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Events
- 55 - Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, Heir to the Roman Emperorship, dies under mysterious curcimstances in Rome, and later Emperor Nero rises to the throne.
- 1354 - Treaty of Stralsund settles border disputes between the duchies of Mecklenburg and Pomerania.
- 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Charles I, Duke of Bourbon and John Stuart in the Battle of Rouvray (also known as the Battle of the Herrings).
- 1502 - Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal on his second voyage to India.
- 1541 - Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de Valdivia.
- 1554 - A year after claiming the throne of England for nine days, Jane of England is beheaded for treason.
- 1689 - The Convention Parliament convenes and declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II of England, the last Roman Catholic British monarchy, constitutes an abdication.
- 1719 - The Onderlinge van 1719 u.a., the oldest existing life insurance company in the Netherlands is founded.
- 1733 - Englishman James Oglethorpe founds the 13th United States colony of Georgia (U.S. state), and its first city at Savannah, Georgia (known as Georgia Day).
- 1737 - The San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated.
- 1771 - Gustav III of Sweden becomes the Monarch of Sweden when his father Adolf Frederick of Sweden "eats himself to death".
- 1817 - Argentina/Chile patriotic army, after Crossing of the Andes, defeat Spain troops on the battle of Chacabuco.
- 1818 - Bernardo O'Higgins signs the Independence of Chile near Concepción, Chile.
- 1825 - The Creek (people) cede the last of their lands in Georgia (U.S. state) to the United States government, and migrate west.
- 1832 - Ecuador annexes the Galápagos Islands.
- 1870 - Women gain the right to vote in Utah.
- 1879 - At New York City's Madison Square Garden the first artificial ice rink in North America opens.
- 1892 - Former President Abraham Lincoln's birthday is declared a national holiday in the United States.
- 1894 - Anarchism Émile Henry hurls a bomb into Paris's Cafe Terminus, killing one and wounding 20.
- 1909 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
- 1912 - Xuantong Emperor of the Manchu Qing dynasty, the last Emperor of China, abdication.
- 1912 - The Republic of China adopts the Gregorian calendar.
- 1914 - In Washington, DC, the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
- 1924 - Premiere of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with Paul Whiteman's Palais Royal Orchestra in Aeolian Hall (New York) in New York City
- 1924 - Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President of the United States to deliver a political speech on radio.
- 1934 - The Austrian Civil War begins.
- 1934 - The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
- 1934 - In Spain the national council of Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista is inaugurated. The council decides to merge the movement with the Falange Española.
- 1946 - Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.
- 1951 - Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari marries the Mohammad Reza Pahlavi at Golestan Palace in Teheran at the age of 17.
- 1961 - U.S.S.R. launches Venera 1 towards Venus.
- 1966 - Mujibur Rahman, announced famous Six Points in Karachi as election manifesto of Awami League that later led to formation of Bangladesh.
- 1973 - Ohio becomes the first U.S. state to post distance in SI on signs.
- 1973 - Vietnam War: The first United States prisoners of war are released by the Viet Cong.
- 1993 - Trafford Borough Council officially changed the name of Warwick Road North to Sir Matt Busby Way. The ceremony was attended by the man himself, Sir Matt Busby.
- 1997 - Hwang Jang-yop, secretary in the Workers' Party of Korea and a prime architect of North Korea's Juche doctrine, defects at the South Korean embassy in Beijing along with his aide, Kim Dok-hong.
- 1999 - President of the United States Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.
- 2001 - NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touchdown in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
- 2002 - The trial of former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević begins at the United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague. He eventually dies four years later before its conclusion.
- 2002 - Nuclear waste: US Secretary of Energy makes the decision that Yucca Mountain is suitable to be the United States' nuclear repository.
- 2002 - An Iran Air Tours Tupolev Tu-154 crashes prior to landing in Khorramabad, Iran, killing 119.
- 2006 - A powerful Nor'easter North American blizzard of 2006 blankets the Northeastern United States dumping 1 to 2 feet of snow from Washington DC up to Boston, Massachusetts. The storm dumped a record 26.9 inches of snow in New York City.
