1263 - Ibn Taymiya, Islamic scholar (d. 1328)
1903 - Fritz Houtermans, Polish physicist (d. 1966)
1440 - Ivan III, the Great, Russian czar (1462-1505)/conquered Lithuania
1904 - Arkady Gaidar, Russian children's writer (d. 1941)
1953 - Jim Jarmusch, American director
1571 - Robert Bruce Cotton, English antiquary, politician
1592 - Pierre Gassendi, Champtercier Provence, scientist/philosopher
1907 - Marie Dressler, actress (Anna Christie, Dinner at 8)
1955 - Thomas David Jones, Balt Md, PhD/Astronaut (STS 59, 68, 80, sk: 98)
1655 - Geleyn Evertsen, lt-admiral (Zealand)
1690 - Nicolas Lancret, French painter (d. 1743)
1956 - Steve Riley, American drummer
1909 - Lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962)
1957 - Mike Bossy, NHL forward (NY Islanders), 1st 50 goals in 50 game
1957 - Francis Wheen, English writer and journalist
1911 - Bruno Kreisky, Austria, bandleader/chancellor (1970-83)
1958 - Nikos Anastopoulos, Greek football player and manager
1913 - Verdina Shlonsky, composer
1960 - Michael Hutchence, Australia, rock vocalist/actor (INXS-Dogs in Space)
1913 - Carl F. H. Henry, American theologian and publisher (d. 2003)
1756 - Vincenzo Righini, composer
1914 - Suzanne Danco, Belgian singer
1915 - Tom Burtt, cricketer (slow left-armer took 33 wickets for NZ)
1916 - Henri Dutilleux, Angers France, composer
1796 - Karl Claus, Russian chemist (d. 1864)
1797 - Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil (d. 1826)
1917 - Herwig Hensen, [Flor Mielants], Flemish poet/playwright
1802 - Richard Upjohn, US, gothic architect (Trinity Chapel, NY)
1815 - Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger, composer
1965 - Jazzy Jeff Townes, rapper (Parents Just Don't Understand)
1820 - Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter (Jahresringe)
1920 - William Warfield, singer (Show Boat)
1965 - Tim Prukop, WLAF linebacker-secondary coach (Amsterdam Admirals)
1965 - Brian McCardie, Scottish actor
1922 - Howard Moss, poet/editor (New Yorker)
1923 - Diana Douglas, Devonshire Bermuda, actress (The Cowboys)
1845 - Jacob Verdam, Dutch philologist
1923 - Leslie Bassett, composer
1924 - J J Johnson, composer/jazz trombonist
1849 - August Strindberg, Sweden, dramatist/novelist (Apologia)
1967 - Ecaterina Szabo, Romanian gymnast
1968 - Andrey Sokolov, hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1858 - Frederick Lugard, British captain/baron (Congo)
1861 - Karel Stecker, composer
1968 - Heath, Japanese bass guitarist (X Japan)
1968 - Frank Lebuf, French footballer
1969 - Christina Marie Leardini, St Petersburg Fla, playmate (Apr, 1991)
1871 - Leon Jessel, composer
1874 - Wincenty Witoz, Galicia, PM of Poland (1920-21, 1923, 1926)
1931 - Sam Cooke, American singer (d. 1964)
1875 - Bonifacius C de Jonge, governor (Dutch East Indies)
1969 - Olivia d'Abo, English actress
1875 - Thomas W Ross, actor (Without Limit, Kings Row, 17, Mortal Storm)
1970 - Keith Wagner, NFL/WLAF tackle (NY Giants, Redskins, Scot Claymores)
1878 - Constance Collier, Windsor England, actress/writer (Kitty, Whirlpool)
1935 - Sam Cooke, Chicago Ill, soul singer (You Send Me)
1971 - Bucky Brooks, wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1936 - Alan J. Heeger, American chemist, Nobel laureate
1887 - Helen Hoyt, American poet (d. 1972)
1937 - Joseph Wambaugh, East Pittsburgh Pa, police writer (Onion Fields)
1972 - Toddrick McIntosh, NFL defensive end (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1972 - Gabriel Macht, American actor
1939 - Jeff Smith, American chef (d. 2004)
1972 - Gonzalo Rodrguez, Uruguayan racing driver (d. 1999)
1892 - Marcel Dassault, [Bloch], French airplane builder
1973 - George Noga, CFL linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1973 - Reggie Barlow, wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1942 - Mimis Domazos, Greek footballer
1943 - H James "Jim" Saxton, (Rep-R-NJ, 1984- )
1897 - Rosa Ponselle, opera diva (Casta Diva, La Forza del Destino)
1974 - Pavel Mikhalevitch, soccer player (NEC)
1945 - Oliver, rocker
1975 - Lee Maxwell Francis Vertongen, Palmerston North NZ, cyclist (Oly-96)
1975 - Felipe Giaffone, Brazilian racing driver
1898 - Ross R Barnett, lawyer/(Gov-D-Miss)
1949 - James P Pennington, rocker (Exile)
1949 - Rein P Hummel, Dutch MP (PvdA)
1901 - Hans-Erich Apostel, Austrian composer (Sonata Ritmica)
1902 - Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (d. 1970)
565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.
