February 11th
Holidays and Celebrations
National Youth Day (Cameroon)
Armed Forces Day (Liberia)
Evelio Javier Memorial Day (Panay Island, Philippines)
National Inventors' Day (United States)
Independence Proclaimation Day (Norway) * (See Below)
Chineese (Lunar) New Year and Spring Festival Start of the Lunar Calender (2014) * CLICK HERE
Independence Anniversary (Vatican City)
Youth Day (Cameroon)
White Shirt Day a.k.a. Anniversary of White Shirt Day
Peppermint Patty Day a.k.a. Peppermint Pattie Day
Make a Friend Day
Be Electrific Day
National Shut-In Visitation Day
Satisfied Staying Single Day
Birthday of Thomas Edison (inventor)
Nelson Mandela Freedom Day (1990), a political prisoner for 27 years, is freed from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa.
Don't Cry over Spilled Milk Day
Don't Shoot your friend in the face while Hunting Day. Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney shoots Harry Whittington in the face, neck, and upper torso while hunting quail (2006).
Beatles First Concert in the USA (1964) They hold their first concert in the United States at the Washington Coliseum in Washington, D.C.
Eva Gabor Day, Hungarian-born actress (1919 - d. 1995)
Max Baer Day, American boxer and actor (1909 - d. 1959)
Pro Sports Wives Day
Burt Reynolds Day, American actor (1936)
Leslie Nielsen Day, Canadian actor (1926)
Birthday of Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general (1938)
René Descartes Memorial Day, French philosopher (b. 1596 D: 1650)
Feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes (Roman Catholic Church)
Christian Feast Day of Benedict of Aniane
Christian Feast Day of Blaise
Christian Feast Day of Cædmon
Christian Feast Day of Gregory II
* National Foundation Day (Japan) 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
* Independence Proclaimation Day (Norway), 1814. Norway's independence is proclaimed, marking the ultimate end of the Kalmar Union.
Toast of The Day
"The Frenchman loves his native wine,
The German loves his beer.
The Englishman loves his 'alf and 'alf,
Because it brings good cheer.
The Irishman loves his " whiskey straight,
Because it gives him dizziness.
The American has no choice at all,
So he drinks the whole damn business."
- Traditional
Drink of The Day
Heartthrob
Hangar One Mandarin Blossom vodka
Aperol
blood orange juice
simple syrup
Vouvray brut sparkling wine
Shake everything but the wine. Strain into a champagne flute and top with Vouvray. Garnish with a blood orange half-moon.
Wine of The Day
Lone Canary 2006 "Rouge"
Columbia Valley
$25
Beer of The Day
- Eastern Hemisphere -
Fujizakura Kogen Beer Rauch Bock
Brewer - Fujikanko Kaihatsu Co. Ltd. ; Minamitsuru, Japan
Style - Smoked Beer
- In Celebration of National Foundation Day (Japan).
- Western Hemisphere -
Sexual Chocolate Imperial Stout
Brewer - Foothills Brewing ; Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Style - American-Style Imperial Stout
Joke of The Day
There was this little guy sitting in a bar, drinking, minding his own business when all of a sudden this great big guy comes in and -- WHACK!! -- knocks him clean off the bar stool and onto the floor. The big guy says, "That was a karate chop from Korea."
The little guy thinks "GEEZ," but he gets back up on the stool and starts drinking again when all of a sudden --WHACK-- the big guy knocks him down AGAIN and says, "That was a judo chop from Japan."
So the little guy has had enough of this... He gets up, brushes himself off and quietly leaves. The little guy is gone for an hour or so when he returned. Without saying a word, he walks up behind the big idiot and --BONG!!!-- bangs the big guy off his stool, knocking him out cold!!!
The little guy looks at the bartender and says, "When he comes to, tell him that was a crowbar from Sears."
Quote of the Day
"Beer he drank - seven goblets. His spirit was loosened.He became hilarious. His heart was glad and his face shown."
- from the Epic of Gilgamesh, 3000 B.C.
Whisky of The Day
Penderyn Single Malt Welsh Whiskey
$70
February Observances
AMD/Low Vision Awareness MonthAdopt 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
Dump Your Significant Jerk Week, The Week Before Valentines Day
Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week, Second Week of February
Have A Heart for A Chained Dog Week, Second Week of February
Risk Awareness Week, Second Week of February
Great American Pizza Bake, Second Week of February
Kraut and Frankfurter Week, Second Week of February
Love Makes the World Go Round, But Laughter Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy Week, Second Week of February
World AG Expo, Second Week of February
World Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Week, Second Week of February
Celebration of Love Week, Second Full Week of February
Children of Alcoholics Week, Second Full Week of February
Jell-O Week, Second Full Week of February
Love a Mench Week, Second Full Week of February
National Pancake Week, Second Full Week of February
International Flirting, Week of Valentines Day
Random Acts of Kindness Week, Second Full Week of February
Historical Events on February 11th
55 Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome. This clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.
385 Oldest Pope elected; Siricius-bishop of Tarragona
660 BC Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
824 St Paschal I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1531 Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
1543 Battle at Wayna Daga, Ethiopian/Portugese troops beat Moslem army
1543 Karel/Henry VIII sign anti-French covenant
1575 King Frederick of Denmark offers island of Hveen to Tycho Brahe
1638 Dutch countess Louise of Solms marries earl John of Brederode
1659 The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
1720 Sweden & Prussia sign peace (2nd Treaty of Stockholm)
1752 Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the United States, is opened by Benjamin Franklin.
