February 19th
Holidays and Celebrations
Flag Day (Turkmenistan) * CLICK HERE
Copernicus Day * (See Below)
Anexation Day (Texas) * (See Below)
Flag Day (Netherlands) * CLICK HERE
Iwo Jima Day - Landing (USA)
International Mother Language Day
Chineese New Year, Lunar New Year, Spring Festival Lunar Calender (2013) * CLICK HERE
The hanging of Bulgaria's Apostle of Freedom, Vassil Levski (Bulgaria)Anniversary of Japanese Internment
Birthday of Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (1660 - d. 1742)
Birthday of Gabriele Münter, German painter (1877 - d. 1962)
Birthday of Robert Walker Jr., American blues guitarist (1937)
National Chocolate Mint Day
Single Tasking Day
Death of Bon Scott, Australian singer (AC/DC) (b. 1946 - 1980)
Death of Johnny PayCheck, American singer (b. 1938 - 2003)
First day of sun sign Pisces (Astrology) OR
Last day of sun sign Aquarius (Astrology)
Chaoflux (Discordianism)
Christian Feast Day of Barbatus of Benevento
Christian Feast Day of Conrad of Piacenza
Narconon Day (Church of Scientology)
* Cologne Carnival Cologne, Germany - Thu before Mardi Gras (1-6)
* Düsseldorf Carnival Düsseldorf, Germany - February or March - 1 day
* Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week or Cheese Week (Russia) (1-6) * Copernicus Day - Birthday of Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473, d. 1543)
* Anexation Day (Texas) 1846 - In Austin, Texas the newly-formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following Texas' annexation by the United States. Fête de la Tussilage Translation: Coltsfoot Day (French Republican) The 1st day of the Month of Ventôse in the French Republican Calendar
Toast of The Day
"Here's to health, peace and prosperity.
May the flower of love never be nipped by the frost of disappointment,
nor shadow of grief fall among your family and friends."
- Unknown
Drink of The Day
Cl*t Licking Cowgirl
1/2 Shot peach schnapps (archers)
1/2 Shot Bailey's Irish Cream
Layer In A Shottie Glass With The Baileys On Top.
- Alternative Drink -
Co*k sucking cowboy
3/4 shot Butterscotch Schnapps
1/4 shot Bailey's Irish Cream
Layer baileys on top of the butterscotch snapps
Wine of The Day
The Road Less Traveled 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon
Style - Cabernet Sauvignon
Stellenbosch
$15
Beer of The Day
Maharaja
Brewer - Avery Brewing, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Style - Imperial IPA
ABV - 10.3%
- In Celebration of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (19 February 1630 – 3 April 1680)
Joke of The Day
An Irishman walks into a bar in Dublin, orders three pints of Guinness and sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn. When he finishes them, he comes back to the bar and orders three more. The bartender asks him, "You know, a pint goes flat after I draw it; it would taste better if you bought one at a time." The Irishman replies, "Well, you see, I have two brothers. One is in America, the other in Australia, and I'm here in Dublin. When we all left home, we promised that we'd drink this way to remember the days when we drank together." The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves it there.
The Irishman becomes a regular in the bar, and always drinks the same way: ordering three pints and drinking them in turn. One day, he comes in and orders two pints. All the other regulars notice and fall silent. When he comes back to the bar for the second round, the bartender says, "I don't want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my condolences on your great loss." The Irishman looks confused for a moment, then a light dawns in his eye and he laughs. "Oh, no," he says, "Everyone's fine. I've just quit drinking."
Quote of the Day
"I've never had a problem with drinking. I've had problems with the police."
- Anonymous
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
National Condom Week, Third Week of February
National Nestbox Week, Third Week of February
NCCDP Alzheimer's & Dementia Staff Education Week, Third Week of February
Great Backyard Bird Count, Third Weekend of February
National Date (fruit) Week, Third Week of February
National Entrepreneurship Week, Third Week of February
National FFA Week, Week of George Washington's Birthday, Sat to Sat
Brotherhood Week, Third Week of February
Sisterhood Week, Third Week of February
Build A Better Trade Show Image Week, Third Week of February
National Engineers Week, Week of George Washington's Birthday
National Justice for Animals Week, Week of George Washington's Birthday
Historical Events on February 19th
197 Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum at Lyon, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.
356 Emperor Constantius II shuts all heathen temples
607 Boniface III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
842 Medieval Iconoclastic Controversy ends as a council in Constantinople formally reinstated the veneration of icons in the churches
1512 French troops under Gaston de Foix occupy Brescia
1537 Weavers of Leiden Neth strike
1539 Jews of Tyrnau Hungary (then Trnava Czech), expelled
1574 Spanish troops plunder Krommenie, Wormerveer & Jisp Neth
1582 Francis of Valois becomes duke of Brabant
1594 Having already inherited the throne of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth through his mother Catherine Jagellonica of Poland, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, succeeding his father John III of Sweden.
