight years.
Joke of The Day
YOUR MAMA JOKES
Your momma's so fat she falls off both sides of the bed
Your Momma's so fat, when she walks by the TV I miss a season of the Cosby Show.
Your momma's so fat she asked for a water bed and they threw a blanket over the Pacific ocean.
Your momma's so fat she caught the flesh-eating virus three years ago.
Your mamma's so fat, she put on a Malcolm X jacket and a helicopter landed on her back.
Your mamma's so fat when god said let there be light he asked her to step out of the way
Your momma's so poor when I rang the doorbell she stuck her head out the window and yelled ding dong.
Your momma's so poor she can't even pay attention.
Your momma's so dumb she tripped over a cordless phone.
Your mamma's so dumb she spent all day arranging M&M's in alphabetical order.
Your momma's so ugly, she went to a haunted house and came out with an application.
Your mamma's such a drunk, If it weren't for the olives in martinis, she would starve to death.
Quote of the Day
"Fermentation may have been a greater discovery than fire."
- David Rains Wallace
Whisky of The Day
Aberlour a'bunadh Batch No. 21 Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
$70
February Observances
AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month
Adopt A Rescued Rabbit Month
Aggressive Driving Month
American Heart Month
National Heart Healthy Month
American History Month
An Affair to Remember Month
Avocado and Banana Month
Bake for Family Fun Month
Beans (Dried and Fresh) Month
Berry Fresh Month
Black History Month
Burn Awareness Month
Canned Food Month
Celebration of Chocolate Month
Creative Romance Month
Dog Training Education Month
Exotic Vegetables and Star Fruit Month
Fabulous Florida Strawberry Month
From Africa to Virginia Month
National Get To Know An Independent Real Estate Broker Month
Grapefruit Month
Great American Pie Month a.k.a American Pie Month
International Boost Self-Esteem Month
International Expect Success Month
International Friendship Month
International Hoof-care Month
Jobs in Golf Month
Library Lovers' Month
Marfan Syndrome Awareness Month
Marijuana Awareness Month
National African American History Month
National Bird Feeding Month
National Black History Month
National Care About Your Indoor Air Month
National Cherry Month
National Children's Dental Health Month
National Condom Month
National Embroidery Month
National Fiber Focus Month
National Grapefruit Month
National Hot Breakfast Month
National Laugh-Friendly Month
National Mend A Broken Heart Month
National Parent Leadership Month
National Pet Dental Health Month
National Snack Food Month
National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
National Therapeutic Recreation Month
National Time Management Month
National Weddings Month
National Wild Bird Feeding Month
Parent Leadership Month, Natl
Plant The Seeds Of Greatness Month
Potato Lover’s Month
Pull Your Sofa Off The Wall Month
Relationship Wellness Month
Responsible Pet Owner's Month
Return Shopping Carts to the Supermarket Month
Senior Independence Month
Spay/Neuter Awareness Month
Spiritual Teachers Month
Spunky Old Broads Month
Sweet Potato Month
Truck Month (GM)
Wise Health Care Consumer Month
Worldwide Renaissance of the Heart Month
Youth Leadership Month
Observances this Week
Women's Heart Health Week, First Week in February
Women's Heart Week, First Week of February
National Patient Recognition Week, First Week in February
Solo Diners Eat Out Weekend, First Week of February
National Green Week, First week in February (For some it lasts until the end of april)
Shape Up With Pickles Time, First Week of February
Historical Events on February 1st
772 Adrian I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1327 Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.
1411 The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn, Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia).
1539 Emperor Karel & King Francois I sign anti-English treaty
1587 English queen Elizabeth I signs Mary Stuart's death sentence
1587 The Colony of Roanoke Island is established by the landing of Sir Walter Raleigh. This Colony would become known as the "Lost Colony"
1662 Dutch garrison on Formosa surrenders for Chinese pirates
1662 The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege.
1669 French King Louis XIV limits freedom of religion
1709 British sailor Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being marooned on a desert island (Fernandez Island) for 5 years, his story is the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe"
1713 The Kalabalik or Tumult in Bendery results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.
1717 Henri d'Aguesseau's 1st appointment as chancellor of France
1720 Sweden & Prussia sign peace treaty
1732 Parliament of Ratisborn accept Pragmatic Sanctions
1742 Sardinia & Austria sign alliance
1750 Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton (author of "Amazing Grace"), 24, wedded Mary Catlett. Their marriage lasted 40 years, before her death in 1790. John lived another 17 years, and died in 1807.
1783 William Herschel announces star Lambda Herculis as apex
1788 1st US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet
1789 Chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long
1790 In New York City, the Supreme Court of the United States attempts to convene for the first time.
1791 English founder of Methodism John Wesley wrote in a letter: 'Probably I should not be able to do so much did not many of you assist me by your prayers.'
1793 France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
1793 Patent granted Ralph Hodgson, New York, for oiled silk & linen
1796 The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.
1803 Anglican missionary to Persia, Henry Martyn wrote in his journal: 'Oh, that I may learn my utter helplessness without Thee, and so by deep humiliation be qualified for greater usefulness.'
1809 Dutch King Louis Napoleon accepts metric system
1810 1st insurance company managed by African Americans (American Insurance Company of Philadelphia)
1810 Seville, Spain surrenders to the French
1814 Lord Byron's "The Corsair" sells 10,000 copies on the day of publication
1814 Mayon Volcano, in the Philippines, erupts, killing around 1,200 people, the most devastating eruption of the volcano.
1840 Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated
1846 Theophile Gautier publishes "Hashish Club" about his initiation
1851 Honduras and El Salvador, during their invasion of Guatemala, are repelled at the Battle of La Arada.
1856 Auburn University is chartered as the East Alabama Male College.
1860 1st rabbi to open House of Representatives, Morris Raphall of New York NY
1861 Texas secedes from the United States, 7th state to secede.
1861 Dike breaks in Gelderland Netherlands
1862 Julia Howe publishes "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
1864 -Feb 8th] Battle of Yazoo River, MS
1864 2nd German-Danish war begins
1864 Austrian/Prussian troops occupy Sleeswijk/Holstein
1864 Battle of Yazoo River, Mississippi
1865 13th amendment approved (National Freedom Day)
1865 General Sherman's march through South Carolina begins
1865 JS Rock, 1st african american lawyer to practice in Supreme Court, admitted to bar
1865 President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1867 Bricklayers start working 8-hour days
1871 Jefferson Long of Georgia is 1st black to make an official speech in House of Representatives (opposing leniency to former Confederates)