1766 Stamp Act declared unconstitutional in Virginia
1768 Samuel Adams letter, circulates around American colonies, opposing Townshend Act taxes
1790 Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery.
1790 Society of Friends petitions Congress for abolition of slavery
1793 Prussian troops occupy Venlo Neth
1794 First session of United States Senate open to the public.
1808 Anthracite coal is first burned as a fuel, experimentally, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
1809 Robert Fulton files a patent for improvements to steamboat navigation
1810 Napoleon marries Marie-Louise of Austria
1811 Pres Madison prohibits trade with Britain for 3rd time in 4 years
1812 Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry "gerrymanders" for the first time.
1814 Norway's independence is proclaimed, marking the ultimate end of the Kalmar Union.
1826 Swaminarayan wrote the Shikshapatri, an important test within the Swaminarayan faith.
1826 University College London is founded under the name University of London.
1837 American Physiological Society organizes in Boston
1840 Gaetano Donizetti's Opera "La Fille du Regiment," premieres in Paris
1843 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "I Lombardi" receives its first performance in Milan.
1851 1st cricket 1st-class game in Australia, Tasmania v Vic, Launceston
1852 1st British public female toilet opens (Bedford Street London)
1854 Major streets lit by coal gas for 1st time
1855 Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam.
1858 1st apparition of Mary to 14-year-old Bernadette of Lourdes France
1861 United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
1861 President-elect Lincoln takes train from Spingfield IL to Wash DC
1873 Spanish Cortes fires King Amadeus I of Spain, he abdicates.
1878 1st US bicycle club, Boston Bicycle Club, forms
1878 1st weekly Weather report published in UK
1889 Meiji constitution of Japan is adopted; the first Diet of Japan convenes in 1890.
1895 -17°F (-27.2°C) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record)
1895 Georgetown became part of Wash DC
1896 Oscar Wildes "Salome," premieres in Paris
1897 White Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, NYC
1898 Owen Smith of NC, AME Zion minister, named minister to Liberia
1899 -15°F (-26°C), Washington, DC (district record)
1899 -61°F, Montana (record low temperature)
1902 Police beats up universal suffrage demonstrators in Brussels
1903 Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna.
1905 James Blackstone, Seattle, bowls 299½-last pin breaks but stands
1905 Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos.
1907 De Master's Dutch government resigns
1907 Passenger ship Larchmont sinks by Block Island, 322 die
1908 Australia regain the Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory vs England
1908 Heemskerk's government begins in Holland
1916 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presents its 1st concert
1916 Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control.
1919 Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
1921 Ambassador Theater opens at 215 W 49th St NYC
1922 "April Showers" by Al Jolson hits #1
1922 US intervention army leaves Honduras
1926 Tokelau (Union) Islands in South Pacific transfers to NZ
1927 US female Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran
1927 US male Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles
1928 2nd Winter Olympic games opens in St Moritz, Switzerland
1929 Eugene O'Neill's "Dynamo," premieres in NYC
1929 Fascist Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty, Vatican City (world's smallest country) made an enclave of Rome
1932 73°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in February
1935 -11°F (-24°C), Ifrane, Morocco (African record low)
1935 1st US airplane flight with auto slung beneath fuselage, NY
1936 Pumping begins to build Treasure Island in SF Bay
1937 44-day sit-down strike at General Motors in Flint Mich ends
1937 A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers Union.
1938 BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Capek play R.U.R., which coined the term "robot".
1938 Steve Casey beats Lou Thesz in Boston, to become wrestling champ
1939 A Lockheed XP-38 flies from California to New York in 7 hours 2 minutes.
1941 Lt-Gen Erwin Rommel arrives in Tripoli
1941 Sicherheitsdienst complains about Dutch anti German sentiments
1941 The first gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo Choo".
1942 "Archie" comic book debuts
1942 The Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore during World War II.
1943 General Eisenhower selected to command the allied armies in Europe in World War II
1943 Transport nr 47 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1944 German troops reconquer Aprilia Italy
1944 U-424 sunk off Ireland
1945 1st gas turbine propeller-driven airplane flight tested, Downey, CA
1945 Yalta agreement signed by FDR, Churchill & Stalin
1948 Billy Griffith scores cricket century on debut Eng v WI, out for 140
1948 John Costello follows Eamon Da Valera as premier of Ireland
1948 Test Cricket debut of Frank Worrell, v England Port-of-Spain
1949 Willie Pep recaptures world featherweight boxing title
1950 "Rag Mop" by The Ames Brothers hit #1
1951 Kwame Nkrumah wins 1st parliamentary election on Gold coast (Ghana)
1953 "Hazel Flagg" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 190 performances