1600 The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
1619 Trial against Johan van Oldenbarnevelt begins in The Hague
1634 Battle at Smolensk: Polish king Wladyslaw IV beats Russians [NS=Mar 1]
1674 England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York.
1700 Last day of Julian calendar in Denmark
1736 Georg F Handel's "Alexander's Feast," premieres
1771 Messier adds M46-M49 to his catalog (galactic clusters in Puppis & Hydra & galaxy in Virgo)
1797 1/3 of papal domain ceded to France
1803 Congress accepts Ohio's constitution, statehood not ratified till 1953
1807 British squadron under Adm Duckworth forces passage of Dardanelle
1807 In Alabama, Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason and confined to Fort Stoddert, later found innocent.
1819 British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands, and claims them in the name of King George III.
1825 Franz Grillparzer's "Konig Ottokars Gluck," premieres in Vienna
1831 1st practical US coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Penn
1846 In Austin, Texas the newly formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following Texas' annexation by the United States.
1847 The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party.
1852 The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity is founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
1856 Tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier, Ohio
1859 Daniel E. Sickles, NY congressman, is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity. This is the 1st time this defense is successfully used in the United States.
1861 Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom in Russia.
1864 Knights of Pythias are founded in Washington, D.C. by Justus H. Rathbone (12 members).
1869 US Assay Office in Boise, Idaho authorized
1878 Thomas Edison patents the gramophone (phonograph).
1881 Kansas becomes 1st state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages
1884 The Enigma tornado outbreak occurs, Tornadoes in Miss, Ala, NC, SC, Tenn, Ky & In kill 800 people
1900 British troops occupy Hlangwane Natal
1906 WK Kellogg & Ch Bolin find Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Co
1910 English premiere of Richard Strauss' "Elektra"
1913 1st prize inserted into a Cracker Jack box
1913 Mexican General V Huerta takes power with US support
1914 Riccardo Zandonai's opera "Francesco da Rimini," premieres in Turin
1915 British fleet fire on Dardanellen coast
1919 Pan-African Congress, organized by W E B Du Bois (Paris)
1920 Netherlands joins League of Nations
1922 Ed Wynn becomes 1st talent to sign as a radio entertainer
1923 Jean Sibelius' 6th Symphony, premieres
1923 Philip Barry's "You & I," premieres in NYC
1927 General strike against British occupiers in Shanghai
1928 2nd Winter Olympic games close at St Moritz, Switzerland
1928 Canadian hockey team wins 3rd consecutive gold medal
1929 Medical diathermy machine 1st used, Schenectady, NY
1932 William Faulkner completes his novel "Light in August"
1933 Prussian minister Goering bans all Catholic newspapers
1934 Bob & Dolores Hope marry
1934 US contract air mail service canceled, replaced by US army for 6 mos
1935 Clifford Odets' "Awake & Sing," premieres in NYC
1936 Manuel Azaña becomes Spanish premier
1937 During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Eritrean nationalists attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.
1938 Soviet arctic ice research station North Pole 1 evacuated, Denmark
1941 Nazi raid Amsterdam & round up 429 young Jews for deportation, they attack and are driven away from Koco Amsterdam (by young Jews)
1942 About 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin
1942 Bill Longson beats Managoff & Sandor Szabo, to become wrestling champ
1942 Dutch actors protest obligatory membership of Culture Chamber
1942 FDR orders detention & internment of all west-coast Japanese-Americans
1942 Japanese troop land on Timor
1942 NY Yankees annouce 5,000 uniformed soldiers admitted free at each of their upcoming home games
1942 Tommy Dorsey & his orchestra recorded "I'll Take Tallulah"
1942 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese-Americans to Japanese internment camps, World War II.
1942 Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin killing 243 people, World War II.
1943 German tanks under brig gen Buelowius attack Kasserine Pass Tunesia, World War II.
1943 Battle of the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins, World War II.
1944 823 British bombers attack Berlin, World War II
1944 U-264 sinks off Ireland, World War II
1945 30,000 US Marines land on Iwo Jima, World War II
1945 900 Japanese soldiers reportedly killed by crocodiles in 2 days, World War II
1945 Brotherhood Day-1st celebrated
1945 US 5th Fleet launches invasion of Iwo Jima against the Japanese, about 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima, World War II.
1946 Giants outfielder Danny Gardella is 1st major leaguer to announce he is jumping to the "outlaw" Mexican League
1947 CBS radio premiere of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 3"
1949 "Inside USA" closes at Century Theater NYC after 339 performances
1949 1st Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Ezra Pound
1949 Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
1949 Mass arrests of communists in India
1952 French offensive at Hanoi
1953 Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States.
1953 Ted Williams safely crash-lands his damaged Panther jet
1953 William Inge's "Picnic," premieres in NYC
1954 WAST (now WNYT) TV channel 13 in Albany-Troy, NY (NBC) 1st broadcast
1955 South East Asia Collective Defense Treaty goes into effect
1956 Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
1958 Carl Perkins leaves Sun Records for Columbia Records
1959 The United Kingdom, Turkey & Greece sign agreement granting Cyprus independence, which is then formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
1959 Gabon adopts its constitution
1959 USAF rocket-powered rail sled attains Mach 4.1 (4970 kph), NM
1960 Bil Keane's "Family Circus" cartoon strip debuts
1960 Protest strike in Poznan Poland
1961 Albania disavows Chinese "Revisionism"
1961 Henk van der Grift (Neth) becomes world champ all-round skater
1962 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1963 Robert Frost wins Bollingen Prize
1963 The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique reawakens the Feminist Movement in the United States as women's organizations and consciousness-raising groups spread.