1506 - The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican.
1521 - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, opens the Diet of Worms.
1689 - The Convention Parliament convenes to determine if James II, the last Roman Catholic king of England, had vacated the throne when he fled to France in 1688.
1771 - Spain cedes Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands to the United Kingdom.
1824 - Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast.
1849 - Second Anglo-Sikh War: The Siege of Multan ends after nine months when the last Sikh defenders of Multan, Punjab, surrender.
1863 - The January Uprising breaks out in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. The aim of the national movement is to regain Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation by Russia.
1877 - Arthur Tooth, an Anglican clergyman is taken into custody after being prosecuted for using ritualist practices.
1879 - Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Isandlwana - Zulu troops defeat British troops.
1879 - Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Rorke's Drift - 139 British soldiers successfully defend their garrison against an intense assault by four to five thousand Zulu warriors.
1889 - Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
1890 - The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
1899 - Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation.
1901 - Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
1905 - Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
1906 - SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
1915 - Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.
1917 - World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
1919 - Act Zluky is signed, unifying the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic.
1924 - Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
1927 - First live radio commentary of a football match anywhere in the world, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
1941 - World War II: British and Commonwealth troops capture Tobruk from Italian forces during Operation Compass.
1944 - World War II: The Allies commence Operation Shingle, an assault on Anzio, Italy.
1946 - Iran: Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at Chuwarchira Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad. He is the new president; Hadschi Baba Scheich is the prime minister.
1946 - Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
1947 - KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood, California.
1957 - Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
1957 - The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and is charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
1959 - Knox Mine Disaster: Water breaches the River Slope Mine near Pittston City, Pennsylvania in Port Griffith; 12 miners are killed.
1962 - The Organization of American States suspends Cuba's membership.
1963 - The Elyse treaty of cooperation between France and Germany is signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer.
1968 - Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
1968 - Operation Igloo White, a US electronic surveillance system to stop communist infiltration into South Vietnam begins installation.
1969 - A gunman attempts to assassinate Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
1970 - The Boeing 747, the world's first "jumbo jet", enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage from John F Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport.
1971 - The Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations, is issued.
1973 - The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decision in Roe v. Wade, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states.
1973 - A chartered Boeing 707 explodes in flames upon landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria, killing 176.
1984 - The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during Super Bowl XVIII with its famous "1984" television commercial.
1987 - Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself during a televised press conference, leading to debates on boundaries in journalism.
1987 - Philippine security forces open fire on a crowd of 10,000-15,000 demonstrators at Malacaang Palace, Manila, killing 13.
1989 - Philippine security forces open fire on a crowd of 10,000-15,000 demonstrators at Malacaang Palace, Manila, killing 13.
1990 - Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. is convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet Computer worm.
1991 - Gulf War: Three SCUDs and one Patriot missile hit Ramat Gan in Israel, injuring 96 people. Three elderly people die of heart attacks.
1992 - Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation.
1995 - Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Beit Lid massacre - In central Israel, near Netanya, two suicide bombers from the Gaza Strip blow themselves up at a military transit point killing 19 Israelis.
1999 - Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
2002 - Kmart becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
2006 - Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president.
2007 - At least 88 people are killed when two car bombs explode in the Bab Al-Sharqi market in central Baghdad, Iraq.