1953 J Styne/B Hilliard's musical "Hazel Flagg," premieres in NYC
1953 President Dwight Eisenhower refuses clemency appeal for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg.
1953 The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
1954 6th Emmy Awards: I Love Lucy, Donald O'Connor & Eve Arden wins
1957 KUMV TV channel 8 in Williston, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
1957 NHL Players Association forms (NYC), Red Wings' Ted Lindsay elected president
1958 1st flight with black stewardess, RC Taylor, Ithaca NY
1958 Marshal Chen Yi succeeds Chu En-lai as Min of Foreign affairs
1958 Ruth Carol Taylor is 1st Afr-American woman hired as flight attendant
1958 WTVC TV channel 9 in Chattanooga, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting
1959 Vinoo Mankad ends his final Test Cricket (v WI at Delhi)
1960 Jack Paar walks off his TV show
1961 Robert Weaver sworn in with then highest federal post by a black
1961 Trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem
1963 Beatles tape 10 tracks for their 1st album, record "Please, Please Me"
1963 CIA Domestic Operations Division created
1963 Julia Child's show The French Chef premieres.
1964 Beatles 1st live appearance in US at Washington DC Coliseum
1964 Greeks and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus.
1964 Taiwan drops diplomatic relations with France
1964 The Republic of China (Taiwan) breaks off diplomatic relations with France.
1965 Beatle Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox
1965 Braves propose to pay 5 cents from each ticket to bring a new team to Milwaukee
1966 SF Giant Willie Mays signs highest contract, $130,000 per year
1968 Israeli-Jordanian border clashes.
1968 Jeffrey Kramer survives 76-m jump, Wash Bridge, Hudson River NY
1968 Madison Square Garden III closes Madison Square Garden IV opens (NYC)
1969 Diana Crump becomes 1st US woman jockey to ride against men, Hialelah
1969 Dorey Funk Jr beats Gene Kiniski in Tampa, to become NWA champ
1970 26.37 cm (10.38") of rainfall, Mt Washington, NH (state 24-hr rec)
1970 Japan becomes 4th nation to put a satellite (Osumi) in orbit
1970 John Lennon pays £1,344 fines for 96 protesting South African rugby team playing in Scotland
1971 Eighty-seven countries, including the US, UK, and USSR, sign the Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons in international waters.
1971 Montreal Canadien John Believau scores his 500th NHL goal
1971 US, UK, USSR, others sign Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons
1973 1st one-day international for Pakistan & NZ
1973 1st sub 17-min 1,500m female free style swim (Shane Gould 16m56.9s)
1973 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Naples-Lely Golf Classic
1973 Philadelphia 76ers lose their 20th NBA game in a row
1973 Vietnam War: First release of American prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place.
1974 1st baseball arbitration Twins pitcher Dick Woodson seeking $29,000 wins, Twins offered $23,000
1974 Dick Woodson is 1st of 48 to invoke baseball's new arbitration rule
1974 Titan-Centaur Test launch fails
1975 Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for Conservative leadership
1976 Clifford Alexander Jr confirmed as 1st black secretary of Army
1977 20.2-kg lobster caught off Nova Scotia (heaviest known crustacean)
1978 16 Unification church couples wed in NYC
1978 25th hat trick in Islander history-Denis Potvin
1978 the People's Republic of China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, Shakespeare and Dickens.
1978 EOKA organization disbands in Cyprus
1979 "They're Playing Our Song" opens at Imperial NYC for 1082 perfs
1979 43 million watch "Elvis!" on ABC
1979 Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
1979 Iran's premier Bakhtiar resigns, Ayatollah Khomeini seizes power
1979 Islamic revolution of Iran establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
1981 100,000 US gallons (380 m3) of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating 8 workers.
1981 Australia all out 83 v India at MCG chasing 143 to win
1981 Polish premier Jozef Pinkowski replaced by Wojciech Jaruzelski
1982 Ozzie Smith for Garry Templeton trade finally goes through
1983 "Weird Al" Yankovic records "Ricky" & "Buckingham Blues" debut LP
1983 4th largest snowfall in NYC history (18"(46 cm))
1984 10th space shuttle mission (41-B)-Challenger 4-returns to Earth
1984 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL short handed season scoring record at 11
1985 Jordan king Hussein & PLO leader Arafat sign accord
1985 Kent Hrbek signs 5-year, $6 million contract with Minnesota Twins
1985 Wasim Akram takes 10 wickets in his 2nd Test Cricket, NZ still wins
1986 Activist Anatoly Scharansky released by USSR, leaves country
1986 Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1986 Iran begins Fajr-8 offensive against Iraq
1987 British Airways begins trading stocks
1987 England beat Australia 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1987 Philippines constitution goes into effect.
1987 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1988 Anthony M Kennedy appointed to Supreme Court
1989 Barbara Clementine Harris consecrated 1st female bishop (Episcopalian)
1989 US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary
1990 40th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 130-113 at Miami
1990 James Buster Douglas, a 42 to 1 underdog, deals Mike Tyson his first professional loss with the largest upset in boxing history and becomes the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, KO in 10.
1990 Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner for 27 years, is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa.
1990 US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
1991 UNPO, Unrepresented Nations & People Org forms in Hague Neth
1992 F-16 jet crashes at residential district of Hengelo Neth (No deaths)
1992 Michael Johnson runs indoor world record 400m (44.97 sec)
1993 Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Rochester NY (WRQI)
1993 Irina Privalova runs world record 60m indoor (6.92 secs)
1993 Janet Reno selected by Clinton as US Attorney General
1994 Lu Parker, (South Carolina), crowned 43rd Miss USA
1994 Space shuttle STS-60 (Discovery 18), lands
1995 Danyon Loader swims world record 400m freestyle (340.46)
1995 Mark Foster swims world record 50m butterfly (23.55 sec)
1995 Sandra Volker swims European record 50m backstroke (27.67 sec)
1995 Space shuttle STS-63 (Discovery 19), lands
1995 US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
1995 West Indies score 5-660 against NZ
1996 46th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 129-118 at San Antonio
1997 Bill Parcells becomes head coach of NY Jets
1997 Space Shuttle Discovery (STS 82 - Discovery 22) is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
1998 KVBC-FM (Las Vegas) offers Monica Lewinsky $5M for interview
1998 Lyrics to "Candle in the Wind 1997," auctioned for $442,500
2006 Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney accidentally shoots Harry Whittington in the face, neck, and upper torso while hunting quail.