1880 The first edition of theatrical newspaper The Stage is published.
1881 US Assay Office in St Louis, Missouri authorized
1883 French Lieutenant-Colonel Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes reaches Bamako on the Niger
1884 1st volume of the Oxford English Dictionary, A-Ant, published
1884 The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
1887 Harvey Wilcox of Ks subdivides 120 acres he owned in Southern California & starts selling it off as a real estate development (Hollywood)
1892 Mrs William Astor invites 400 guests to a grand ball at her mansion thus beginning the use of the "400" to describe the socially elite
1893 Giacomo Puccini's Opera "Manon Lescaut" premieres in Turin
1893 Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
1896 Giacomo Puccini's Opera "La Boheme" premieres in Turin
1897 Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
1898 1st auto insurance policy in US issued, by Travelers Insurance Company
1901 Pioneer American missionaries Charles (37) and Lettie (31) Cowman set sail for Japan. Later in the year they founded the Oriental Missionary Society. They labored in the foreign field until Charles' worsening health forced them to retire in 1917.
1902 China's empress Tzu-hsi forbids binding woman's feet
1902 Hermann Sudermanns "Es lebe das Leben," premieres in Berlin
1905 Hague soccer team ADO froms
1905 Hungarian premier Tisza resigns
1906 1st federal penitentiary building completed, Leavenworth, Kansas
1906 English Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Grey's wife Dorothy fatally injured
1908 King Carlos I of Portugal and his son, Prince Luis Filipe are killed in Terreiro do Paco, Lisbon.
1909 US Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah opens
1910 1st British labour exchange opens
1910 Dragoumis government forms in Greece
1914 New York Giants & Chicago White Sox play an exhibition baseball game in Egypt
1914 Pennsylvania State Board of [motion picture] Censors appointed
1914 Tanganyika Railway opens
1917 Admiral Tirpitz announces unlimited submarine war
1918 Franz Lehars opera "Wo die Lerche singt," premieres in Budapest
1918 Kern, Bolton & Wodehouse's musical premieres in New York NY
1918 Russia adopts Gregorian calendar (becomes Feb 14)
1919 Dodgers trade Jake Daubert to Reds for Tommy Griffith Daubert
1920 1st commercial armored car introduced (St Paul Minn)
1920 Royal Canadian Mounted Police forms as Royal Northwest Mounted Police merge with Dominion Police
1920 Soccer team Quick Boys forms
1920 The Royal Canadian Mounted Police begins operations.
1923 Allied ultimatum on Lithuanian occupation of Memel
1923 Fascists Voluntary Militia forms in Italy under Benito Mussolini
1923 Noel Coward's "Young Idea," premieres in London
1924 Amsterdam's Netherlands Press Museum opens
1924 New British MacDonald government recognizes USSR
1924 Soccer team VSV Tonido forms in Voorburg
1924 Soviet Union formally recognized by The United Kingdom.
1925 1st national conference of KPD's Rotfrontkämpferbund in Berlin
1926 Kirghiz Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kirghiz ASSR
1926 Land at Broadway & Wall Street sold at a record $7 per square inch
1929 1st clean & jerk of 400 lbs (182 kg), Charles Rigoulet, 402½ lbs
1930 Arnold Schönbergs opera, Von heute auf Morgen premieres in Frankfurt
1932 Bradman makes 299* vs South Africa, runs out partner going for 300th
1933 Colonial government arrests Anton de Kom in Paramaribo Suriname
1933 Dutch bishops forbid membership in non-catholic unions
1933 German Parliament dissolves, General Ludendorf predicts catastrophe
1934 Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss dissolves all political parties but his own
1935 1st "March of Time" newsreel premieres at the Capitol
1935 James T Farrell finishes his "Studs Lonigan" trilogy
1937 Stapleton, Staten Island becomes a customs-free port
1940 Russia begins new offensive against Finland
1941 US female Figure Skating championship won by Jane Vaughn
1941 US male Figure Skating championship won by Eugene Turner
1942 2nd Norwegian government of Quisling forms, Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of German-occupied Norway, appoints Vidkun Quisling the Minister President of the National Government.
1943 German occupiers make Vidkun Quisling Norwegian premier
1943 Mussert forms pro Nazi shadow cabinet (Netherlands)
1944 Supreme Soviet enlarges soviet republics' autonomy
1944 US 7th Infantry/25th Marine Division lands on Kwajalein/Roi/Namur
1945 US Army arrives at Siegfriedlinie
1946 Republic of Hungary proclaimed, Zolt n Tildy as communist president
1946 Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary General.
1947 Aleide de Gasperi forms Italian government of Christian-democrats & communists
1947 Dmitri Shostakovitch named professor at conservatory of Leningrad
1947 NV United Dutch Fokker's Aircraft established
1948 Federation Malaysia forms from 9 sultanates
1948 Palestine Post building in Jerusalem bombed
1949 200" (5.08-m) Hale telescope 1st used [See June 3, 1948]
1949 RCA releases 1st single record ever (45 rpm)
1949 The modern state of Israel formally annexed West Jerusalem.
1950 USSR demands condemnation of Emperor Hirohito for war crimes
1950 Urko Kekkonen elected president of Finland
1951 -50°F (-46°C), Gavilan, New Mexico (state record)
1951 1st X-ray moving picture process demonstrated
1951 1st telecast of atomic explosion US nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1951 Alfred Krupp & 28 other German war criminals freed
1951 UN condemns People's Republic of China as aggressor in Korea
1952 General strike against French colonial management in Tunisia
1952 S[amuel] N[athaniel] Behrman's "Jane" premieres in New York NY
1953 "General Electric Theater" premieres on CBS TV; Reagan later hosts
1953 "You Are There" with Walter Cronkite premieres on CBS television
1953 Dr A de Waal appointed as Netherlands 1st female assistant Secretary of state
1953 Flooding in Netherlands, kills 1,835
1953 WEEK TV channel 25 in Peoria, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
1954 1st TV soap opera "Secret Storm" premieres
1954 Scapino Ballet Studio in Amsterdam destroyed by fire
1954 Soccer team The County forms in Doetinchem
1955 H C Hansen appointed premier of Denmark
1956 Hague Daily Newspaper reveals war crimes of Hague mayor Schokking
1956 WSAV TV channel 3 in Savannah, GA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1957 1st black pilot (PH Young) on a US scheduled passenger airline
1957 Felix Wankel's first working prototype DKM 54 of the Wankel engine was running at the NSU research and development department Versuchsabteilung TX in Germany