Births
- 1074 - Conrad (King of Italy), King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101)
- 1218 - Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256)
- 1567 - Thomas Campion, English composer and poet (d. 1620)
- 1606 - John Winthrop, the Younger, Governor of Connecticut (d. 1676)
- 1637 - Jan Swammerdam, Dutch scientist (d. 1680)
- 1663 - Cotton Mather, New England minister (d. 1728)
- 1665 - Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (d. 1721)
- 1704 - Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (d. 1772)
- 1728 - Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (d. 1799)
- 1753 - François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (d. 1798)
- 1768 - Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1835)
- 1775 - Louisa Adams, First Lady of the United States, wife of John Quincy Adams (d. 1852)
- 1777 - Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German poet (d. 1843)
- 1785 - Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist (d. 1838)
- 1788 - Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (d. 1869)
- 1791 - Peter Cooper, American Industrialist, inventor and philanthropist (d. 1883)
- 1794 - Alexander Petrov, Russian chess player (d. 1867)
- 1804 - Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (d. 1865)
- 1809 - Charles Darwin, English naturalist (d. 1882)
- 1809 - Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (d. 1865)
- 1818 - Otto Ludwig, German writer (d. 1865)
- 1828 - George Meredith, English writer (d. 1909)
- 1857 - Bobby Peel, English cricketer (d. 1943)
- 1861 - Lou Andreas-Salome, Russian-born author (d. 1937)
- 1865 - Kazimierz Tetmajer, Polish poet and writer (d. 1940)
- 1876 - Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama, 13th Dalai Lama (d. 1933)
- 1880 - John L. Lewis, American labor union leader (d. 1969)
- 1881 - Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (d. 1931)
- 1884 - Max Beckmann, German artist (d. 1950)
- 1884 - Marie Vassilieff, Russian artist (d. 1957)
- 1893 - Omar Bradley, American general (d. 1981)
- 1897 - Vola Vale, American actress (d. 1970)
- 1898 - Wallace Ford, English-born actor (d. 1966)
- 1900 - Roger J. Traynor, American judge (d. 1980)
- 1902 - William Collier, American stage and film actor (d. 1987)
- 1903 - Chick Hafey, baseball player (d. 1973)
- 1903 - Joseph F. Biroc, American cinematographer (d. 1996)
- 1904 - Ted Mack (radio-TV host), American television host (d. 1976)
- 1908 - Jacques Herbrand, French logician and mathematician (d. 1931)
- 1908 - Jean Effel, French painter and journalist (d. 1982)
- 1908 - August Neo, Estonian wrestler (d. 1982)
- 1909 - Sigmund Rascher, German SS doctor (d. 1945)
- 1911 - Stephen H. Sholes, American recording executive (d. 1968)
- 1912 - R. F. Delderfield, English author (d. 1972)
- 1914 - Tex Beneke, American musician and band leader (d. 2000)
- 1914 - Arvid Pardo, Maltese diplomat, a.k.a "Father of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea" (d. 1999)
- 1915 - Lorne Greene, American actor (d. 1987)
- 1916 - Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1998)
- 1917 - Raizo Matsuno, Japanese politician (d. 2006)
- 1918 - Julian Schwinger, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1994)
- 1919 - Forrest Tucker, American actor (d. 1986)
- 1920 - William Roscoe Estep, Baptist historian and professor (d. 2000)
- 1920 - Pran Sikhand, Indian actor
- 1923 - Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film and opera director and designer
- 1925 - Sir Anthony Berry, British politician (d. 1984)
- 1926 - Joe Garagiola, American baseball player and announcer
- 1926 - Charles Van Doren, American quiz show contestant
- 1930 - Arlen Specter, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania
- 1931 - Janwillem van de Wetering, Dutch author
- 1932 - Axel Jensen, Norwegian author (d. 2003)
- 1932 - Julian Lincoln Simon, American economist and author (d. 1998)
- 1933 - Costa-Gavras, Greek director and writer
- 1934 - Anne O. Krueger, American economist
- 1934 - Bill Russell (basketball), American basketball player
- 1934 - Annette Crosbie, Scottish actress
- 1935 - Gene McDaniels, American singer
- 1936 - Joe Don Baker, American actor
- 1936 - Paul Shenar, American actor