2007 In Portugal, a national referendum legalizes non-therapeutic abortion when requested by the woman during the first 10 weeks of pregnancy.
2008 In East Timor, assassination attempts were made on Xanana Gusmao and Jose Ramos-Horta. Both failed.
2011 Egyptian Revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 18 days of protests
2012 Israel Air Force conducts four air strikes in Gaza Strip
2013 18 coal miners are killed in an explosion in the Komi region, Russia
2013 Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation from February 28, the first pope to resign since 1415
2014 11 people are killed after a grenade was tossed into a movie theatre in Peshawar, Pakistan
2014 77 people are killed after a military transport plane crashes in Algeria
2014 Peace talks resume in Geneva as leaders attempt to bring an end to the civil war in Syria
2015 Francesco Schettino, Captain of the Costa Concordia that ran aground 2012, is convicted of manslaughter in Grosseto and sentenced to 16 years in jail
2016 Discover of gravitational waves (through collision of two black holes) announced by physicists from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (Ligo)
2016 Last of Oregon militia occupying Malheur wildlife refuge surrenders to authorities after 41 days
2016 Riot between rival drug cartels at a prison in Monterrey, Mexico, leaves 52 dead
Born on February 11th
1377 King Ladislas of Naples (d. 1414)
1380 Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist (d. 1459)
1466 Elizabeth of York, wife of Henry VII of England (d. 1503)
1506 Juliana van Stolberg, engraver of Nassau
1535 Gregory XIV, [Niccolo Sfondrati], Roman Catholic pope (1590-91) (d. 1591)
1557 John Wtenbogaert, remonstrants theologist
1568 Honoré d'Urfé, French writer (d. 1625)
1649 William Carstares, Scottish minister (d. 1715)
1657 Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French scientist and man of letters (Plurality of Worlds) (d. 1757)
1755 Albert Christoph Dies, German composer (d. 1822)
1764 Marie-Joseph de Chenier, French poet (Cajus Graechus) (d. 1811)
1774 Hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847)
1776 Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek diplomat of the Russian Empire and first head of state of independent Greece, Greek governor of Troezen (1827-31) (d. 1831)
1783 Jarena Lee, famous African
1790 Ignaz Assmayer, composer
1799 Basil Moreau, French Founder priest (d. 1873)
1800 William Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer and inventor (d. 1877)
1802 Lydia Maria Child, American abolitionist (Juvenile Miscellany) (d. 1880)
1810 Loisa Puget, composer
1812 Alexander Hamilton Stephens, American politician, Vice Pres (Confederacy) (d. 1883)
1812 Benjamin Franklin Sands, Commander (Union Navy) (d. 1883)
1813 Otto Ludwig, German writer and critic (d. 1865)
1819 Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American composer (d. 1890)
1821 Auguste-Édouard Mariette, French Egyptologist (d. 1881)
1821 Hermann Allmers, writer
1829 Samuel Lodge, English clergyman, author and headmaster (d. 1897)
1829 William Anderson Pile, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1889
1830 Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff, Prussian musician (d. 1913)
1830 Peter Arnold Heise, composer
1833 Melville Weston Fuller, 8th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1910)
1839 Josiah Willard Gibbs, American physicist (d. 1903)
1840 Sanuel Dana Greene, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1884
1846 William Fox Talbot, pioneer photographer/inventor
1847 Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor (held 1200 patents) (d. 1931)
1860 Rachilde, French author (Monsieur Venus) (d. 1953)
1867 August W Messer, German philosopher/educator/psychologist
1869 Else Lasker-Schüler, German writer (d. 1945)
1869 Helene Kroller-Muller, Dutch museum founder (d. 1939)
1872 Hannah Mitchell, English socialist and suffragette (d. 1956)
1873 Feodor Chaliapin, Russian singer and novelist (Pages from My Life) (d. 1938)
1874 Elsa Beskow (Maartman), Swedish author (fairy tales) (d. 1953)
1874 Fritz Bennicke Hart, English-born composer (d. 1949)
1875 Sara Wennerberg-Reuter, composer
1879 Jean Gilbert, composer
1882 Gheorghe Cucu, composer
1883 Paul August von Klenau, Danish composer/conductor (Sulamith)
1887 John van Melle, South African writer (Dawid Booysen) (d. 1953)
1889 John Mills, dancer (Mills Brothers)
1889 Vladimir Mikhaylovich Deshevov, composer
1890 David Drummond, Australian politician (d. 1965)
1890 John P M L de Vries, fairy tale writer
1891 J.W. Hearne English cricketer (d. 1965)
1893 Johan C P Alberts, Dutch literary (Festival)
1894 Alfonso Leng, Chilean composer (d. 1974)
1894 Isaac M Kolthoff, chemist (Massenanalyse)
1895 Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer
1897 Yves de La Casiniere, composer
1898 Leó Szilárd, Hungarian-born physicist, A-bomb worker and peace activist (d. 1964)
1900 Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (d. 2002)
