1468 - Johann Werner, German mathematician (d. 1522)
1911 - Willem J Kolff, Dutch/US internist/inventor (Artificial Kidney)
1483 - Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, prince/founder Mogols-dynasty
1912 - Juan Pujol Garcia, [Garbo/Arabel], Spanish British/German double agent
1513 - Domenico Maria Ferrabosco, Italian composer
1515 - Frederick III, the Pious, elect of the Palts
1913 - Woody Hayes, [Wayne], college football coach (Ohio, 1968 coach of the year)
1546 - Johann Pistorius, German theologist/historian
1913 - James Pike, Okla City, bishop (Beyond Anxiety)
1602 - Pier Francesco Cavalli, Italian opera composer
1638 - Sybilla Schwarz, writer
1913 - Mel Allen, American sports reporter (d. 1996)
1914 - Margarete Mewes, Nazi overseer at concentration camp
1957 - Alan Hunter, one of the original MTV VJs
1958 - Perry Stephens, Frankfurt Germany, actor (Loving, All My Children)
1701 - Enrique Florez, Spanish historian (d. 1773)
1760 - Richard Allen, Phila, 1st black ordained by Methodist-Episcopal church
1916 - Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese director (Joi-uchi)
1960 - Meg Tilly, [Margaret], LA Calif, actress (Big Chill, Impulse)
1916 - Marcel Bigeard, French general
1961 - Latifa, Tunisian singer
1962 - Kevyn Aucoin, American cosmetologist (d. 2002)
1806 - Lajos, Count Batthy ny, revolutionary premier of Hungary (1848-49)
1921 - Hugh Downs, Akron Oh, TV journalist (20/20, Concentration)
1921 - Jeanne Demessieux, composer
1963 - Jeff Dellenbach, NFL center (NE Patriots, GB Packers-Superbowl 31)
1921 - Skeezix, of "Gasoline Alley" discovered on Wallets' doorstep
1963 - Zach Galligan, NYC, actor (Gremlins)
1923 - Derrick Holden-Brown, CEO (Allied-Lyons)
1828 - Edmond Franois Valentin About, French writer (d. 1885)
1829 - Alfred Iverson Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1911
1924 - Countess Mountbatten, of Burma
1925 - Elliot Lawrence, Phila, orch leader (Guide Right, Howard Cosell)
1845 - Cecil De Vere, 1st official British chess champion (1866)
1967 - Calle Johansson, Goteborg Swe, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
1928 - Ben Garrido Blaz, (Rep-R-Guam, 1985- )
1928 - Juan Garcia Hortelano, Spanish author (Tormenta de verano)
1848 - Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer (d. 1934)
1929 - Vic Morrow, American actor (d. 1982)
1930 - Duncan Montgomery Stewart, principal (Lady Margaret Hall-Oxford)
1969 - Chad Magee, Tyler TX, Nike golfer (1993 NIKE Shreveport Open-36th)
1931 - Lord Rossmore
1969 - Jeff Graham, NFL wide receiver (Chic Bears, NY Jets)
1860 - Eugen Schiffer, German politician (d. 1954)
1969 - Shana Zadrick, Grand Junction Colo, model (Guess Jeans)
1864 - Robert E Park, US, sociologist (human ecology, marginal man)
1970 - Elaine Youngs, Orange Calif, volleyball outside hitter (Olympics-96)
1932 - Jocelyn Stevens, CEO (English Heritage)
1932 - Michael Ball, Bishop (Truro)
1880 - Aida Overton Walker, US dancer/singer (In Dahomey, Salome)
1970 - Sean Hill, Duluth, NHL defenseman (Ottawa Senators)
1970 - Giuseppe Guerini, Italian cyclist
1933 - Evelyn Ebsworth, Vice-Chancellor (Durham U)
1971 - Derrick Witherspoon, NFL running back (Phila Eagles)
1882 - Ignaz Friedman, composer
1884 - Hezekiah M. Washburn, missionary (d. 1972)
1971 - Lonnie Johnson, NFL tight end (Buffalo Bills)
1971 - Kris Aquino, Filipino Actress and TV Host
1971 - Noriko Sakai, Japanese singer
1935 - Lord Wilson of Tillyorn
1890 - Nina Hamnett, Welsh artist (d. 1956)
1892 - Nikolaj A Orloff, Russian/British pianist (Chopin)
1972 - Erika Rachael Schwarz, Folsom La, Miss America (Louisiana-2nd-1997)
1972 - Mayne One, rocker (Young Nation)
1936 - Andrew Prine, American actor
1972 - Rob Thomas, lead singer of pop band Matchbox Twenty
1895 - Nigel Bruce, Baja Mexico, actor (Son of Lassie, Spider Woman)
1938 - Lee Chamberlin, NYC, actor (Once Upon a Family, Rupture Fatale)
1939 - Chris Pyne, trombonist
1939 - Michael Rudman, English theater director/producer (Donkeys' Years)
1940 - Porpoise, 1st born in captivity in US (Marineland, Fla)
1973 - Steve McNair, NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers)
1941 - Paul Tsongas, (Sen-D-Mass)
1974 - Michael Lowery, NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears)
1902 - Thelma Ritter, American actress (d. 1969)
1904 - Charles William Oatley, electrical engineer
1904 - Hanning Phillips, Lord Lieutenant (Dyfed)
1975 - Jennifer Michelle Roberts, Greensboro NC, Miss America-NC (1997)
1943 - Ischa Meijer, journalist/critic/actor (Boezemvriend)
1943 - Maceo Parker, US tenor saxophonist (King's One, Mo' Roots)
842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German languages.