1963 USSR informs JFK it's withdrawing several thousand troops from Cuba
1964 UK flies ½ ton of The Beatles wigs to the US
1965 NFL adds 6th official
1967 Stien Kaiser becomes world champion lady's skater
1968 1st US Teachers strike (Florida)
1969 1st Test flight of Boeing 747 jumbo jet
1970 AL Cy Young winner Denny McLain suspended for bookmaking
1970 USSR launches Sputnik 52 & Molniya 1-13 communications satellite
1971 Paul McCartney releases "Another Day" in UK
1971 Walt Wesley becomes 1st Cleve Cavalier to score 50 pts in a game
1972 Glenn Turner carries his bat for 223* v WI at Kingston
1972 The Asama-Sanso hostage standoff begins in Japan.
1974 1st American Music Award:
1976 Executive Order 9066 is rescinded by President Gerald R. Ford's Proclamation 4417
1976 Frente Polisario forms Democratic Republic of Sahara
1977 19th Grammy Awards, This Masquerade, Starland Vocal Band
1977 A's sell pitcher Paul Lindblad to the Rangers for $400,000
1977 Doug Walters scores 250 v NZ, 217 stand for 7th wicket w/Gilmour
1977 Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" album released
1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1977 Shuttle Enterprise makes 1st Test flight atop a 747 jetliner
1978 "On the 20th Century" opens at St James Theater NYC for 460 perfs
1978 Brigitte Kraus runs world record 1000 m indoor (2:34.8)
1978 Coleman, Comden & Green's musical premieres in NYC
1978 Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat.
1980 Botham a century & 13 wickets in Jubilee Test Cricket at Bombay
1980 Eric Heiden skates Olympic record 1000m in 1:15.18
1981 George Harrison is ordered to pay ABKCO Music $587,000 for "subconscious plagiarism" "My Sweet Lord" with "He's So Fine"
1982 Hanneke Jagersma installed as Neth's 1st Communist mayor
1982 Sharie Langford, California, sets women's bowling series record of 853
1982 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1983 Fernando Valenzuela wins his salary arbitration of $1 million
1983 Vladimir Salnikov (USSR) sets 400 m free style swimming record
1984 "Doonesbury" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 104 performances
1984 1st brother combo to win Gold & Silver in same event at Olympics (Phil & Steve Mahre-Slalom)
1984 14th winter Olympic games close at Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
1984 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1985 150 killed when a Spanish jetliner crashed approaching Bilbao, Spain
1985 ADM of Amsterdam declares bankruptcy
1985 Artificial heart recipient William J. Schroeder becomes the first such patient to leave hospital.
1985 Canned & bottled Cherry Coke introduced by Coca-Cola
1985 Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 crashes into Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148.
1985 Mickey Mouse welcomed in China
1985 William Schroeder is 1st artificial heart patient to leave hospital He spent 15 minutes outside Humana Hospital in Louisville, Ky
1986 Akkaraipattu massacre, the Sri Lankan Army massacres 80 Tamil farm workers the eastern province of Sri Lanka.
1986 Jordanian King Hussein severs ties with PLO
1986 The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for 10 of those years.
1986 US Senate ratifies UN's anti-genocide convention 37 years later
1987 "Stardust" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 102 performances
1987 Anti-smoking ad airs for 1st time on TV, featuring Yul Brynner
1987 Less than a month after re-signing, A's pitcher Vida Blue retires
1987 Minn sheriff office arrest FBI most wanted, Thomas G Harrelson
1987 Reagan lifts trade boycott against Poland
1988 Helga Arendt, Silke-Beate Knoll, Mechthild Kluth, Gisela Kinzel walk indoor female world record 4x200m (1:32.55)
1989 "Legs Diamond" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 64 perfs
1989 Edgar Bowers wins Bollingen Prize
1990 Police kill 8 demonstrators for multi party system in Nepal
1990 Soyuz TM-9 lands
1992 Ken Ludwig's musical "Crazy For You" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 1622 performances
1992 Peter Collins discovers nova Cygni 1992
1992 Porn producer Jim Mitchell found guilty of killing his brother Artie
1993 Kenya Moore, 22, (Michigan), crowned 42nd Miss USA
1994 Marta Figueras-Dotti wins Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
1995 1st broadcast of "Woman of Independent Means" on NBC-TV
1995 Irina Privalova runs indoor woman's European record 200m (22.10 sec)
1995 Kenneth Koch wins Bollingen Prize
1995 Linford Christie runs European record 60m indoor (6.47 sec)
1995 Linford Christie runs world record 200m indoor (20.25 sec)
1995 Michael Tippett's "Rose Lake," premieres
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in York PA on WQXA 105.7 FM
1997 FCC makes available 311 for non-emergency calls & 711 for hearing or speech-impaired emergency calls
1998 Soyuz TM-26 lands
1998 US hockey team destroys their rooms at Olympic village in Japan
1999 President Bill Clinton issues a posthumous pardon for U.S. Army Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper.