- 1937 - Charles Dumas, American athlete (d. 2004)
- 1938 - Judy Blume, American author
- 1938 - Johnny Rutherford, American race car driver
- 1938 - Peter Temple-Morris, Baron Temple-Morris, British politician
- 1939 - Ray Manzarek, American keyboardist (The Doors)
- 1940 - Richard Lynch, American actor
- 1941 - Naomi Uemura, Japanese adventurer
- 1942 - Ehud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel
- 1942 - Pat Dobson, American baseball player (d. 2006)
- 1944 - Moe Bandy, American singer
- 1945 - Maud Adams, Swedish actress
- 1946 - Cliff DeYoung, American actor and musician
- 1946 - Jean Eyeghe Ndong, Prime Minister of Gabon
- 1946 - Ajda Pekkan, Turkish singer
- 1947 - Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indian leader of Damdami Taksal (d. 1984)
- 1948 - Raymond Kurzweil, American inventor and author
- 1949 - Joaquin Sabina, Spanish singer and songwriter
- 1950 - Michael Ironside, Canadian actor
- 1950 - Steve Hackett, English guitarist (Genesis (band))
- 1951 - Steven Parent, Charles Manson murder victim (d. 1969)
- 1952 - Michael McDonald (singer), American musician
- 1952 - Simon MacCorkindale, British actor
- 1953 - Nabil Shaban, British actor
- 1953 - Robin Thomas, American actor
- 1954 - Philip Zimmermann, American cryptographer
- 1955 - Arsenio Hall, American actor and talk show host
- 1955 - Chet Lemon, American baseball player
- 1956 - Brian Robertson, Scottish musician (Thin Lizzy and Motörhead)
- 1958 - Bobby Smith (hockey player), Canadian ice hockey player
- 1958 - Grant McLennan, Australian musician (The Go-Betweens) (d. 2006)
- 1959 - Sigrid Thornton, Australian actress
- 1961 - James R. M. Harris, Canadian politician
- 1962 - Jimmy Kirkwood, Irish-born field hockey player
- 1963 - Ed Lover, American radio personality
- 1967 - Chris McKinstry, Canadian computer scientist
- 1967 - Chitravina N. Ravikiran, Indian composer and musician
- 1968 - Josh Brolin, American actor
- 1968 - Chynna Phillips, American singer
- 1968 - Grégory Charles, French Canadian singer, dancer, pianist, radio and television host
- 1968 - Christopher McCandless, American nomad, subject of biography Into the Wild (d. 1992)
- 1969 - Darren Aronofsky, American director and writer
- 1969 - Hong Myung-Bo, Korean footballer
- 1969 - Meja, Swedish singer
- 1969 - Brad Werenka, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1970 - Jim Creeggan, Canadian bassist (Barenaked Ladies)
- 1970 - Judd Winick, writer and artist
- 1972 - Ajay Naidu, Indian-American actor
- 1972 - Owen Nolan, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1973 - Gianni Romme, Dutch speed skater
- 1973 - Tara Strong, Canadian-born voice actress
- 1974 - Toranosuke Takagi, Japanese race car driver
- 1976 - Anna Benson, American model
- 1976 - Silvia Saint, Czech actress
- 1976 - Christian Cullen, New Zealand rugby union footballer
- 1978 - Brett Hodgson, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1978 - Silver Meikar, Estonian politician
- 1979 - Jesse Spencer, Australian actor
- 1979 - Matt Mauck, American football player
- 1980 - Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spanish tennis player
- 1980 - Christina Ricci, American actress
- 1982 - Onil Joseph, Dominican baseball player
- 1982 - Louis Tsatoumas, Greek long jumper
- 1991 - Faisal ibn Hamad Al Khalifah, prince of Bahrain (d. 2006)
Deaths
- 1538 - Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter
- 1554 - Lord Guilford Dudley, consort of Lady Jane Grey (b. 1536)
- 1554 - Lady Jane Grey, claimant to the English throne (b. 1537)
- 1571 - Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515)
- 1590 - François Hotman, French lawyer and writer (b. 1524)
- 1595 - Archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553)
- 1612 - Christopher Clavius, German astronomer (b. 1538)
- 1624 - George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist (b. 1563)
- 1630 - Fynes Moryson, English traveler and writer (b. 1566)
- 1700 - Aleksei Shein, Russian general and statesman (b. 1662)
- 1724 - Elkanah Settle, English writer (b. 1648)
- 1728 - Agostino Steffani, Italian diplomat and composer (b. 1653)
- 1762 - Laurent Belissen, French composer (b. 1693)
- 1763 - Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688)