1900 Josei Toda, Japanese educator (d. 1958)
1900 Thomas Hitchcock Jr, great polo player (Westchester Cup 1924,27,30,39)
1901 Roddy Connolly, Irish politician, son of James Connolly (d. 1980)
1902 Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect (d. 1971)
1903 Hans Redlich, Austrian composer (d. 1968)
1903 Rex Lease, WV, actor (Fast Bullets, Sunny Skies, Custer's Last Stand)
1904 Henry R LaBouisse, headed UNICEF (1965-79)
1904 Keith Holyoake, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1960-72) (d. 1983)
1905 Beb (Elizabeth) Vuyk, Neth/Indonesian writer (Camp diary)
1906 Denis Barnett, British air chief marshal
1907 E W Swanton, author & sports commentator
1908 Josh White, rocker
1908 Philip Dunne, American screenwriter, director and producer (d. 1992)
1908 Sutan Takdir Alishahbana, Indonesian linguistic/author/novelist
1908 Vivian Ernest Fuchs, English geologist (d. 1999)
1908 Vivian [Ernest] Fuchs, geologist/explorer (British Antarctic Survey)
1909 Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American director (Sleuth) (d. 1993)
1909 Max Baer, American boxer and actor, heavyweight boxing champ (1934-35) (d. 1959)
1911 Alec Cairncross, chancellor (Glasgow U)
1912 Roy Fuller, English writer (Lost Season) (d. 1991)
1912 Rudolf Firkusny, Napajedla Czechoslovakia, pianist (Julliard)
1913 Lucio Diestro San Pedro, composer
1914 French Duynstee, Dutch constitutional lawyer
1914 Matt Dennis, American singer (Matt Dennis Show) (d. 2002)
1914 Menelaos Pallantios, composer
1914 Winand J Borgerhoff Mulder, court judge of Amsterdam
1915 Haakon Stotijn, Dutch oboist (VARA Orch, Orkestgebouw Orch)
1915 Mervyn Levy, artist/critic
1915 Patrick Leigh Fermor, English author
1916 Bernice Levin Neugarten, social scientist/gerontologist
1917 Richard Jock Kinneir, graphic designer
1917 Sidney Sheldon, American author (1947 Academy Award, 1959 Tony, Bloodline) (d. 2007)
1917 T. Nagi Reddy, Indian revolutionary (d. 1976)
1919 Eva Gabor, Hungarian-born actress (d. 1995) (Lisa-Green Acres, Gigi)
1919 Gretchen Fraser, Tacoma Wash, slalom skier (Olympic-gold-1948)
1920 Billy Halop, American actor (Bert Munson-All in the Family) (d. 1976)
1920 Daniel "Chappie" James Jr., American general (d. 1978)
1920 Daniel F. Galouye, science fiction author (Dark Universe, Last Leap) (d. 1976)
1920 Farouk I, Cairo, last King of Egypt (1936-52)
1920 King Farouk I of Egypt (d. 1965)
1920 Paul Peter Piech, artist
1921 Edward Seidensticker, American scholar (d. 2007)
1921 Lloyd Bentsen, American politician (Sen-D-TX, 1971)/1989 Dem VP nominee) (d. 2006)
1922 Tudor Jarda, composer
1923 Antony Flew, British philosopher (d. 2010)
1923 Baroness Sharples
1923 Ronald Arculus, British diplomat
1924 Mary Tregear, Oriental art historian
1925 Kim Stanley (Patricia Reid), American actress (Right Stuff) (d. 2001)
1925 Peter Berger, British vice-admiral
1925 Virginia E Johnson, American psychologist and sexologist (Masters & Johnson)
1926 Alexander Gibson, British conductor (Scottish Opera) (d. 1995)
1926 Leslie Nielsen, Canadian actor (Forbidden Planet, Naked Gun)
1926 Paul Bocuse, France, great chef (Legion of Honor)
1928 Archibald Forster, CEO (Esso UK)
1928 Conrad Janis, NYC, actor (Mork & Mindy, Quark, Bonino)
1928 Gerry Alexander, cricket wicketkeeper (WI of 50s & 60s)
1928 Raoul Cita, rocker
1929 Leonard Gregory Kastle, composer
1930 Alevtina Koltschina, USSR, cross coutry relay skier (Oly-gold-1960)
1930 C H Dearnley, organist
1930 Earl of Rosebery
1930 Roy De Forest, American Painter (d. 2007)
1931 Larry Merchant, American sportswriter, boxing commentator (Showtime)
1932 Dennis Skinner, British politician
1932 Jerome Lowenthal, American pianist (Jerusalem Academy of Music)
1934 Francesco Pennisi, composer
1934 John Surtees, British motorcycle and race car driver
1934 Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and dictator
1934 Mary Quant, English fashion designer (Chelsea Look, Mod Look)
1934 Mel Carnahan, American politician (d. 2000)
1934 Patrick Holmes Sellors, ophthalmologist
1934 Tina Louise, American actress (Ginger-Gilligan's Island, Julie-Dallas)
1935 Bent Lorentzen, Danish composer
1935 Gene Vincent, American musician (Be-Bop-A-Lula) (d. 1971)
1936 Burt Reynolds, American actor (Evening Shade, Strip Tease, Cannonball)
1937 Bill Lawry, Australian cricketer
1937 Eddie Shack, Canadian ice hockey player
1937 Lodewijk Boer, Dutch violinist/playwright (The Family)
1937 Marilyn Butler, Rector (Exeter College-Oxford)
1937 Peter Lashley, cricketer (4 Tests for West Indies 1960-66)
1938 Bevan Congdon, New Zealand cricketer
1938 Bobby "Boris" Pickett, American singer and songwriter (d. 2007)
1938 Boris Majorov, USSR, ice hockey (Olympic-gold-1964)
1938 Manuel Antonio Noriega, Panamanian general/dictator (-1990)
1938 Simone de Oliveira, Portuguese actress
1938 Willy Correa de Oliveira, composer
1938 Yevgeniy Majorov, USSR, ice hockey (Olympic-gold-1964)
1939 Bryan Gould, MP
1939 Gerry Goffin, American lyricist, married Carole King