2001 The Oklahoma City bombing museum is dedicated at the Oklahoma City National Memorial
2002 NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
2004 Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal is awarded an honorary knighthood in recognition of a "lifetime of service to humanity."
2007 Three Salvadoran deputies to the Central American Parliament and their driver are murdered in Guatemala.
2008 Toshiba announces its formal recall of its HD DVD video formatting, ending the format war between it and Sony's Blu-Ray Disc
2012 44 people killed in prison brawl in Apocada, Mexico, between two rival drug cartels
2013 12 people are killed and 11 are injured after a Yemeni Air Force plane crashes in Sana'a
2014 David Bowie, Ellie Goulding and Arctic Monkeys win at the BRIT Awards
2014 Death toll in Ukraine reaches 26 after Government crackdown on protesters
Born on February 19th
3 Sadiq Hidajat, Persian writer (Blind Person Owl)
1473 Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)
1526 Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609)
1552 Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630)
1588 Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies
1611 Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71)
1616 Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer
1630 Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)
1660 Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)
1671 Charles-Hubert Gervais, composer
1683 Philip V, France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)
1687 Johann Adam Birkenstock, composer
1717 David Garrick, British actor and writer (Aboan-Oroonoko)(d. 1779)
1722 Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (d. 1774)
1743 (Ridolfo) Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer and cellist (Minuet) (d. 1805)
1751 Cornelis de Gijselaar, Dutch politician/patriot
1754 Vincenzo Monti, Italian poet/translator (Al Signor di Montgolfier)
1755 Pieter G van Overstraten, governor-general of Neth-Indies
1762 Friedrich Franz Hurka, composer
1763 Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer
1780 Friedrich H von der Hagen, German germanist (Nibelungenlied)
1780 Richard McCarty, American politician (d. 1844)
1802 Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1881)
1804 Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, German physician (d. 1878)
1804 David Wark, Canadian politician (d. 1905)
1812 Lauro Rossi, composer
1817 Willem III, last male King of Netherlands (1849-90)
1819 Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author/novelist/writer
1821 August Schleicher, German linguist (d. 1868)
1821 Francis Preston Blair Jr, Lexington Ky, (Rep-Missouri)
1824 Constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educator [NS=Mar 2]
1827 Charles Robert Woods, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1855
1828 Johannes von Miquel, German politician
1833 Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1906)
1841 Felipe Pedrell, composer
1843 Adelina Patti, Madrid Spain, opera soprano (Lucio)
1859 Svante August Arhenius, Swedish chemist, Nobel laureate (Nobel 1903) (d. 1927)
1863 Emanuel Moor, composer
1864 Aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture (Work Law of 1911)
1865 Adrian van Oordt, Dutch writer (neo-romantic)
1865 Sven Hedin, Sweden, scientist and explorer (Tibet) (d. 1952)
1869 Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian poet and writer (d. 1923)
1876 Constantin Brancusi, Romanian sculptor (d. 1957)
1877 Else Berg, German/Dutch painter
1877 Gabriele Münter, German painter (d. 1962)
1877 Louis Francois-Marie Aubert, French composer (Habanera)
1880 Alvaro Obregon, Mexican president (d. 1928)
1880 Arthur Shepherd, composer
1881 Armin Knab, German composer (Eichendorff-cycle)
1881 Evert Gorter, founder of Dutch medical child care
1881 Paul Zech, writer
1886 George Luther Foote, composer
1888 Aurora Quezon, First Lady of the Philippines (d. 1949)
1888 José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian writer (Vortex) (d. 1928)
1891 J C "Farmer" White, cricketer (Somerset slow lefty 1909-37)
1893 Cedric Hardwicke, Stourbridge England, actor (Peter Pan, Richard III)
1893 Pietro Pancrazi, Italian critic (Scrittori d'Oggi)
1893 Sir Cedric Hardwicke, British actor (d. 1964)
1894 Herb Pennock, hall of fame pitcher (Yankees, 243 career wins)
1895 Diego Mazquiarán, Spanish matador ( d. 1940 )
1895 Louis Calhern, American actor (Julius Caesar, Blackboard Jungle) (d. 1956)
1896 André Breton, French poet (d. 1966)
1897 Alma Rubens, American actress (d. 1931)
1898 Lauwrens Voorthuyzen, [Lou de Palingboer], Dutch sect leader
1899 Yury Olesha, Russian novelist (d. 1960)
1900 Giorgos Seferis, writer
1901 Cor(nelis RJ) Kieboom, Dutch resistance fighter/chairman (Feyenoord)