1957 Gijsbert of Hall appointed mayor of Amsterdam
1958 1st US satellite (Explorer I) launched
1958 Egypt and Syria merge to form the United Arab Republic, which lasted until 1961.
1958 The United States Army launches Explorer 1.
1958 WFTV TV channel 9 in Orlando, FL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1959 Swiss males vote against voting rights for women
1959 Texas Instruments requests patent of IC (Integrated Circuit)
1959 US female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss
1959 US male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins
1959 WVUE TV channel 8 in New Orleans, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1959 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Havana Golf Tournament
1959 Zack Wheat unanimously elected to baseball Hall of Fame
1960 4 students stage 1st civil rights sit-in, at Greensboro NC Woolworth
1960 34th Australian Women's Tennis Margaret Smith beats J Lehane (7-5 6-2)
1960 48th Australian Men's Tennis Rod Laver beats N Fraser (5-7 3-6 6-3 8-6 8-6)
1960 Extreme right-wing rebels in Algiers surrender
1960 Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
1961 1st full-scale test of US Minuteman ICBM is successful
1961 British minister Enoch Powell makes medical insurance more expensive
1961 Mackay & Kline hang on for 100 minutes for cricket draw vs West Indies
1962 "New Faces of '62" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 28 performances
1962 NL releases its 1st 162-game schedule
1963 Nyasaland (now Malawi) becomes self-governing under Hastings Banda
1964 "Stop the World, I Want to..." closes at Shubert NYC after 556 performances
1964 Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand," 1st #1 hit, stays #1 for 7 weeks
1964 Indiana Governor Mathew Walsh tries to ban "Louie Louie" for obscenity
1964 Suriname River dammed
1965 Dutch Queen Juliana opens Brienenoord Bridge in Rotterdam
1965 Martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma, Alabama
1965 NL adopts emergency team replacement plan to restock any club struck by disaster
1965 Peter Jennings, 26, becomes anchor of ABC's nightly news
1965 The Hamilton River in Labrador, Canada is renamed the Churchill River in honour of Winston Churchill.
1967 Severe brush fires in Tasmania destroy $11 million & 60 lives
1967 WCLP TV channel 18 in Chatsworth, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 Canada's three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, are unified into the Canadian Forces.
1968 South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem with a pistol shot to the head, it is videotaped and photographed by Eddie Adams. This image helped build opposition to the Vietnam War.
1968 Former Vice-President Richard Nixon announces candidacy for President
1968 The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form the ill-fated Penn Central Transportation.
1968 Vince Lombardi resigns as coach of the Green Bay Packers
1968 World trade conference Unctad 2 opens in New Delhi
1969 Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself in concert
1969 US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
1969 US male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood
1969 WPGH TV channel 53 in Pittsburgh, PA (IND) begins broadcasting
1970 Ford Frick, Earle Combs & Jesse Haines elected to Hall of Fame
1970 Stalled commuter train rammed by express in Argentina, 139 die
1970 WMAA TV channel 29 in Jackson, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
1970 West-Germany & USSR sign gas contract
1972 1st scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced ($395)
1972 Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
1972 Wings release "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" in UK
1973 Monte Irvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame
1974 "Good Times" (spinoff from "Maude") premieres on CBS TV
1974 A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in Sao Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293.
1974 Kuala Lumpur is declared a Federal Territory.
1975 "Hoppy, Gene & Me" by Roy Rogers peaks at #65
1975 "Men on the Moon" closes at Little Theater NYC after 5 performances
1975 1st successful Washington Capitals penalty shot, Ken Lockett vs Vancouver Canucks
1975 Lorne Henning scores on 3rd Islander penalty shot
1975 Otis Francis Tabler is 1st open homosexual to get security clearance to work for the Defense Department
1976 "Rich Man, Poor Man" mini-series premieres on ABC TV
1976 East Lansing police arrest Dodgers reliever Mike Marshall for taking batting practice at Michigan State University after he is warned not to
1976 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1976 Sonny & Cher resume TV show, despite real-life divorce
1977 Heavy blizzard in New England claims 100 lives
1977 Hillsdale High School defeats Person High School 2-0 in basketball
1978 Director Roman Polanski skips bail and flees the United States to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl.
1978 Harriet Tubman is 1st black woman honored on a US postage stamp
1979 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile
1979 Convicted bank robber Patty Hearst is released from prison after her sentence is commuted by President Jimmy Carter.
1979 The Ayatollah Khomeini is welcomed back to Tehran, Iran after nearly 15 years of exile.
1979 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1980 Sears Radio Theater moves from CBS to Mutual Broadcasting System
1980 Soap opera "Love of Life" ends a 28 year run
1981 11th NFL Pro Bowl NFC beats AFC 21-7
1981 31st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123-120 at Cleveland
1981 Duke Ellington-musical "Sophisticated Ladies" premieres in New York NY
1981 Dutch Antilles census is 231,932
1981 French government accord sends 60 Mirage fighter jets to Iraq
1981 NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 21-7
1981 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek
1981 Trevor Chappell bowls underarm to Brian McKechnie, WSC Final MCG
1982 "Late Night With David Letterman" debuts on NBC-TV
1982 Senegal and the Gambia form a loose confederation known as Senegambia.
1983 USSR performs underground nuclear test
1984 China & Netherlands regain diplomatic relations
1984 Daniel Stern becomes NBA commissioner
1984 Ravindara Mhatrem, Indian diplomat, kidnapped in England (killed 0203)
1985 -61°F (-52°C), Maybell, Colorado (state record)
1985 -69°F (-56°C), Peter's Sink, Utah (state record)
1985 Azharuddin scores 3rd Test century in 3rd Test Cricket (122 vs England)
1985 Cards trade D Green, Jose Uribe, Dave LaPoint to Giants for Jack Clark
1985 US female Figure Skating championship won by Tiffany Chin
1986 KHJ-AM in Los Angeles CA changes call letters to KRTH
1986 Singer Diana Ross marries Norwegian businessman Arne Naess in Switzerland
1987 38,873 NBA crowd watch Chicago at Detroit
1987 163 day strike against Deere & Company ends, workers accept wage freeze
1987 Kathy Postlewait wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic
1987 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 10-6
1989 Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 at perihelion
1989 Princess Diana of England visits New York NY
1989 The Western Australian towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder amalgamate to form the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
1991 Afghanistan/Pakistan hit by earthquake, 1,200 die
1991 Craig McDermott takes 8-97 vs England at the WACA
1991 President F W de Klerk, says he would repeal all apartheid laws
1991 US Air & Skywest Fairchild commuter jet collide at Los Angeles Airport killing 32
1992 "Crazy He Calls Me" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 7 performances
1992 Barry Bonds signs baseball's highest single year contract ($4.7 million)
1992 Denis Potvin's #5 becomes the 1st number retired by the New York Islanders
1992 The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court declares Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal Disaster case.