- 1771 - King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (b. 1710)
- 1789 - Ethan Allen, American patriot (b. 1738)
- 1799 - Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist (b. 1729)
- 1804 - Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (b. 1724)
- 1894 - Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830)
- 1896 - Ambroise Thomas, French opera composer (b. 1811)
- 1903 - Gaspar Núñez de Arce, Spanish dramatist and statesman (b. 1834)
- 1915 - Émile Waldteufel, French composer (b. 1837)
- 1916 - Richard Dedekind, German mathematician (b. 1831)
- 1929 - Lillie Langtry, British singer and actress (b. 1853)
- 1931 - Samedbey Mehmandarov, Russian general (b. 1855)
- 1933 - Henri Duparc, French composer (b. 1848)
- 1935 - Auguste Escoffier, French chef (b. 1846)
- 1949 - Hassan al Banna, Egyptian founder of the Muslim Brotherhood (b. 1906)
- 1951 - Choudhary Rehmat Ali, Pakistani nationalist (b. 1897)
- 1954 - Dziga Vertov, Russian filmmaker (b. 1896)
- 1957 - Eric Alfred Knudsen, American folklorist (b. 1872)
- 1958 - Douglas Hartree, English mathematical physicist (b.1897)
- 1971 - James C. Penney, American department store founder (b. 1875)
- 1976 - Sal Mineo, American actor (b. 1939)
- 1979 - Jean Renoir, French director (b. 1894)
- 1980 - Muriel Rukeyser, American poet (b. 1913)
- 1982 - Victor Jory, Canadian actor (b. 1902)
- 1983 - Eubie Blake, American musician and songwriter (b. 1887)
- 1984 - Julio Cortázar, Argentine writer (b. 1914)
- 1985 - Nicholas Colasanto, American actor (b. 1924)
- 1989 - Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and novelist (b. 1931)
- 1991 - Roger Patterson, American death metal bass player (b. 1968)
- 1992 - Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (b. 1907)
- 1993 - James Bulger, English murder victim (b. 1990)
- 1994 - Sue Rodriguez, Canadian assisted suicide advocate (b. 1950)
- 1995 - Robert Bolt, English writer (b. 1924)
- 1995 - Philip Taylor Kramer, American musician (Iron Butterfly) (b. 1952)
- 1996 - Bob Shaw, Northern Irish novelist (b. 1931)
- 2000 - Screamin' Jay Hawkins, American musician (b. 1929)
- 2000 - Tom Landry, American football coach (b. 1924)
- 2000 - Charles Schulz, American comics author (b. 1922)
- 2000 - Oliver (William Oliver Swofford), American pop singer (b. 1945)
- 2001 - Kristina Söderbaum, German actress (b. 1912)
- 2003 - Vali Myers, Australian painter (b. 1930)
- 2005 - Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan athlete (b. 1964)
- 2005 - Sammi Smith, American country music singer (b. 1943)
- 2007 - Peggy Gilbert, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1905)
- 2007 - Randy Stone, American actor and casting director (b. 1958)
Holidays and observances
Liturgical feasts
In the Roman Catholic Church:
In the Eastern Orthodox Churches:
External links
- BBC: On This Day
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- On This Day in Canada
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Events
- 55 - Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, Heir to the Roman Emperorship, dies under mysterious curcimstances in Rome, and later Emperor Nero rises to the throne.
- 1354 - Treaty of Stralsund settles border disputes between the duchies of Mecklenburg and Pomerania.
- 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Charles I, Duke of Bourbon and John Stuart in the Battle of Rouvray (also known as the Battle of the Herrings).
- 1502 - Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal on his second voyage to India.
- 1541 - Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de Valdivia.
- 1554 - A year after claiming the throne of England for nine days, Jane of England is beheaded for treason.
- 1689 - The Convention Parliament convenes and declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II of England, the last Roman Catholic British monarchy, constitutes an abdication.
- 1719 - The Onderlinge van 1719 u.a., the oldest existing life insurance company in the Netherlands is founded.
- 1733 - Englishman James Oglethorpe founds the 13th United States colony of Georgia (U.S. state), and its first city at Savannah, Georgia (known as Georgia Day).
- 1737 - The San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated.