1902 Hugo Haas, Brno Czechoslovakia, actor/director (2 Smart People)
1902 John Bubbles, Louisville Ky, rhythm tap dancer (No Maps on My Taps)
1902 Kay Boyle, American writer (d. 1992)
1902 Nydia Westman, NYC, actress (Going My Way, Young Mr Bobbins)
1903 Kay Boyle, St Paul Minn, novelist (Plagued by Nightingales)
1904 Havank (HF vqan der Kallen), Dutch writer (St Eustache) (d. 1964)
1906 Grace Mary Williams, composer
1906 Hendrik W C Spruit, Dutch conductor
1909 Charlie Walker, South Aust cricket wicket-keeper (toured but no Tests)
1910 Dorothy Janis, American silent film actress (d. 2010)
1911 Merle Oberon, British actress (Assignment Foreign Legion) (d. 1979)
1911 Nikola Hercigonja, composer
1912 Adolf Rudnicki, Polish writer (Niekochana)
1912 Peter Francis de Sautoy, publisher
1912 Saul Chaplin, American composer (d. 1997)
1912 Stan Kenton, [Newcomb], Wichita Ks, jazz musician (Music 55)
1913 Alvin Derold Etler, composer
1913 Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, pretender to the Brazilian throne (d. 2007)
1914 Jacques Dufilho, French comedian (d. 2005)
1915 John Freeman, British politician (Labour)/ambassador/TV host
1916 Eddie Arcaro, American jockey (1958 Racing Hall of Fame, 2 triple crowns) (d. 1997)
1917 Carson McCullers, American author (Heart Is a Lonely Hunter) (d. 1967)
1920 C. Z. Guest, American socialite (d. 2003)
1920 Frances K Bairstow, educator/labor relations consultant
1920 George Rose, British music hall entertainer (Beacon Hill, Holocaust) (d. 1988)
1920 Jaan Kross, Estonian writer (d. 2007)
1921 Andries Treurnicht, [Dr No], founder (S Afr Conservative Party)
1921 Claude Rene Georges Pascal, composer
1922 Beant Singh, politiician
1922 Josef Matej, composer
1923 Donald Lybbert, composer
1924 Bruce Norris, American ice hockey executive, NHL owner (Detroit Red Wings) (d. 1986)
1924 David Bronstein, Ukrainian chess player (d. 2006)
1924 František Vlácil, Czech film director, painter, and graphic artist (d. 1999)
1924 Lee Marvin, American actor (Paint Your Wagon, Cat Ballou) (d. 1987)
1925 Jindrich Feld, composer
1925 Leslie Laing, Linstead Jamaica, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-gold-1952)
1926 Gyorgy Kurtag, composer
1927 Rene Firino-Martell, cognac manufacturer
1929 Jacques Deray, French film director (d. 2003)
1930 John Frankenheimer, American film director (Birdman of Alcatraz) (d. 2002)
1930 K Viswanath, South Indian film director
1932 Jean-Pierre Ponnele, Paris France, opera director (Carmina Burana)
1932 Joseph P. Kerwin, NASA astronaut (Skylab 2)
1934 Carole Eastman, American screenwriter (d. 2004)
1934 David Hugh Jones, Poole Dorset England, director (Betrayal)
1934 Julian Belfrage, theatre Agent
1935 Dave Niehaus, American sportscaster
1936 Bob Engemann, singer
1936 Ione Mylonas Shear, archeologist
1936 Marin Sorescu, Romanian writer and novelist (d. 1997)
1936 Sam Myers, American musician and songwriter (d. 2006)
1937 Norman O'Neill, cricketer (great Aussie bat of 60's Brilliant field)
1937 Robert Walker Jr., American blues guitarist
1938 Penny Zavichas, LPGA golfer
1938 René Muñoz, Cuban actor, screenwriter of telenovelas and the cinema of Mexico (d. 2000)
1939 Gwen Taylor, British actress (Life of Brian, Sob Sisters, Screaming)
1940 Bobby Rogers, US vocalist (Miracles-You Really Got a Hold on Me)
1940 Carlin Glynn, US actress (Continental Divide)
1940 Saparmurat Niyazov, President of Turkmenistan (d. 2006)
1940 Smokey Robinson, American R&B and soul singer-songwriter (The Miracles)
1941 Carlos Roque Alsina, composer
1941 David Gross, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1941 Stephen Dobyns, US author/poet (Cold Dog Soup)
1942 Kenneth R Kramer, (Rep-R-CO, 1979)
1942 Paul Krause, American football player
1943 "Mama" Cass Elliot, Musician (Mamas & Papas-Monday Monday)
1943 Homer Hickam, American author and retired NASA engineer
1943 Lou Christie (Lugee Sacco), American singer-songwriter (Lightning Striking Again)
1943 Tim Hunt, British biochemist, Nobel laureate
1944 Jan Bart Klaster, mythologist (Slogan)
1945 Jon Whiteley, actor (Moonfleet)
1945 Michael Nader, American actor (Dynasty, All My Children)
1945 Thomas Brasch, writer
1946 Karen Silkwood, American activist (d. 1974)
1946 Paul Dean, Canadian guitarist (Loverboy)
1946 Peter Hudson, Australian rules footballer
1946 Pierre van der Linden, Dutch drummer (Brainbox)
1947 Peter Bird, ocean rower
1947 Tim Shadbolt, mayor of Invercargill, New Zealand
1948 Big John Studd, American professional wrestler (d. 1995)
1948 Byron K Lichtenburg, Stroudsburg Pa, astronaut (STS 9, STS 45)
1948 Mark Andes, American musician, bassist (Spirit, Heart, Fireball)
1948 Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician (d. 2002)
1948 Tony Iommi, English guitarist (Black Sabbath)