1903 - Fritz Houtermans, Polish physicist (d. 1966)
1440 - Ivan III, the Great, Russian czar (1462-1505)/conquered Lithuania
1904 - Arkady Gaidar, Russian children's writer (d. 1941)
1953 - Jim Jarmusch, American director
1571 - Robert Bruce Cotton, English antiquary, politician
1592 - Pierre Gassendi, Champtercier Provence, scientist/philosopher
1907 - Marie Dressler, actress (Anna Christie, Dinner at 8)
1955 - Thomas David Jones, Balt Md, PhD/Astronaut (STS 59, 68, 80, sk: 98)
1655 - Geleyn Evertsen, lt-admiral (Zealand)
1690 - Nicolas Lancret, French painter (d. 1743)
1956 - Steve Riley, American drummer
1909 - Lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962)
1957 - Mike Bossy, NHL forward (NY Islanders), 1st 50 goals in 50 game
1957 - Francis Wheen, English writer and journalist
1911 - Bruno Kreisky, Austria, bandleader/chancellor (1970-83)
1958 - Nikos Anastopoulos, Greek football player and manager
1913 - Verdina Shlonsky, composer
1960 - Michael Hutchence, Australia, rock vocalist/actor (INXS-Dogs in Space)
1913 - Carl F. H. Henry, American theologian and publisher (d. 2003)
1756 - Vincenzo Righini, composer
1914 - Suzanne Danco, Belgian singer
1915 - Tom Burtt, cricketer (slow left-armer took 33 wickets for NZ)
1916 - Henri Dutilleux, Angers France, composer
1796 - Karl Claus, Russian chemist (d. 1864)
1797 - Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil (d. 1826)
1917 - Herwig Hensen, [Flor Mielants], Flemish poet/playwright
1802 - Richard Upjohn, US, gothic architect (Trinity Chapel, NY)
1815 - Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger, composer
1965 - Jazzy Jeff Townes, rapper (Parents Just Don't Understand)
1820 - Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter (Jahresringe)
1920 - William Warfield, singer (Show Boat)
1965 - Tim Prukop, WLAF linebacker-secondary coach (Amsterdam Admirals)
1965 - Brian McCardie, Scottish actor
1922 - Howard Moss, poet/editor (New Yorker)
1923 - Diana Douglas, Devonshire Bermuda, actress (The Cowboys)
1845 - Jacob Verdam, Dutch philologist
1923 - Leslie Bassett, composer
1924 - J J Johnson, composer/jazz trombonist
1849 - August Strindberg, Sweden, dramatist/novelist (Apologia)
1967 - Ecaterina Szabo, Romanian gymnast
1968 - Andrey Sokolov, hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1858 - Frederick Lugard, British captain/baron (Congo)
1861 - Karel Stecker, composer
1968 - Heath, Japanese bass guitarist (X Japan)
1968 - Frank Lebuf, French footballer
1969 - Christina Marie Leardini, St Petersburg Fla, playmate (Apr, 1991)
1871 - Leon Jessel, composer
1874 - Wincenty Witoz, Galicia, PM of Poland (1920-21, 1923, 1926)
1931 - Sam Cooke, American singer (d. 1964)
1875 - Bonifacius C de Jonge, governor (Dutch East Indies)
1969 - Olivia d'Abo, English actress
1875 - Thomas W Ross, actor (Without Limit, Kings Row, 17, Mortal Storm)
1970 - Keith Wagner, NFL/WLAF tackle (NY Giants, Redskins, Scot Claymores)
1878 - Constance Collier, Windsor England, actress/writer (Kitty, Whirlpool)
1935 - Sam Cooke, Chicago Ill, soul singer (You Send Me)
1971 - Bucky Brooks, wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1936 - Alan J. Heeger, American chemist, Nobel laureate
1887 - Helen Hoyt, American poet (d. 1972)
1937 - Joseph Wambaugh, East Pittsburgh Pa, police writer (Onion Fields)
1972 - Toddrick McIntosh, NFL defensive end (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1972 - Gabriel Macht, American actor
1939 - Jeff Smith, American chef (d. 2004)
1972 - Gonzalo Rodrguez, Uruguayan racing driver (d. 1999)
1892 - Marcel Dassault, [Bloch], French airplane builder
1973 - George Noga, CFL linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1973 - Reggie Barlow, wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1942 - Mimis Domazos, Greek footballer
1943 - H James "Jim" Saxton, (Rep-R-NJ, 1984- )
1897 - Rosa Ponselle, opera diva (Casta Diva, La Forza del Destino)
1974 - Pavel Mikhalevitch, soccer player (NEC)
1945 - Oliver, rocker
1975 - Lee Maxwell Francis Vertongen, Palmerston North NZ, cyclist (Oly-96)
1975 - Felipe Giaffone, Brazilian racing driver
1898 - Ross R Barnett, lawyer/(Gov-D-Miss)
1949 - James P Pennington, rocker (Exile)
1949 - Rein P Hummel, Dutch MP (PvdA)
1901 - Hans-Erich Apostel, Austrian composer (Sonata Ritmica)
1902 - Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (d. 1970)
565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.