1993 Gary Bettman becomes the NHL's first commissioner
1993 New York Judge Sol Wachtler indicted for harassing Joy Silverman
1993 Soyuz TM-16 lands
1994 Irina Privalova runs world record 50 meter indoor (6.03 seconds)
1994 Large meteorite falls near Kusaie, Pacific Ocean
1995 Amtrak New York-Tampa run ends
1995 Amy van Dikes swims woman's world record 50 meter butterfly (26.73)
1995 Andy & Grant Flower make 269 stand vs Pakistan, brotherly record
1995 Belgium's TV channel VT4 goes on the air
1996 The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.
1998 "Street Corner Symphony" closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 79 performances
1998 86th Australian Mens Tennis Petr Korda beats Marcelo Rios (6-2 6-2 6-2)
1998 Australian Mixed Doubles Tennis J Gimelstob & V Williams beat Suk & Sukova (6-2 6-1)
1998 NFL Pro Bowl Game, AFC beats NFC 29-24
1998 Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne became the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.
2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
2004 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured in a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
2004 Janet Jackson's breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to Federal Communications Commission censorship guidelines.
2005 Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act, making Canada the fourth country to sanction same-sex marriage.
2005 King Gyanendra of Nepal carries out a coup d'état to capture the democracy, becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers.
2009 Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is elected as the first female Prime Minister of Iceland, becoming the first openly gay Head of State in the modern world
2012 At least 73 people are killed in the Egyptian football riots in Port Said
2013 The Nigerian Army bombs a Boko Haram camp, killing 18 people
2013 21 people are killed and 30 are wounded by a market suicide bombing in Hangu, Pakistan
2013 26 people are killed after a fireworks truck explodes and causes a highway to collapse in Henan, China
2013 "House of Cards", starring Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood and Robin Wright as his wife, is released on Netflix
2013 "Red Tails" wins Outstanding Motion Picture at the 44th NAACP Image Awards
2013 Zenit-3SL, a Ukranian-Russian carrier rocket, fails 40 seconds after liftoff and crashes into the Pacific Ocean
2014 14 people are killed after Mount Sinabung erupts in Indonesia
2014 Adam Silver becomes the 5th NBA Commissioner
2014 Ray Guy becomes the first pure NFL punter to be inducted in the hall of fame
2014 Syrian civil war death toll reaches 130,000, while 4 million are displaced
2015 France defeats Qatar to win the World Handball Championship
2015 Novak Djokovic beats Andy Murray (7-6, 6-7, 6-3, 6-0) at the 103rd Men's Australian Open
2015 "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic at the 31st Sundance Film Festival
2015 New England Patriots defeat the Seattle Seahawks 28-24 at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona at Super Bowl XLIX, MVP: Tom Brady who becomes only the 3rd quarterback to win 4 Superbowls
2016 Alphabet, Google's parent company surpasses Apple as the world's most valuable company ($568bn vs $535bn), after releasing income results
2016 Myanmar's first freely elected parliament in 50 years has its opening session in Nay Pyi Taw
2016 Poor weather conditions strand 100,000 Chinese New Year travelers at a railway station in Guangzhou, China
2016 WHO declares a global public health emergency over the rapid spread of zika-linked conditions
Born on February 1st
1261 Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326)
1459 Conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508)
1462 Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516)
1552 Edward Coke, English jurist and Member of Parliament (defended common law) (d. 1634)
1603 Michael Trumper, composer
1605 Isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Netherlands rabbi/mystic
1633 Gabriel Schutz, composer
1635 Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689)
1659 Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (Easter Island) (d. 1729)
1663 Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo, Filipino foundress of the Religious of the Virgin Mary (d. 1748)
1669 Miguel Lopez, composer
1690 Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian opera composer (d. 1768)
1710 Konrad E Ackermann, German actor (Die Oberpfalz)
1757 John P Kemble, England, actor/director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden)
1761 Christian Hendrik Persoon, South African mycologist (d. 1836)
1763 Thomas Campbell, Irish theologian (Church of Disciples in America) (d. 1854)
1789 Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer
1791 Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder
1796 Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss poet (d. 1865)
1801 Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer
1801 Thomas Cole, US, romantic landscape painter (Hudson River School)
1801 Émile Littré, French lexicographer (d. 1881)
1805 Auguste Blanqui, France, revolutionary (workers' leader)
1807 Henri Klimrath French lawyer (Mémoire sur lesson Olim)
1807 William Bowen Campbell, Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
1810 Charles Lenox Remond, African American Statesman