1949 Dan Bunten, American software developer (d. 1998)
1949 Eddie Hardin, keyboardist and singer (Spencer Davis Group)
1949 Ewa Aulin, Stockholm, actress (Candy)
1949 William Messner-Loebs, American comics writer
1950 Andy Powell, British musician (Wishbone Ash)
1951 Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (Db), Pakistani Islamic Sufi Scholar
1951 Stephen Nichols, American actor (Witchboard, Days of our Lives)
1952 Amy Tan, American novelist
1952 Rodolfo Neri Vela, Mexican astronaut (STS 23)
1953 Bill Kirchenbauer, American comedian and actor (Coach-Just the 10 of Us)
1953 Cristina Elisabet Fernández, President of Argentina
1953 Massimo Troisi, Italian actor (d. 1994)
1954 Frances Bucholz, rocker (Scorpions-Wind of Change)
1954 Jamie West-Oram, rock guitarist (Fixx)
1954 Socrates, Brazilian footballer
1955 Jeff Daniels, American actor (Something Wild, Dumb & Dumber, Speed)
1956 Dave Wakeling, English musician (The (English) Beat, General Public)
1956 George David Low, Cleveland Ohio, astronaut (STS 32, STS 43)
1956 Kathleen Beller, American actress
1956 Peter Holsapple, rocker (Continental Drifters)
1956 Roderick MacKinnon, American biologist, Nobel laureate
1956 Steve Randell, Tasmanian cricket Test umpire (international panel)
1957 Dave "Smoke" Stewart, Oakland California, pitcher (Oakland Athletic)
1957 Falco (John Hoelcel), Austrian singer (Rock Me Amadeus) (d. 1998)
1957 Johann Hoelzel Falco, musician
1957 Lorianne Crook, Television Personality
1957 Paul Dean, guitarist
1957 Ray Winstone, British actor
1958 Helen Fielding, English writer
1960 Andrew, Duke of York
1960 Keith Musa (kawukhathi) Zondi, South African head of Inkatha Youth Brigade
1960 Leslie Ash, English actress
1960 Prince Andrew, Albert Christian Edward, of Britain/Duke of York
1960 Vicki Lynn Lasseter, American playmate (Feb, 1981)
1961 Andy Wallace, English race car driver
1961 Benoît Chamoux, French mountaineer (d. 1995)
1961 Justin Fashanu, English footballer (d. 1998)
1962 Alvaro Espinoza, Venezuela, baseball shortstop (NY Yanks, NY Mets)
1962 Hana Mandlíková, Czech tennis player (1985 US Open)
1962 John Laroche, American orchid poacher
1963 Jessica Tuck, American actress (Megan-1 Life to Live)
1963 Laurell K. Hamilton, American writer
1963 Seal, English singer (Killer, Crazy, Kiss by a Rose)
1964 Dmitri Lipskerov, Russian writer
1964 Doug Aldrich, American musician (Whitesnake)
1964 Sonu Walia, Indian actress
1965 Andrew Jameson, British swimmer
1965 Cathy Lane, English Swimmer
1965 John Commins, cricketer (South African Test batsman v NZ 1994-95)
1965 Jon Fishman, American musician (Phish)
1965 Leroy, American musician (Smash Mouth)
1966 Enzo Scifo, Belgian footballer
1966 Justine Bateman, American actress (Mallory-Family Ties, Satisfaction)
1966 Matthew Ryan, Port Jefferson NY, team handball circle (Olympics-1996)
1966 Paul Haarhuis, Dutch tennis player (1994 US/Austral doubles)
1966 Peter Douris, Toronto, NHL right wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1966 Prince Markie D, [Mark Morale], rocker (Fat Boys-Jail House Rock)
1966 William White, NFL safety (KC Chiefs, Atlanta Falcons)
1967 Benicio Del Toro, Puerto Rico, actor (Licence to Kill, Usual Suspects)
1967 Roel Liefden, soccer player (Dordrecht '90, FC Groningen)
1968 Frank Watkins, US heavy metalist bass (Obituary, Cause of Death)
1968 Rob Dimaio, Calgary, NHL right wing (Phila Flyers)
1969 Burton C. Bell, American vocalist
1970 Garland Hawkins, NFL defensive end (Chic Bears)
1970 Ruwan Kalpage, cricket off-spinner (Sri Lankan)
1971 Becca Lee, Tennessee, Miss USA (Tenn-3rd-1996)
1971 Becky Dyroen-Lancer, San Jose California, synchro swimmer (Oly-gold-96)
1971 Gil Shaham, Israeli-born American violinist
1971 Glyn Milburn, NFL running back/kick returner (Den Broncos, Det Lions)
1971 Lisa McCune, Australian actress
1971 Miguel Batista, Dominican baseball player
1971 Richard Green, Australasia golfer
1971 Wally Williams, NFL center/guard (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens)
1971 William Henderson, NFL running back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1972 Andrey Pchelyakov, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1972 Francine, American professional wrestler
1973 Masafumi Kawaguchi, WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals)
1973 Terrence Rencher, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns)
1973 Tommy Bennett, safety (Arizona Cardinals)
1974 Danny Doring, American professional wrestler
1974 Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Sochi Russia, tennis star (1995 doubles-Hamburg)
1975 Daewon Song, Korean professional skateboarder
1975 Daniel Adair, Canadian Drummer (Nickelback)
1975 Katja Schuurman, Dutch actress and singer
1975 Mikko Kavén, Finnish footballer