1939 Jane (Hyatt) Yolen, American author (Spider Jane, Heart's Blood)
1940 Bobby "Boris" Pickett, rocker (Monster Mash)
1940 Calvin Fowler, Pitts, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1968)
1941 Glenn Randall Jr, stuntman (Species, Mrs Soffel, Return of the Jedi)
1941 Jeremy Mackenzie, general
1941 Sergio Mendes, Brazilian musician (Brazil '66/'77/'88)
1942 Archie Andrews, comic book character (Archie)
1942 James Couchman, MP
1942 Leon Haywood, US vocalist/keyboardist (It's Got to be Mellow)
1942 Otis Clay, US gospel/R&B-singer (That's how it is)
1942 Tony Colton, rock producer (On the Boards)
1943 Iain Cameron, British brigadier
1943 Serge Lama, French singer
1943 Win Griffiths, MP
1944 Bert Greene, golfer
1944 Buddhadev Dasgupta, director (Charachar, Grihajuddha)
1944 Michael G Oxley, (Rep-R-OH, 1981)
1946 Ian Porterfield, English footballer (d. 2007)
1946 M C Walker, CEO (Iceland Frozen Foods)
1946 Timothy Chambers, pediatrician
1947 Derek Shulman, English musician
1947 Joselito, Spanish singer
1947 Kikko Matsuoka, Japanese actress
1947 Yukio Hatoyama, Prime Minister of Japan
1948 Chris Rush, American stand-up comedian
1948 Sue Bernard, Los Angeles CA, playmate (Dec, 1966)
1949 Charlie Hargrett, rock guitarist (Blackfoot)
1949 Guy Cloutier, French-Canadian music executive; father of Véronique Cloutier
1950 Clarence Ellis, NFLer
1950 Earnest Jim Istook, (Rep-R-Oklahoma)
1950 Johanna E "Joke" Beerens, actress (Schipper Next to God)
1950 Rochelle Fleming, US soul vocalist (First Choice, Smarty Pants)
1953 Alan Rubin, music figure (Blues Brothers)
1953 Jeb Bush, American politician, 43rd Governor of Florida
1953 Philip Anglim, American actor (Dane-Thorn Birds)
1953 Stephen D Thorne, Frankfurt-on-Main, German FR, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
1954 Noriyuki Asakura, Japanese composer
1954 Wesley Strick, American screenwriter
1956 Catherine Hickland, American actress (Capitol, Star Trek IV)
1956 Didier Lockwood, French violinist
1956 H.R., American singer
1956 Kathleen Beller, Queens NY, actress (Ft Apache the Bronx, Touched)
1957 Mitchell Symons, British writer
1958 Michael Jackson, controller (BBC2)
1959 Bradley Cole, American actor
1959 Corinne Shigemoto, US judo coach (Olympics-96)
1959 Roberto Moreno, Brazilian racing driver
1960 Nick Currie, Scottish musician
1960 Richard A Mastracchio, NASA astronaut
1961 Becky LeBeau, LA California, vocalist (Mischief)
1961 Carey Lowell, American actress (Me & Him, Guardian, Dangerously Close)
1961 Mary Docter, American speed skater, 3000m (Olympics-1980, 84, 88, 92)
1962 Eric Vanderaerden, Belgian cyclist
1962 Scott Kolden, Torrance California, actor (Scott-Me & the Champ)
1962 Sheryl Crow, American musician
1962 Tammy Baldwin, American politician
1963 Diane Franklin, American actress
1963 José Mari Bakero, Spanish footballer
1963 Todd Benzinger, US baseball player (SF Giants)
1964 Ken Shamrock, American martial artist
1964 Sarah Palin, American politician, 11th Governor of Alaska
1964 Sheryl Crow, vocalist (All I Want to Do-Grammy 1995)
1965 Angie Ridgeway, Wabash IN, LPGA golfer (1992 Sara Lee-8th)
1965 Vicki Wilson, Australian netballer
1966 Alexander Semak, Ufa Russia, NHL center (NY Islanders)
1966 Anthony Parker, NFL cornerback (Minnesota Vikings, St Louis Rams, TB Bucs)
1966 Patrick Kuhnen, West Germany, tennis star
1966 Stephen Gregory, NYC, actor (Chase-Young & Restless)
1967 Barbara Byrne, Princeton NJ, rower (Olympics-96)
1967 Chris Reohr, Ridley Park Pa, fencer (Olympics-96)
1967 Derek King, Hamilton, NHL left wing (NY Islanders)
1967 Hank Gathers, American basketball player (d. 1990)
1967 John Patterson, US baseball infielder (SF Giants)
1967 Scott Shay, American linguist
1967 Uwe Daßler, German swimmer
1968 Mo Willems, American author and screenwriter
1969 Bryan Eversgerd, US baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1969 Jennifer Aniston, American actress (Rachel-Friends, Office Space)
1969 Joe Valerio, NFL outside corner/tackle (KC Chiefs)
1969 Kevin King, US baseball pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
1969 Mark Atkinson, cricket wicket-keeper (Tasmanian batsman)
1969 Mary Stoker, Miss Wisconsin USA (1996)
1969 P.J. Sparxx, American pornographic actress
1969 Shannon Long, Gladstone Australia, playmate (Oct, 1988)
1970 Alistair Brown, cricketer (Surrey & England ODI opening batsman 1996)
1970 Fredrik Thordendal, Swedish musician
1970 Jason Allyn Scott, Iowa City Iowa, rower (Olympics-1996)
1971 Damian Lewis, British actor
1971 Evan Tanner, American mixed-martial artist (d. 2008)
1971 Jennifer Lynne Faucette, Burlington Vermont, Miss America-Vt (1996)
1971 John Bock, NFL center (NY Jets, Miami Dolphins)
1971 Linda Wild, Arlington Heights Ill, tennis star (1993 Melbourne Open)
1972 Brian Daubach, American baseball player
1972 Craig Jones, American musician (Slipknot)
1972 Dennis Iliohan, Dutch soccer player (FC Lisse, ADO Den Haag)
1972 Kelly Slater, American surfer
1972 Steve Mcmanaman, English footballer