- 1771 - Gustav III of Sweden becomes the Monarch of Sweden when his father Adolf Frederick of Sweden "eats himself to death".
- 1817 - Argentina/Chile patriotic army, after Crossing of the Andes, defeat Spain troops on the battle of Chacabuco.
- 1818 - Bernardo O'Higgins signs the Independence of Chile near Concepción, Chile.
- 1825 - The Creek (people) cede the last of their lands in Georgia (U.S. state) to the United States government, and migrate west.
- 1832 - Ecuador annexes the Galápagos Islands.
- 1870 - Women gain the right to vote in Utah.
- 1879 - At New York City's Madison Square Garden the first artificial ice rink in North America opens.
- 1892 - Former President Abraham Lincoln's birthday is declared a national holiday in the United States.
- 1894 - Anarchism Émile Henry hurls a bomb into Paris's Cafe Terminus, killing one and wounding 20.
- 1909 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
- 1912 - Xuantong Emperor of the Manchu Qing dynasty, the last Emperor of China, abdication.
- 1912 - The Republic of China adopts the Gregorian calendar.
- 1914 - In Washington, DC, the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
- 1924 - Premiere of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with Paul Whiteman's Palais Royal Orchestra in Aeolian Hall (New York) in New York City
- 1924 - Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President of the United States to deliver a political speech on radio.
- 1934 - The Austrian Civil War begins.
- 1934 - The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
- 1934 - In Spain the national council of Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista is inaugurated. The council decides to merge the movement with the Falange Española.
- 1946 - Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.
- 1951 - Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari marries the Mohammad Reza Pahlavi at Golestan Palace in Teheran at the age of 17.
- 1961 - U.S.S.R. launches Venera 1 towards Venus.
- 1966 - Mujibur Rahman, announced famous Six Points in Karachi as election manifesto of Awami League that later led to formation of Bangladesh.
- 1973 - Ohio becomes the first U.S. state to post distance in SI on signs.
- 1973 - Vietnam War: The first United States prisoners of war are released by the Viet Cong.
- 1993 - Trafford Borough Council officially changed the name of Warwick Road North to Sir Matt Busby Way. The ceremony was attended by the man himself, Sir Matt Busby.
- 1997 - Hwang Jang-yop, secretary in the Workers' Party of Korea and a prime architect of North Korea's Juche doctrine, defects at the South Korean embassy in Beijing along with his aide, Kim Dok-hong.
- 1999 - President of the United States Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.
- 2001 - NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touchdown in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
- 2002 - The trial of former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević begins at the United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague. He eventually dies four years later before its conclusion.
- 2002 - Nuclear waste: US Secretary of Energy makes the decision that Yucca Mountain is suitable to be the United States' nuclear repository.
- 2002 - An Iran Air Tours Tupolev Tu-154 crashes prior to landing in Khorramabad, Iran, killing 119.
- 2006 - A powerful Nor'easter North American blizzard of 2006 blankets the Northeastern United States dumping 1 to 2 feet of snow from Washington DC up to Boston, Massachusetts. The storm dumped a record 26.9 inches of snow in New York City.