1975 Paul Frey, Boston MA, dance skater (& Ponte-1995 Eastern Jr champ)
1975 Raymond Graanoogst, Suriname/Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht)
1976 Jahidi White, American basketball player
1977 Gianluca Zambrotta, Italian footballer
1977 Ola Salo, Swedish singer (The Ark)
1978 Immortal Technique, American rapper
1978 Michalis Konstantinou, Greek-Cypriot footballer
1979 Clinton Morrison, Irish footballer
1979 Mariana Ochoa, Mexican singer and actress
1979 Mariska, Finnish rapper
1979 Steve Cherundolo, American soccer player
1980 David Gandy, British Male Model
1980 Dwight Freeney, American football player
1980 Ma Lin, Chinese table tennis player
1980 Mike Miller, American basketball player
1980 Neleh Dennis, American Survivor contestant
1981 Beth Ditto, American singer (The Gossip)
1981 Daniel Letterle, American Actor and Singer
1981 Gil Reyes, American boxer
1981 Kyle Martino, American soccer player
1981 Nicky Shorey, English footballer
1981 Ronnie Arniell, Canadian professional wrestler
1981 Vitas, Russian singer
1983 Assunta De Rossi, Filipino actress
1983 Mika Nakashima, Japanese singer/actress
1983 Ryan Whitney, American ice hockey player
1984 Chris Richardson, American Idol finalist
1985 Arielle Kebbel, American actress
1985 Haylie Duff, American singer/actress
1986 Björn Gustafsson, Swedish comedian
1986 Henri Karjalainen, Finnish racing driver
1986 Jayde Nicole, Canadian model
1986 Kyle Chipchura, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 Maria Mena, Norwegian singer
1986 Marta, Brazilian footballer
1986 Reon Kadena, Japanese model/actress
1988 Miyu Irino, Japanese voice actor
1989 L A Baby orangutan, at Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle
1989 Luke Pasqualino, English actor
1993 Empress Schuck, Filipina actress
1993 Victoria Justice, American Actress (The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody, Lola Martinez in Nickelodeon show Zoey 101)
Died on February 19th
197 Clodius Albinus, Roman governor of Britain, dies in battle
440 Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362)
1133 Irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066)
1260 Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies
1401 William Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London
1414 Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies
1545 Pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death
1553 Erasmus Reinhold, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1511)
1568 Miles Coverdale, translator (1st complete English Bible), dies at 80
1589 Saint Philothei, Orthodox martyr and Patron of Athens (b. 1522)
1602 Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (b. 1558)
1605 Orazio Vecchi, Italian composer (b. 1550)
1620 Roemer Visscher, Dutch writer (b. 1547)
1622 Sir Henry Savile, English educator (b. 1549)
1653 Luigi de Rossi, Italian composer (b. 1597)
1663 Adam Adami, German bishop and diplomat (b. 1603)
1670 King Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609)
1672 Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (b. 1592)
1709 Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (b. 1646)
1716 Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (b. 1634)
1785 Johann Christoph Richter, composer
1789 Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware (b. 1738)
1790 Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer
1799 Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (b. 1733)
1806 Elizabeth Carter, English writer (b. 1717)
1815 Leonhard von Call, composer
1822 Jeronymo Francisco de Lima, composer
1837 Georg Büchner, German playwright (b. 1813)
1837 Thomas Burgess, English author, philosopher, Bishop of Saint David's and Bishop of Salisbury (b. 1756)
1858 Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer
1864 William Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brig-general
1873 Vasil Levski, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1837)
1875 Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas),
1878 Charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter
1887 Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar)
1887 Multatuli, Dutch writer (b. 1820)
1892 Monty Bowden, cricket Capt (England v South Africa 1889)
1894 Ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer
1897 Karl T Weierstraß, German mathematician (b. 1815)
1915 Gopal Krishna Gokhale, India's social reformer/politician, dies
1916 Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
1923 Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer
1927 Georg Brandes, [Cohen], Danish literary-historian/critic
1927 Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer (b. 1847)
1933 Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn, composer
1936 Billy Mitchell, American general and military aviation pioneer (b. 1879)