1014 - Pope Benedict VIII recognizes Henry of Bavaria as King of Germany.
1076 - Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
1349 - Approximately 2,000 Jews are burned to death by mobs or forcibly removed from the city of Strasbourg.
1556 - Thomas Cranmer is declared a heretic.
1778 - The United States Flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte rendered a nine gun salute to USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
1779 - James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
1797 - French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St. Vincent - John Jervis, (later 1st Earl of St Vincent) and Horatio Nelson (later 1st Viscount Nelson) lead the British Royal Navy to victory over a Spanish fleet in action near Gibraltar.
1804 - Karadjordje leads the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire.
1831 - Ras Marye of Yejju marches into Tigray and defeats and kills Dejazmach Sabagadis in the Battle of Debre Abbay.
1835 - The original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is formed in Kirtland, Ohio.
1843 - The event that inspired the Beatles song Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! is held in England.
1849 - In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.
1852 - Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital providing in-patient beds specifically for children in the English-speaking world, is founded in London.
1855 - Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.
1859 - Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state.
1876 - Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
1879 - The War of the Pacific breaks out when Chilean armed forces occupy the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
1899 - Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
1900 - Second Boer War: In South Africa, 20,000 British troops invade the Orange Free State.
1903 - The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into Department of Commerce and Department of Labor).
1912 - Arizona is admitted as the 48th U.S. state.
1912 - In Groton, Connecticut, the first diesel-powered submarine is commissioned.
1918 - The Soviet Union adopts the Gregorian calendar (on 1 February according to the Julian calendar).
1919 - The Polish-Soviet War begins.
1920 - The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
1924 - The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is founded.
1929 - Saint Valentine's Day massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago, Illinois.
1942 - Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore.
1943 - World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated.
1943 - World War II: Tunisia Campaign - General Hans-Jurgen von Arnim's Fifth Panzer Army launches a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.
1944 - World War II: Anti-Japanese revolt on Java.
1945 - World War II: On the first day of the bombing of Dresden, the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces begin fire-bombing Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony.
1945 - World War II: Prague is bombed probably due to a mistake in the orientation of the pilots bombing Dresden.
1945 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets with King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard the USS Quincy, officially starting the U.S.-Saudi diplomatic relationship.
1945 - World War II: Mostar is liberated by Yugoslav partisans.
1946 - The Bank of England is nationalized.
1949 - The Knesset (Israeli parliament) convenes for the first time.
1949 - The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
1950 - Chinese Civil War: The National Revolutionary Army instigates the unsuccessful Battle of Tianquan against the People's Liberation Army.
1956 - The XX Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union begins in Moscow. On the last night of the meeting, Premier Nikita Khrushchev condemns Joseph Stalin's crimes in a secret speech.
1961 - Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
1962 - First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy takes television viewers on a tour of the White House.
1966 - Australian currency is decimalised.
1979 - In Kabul, Setami Milli militants kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police.
1981 - Stardust Disaster: A fire in a Dublin nightclub kills 48 people
1983 - United American Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee collapses. Its president, Jake Butcher is later convicted of fraud.
1989 - Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal Disaster.
1989 - Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill the author of The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie.
1990 - 92 people are killed aboard Indian Airlines Flight 605 at Bangalore, India.
1998 - An oil tanker train collides with a freight train in Yaound, Cameroon, spilling fuel oil. One person scavenging the oil drops a lit cigarette, creating a massive explosion which kills 120.
2000 - The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.
2004 - In a suburb of Moscow, Russia, the roof of the Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 25 people, and wounding more than 100 others.
2005 - Lebanese self-made billionaire and business tycoon Rafik Hariri killed, along with 21 others, when explosives, equivalent of around 1,000 kg of TNT, are detonated as his motorcade drove near the St. George Hotel in Beirut.
2005 - Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected Al-Qaeda-linked militants that hit the Philippines' Makati financial district in Metro Manila, Davao City, and General Santos City.
2008 - Northern Illinois University shooting: a gunman opened fire in a lecture hall of the DeKalb County, Illinois university resulting in 6 fatalities (including gunman) and 18 injuries.
2011 - The 2011 Bahraini uprising commenced.