Births
- 1074 - Conrad (King of Italy), King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101)
- 1218 - Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256)
- 1567 - Thomas Campion, English composer and poet (d. 1620)
- 1606 - John Winthrop, the Younger, Governor of Connecticut (d. 1676)
- 1637 - Jan Swammerdam, Dutch scientist (d. 1680)
- 1663 - Cotton Mather, New England minister (d. 1728)
- 1665 - Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (d. 1721)
- 1704 - Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (d. 1772)
- 1728 - Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (d. 1799)
- 1753 - François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (d. 1798)
- 1768 - Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1835)
- 1775 - Louisa Adams, First Lady of the United States, wife of John Quincy Adams (d. 1852)
- 1777 - Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German poet (d. 1843)
- 1785 - Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist (d. 1838)
- 1788 - Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (d. 1869)
- 1791 - Peter Cooper, American Industrialist, inventor and philanthropist (d. 1883)
- 1794 - Alexander Petrov, Russian chess player (d. 1867)
- 1804 - Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (d. 1865)
- 1809 - Charles Darwin, English naturalist (d. 1882)
- 1809 - Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (d. 1865)
- 1818 - Otto Ludwig, German writer (d. 1865)
- 1828 - George Meredith, English writer (d. 1909)
- 1857 - Bobby Peel, English cricketer (d. 1943)
- 1861 - Lou Andreas-Salome, Russian-born author (d. 1937)
- 1865 - Kazimierz Tetmajer, Polish poet and writer (d. 1940)
- 1876 - Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama, 13th Dalai Lama (d. 1933)
- 1880 - John L. Lewis, American labor union leader (d. 1969)
- 1881 - Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (d. 1931)
- 1884 - Max Beckmann, German artist (d. 1950)
- 1884 - Marie Vassilieff, Russian artist (d. 1957)
- 1893 - Omar Bradley, American general (d. 1981)
- 1897 - Vola Vale, American actress (d. 1970)
- 1898 - Wallace Ford, English-born actor (d. 1966)
- 1900 - Roger J. Traynor, American judge (d. 1980)
- 1902 - William Collier, American stage and film actor (d. 1987)
- 1903 - Chick Hafey, baseball player (d. 1973)
- 1903 - Joseph F. Biroc, American cinematographer (d. 1996)
- 1904 - Ted Mack (radio-TV host), American television host (d. 1976)
- 1908 - Jacques Herbrand, French logician and mathematician (d. 1931)
- 1908 - Jean Effel, French painter and journalist (d. 1982)
- 1908 - August Neo, Estonian wrestler (d. 1982)
- 1909 - Sigmund Rascher, German SS doctor (d. 1945)
- 1911 - Stephen H. Sholes, American recording executive (d. 1968)
- 1912 - R. F. Delderfield, English author (d. 1972)
- 1914 - Tex Beneke, American musician and band leader (d. 2000)
- 1914 - Arvid Pardo, Maltese diplomat, a.k.a "Father of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea" (d. 1999)
- 1915 - Lorne Greene, American actor (d. 1987)
- 1916 - Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1998)
- 1917 - Raizo Matsuno, Japanese politician (d. 2006)
- 1918 - Julian Schwinger, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1994)
- 1919 - Forrest Tucker, American actor (d. 1986)
- 1920 - William Roscoe Estep, Baptist historian and professor (d. 2000)
- 1920 - Pran Sikhand, Indian actor
- 1923 - Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film and opera director and designer
- 1925 - Sir Anthony Berry, British politician (d. 1984)
- 1926 - Joe Garagiola, American baseball player and announcer
- 1926 - Charles Van Doren, American quiz show contestant
- 1930 - Arlen Specter, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania
- 1931 - Janwillem van de Wetering, Dutch author
- 1932 - Axel Jensen, Norwegian author (d. 2003)
- 1932 - Julian Lincoln Simon, American economist and author (d. 1998)
- 1933 - Costa-Gavras, Greek director and writer
- 1934 - Anne O. Krueger, American economist
- 1934 - Bill Russell (basketball), American basketball player
- 1934 - Annette Crosbie, Scottish actress
- 1935 - Gene McDaniels, American singer
- 1936 - Joe Don Baker, American actor
- 1936 - Paul Shenar, American actor
- 1937 - Charles Dumas, American athlete (d. 2004)
- 1938 - Judy Blume, American author
- 1938 - Johnny Rutherford, American race car driver
- 1938 - Peter Temple-Morris, Baron Temple-Morris, British politician