1819 Henry Lawrence Eustis, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1885
1820 George Hendric Houghton, American Protestant Episcopal clergyman (d. 1897)
1821 Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, composer
1827 Alphonse de Rothschild, French banker
1829 John Potts Slough, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
1833 Henry McNeal Turner, black methodist bishop
1839 James A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Hearts of Oak)
1841 William H H Davenport, American magician, stage medium (d. 1877)
1844 Eduard Adolf Strasburger, German botanist (Angiospermen)
1844 G(ranville) Stanley Hall, American psychologist (d. 1924)
1848 Adhémar Esmein, French lawyer
1851 Durham Stevens, American diplomat (d. 1908)
1859 Victor Herbert, Irish composer (Babes in Toyland) (d. 1924)
1869 Johannes F "Frits" Bakker Sr, actor (Holland Tooneelgezelschap)
1872 Andrew Kehoe, American mass murderer (d. 1927)
1872 Jerome F. Donovan, American politician (d. 1949)
1872 Paul Fort, French poet/founder of Vers et Prose
1873 Clara Butt, Southwick Sussex, contralto (Country of Hope & Glory)
1873 John Barry, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1901)
1873 Joseph Allard, Canadian fiddler (d. 1947)
1874 Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian writer (d. 1929)
1875 Eddie Pola, composer (Lullabye of Broadway)
1877 Thomas Frederick Dunhill, composer
1878 Hattie Wyatt Caraway, politician/teacher/1st woman elected to senate
1878 Milan Hodža, Slovak politician (d. 1944)
1879 Sydney Baynes, composer
1880 Antonio Guarnieri, composer
1880 Francesco Balilla Pratella, composer
1881 Jose Ignacio Quinton, composer
1882 Louis Stephen St. Laurent, 12th Prime Minister of Canada (1948-57) (d. 1973)
1883 Jevgeni B Vachtangov, Armenian/Russian actor/director (Eric XIV)
1884 Bradbury Robinson, who threw the first forward pass in American football history in 1906 (d. 1949)
1884 Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian writer (We) (d. 1937)
1885 Camille Chautemps, premier France
1887 Charles Nordhoff, English-born author (d. 1947)
1887 Dirk Roosenburg, Dutch architect
1889 Gertrude Caton-Thompson, British archaeologist (Zimbabwe, Southern Arabia)
1891 James Price Johnson, composer
1892 K Rudolf Mengelberg, composer/musicologist (Amsterdam Concert Hall)
1894 James P. Johnson, American composer (d. 1955)
1894 John Ford, American director and producer (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man) (d. 1973)
1895 Conn Smythe, Canadian builder of the National Hockey League (d. 1980)
1896 Anastasio "Tacho" Somoza, General/President of Nicaragua (1937-56)
1897 Denise Robins (aka Francesca Wright, Ashley French, Harriet Gray, Julia Kane), British romance novelist (1st Long Kiss) (d. 1985)
19-- Bill Leydon Chicago IL, TV host (Musical Chairs)
19-- Don Amendolia Glassboro NJ, actor (Emory Battis-Twin Peaks, Dino-Mama Malone)
1900 Stephen Potter, humorist/writer (School for Scoundrels, Shipbuilders)
1901 Clark Gable, American actor (Gone With the Wind) (d. 1960)
1901 Frank Buckles, last surviving American veteran of World War I
1902 Carlo Borbolla, composer
1902 Langston Hughes American writer (The Weary Blues) (d. 1967)
1902 Therese Brandl, Nazi concentration camp guard (d. 1947, by execution)
1903 Georg Rendl, Austria miner/beekeeper/writer (The Bees Novel)
1904 S. J. Perelman, American humorist (Around the World in 80 Days) (d. 1979)
1905 Emilio G. Segrè, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1989)
1905 Ernst Carl Gerlach Stueckelberg
1906 Hildegarde, American actress and singer (I'll Be Seeing You) (d. 2005)
1906 Pierre Cardevielle, French composer/conductor (Amants Captifs)
1907 Alan Strode Campbell Ross, professor (coined the terms U & non-U)
1907 Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer (d. 1993)
1907 Günter Eich, German lyricist (Underground Highway, Girls of Viterbo) (d. 1972)
1907 John Canaday, art critic (Metropolitan Museum of Art Portfolios)
1907 Mozart Camargo Guarnieri, composer
1907 Sándor Veress Hungarian pianist/composer
1908 Albie Booth, collegiate Hall of Fame football star (Yale)
1908 Edward Staempfli, composer
1908 George Pál, Hungarian-born director and producer (When Worlds Collide, Puppetoons) (d. 1980)
1909 Douglas Hall, Governor (Somaliland Protectorate)
1909 George Beverly Shea, Canadian singer
1909 Helen Chandler, Charleston SC, actress (Christopher Strong, Dracula)
1910 H Stanley Cayzer
1910 Jahangir Khan, cricketer (father of Majid, Indian player 1932-36)
1910 Michael Kanin, Rochester NY, director/writer/actor (Woman of the Year)
1910 Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Tibetan politician (d. 2009)
1913 Jeffrey Kindersley Quill, Test pilot
1914 Hans Zülig, Swiss dancer
1915 Stanley Matthews, English footballer, 1st British soccer player to be knighted (d. 2000)
1916 Gordon Hobday, Lord Lieutenant (Nottinghamshire)
1917 Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player (d. 1944)
1918 Maurice Laing, life president (John Laing)
1918 Muriel Spark, Scottish author (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie) (d. 2006)
1920 Kenneth Bond, former vice-chairman
1920 Pierre Jonquéres d'Oriola France, equestrian jumper (Olympics-gold-1952, 64)
1921 Peter Sallis, English actor (Tast the Blood of Dracula)
1921 Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano (d. 2004)