1973 Ethan Iverson, jazz pianist
1973 Jeon Do-yeon, Korean actress
1973 Tom Tumulty, linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals)
1973 Varg Vikernes, Norwegian musician (Burzum, Mayhem)
1974 Alex Jones, American radio host
1974 Brian Newman, guard (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1974 D'Angelo, American singer
1974 Ronnie Ward, linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
1974 Wally Richardson, quarterback (Baltimore Ravens)
1974 Zain Verjee, American newsreporter
1975 Andy Lally, American race car driver
1975 Chuck Watanabe, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
1975 Jacque Vaughn, American basketball player, NBA guard (Utah Jazz)
1975 Kim Weir, Miss USA-Nebraska (1997)
1976 André Wickström, Finland-Swedish comedian and actor
1976 Brice Beckham, American actor (Wesley-Mr Belvedare)
1976 Tony Battie, American basketball player, NBA forward (Denver Nuggets)
1977 Jessica Carlson, Kalamazoo Mich, archer (alt-Olympics-1996)
1977 Mike Shinoda, American musician (Linkin Park and Fort Minor)
1977 Stephanie Richardson, Toronto Ontario, 200m/800m swimmer (Olympics-96)
1977 Veronica Marie Duka, Campbellsville KY, Miss America (Ky-Top 10-1997)
1979 Brandy (Norwood), American singer and actress (Les Miserables, Moisha)
1980 Cormac McAnallen, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (d. 2004)
1980 Marco Bresciano, Australian soccer player
1980 Matthew Lawrence, American actor (Matthew-Gimme a Break)
1980 Natasha Bobo, Watsonville California, actress (Sally-Together We Stand)
1980 Titi Buengo, Angolan footballer
1981 Kelly Rowland, American singer
1981 Scot Thompson, American soccer player
1982 Natalie Dormer, English actress
1982 Neil Robertson, Australian snooker player
1983 Huang Shengyi, Chinese actress
1983 Nicki Clyne, Canadian actress
1983 Rafael Van der Vaart, Dutch footballer
1984 Aubrey O'Day, American singer
1984 Matt Good, American musician
1984 Maxime Talbot, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 Harris Allan, Canadian actor
1985 Mike Richards, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 William Beckett, American singer
1987 Brian Matusz, American baseball player
1990 Princess Ayah bint Al Faisal, Princess of Jordan
1990 Q'orianka Kilcher, actress and activist (The New World)
1991 Georgia May Foote, British actress
1991 Never Shout Never, American musician
1992 Blair Dunlop, English actor
1992 Taylor Lautner, American actor
1994 Dominic Janes, American actor
Died on February 11th
641 Heraclius, emperor of Byzantium (610-641)
731 Gregory II, Greek-Syrian Pope
821 Benedict of Aniane, saint
824 Paschal I, Italian Pope (817-24)
867 Theodora, the Saint, beauty queen/empress of Byzantine
1141 Hugo of St. Victor, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1096)
1160 Minamoto no Yoshitomo, Japanese general (b. 1123)
1503 Elizabeth of York, queen consort of Henry VII of England (b. 1466)
1511 Henry, Duke of Cornwall, son of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon
1543 Ahmed Gran, sultan of Adal, dies in battle
1622 Alfonso Fontanelli, composer
1626 Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (b. 1552)
1650 René Descartes, French philosopher "I think therefore I am" (b. 1596)
1685 David Teniers III, Flemish painter (b. 1638)
1713 Jahandar Shah, Mughal emperor of India (b. 1664)
1755 Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (b. 1675)
1762 Johann Tobias Krebs, German composer (b. 1690)
1763 William Shenstone, English poet (b. 1714)
1797 Antoine Dauvergne, French composer (b. 1713)
1806 Vicente Martin y Soler, composer
1829 Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (b. 1795)
1841 J H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter
1862 Elizabeth Siddal, British poet and artist (b. 1829)
1868 Léon Foucault, French astronomer, discovers 1st physical proof of Earth's rotation (b. 1819)
1870 Jacob M de Kempenaer, Dutch min of Internal Aff (1848-49)
1870 Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer
1879 Honoré Daumier, French caricaturist and painter (b. 1808)
1879 Willem J van Zeggelen, Dutch author/novelist/writer
1882 Gustav Schmidt, composer
1892 Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer
1894 Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer
1899 George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident
1901 Milan I, king of Serbia
1903 Henryk Szulc, composer
1907 Peter J Savelberg, Dutch Limbourg monastery founder
1911 Albert von Rothschild, baron/Austrian banker, dies at 66
1917 Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (b. 1872)
1922 Gerardus J P Bolland, Dutch philosopher (Bolland Society)
1923 Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician (b. 1847)
1931 Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor (steam turbine) (b. 1854)
1939 Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer (b. 1874)
1940 John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada (1935-40) (b. 1875)