1936 Charles Harding Firth, British historian (b. 1857)
1941 Alexander Josiah Webbe, English cricket keeper (v Aus 1879)
1941 Hamilton Hamilton Harty, composer/conductor
1942 Frank Abbandando, American gangster (executed) (b. 1910)
1944 Siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg, composer
1945 Wim Speelman, Dutch resistance fighter
1949 Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer
1950 Edyth Walker, US singer
1951 Andre(-Paul-Guillaume) Gide, French writer (Nobel 1947) (b. 1869)
1952 Knut Hamsun, Norwegian author, Nobel laureate (b. 1859)
1952 Lawrence Grant, actor (Bulldog Drummond)
1957 Maurice Garin, French cyclist (b. 1871)
1962 Albert Israel Elkus, composer
1962 Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek doctor, inventor of the Pap smear (b. 1883)
1965 Forrest Taylor, actor (This is Life, Man Without a Gun)
1965 Gheorge Gheorghiu Dej, Romanian president
1967 Wilmer King, 1st casuality on Tappan Zee Bridge NY, dies
1968 Georg Hackenschmidt, Estonian professional wrestler (b. 1878)
1968 Ralph Dunn, actor (Mr Rudge-Norby)
1969 Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899)
1970 Christoforos Nezer, Greek actor (b. 1887)
1970 Ralph Edward Flanders, (Sen-VT)
1972 John Grierson, Scottish documentary filmmaker (b. 1898)
1972 Tedd Pierce, American animator (b. 1906)
1973 Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (b. 1892)
1973 Kostas Negrepontis, Greek footballer (b. 1897)
1975 Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian 12-tone composer (b. 1904)
1977 Anthony Crosland, British politician (b. 1918)
1977 Mike González, Cuban baseball player (b. 1890)
1980 Bon Scott, Australian singer (AC/DC) (b. 1946)
1981 Frank Merrik, composer
1983 Alice White, American film actress (Employees' Entrance), (b. 1904)
1984 Ina Ray Hutton, orchestra leader (Ina Ray Hutton Show)
1985 Elizabeth Julesberg, author (Dick & Jane)
1985 George Holmes, actor (Man in the Trunk)
1986 Adolfo Celi, Italian actor (Thunderball) (b. 1922)
1986 James O Eastland, (Sen-D-Miss)
1986 Paul Stewart, actor (Top Secret USA, Deadline)
1988 André Frédéric Cournand, French-born physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1895)
1989 Jaap van de Merwe, Dutch journalist/cabareter (Hadjememaar)
1989 Merwe, journalist/cabaret performer (Hadjememaar)
1990 Michael Powell, Engl director (Life & Death of Col Blimp)
1991 Peggy Mondo, actress (Who's Minding the Store)
1992 Chet Leaming
1992 Tojo Yamamoto, American professional wrestler (b. 1927)
1993 Gerhard Gesell, judge (Pentagon Papers)
1993 Michael Morrison, actor (Caleb-As the World Turns)
1994 Derek Jarman, British film director (Tempest) (b. 1942)
1994 Georges Watin, Algerian/French officer (OAS)
1994 Renske Vellinga, Dutch speed-skater, auto-accident (19yo)
1995 Calder Willingham, novelist/Scriptwriter
1995 Ian Ball, photographer
1995 Shlomo Averbach, Israeli ultra-orthodox rabbi
1996 Antonio Creus, Spanish racecar driver (b. 1924)
1996 Brenda Bruce, actress (December Bride, Nightmare)
1996 Charles O. Finley, American sports entrepreneur, baseball owner (Oakland A's) (b. 1918)
1996 Grant Sawyer, US politician
1996 Madhaviah Krishnan, naturalist
1997 Deng Xiaoping, Chinese Communist leader and revolutionary (b. 1904)
1997 Leo Rosten, American Yiddish writer and humorist (Joys of Yiddish) (b. 1908)
1997 Stanley Pearson, footballer
1998 Grandpa Jones, American entertainer, banjo wizard (Hee Haw) (b. 1913)
1999 Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr, Iraqi Shiite leader (assassinated) (b. 1943)
2000 Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian artist (b. 1928)
2001 Charles Trenet, French singer (b. 1913)
2001 Priscilla Davis, American socialite (b. 1942)
2001 Stanley Kramer, American director (b. 1913)
2003 Johnny Paycheck, American singer (b. 1938)
2007 Celia Franca, founder of National Ballet of Canada (b. 1921)
2007 Janet Blair, American actress (b. 1921)
2008 Lydia Shum, Hong Kong comedian and actress (b. 1945)
2008 Yegor Letov, Russian song writer and singer (b. 1964)
2009 Kelly Groucutt, Bass guitarist and singer for the band Electric Light Orchestra (b.1945)
2009 Miika Tenkula, Finnish guitarist for the band Sentenced (b.1974)
2010 Laura Spurr, Tribal Chairperson, Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi (b. 1945)
2011 Ollie Matson, American Football Running Back (b. 1930)
2012 John Hogan, American research chemist
2012 Steve Kordek, American pinball machine designer
2013 Armen Alchian, American economist (b. 1914)
2013 Robert Coleman Richardson, American Nobel physicist (b. 1937)
2014 Dale Gardner, American astronaut
2014 Valeri Nikolayevich Kubasov, Russian cosmonaut
2016 Umberto Eco, Italian philosopher and writer (Name of the Rose)
2016 (Nelle) Harper Lee, American author (To Kill a Mockingbird)