1922 Bogumil Witalis Andrzejewski, professor of Cushtic Languages
1922 Clifford McWatt, cricketer (West Indies wicket-keeper in 6 Tests 1954-55)
1922 Renata Tebaldi opera singer (La Bohéme)
1924 Ben Weider, Canadian businessman and author
1924 H. Richard Hornberger, American writer (d. 1997)
1926 Douglas Johnson, historian
1926 Peter Crill, Bailiff of Jersey
1926 Stuart Whitman, San Francisco CA, actor (Captain Apache, Ransom, Cimarron Strip, Revenge)
1927 Galway Kinnell, Providence RI, author (Body Rags, Book of Nightmares)
1928 Eric Evans, Dean (St Paul's)
1928 Peter Gordon Dorrell, archaeologist/photographer
1928 Sam Edwards, physicist
1928 Stuart Whitman, American actor
1928 Thoams Eric Evans, dean (St Paul's)
1928 Tom Lantos, (Representative-D-CA, 1981)
1928 Ursula Mamlok, composer
1930 Hossain Mohammad Ershad, Bangladeshi politician
1930 Mario Beaulieu, Canadian politician (d. 1998)
1930 Peter Tapsell, British MP
1930 Shahabuddin Ahmed, President of Bangladesh
1931 Barrel, [ABM] Frinking, teacher/Dutch MP (CVP)
1931 Boris Yeltsin, 1st President of the Russian Federation (d. 2007)
1931 Iajuddin Ahmed, President of Bangladesh
1931 Madeline Berthod, Swiss downhill skier (Olympics-gold-1956)
1931 Mark Richmond, CEO (Science & Engineering Research Council)
1931 Ton [ABM] Frinking, Dutch MP (CDA)
1932 Jan Ramberg, Swedish law professor, and arbitration court judge
1932 John Hart, Denver Colo, newsman (CBS News Retrospective, NBC News)
1932 John Nott, British MP
1933 Reynolds Price, US writer (Strengthened by a Pale Green Light)
1934 Bob Shane, American folk singer (The Kingston Trio)
1935 Ruth Clarke, Moderator (General Assembly of the United Reform Church)
1935 Vladimir Viktorovich Aksyonov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 22, T-2)
1936 Azie Taylor Morton, 35th Treasurer of the United States (d. 2003)
1936 G H Blake, Principal (Collingwood College, Durham University)
1937 Don Everly, American musician (Everly Brothers)
1937 Dr Hook, [Ray Sawyer], Ala, vocalist (Dr Hook-When You're in Love)
1937 Garrett Morris, American comedian (Saturday Night Live, Martin, Carwash)
1937 Ray Sawyer (Dr. Hook), American singer (Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show)
1938 Jacky Cupit, golfer (Rookie of the Year 1961)
1938 Jimmy Carl Black, musician (Mothers Of Invention)
1938 Sherman Hemsley, American comedian and actor (All in the Family, Jeffersons, Amen)
1939 Claude François, French singer (d. 1978)
1939 Del McCoury, bluegrass singer/musician
1939 Fritjof Capra, Austrian physicist
1939 Joe Sample, American jazz pianist
1939 Paul Gillmor, American politician (Representative-R-OH) (d. 2007)
1939 Ray Sawyer, Musician
1940 Bibi Besch, Austrian-American actress (Star Trek 2, Beast Within) (d. 1996)
1940 Hervé Filion, Quebec harness racer (1969 Canadian Sports Hall of Fame)
1941 Anatoliy Firssov, Soviet ice hockey play (Olympics-gold-1964, 68, 72)
1941 Franco Nones, Italian 30K cross country skier (Olympics-gold-1968)
1941 Jerry Spinelli, children's author
1941 Karl Dall, German television host
1941 Robert Walmsley, British Vice-Admiral
1942 Dave Sincock, cricketer (chinaman bowler played for Australia 1964-66)
1942 Muna Wassef, Syrian/Arab movie star and United Nations Goodwill ambassador.
1942 Terry Jones, Welsh actor and writer (Monty Python)
1943 Josceline Dimbleby, cookery writer
1943 Lord Mountevans
1943 Tina Sloan, American actress (Lillian-Guiding Light, Search for Tomorrow)
1944 Burkhard Ziese, German football manager
1944 Leo Burmester, American actor (Flo, Chiefs, The Abyss, Odd Jobs)
1944 Mike Enzi, American politician, senator of Wyoming
1944 Tommy Duffy, Musician (Echos)
1945 Ole Buck, composer
1945 Serge Joyal, French Canadian politician
1946 Bert Braverman, American actor (Bobby-Vega$, Roy-New Odd Couple)
1946 Chris Clark, Motown Soul singer
1947 Adam Ingram, British MP
1947 Jessica Savitch, American journalist (d. 1983)
1947 Mike Brant, Israeli pop singer (d. 1975)
1947 Normie Rowe, Australian singer
1947 Terry Hibbitt, soccer star
1948 Debbie Austin, LPGA golfer
1948 Elisabeth Sladen, British actress
1948 Jennifer Adams, superintendent (Central Royal Parks)
1948 Rick James, American musician and composer (d. 2004)
1949 Jimmy Lee Thorpe, Roxboro NC, PGA golfer (1985 Greater Milwaukee Open)
1950 Mike Campbell, American guitarist and producer
1951 Andrew Smith, British MP
1951 Brandis Kemp Palo Alto CA, actress/comedienne (Fridays)
1951 Sonny Landreth, American guitarist and songwriter
1952 Jeno Jandó, Hungarian pianist
1952 Rick James (James Johnson), rock/soul/funk vocalist (Super Freak)
1953 Andy Mill, skier/husband of Chris Everet
1953 Brendan Batson, English former footballer
1953 C A Barnett, headmaster (Whitgift School)
1954 Bill Mumy, American actor and musician (Will Robinson-Lost in Space, Dear Brigitte)
1954 Chuck Dukowski, American musician (Black Flag)
1954 Mike Campbell, guitarist (Tom Petty & Heartbreakers-Breakdown)
1955 Ernie Camacho, baseball player
1955 Kate Ashbrook, general secretary (Open Spaces Society)
1955 Virginia Elliot, three-day eventer
1956 Brahmanandam, Indian film actor
1956 Exene Cervenka, American musician
1956 Mike Kitchen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1957 Donna Adamek, Duarte California, bowler (BWAA Woman of Year 1978-81)
1957 Renae Jacobs, American voice actress
1958 Jackie Shroff, Indian actor
1958 Luther Blissett, English footballer
1958 Maureen Madill, Northern Irish golfer (British Open Amateur 1979)
1958 Ryo Horikawa, Japanese voice actor
1959 Anthony LaPaglia, South Australian actor (Murder One, Criminal Justice, Betsy's Wedding)
1959 Carolyn Hill, Santa Monica CA, LPGA golfer (1994 McCall's Classic)
1959 Mike Horan, NFL punter (New York Giants)
1959 Wade Wilson, NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys)
1961 Daniel M Tani, NASA astronaut
1961 Gabrielle Carteris Phoenix AZ, actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
1961 Gina Hull, Jacksonville FL, LPGA golfer (1989 USX Golf Classic-8th)
1961 Volker Fried, German field hockey player
1962 José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer (d. 2004)
1962 Tomoyasu Hotei, Japanese guitarist
1963 Takashi Murakami, Japanese artist
1964 Dwayne Rudolph Goettel, musician
1964 Jani Lane, Drummer (Warrant)
1964 Kaitlin Hopkins, American actress (Kelsey-Another World)
1964 Linus Roache, English actor
1964 Mario Pelchat, Quebec singer
1964 Sharon Bruneau, Toronto Ontario, actress (Sensuous Muscle)
1965 Brandon Lee, American actor (Showdown in Little Tokyo) (d. 1993)
1965 David Callaghan, cricketer (South African all-rounder in one-dayers 1992)
1965 Sherilyn Fenn, American actress (2 Moon Junction, Twin Peaks)
1965 Stephanie Marie Elisabeth de Grimaldi, Monte Carlo Monaco, Princess
1966 Donna Edmondson, American playmate of the year (November 1986)
1966 Eddie Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball outfielder (Chicago Cubs)