- 1939 - Ray Manzarek, American keyboardist (The Doors)
- 1940 - Richard Lynch, American actor
- 1941 - Naomi Uemura, Japanese adventurer
- 1942 - Ehud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel
- 1942 - Pat Dobson, American baseball player (d. 2006)
- 1944 - Moe Bandy, American singer
- 1945 - Maud Adams, Swedish actress
- 1946 - Cliff DeYoung, American actor and musician
- 1946 - Jean Eyeghe Ndong, Prime Minister of Gabon
- 1946 - Ajda Pekkan, Turkish singer
- 1947 - Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indian leader of Damdami Taksal (d. 1984)
- 1948 - Raymond Kurzweil, American inventor and author
- 1949 - Joaquin Sabina, Spanish singer and songwriter
- 1950 - Michael Ironside, Canadian actor
- 1950 - Steve Hackett, English guitarist (Genesis (band))
- 1951 - Steven Parent, Charles Manson murder victim (d. 1969)
- 1952 - Michael McDonald (singer), American musician
- 1952 - Simon MacCorkindale, British actor
- 1953 - Nabil Shaban, British actor
- 1953 - Robin Thomas, American actor
- 1954 - Philip Zimmermann, American cryptographer
- 1955 - Arsenio Hall, American actor and talk show host
- 1955 - Chet Lemon, American baseball player
- 1956 - Brian Robertson, Scottish musician (Thin Lizzy and Motörhead)
- 1958 - Bobby Smith (hockey player), Canadian ice hockey player
- 1958 - Grant McLennan, Australian musician (The Go-Betweens) (d. 2006)
- 1959 - Sigrid Thornton, Australian actress
- 1961 - James R. M. Harris, Canadian politician
- 1962 - Jimmy Kirkwood, Irish-born field hockey player
- 1963 - Ed Lover, American radio personality
- 1967 - Chris McKinstry, Canadian computer scientist
- 1967 - Chitravina N. Ravikiran, Indian composer and musician
- 1968 - Josh Brolin, American actor
- 1968 - Chynna Phillips, American singer
- 1968 - Grégory Charles, French Canadian singer, dancer, pianist, radio and television host
- 1968 - Christopher McCandless, American nomad, subject of biography Into the Wild (d. 1992)
- 1969 - Darren Aronofsky, American director and writer
- 1969 - Hong Myung-Bo, Korean footballer
- 1969 - Meja, Swedish singer
- 1969 - Brad Werenka, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1970 - Jim Creeggan, Canadian bassist (Barenaked Ladies)
- 1970 - Judd Winick, writer and artist
- 1972 - Ajay Naidu, Indian-American actor
- 1972 - Owen Nolan, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1973 - Gianni Romme, Dutch speed skater
- 1973 - Tara Strong, Canadian-born voice actress
- 1974 - Toranosuke Takagi, Japanese race car driver
- 1976 - Anna Benson, American model
- 1976 - Silvia Saint, Czech actress
- 1976 - Christian Cullen, New Zealand rugby union footballer
- 1978 - Brett Hodgson, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1978 - Silver Meikar, Estonian politician
- 1979 - Jesse Spencer, Australian actor
- 1979 - Matt Mauck, American football player
- 1980 - Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spanish tennis player
- 1980 - Christina Ricci, American actress
- 1982 - Onil Joseph, Dominican baseball player
- 1982 - Louis Tsatoumas, Greek long jumper
- 1991 - Faisal ibn Hamad Al Khalifah, prince of Bahrain (d. 2006)
Deaths
- 1538 - Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter
- 1554 - Lord Guilford Dudley, consort of Lady Jane Grey (b. 1536)
- 1554 - Lady Jane Grey, claimant to the English throne (b. 1537)
- 1571 - Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515)
- 1590 - François Hotman, French lawyer and writer (b. 1524)
- 1595 - Archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553)
- 1612 - Christopher Clavius, German astronomer (b. 1538)
- 1624 - George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist (b. 1563)
- 1630 - Fynes Moryson, English traveler and writer (b. 1566)
- 1700 - Aleksei Shein, Russian general and statesman (b. 1662)
- 1724 - Elkanah Settle, English writer (b. 1648)
- 1728 - Agostino Steffani, Italian diplomat and composer (b. 1653)
- 1762 - Laurent Belissen, French composer (b. 1693)
- 1763 - Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688)
- 1771 - King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (b. 1710)
- 1789 - Ethan Allen, American patriot (b. 1738)
- 1799 - Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist (b. 1729)
- 1804 - Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (b. 1724)
- 1894 - Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830)
- 1896 - Ambroise Thomas, French opera composer (b. 1811)