1506 - The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican.
1521 - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, opens the Diet of Worms.
1689 - The Convention Parliament convenes to determine if James II, the last Roman Catholic king of England, had vacated the throne when he fled to France in 1688.
1771 - Spain cedes Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands to the United Kingdom.
1824 - Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast.
1849 - Second Anglo-Sikh War: The Siege of Multan ends after nine months when the last Sikh defenders of Multan, Punjab, surrender.
1863 - The January Uprising breaks out in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. The aim of the national movement is to regain Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation by Russia.
1877 - Arthur Tooth, an Anglican clergyman is taken into custody after being prosecuted for using ritualist practices.
1879 - Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Isandlwana - Zulu troops defeat British troops.
1879 - Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Rorke's Drift - 139 British soldiers successfully defend their garrison against an intense assault by four to five thousand Zulu warriors.
1889 - Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
1890 - The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
1899 - Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation.
1901 - Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
1905 - Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
1906 - SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
1915 - Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.
1917 - World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
1919 - Act Zluky is signed, unifying the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic.
1924 - Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
1927 - First live radio commentary of a football match anywhere in the world, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
1941 - World War II: British and Commonwealth troops capture Tobruk from Italian forces during Operation Compass.
1944 - World War II: The Allies commence Operation Shingle, an assault on Anzio, Italy.
1946 - Iran: Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at Chuwarchira Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad. He is the new president; Hadschi Baba Scheich is the prime minister.
1946 - Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
1947 - KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood, California.
1957 - Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
1957 - The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and is charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
1959 - Knox Mine Disaster: Water breaches the River Slope Mine near Pittston City, Pennsylvania in Port Griffith; 12 miners are killed.
1962 - The Organization of American States suspends Cuba's membership.
1963 - The Elyse treaty of cooperation between France and Germany is signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer.
1968 - Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
1968 - Operation Igloo White, a US electronic surveillance system to stop communist infiltration into South Vietnam begins installation.
1969 - A gunman attempts to assassinate Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
1970 - The Boeing 747, the world's first "jumbo jet", enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage from John F Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport.
1971 - The Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations, is issued.
1973 - The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decision in Roe v. Wade, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states.
1973 - A chartered Boeing 707 explodes in flames upon landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria, killing 176.
1984 - The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during Super Bowl XVIII with its famous "1984" television commercial.
1987 - Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself during a televised press conference, leading to debates on boundaries in journalism.
1987 - Philippine security forces open fire on a crowd of 10,000-15,000 demonstrators at Malacaang Palace, Manila, killing 13.
1989 - Philippine security forces open fire on a crowd of 10,000-15,000 demonstrators at Malacaang Palace, Manila, killing 13.
1990 - Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. is convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet Computer worm.
1991 - Gulf War: Three SCUDs and one Patriot missile hit Ramat Gan in Israel, injuring 96 people. Three elderly people die of heart attacks.
1992 - Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation.
1995 - Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Beit Lid massacre - In central Israel, near Netanya, two suicide bombers from the Gaza Strip blow themselves up at a military transit point killing 19 Israelis.
1999 - Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
2002 - Kmart becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
2006 - Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president.
2007 - At least 88 people are killed when two car bombs explode in the Bab Al-Sharqi market in central Baghdad, Iraq.
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