1966 Michelle Akers, American soccer player, forward (Olympics-96)
1966 Rob Lee, English footballer
1966 Vasilis Dimitriadis, Greek footballer
1967 Laura E Dern Los Angeles CA, actress (Blue Velvet, Mask, Smooth Talk)
1967 Meg Cabot, American author
1967 Patle Shishupal Natthu, Indian politician
1967 Tim Naehring, Cincinnati OH, infielder (Boston Red Sox)
1968 George Quigley Jr, Cincinnati OH, skeet (Olympics-1996)
1968 Javier Sanchez, Spain, tennis star
1968 Kent Mercker, American baseball player, pitcher (Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles)
1968 Lisa Marie Presley, American singer and actress, daughter of Elvis
1968 Mark Recchi, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL right wing (Montreal Canadiens)
1968 Pauly Shore, American comedian (Totally Pauly, Encino Man)
1968 Sean Millington, CFL fullback (British Columbia Lions)
1969 Andrew Breitbart, American conservative blogger and publisher, (d. 2012)
1969 Brian Krause, American actor
1969 Bryan Jacob, Palatka FL, 59 kg (130 lbs) weightlifter (Olympics-1992, 96)
1969 Gabriel Batistuta, Argentine footballer
1969 John Moore, Australian baseball catcher (Olympics-1996)
1969 Joshua Redman, American musician
1969 Patrick Wilson, American musician, Drummer (Weezer)
1970 Eric Mobley, NBA center (Vancouver Grizzlies)
1970 Malik Sealy, American basketball player, NBA guard/forward (Detroit Pistons, LA Clippers) (d. 2000)
1970 Yasuyuki Kazama, Japanese racing driver
1971 Ajay Jadeja, Indian cricketer
1971 Derek Byrd, NFL cornerback (New Orleans Saints)
1971 Jill Kelly, American porn actress
1971 Michael C. Hall, American actor
1971 Robert O'Neal, WLAF safety (Amsterdam Admirals)
1971 Ron Welty, American musician
1971 Tommy Salo, Sweedish NHL goalie (Team Sweden, New York Islanders)
1971 Zlatko Zahovic, Slovenian footballer
1972 Brian Krause, actor (December, Sleepwalkers, Return to Blue Lagoon)
1972 Geoff Sanderson, Hay River, NHL left wing (Hartford Whalers)
1972 Kami (musician), drummer of Japanese visual kei band Malice Mizer (d. 1999)
1972 Richard Becker, Aurora IL, outfielder (Minnesota Twins)
1972 Yoshi DeHerrera, American TV personality
1972 [Thomas] Carlton Bruner, US, 1500 meter freestyle swimmer (Olympics-96)
1973 Andrew DeClercq, NBA forward (Golden State Warriors, Boston Celtics)
1973 Elena Makarova, Moscow Russia, tennis star (1993 Futures-Val)
1973 Makiko Ohmoto, Japanese voice actress
1973 Michael Joyce, Santa Monica CA, tennis star (1989 USTA Natl Boys' 18)
1973 Michael Joyce, American tennis star (1989 USTA National Boys' 18)
1973 Tlia Reima, ice hockey center (Finland, Olympics-98)
1973 Yuri Landman, Experimental musical instrument builder, musician and comic book artist
1974 David Meca, Spanish long distance swimmer
1974 Jennifer Lien, actress (Hannah Moore-Another World)
1974 Lisa Marie Scott, American playmate (February 1994)
1974 Randy Josselyn Los Angeles CA, actor (Fever Lake, Andy Colby's Incredible Adventure)
1974 Roberto Heras, Spanish cyclist
1974 Walter McCarty, American basketball player, NBA forward (Boston Celtics)
1975 Big Boi, American musician (Outkast)
1975 Katerina Thanou, Greek sprinter
1975 Martijn Reuser, Dutch soccer player (Ajax)
1976 Phil Ivey, American poker player
1977 Kevin Kilbane, Irish footballer
1977 Robert Traylor, American basketball player
1978 Tim Harding, Australian singer (Hi-5)
1979 Juan Silveira dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
1979 Julie Augustyniak, American soccer player
1979 Rachelle LeFevre, Canadian actress
1979 Valentin Elizalde, Mexican Singer (d. 2006)
1980 Courtney Hamilton, Miss Arizona Teen USA (1996)
1980 Héctor Luna, Dominican Republic baseball player
1980 Moisés Muñoz, Mexican footballer
1980 Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2005)
1981 Graeme Smith, South African cricketer
1981 Luis Lamá, Angolan footballer
1981 Rob Austin, British racing driver
1982 Gavin Henson Welsh rugby player
1982 Shoaib Malik, Pakistani cricketer
1983 Jurgen Van Den Broeck, Belgian cyclist
1983 Kevin Martin, American basketball player
1984 Darren Fletcher, Scottish footballer
1984 Lee Thompson Young, American actor
1985 Dean Shiels, Northern Irish footballer
1985 Jodi Gordon, Australian actress and model
1985 Rachael Scdoris, American dog musher
1986 Lauren Conrad, American reality TV personality
1987 Giuseppe Rossi, Italian footballer
1987 Heather Morris, American actress and dancer
1987 Wu Jingyu, Chinese taekwondo practitioner.
1989 Hurricane Chris, American rapper
1990 Laura Marling, British singer-songwriter
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656 Sigebert III, king of Austrasia
1204 Alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered
1248 Henry II, Duke of Brabant (1235-48) (b. 1207)
1294 Louis II the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies
1328 Charles IV the Handsome, King of France (1322-28) (b. 1294)
1502 Olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor
1542 Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480)
1542 Hieronymus Aleander [Girólamo Aleandro], Italian diplomat
1563 Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) (b. 1559)
1590 Lawrence Humphrey, English clergyman and educator
1650 Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", is no more
1666 Sjihab al-Din Sultan C Shah Djahan, mogol of India (Taj-Mahal)
1669 Abandoned child, Huygens friend poet Catharina Questiers
1691 Alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italian Pope (1689-91)
1691 George Etherege, English stage writer (Love in a Tub)
1691 Pope Alexander VIII (b. 1610)
1694 John L baron van Elderen, 63rd bishop of Liege (1688-94)
1718 Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (b. 1660)
1733 August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children) (b. 1670)
1734 John Floyer, English physician and writer (b. 1649)
1743 Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer (b. 1657)
1747 Jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies
1761 Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (b. 1682)
1768 Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (b. 1685)
1793 William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (b. 1717)
1795 Giacomo Insanguine, composer
1818 Giuseppi Gazzaniga, composer
1824 Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer
1832 Archibald Murphey, North Carolina politician (b. 1777)
1832 Ecco Epkema, Dutch classic linguist (Frisian/Old Frisian)
1838 Abraham de Veer, Dutch Governor-General of Suriname (1822-28)
1839 Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist
1850 Edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln (b. 1846)
1851 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English author (Frankenstein) (b. 1797)
1869 Frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer
1871 Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer
1873 Matthew Maury, hydrographer
1875 William Sterndale Bennett, composer