1941 Rudolf Hilferding, Germ economist/Min of Finance (SPD), suicide
1944 Ivan Sollertinski, friend of Russian composer D Sjostakovitsj
1945 Al Dubin, Swiss songwriter (Tiptoe Thru The Tulips) (b. 1891)
1945 J S H Lokerman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Neugengamme
1948 Sergei Eisenstein, Soviet film director (b. 1898)
1954 Adolph M. Christianson, justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court (b. 1877)
1958 Ernest Jones, British psychonanalyst (b. 1879)
1959 Marshall Teague, American race car driver (b. 1922)
1961 Eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor/director (Pygmalion)
1961 Patrice Lumumba, 1st premier Congo, murdered
1963 John Olof Dahlgren, American recipient of the Medal of Honor (b. 1872)
1963 Sylvia Plath, American writer (Ariel) (b. 1932), Suicide
1967 A.J. Muste, American peace activist (b. 1885)
1968 Howard Lindsay, American playwright (State of the Union) (b. 1888)
1969 James Lanphier, actor (Flight of Lost Balloon)
1970 Emil Abranyi, composer
1971 Whitney Young Jr, National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria
1972 Jan Wils, Dutch architect (Olympian Stadium, Amsterdam) (b. 1891)
1973 Hans D Jensen, German physicist (Nobel prize 1963) (b. 1907)
1974 Anna Q Nilsson, actress (Toll Gate, Sorrell & Son)
1975 Richard Ratsimandrava, Malagasy soldier and statesman, assassinated (b. 1931)
1976 Alexander Lippisch, German scientist (b. 1894)
1976 Alice Allen, actress (Call of the Hills)
1976 Charlie Naughton, actor (Frozen Limits)
1976 Frank Arnau, German writer (b. 1894)
1976 Lee J Cobb, American actor (12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront) (b. 1911)
1977 Louis JM Beel, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1946-48, 58-59) (b. 1902)
1978 Harry Martinson, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1904)
1978 James B Conant, American chemist and university president (Harvard University) (b. 1893)
1982 Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer, wife of Glenn Ford (b. 1912), cancer
1982 Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor (Rashomon, 7 Samurais) (b. 1905)
1982 Victor Jory, Alaskan actor (Kings Row, Manhunt)
1985 Ben Abruzzo, American businessman and balloonist (b. 1930)
1985 Heinz Eric Roemheld, American composer (b. 1901)
1985 Henry Hathaway, American actor and director (Nob Hill) (b. 1898)
1985 Ulysses Sipmson Kay, composer
1986 Evelio Javier, Filipino politician, lawyer, and civil servant (b. 1942)
1986 Frank (Patrick) Herbert, American sci-fi author (Dune) (b. 1920)
1987 Sadequain, famous Pakistani painter and artist. (b. 1930)
1989 George O'Hanlon, American actor and director (Bop Girl, Zamba) (b. 1912)
1991 Oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building)
1991 Robert W. Holley, American biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1922)
1992 Ray Danton, US actor/director (Psychic Killer)
1993 George A. Stephen, founder of Weber-Stephen Products Co., inventor (Weber Kettle Grill) (b. 1922)
1993 Joy Garrett, actress (Days of Our Lives), dies of liver failure
1993 Oksana Kostina, Russian gymnist, dies in an auto accident
1994 Antonio Martin, Spanish cyclist, dies in cycling accident
1994 Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (b. 1946)
1994 Paul Feyerabend, Austrian philosopher (b. 1924)
1994 Sorrell Booke, American actor (Mayor Hogg-Dukes of Hazzard) (b. 1930)
1994 William Conrad, American actor (Cannon) (b. 1920)
1996 Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet (b. 1930)
1996 Bob Shaw, science fiction writer
1996 Cyril Poole, English cricketer (b. 1921)
1996 Kebby Musokotwane, Prime Minister of Zambia (1985-89) (b. 1946)
1996 Phil Regan, actor (Las Vegas Night, Dames, Housewife)
1997 Barry Evans, English actor (b. 1943)
1997 Don Porter, American actor (Gidget) (b. 1912)
2000 Jacqueline Auriol, French aviatrix (b. 1917)
2000 Roger Vadim, French director (b. 1928)
2002 Barry Foster, British actor (b. 1931)
2002 Frank Crosetti, baseball player (b. 1910)
2004 Shirley Strickland, Australian athlete (b. 1925)
2005 Jack L. Chalker, American author (b. 1944)
2005 Stan Richards English television actor (b. 1930)
2006 Jackie Pallo, wrestler (b. 1926)
2006 Jockey Shabalala, South African singer (b. 1943)
2006 Peter Benchley, American author (b. 1940)
2007 Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish author (b. 1927)
2008 Frank Piasecki, American aeronautical designer (b. 1919)
2008 Tom Lantos, member of the United States House of Representatives from California (b. 1928)
2009 Eleanor Harz Jorden American linguistics scholar and an influential Japanese language educator and expert (b. 1920)
2009 Estelle Bennett, American singer (b. 1941)
2010 Alexander McQueen, English fashion designer (b. 1969)
2011 Chuck Tanner, American Baseball player (b. 1928)
2011 Tom Carnegie, American sports announcer (b. 1919)
2012 Whitney Houston, American singer and actress, dies from an accidental drowning
2013 Rick Huxley, English guitarist