- 1903 - Gaspar Núñez de Arce, Spanish dramatist and statesman (b. 1834)
- 1915 - Émile Waldteufel, French composer (b. 1837)
- 1916 - Richard Dedekind, German mathematician (b. 1831)
- 1929 - Lillie Langtry, British singer and actress (b. 1853)
- 1931 - Samedbey Mehmandarov, Russian general (b. 1855)
- 1933 - Henri Duparc, French composer (b. 1848)
- 1935 - Auguste Escoffier, French chef (b. 1846)
- 1949 - Hassan al Banna, Egyptian founder of the Muslim Brotherhood (b. 1906)
- 1951 - Choudhary Rehmat Ali, Pakistani nationalist (b. 1897)
- 1954 - Dziga Vertov, Russian filmmaker (b. 1896)
- 1957 - Eric Alfred Knudsen, American folklorist (b. 1872)
- 1958 - Douglas Hartree, English mathematical physicist (b.1897)
- 1971 - James C. Penney, American department store founder (b. 1875)
- 1976 - Sal Mineo, American actor (b. 1939)
- 1979 - Jean Renoir, French director (b. 1894)
- 1980 - Muriel Rukeyser, American poet (b. 1913)
- 1982 - Victor Jory, Canadian actor (b. 1902)
- 1983 - Eubie Blake, American musician and songwriter (b. 1887)
- 1984 - Julio Cortázar, Argentine writer (b. 1914)
- 1985 - Nicholas Colasanto, American actor (b. 1924)
- 1989 - Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and novelist (b. 1931)
- 1991 - Roger Patterson, American death metal bass player (b. 1968)
- 1992 - Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (b. 1907)
- 1993 - James Bulger, English murder victim (b. 1990)
- 1994 - Sue Rodriguez, Canadian assisted suicide advocate (b. 1950)
- 1995 - Robert Bolt, English writer (b. 1924)
- 1995 - Philip Taylor Kramer, American musician (Iron Butterfly) (b. 1952)
- 1996 - Bob Shaw, Northern Irish novelist (b. 1931)
- 2000 - Screamin' Jay Hawkins, American musician (b. 1929)
- 2000 - Tom Landry, American football coach (b. 1924)
- 2000 - Charles Schulz, American comics author (b. 1922)
- 2000 - Oliver (William Oliver Swofford), American pop singer (b. 1945)
- 2001 - Kristina Söderbaum, German actress (b. 1912)
- 2003 - Vali Myers, Australian painter (b. 1930)
- 2005 - Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan athlete (b. 1964)
- 2005 - Sammi Smith, American country music singer (b. 1943)
- 2007 - Peggy Gilbert, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1905)
- 2007 - Randy Stone, American actor and casting director (b. 1958)
Holidays and observances
Liturgical feasts
In the Roman Catholic Church:
In the Eastern Orthodox Churches:
- February 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
External links
- BBC: On This Day
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- On This Day in Canada
February 12 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 322 days remaining until the end of the year (323 in leap years).
BBC ON THIS DAY | 12
1989: Belfast lawyer Finucane murdered. Leading solicitor Pat Finucane is shot dead at his home in north Belfast in front of his wife and children.
BBC - Press Office - 12 February 2008
Press Releases ... Press Releases & Press Packs 12 February 2008
The Place : Resolution! Review 2008 : Tue 12 February
The Place is the UK's premier centre for contemporary dance, uniting training, creation and performance in one unique building.
12 February 2008 — Kent County Council
Agenda, reports and minutes of the Planning Applications Committee meeting on 12 February 2008. ... 12 February 2008. Agenda, reports and minutes of the Planning Applications ...
BBC - Radio 3 - Late Junction - 50 years of the BBC Radiophonic ...
Tuesday 12 th February 11:15 Grainer: Dr Who Theme (Broadcast 23 rd November 1963) BBC Radiophonic workshop/Delia Derbyshire Recording extracted from BBC Archive of Dr Who episode 'An ...
Youth Justice Board - 12 February 2003
Young people from Lambeth Youth Offending Service have curated the Koestler Trust’s annual exhibition, ‘Art by Offenders’, opening today at the Royal Festival Hall.
BBC NEWS | Health | Stem cells used to boost breasts
Last Updated: Monday, 12 February 2007, 17:35 GMT ... Scientists in Japan claim to be able to increase the size of a woman's breasts using ...
MOB - Tuesday, 12 February 2008
I love conspiracy theories. I am also superstitious; routinely avoiding ladders and black cats. Furthermore, I am sure I am being followed. It may be due to my cold-war childhood ...
The Hallé - Thursday 12 February 2009
Thursday 12 February 2009, 7.30pm PRE-CONCERT EVENT AT 6.30PM Britten Canadian Carnival 14' Oliver Knusse n Violin Concerto 17' Colin Matthews Fanfare and Flourish (with fireflies ...