1877 Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer
1878 George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm)
1883 Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author
1889 Joseph Gungl, composer
1893 George Henry Sanderson, Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1824)
1897 Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist (b. 1826)
1902 Salomon Jaoassohn, composer
1903 George Gabriel Stokes, Irish physicist, presidential Royal Society (b. 1819)
1904 Peter PM Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch historian/writer
1905 Oswald Aschenbach, German painter, dies at 77
1908 Carlos I, King of Portugal (1889-1908), assassinated by mob (b. 1863)
1910 Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer (Irrgarten Der Liebe)
1916 Anton Simon, composer
1922 William Desmond Taylor, American silent film actor and director; murdered - remains unsolved (Broken Coin) (b. 1872)
1928 Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
1929 August Otto Halm, composer
1936 Georgios Kondylis, general of the Greek army and Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
1937 Marguerite Audoux, writer
1940 Philip Francis Nowlan, science fiction writer, creator of Buck Rogers character (b. 1888)
1944 Martin Lunssens, composer
1944 Piet Mondriaan, Dutch painter (Composition in Blue) (b. 1872)
1945 Johan Huizinga, Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens)
1945 Prince Kiril of Bulgaria, prince of Bulgaria (b. 1895)
1946 Hans Betghe, writer
1949 Herbert Stothart, composer
1950 Harry Blomberg Swedish author (Jacobs Dröm)
1954 Julius P Hoste, Belgian minister/newspaper publisher
1957 Friedrich von Paulus, German field marshall (Stalingrad) (b. 1890)
1958 Clinton Davisson, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1888)
1959 Madame Sul-Te-Wan, American actress (Birth of a Nation) (b. 1873)
1963 Fleetwood Lindley, the last living person to see Abraham Lincoln's face (b. 1888)
1966 Buster Keaton (Joseph Francis), American actor (General) (b. 1895)
1966 Hedda Hopper (Elda Furry), American film actress and gossip columnist (b. 1885)
1966 Nicholas Piantanida, sets balloon flight record & dies in descent
1966 William Harrigan, actor (Invisible Man, Girl in 419)
1967 Ernie Bromley, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1933-34)
1967 Langston Hughes poet/translator (Weary Blues), dies on 65th birthday
1968 Lawson Little, amateur golfer (US/British Opens 1934, 35)
1970 Alfréd Rényi, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1921)
1970 Blaz Arnic, composer
1971 Jim A J Christy, cricket (10 Tests for South Africa, 638 runs at 34 33)
1974 Lynda Ann Healy, 1st Bundy murder victim, abducted in Seattle
1974 Marieluise Fleißer, writer
1975 Richard Wattis, actor (Dick & the Duchess, Liberace)
1976 Edgar Pangborn, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy)
1976 George Whipple, American scientist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1878)
1976 Werner Heisenberg, German physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (Nobel 1932, field theory) (b. 1901)
1977 Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, US, sci-fi author (Danger Planet)
1979 Mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings)
1980 Gastone Nencini, Italian cyclist (b. 1930)
1980 Jack Bailey, TV host (Queen for a Day)
1980 Romolo Valli, actor (Boom, La Viaccia)
1981 Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American aircraft manufacturer (b. 1892)
1981 Ernst Pepping, composer
1981 Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian composer (b. 1908)
1981 Nils Geirr Tveitt, composer
1981 Wanda Hendrix, actress (Sierra, Ride the Pink Horse)
1983 Tullio Campagnolo, Italian bicycle manufacturer
1986 Alva Myrdal, Swedish politician, diplomat, and writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (Nobel 1982) (b. 1902)
1986 Dick James, Beatles' music publisher (1962-70)
1986 Gino Hernandez, American wrestler (b. 1957)
1987 Alessandro Blasetti, Italian film director (b. 1900)
1987 Erin Westmore, makeup artist (Hollywood Backstage)
1988 Heather O'Rourke, American actress (Poltergeist) (b. 1975)
1988 Reinder Zwolsman, Dutch businessman, dies at 75
1989 Elaine de Kooning, American artist (b. 1918)
1991 Carol Dempster, American actress (Sally of Sawdust, America) (b. 1901)
1991 H J van Ommeren-Averink, Dutch MP (CPN)
1991 James G MacDonald, cartoon voice (Mickey Mouse)
1991 Phil Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (New York Rangers) (b. 1914)
1992 George Berkeley, actor (Life Stinks, Captains & the Kings)
1992 Irving R Kaufman, federal judge (Rosenberg Case)
1994 Fouad Fram al-Boustani, Lebanese historian (Rawaeaa)
1994 Olan Soule, radio voice (Super Friends)
1995 George Abbot, director (Damn Yankees)
1995 John Smith, CEO (Liverpool FC)
1995 Michael Caesar, pope of pot
1996 Clive Burton, neuropathologist
1997 Herb Caen, American newspaper columnist (b. 1916)
1997 Mitchell Goodman, writer
1997 Peter Morris, historian of France
1997 Thelma Moss, psychologist
1999 Barış Manço, Turkish singer, composer, television producer and celebrity. (b. 1943)
1999 Paul Mellon, American philanthropist (b. 1907)
2001 André D'Allemagne, Quebec teacher, political observer and essayist (b. 1929)
2002 Hildegard Knef, German actress, singer, and writer (b. 1925)
2003 Crew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster): Michael P. Anderson (b. 1959), David Brown (b. 1956), Kalpana Chawla (b. 1961), Laurel Clark (b. 1961), Rick D. Husband (b. 1957), Willie McCool (b. 1961), Ilan Ramon (b. 1954)
2003 Mongo Santamaria, Cuban percussionist and band leader (b. 1922)
2003 Rick D. Husband crew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster) (b. 1957)
2003 Willie McCool crew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster) (b. 1961)
2004 May O'Donnell, American modern dancer and choreographer (b. 1909)
2005 John Vernon, Canadian actor (b. 1932)
2006 Bryce Harland, New Zealand diplomat (b. 1931)
2006 Dick Bass, American football player (b. 1937)
2007 Ahmad Abu Laban, Danish Muslim leader (b. 1946)
2007 Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-born composer (b. 1911)
2007 Ray Berres, American baseball player (b. 1907)
2007 Seri Wangnaitham, Thai dance choreographer (b. 1937)
2007 Whitney Balliett, American jazz critic (b. 1926)
2008 Beto Carrero, Brazilian theme park owner and entertainer (b. 1937)
2012 Angelo Dundee, American boxing trainer and cornerman
2012 Don Cornelius, American television host, commits suicide by gunshot
2012 Gerlando Alberti, Sicilian Mafioso
2012 Wislawa Szmborska, writer and Nobel Laureate
2013 Ed Koch, American lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
2013 Sir Paul Holmes, New Zealand media broadcaster
2013 Vladimir Yengibaryan, soviet boxer
2015 Beryl Platt [Baroness Platt of Writtle], British Engineer, politician and CEO
2015 Monty Oum, American Animator (RWBY)