1911 - Willem J Kolff, Dutch/US internist/inventor (Artificial Kidney)
1483 - Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, prince/founder Mogols-dynasty
1912 - Juan Pujol Garcia, [Garbo/Arabel], Spanish British/German double agent
1513 - Domenico Maria Ferrabosco, Italian composer
1515 - Frederick III, the Pious, elect of the Palts
1913 - Woody Hayes, [Wayne], college football coach (Ohio, 1968 coach of the year)
1546 - Johann Pistorius, German theologist/historian
1913 - James Pike, Okla City, bishop (Beyond Anxiety)
1602 - Pier Francesco Cavalli, Italian opera composer
1638 - Sybilla Schwarz, writer
1913 - Mel Allen, American sports reporter (d. 1996)
1914 - Margarete Mewes, Nazi overseer at concentration camp
1957 - Alan Hunter, one of the original MTV VJs
1958 - Perry Stephens, Frankfurt Germany, actor (Loving, All My Children)
1701 - Enrique Florez, Spanish historian (d. 1773)
1760 - Richard Allen, Phila, 1st black ordained by Methodist-Episcopal church
1916 - Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese director (Joi-uchi)
1960 - Meg Tilly, [Margaret], LA Calif, actress (Big Chill, Impulse)
1916 - Marcel Bigeard, French general
1961 - Latifa, Tunisian singer
1962 - Kevyn Aucoin, American cosmetologist (d. 2002)
1806 - Lajos, Count Batthy ny, revolutionary premier of Hungary (1848-49)
1921 - Hugh Downs, Akron Oh, TV journalist (20/20, Concentration)
1921 - Jeanne Demessieux, composer
1963 - Jeff Dellenbach, NFL center (NE Patriots, GB Packers-Superbowl 31)
1921 - Skeezix, of "Gasoline Alley" discovered on Wallets' doorstep
1963 - Zach Galligan, NYC, actor (Gremlins)
1923 - Derrick Holden-Brown, CEO (Allied-Lyons)
1828 - Edmond Franois Valentin About, French writer (d. 1885)
1829 - Alfred Iverson Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1911
1924 - Countess Mountbatten, of Burma
1925 - Elliot Lawrence, Phila, orch leader (Guide Right, Howard Cosell)
1845 - Cecil De Vere, 1st official British chess champion (1866)
1967 - Calle Johansson, Goteborg Swe, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
1928 - Ben Garrido Blaz, (Rep-R-Guam, 1985- )
1928 - Juan Garcia Hortelano, Spanish author (Tormenta de verano)
1848 - Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer (d. 1934)
1929 - Vic Morrow, American actor (d. 1982)
1930 - Duncan Montgomery Stewart, principal (Lady Margaret Hall-Oxford)
1969 - Chad Magee, Tyler TX, Nike golfer (1993 NIKE Shreveport Open-36th)
1931 - Lord Rossmore
1969 - Jeff Graham, NFL wide receiver (Chic Bears, NY Jets)
1860 - Eugen Schiffer, German politician (d. 1954)
1969 - Shana Zadrick, Grand Junction Colo, model (Guess Jeans)
1864 - Robert E Park, US, sociologist (human ecology, marginal man)
1970 - Elaine Youngs, Orange Calif, volleyball outside hitter (Olympics-96)
1932 - Jocelyn Stevens, CEO (English Heritage)
1932 - Michael Ball, Bishop (Truro)
1880 - Aida Overton Walker, US dancer/singer (In Dahomey, Salome)
1970 - Sean Hill, Duluth, NHL defenseman (Ottawa Senators)
1970 - Giuseppe Guerini, Italian cyclist
1933 - Evelyn Ebsworth, Vice-Chancellor (Durham U)
1971 - Derrick Witherspoon, NFL running back (Phila Eagles)
1882 - Ignaz Friedman, composer
1884 - Hezekiah M. Washburn, missionary (d. 1972)
1971 - Lonnie Johnson, NFL tight end (Buffalo Bills)
1971 - Kris Aquino, Filipino Actress and TV Host
1971 - Noriko Sakai, Japanese singer
1935 - Lord Wilson of Tillyorn
1890 - Nina Hamnett, Welsh artist (d. 1956)
1892 - Nikolaj A Orloff, Russian/British pianist (Chopin)
1972 - Erika Rachael Schwarz, Folsom La, Miss America (Louisiana-2nd-1997)
1972 - Mayne One, rocker (Young Nation)
1936 - Andrew Prine, American actor
1972 - Rob Thomas, lead singer of pop band Matchbox Twenty
1895 - Nigel Bruce, Baja Mexico, actor (Son of Lassie, Spider Woman)
1938 - Lee Chamberlin, NYC, actor (Once Upon a Family, Rupture Fatale)
1939 - Chris Pyne, trombonist
1939 - Michael Rudman, English theater director/producer (Donkeys' Years)
1940 - Porpoise, 1st born in captivity in US (Marineland, Fla)
1973 - Steve McNair, NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers)
1941 - Paul Tsongas, (Sen-D-Mass)
1974 - Michael Lowery, NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears)
1902 - Thelma Ritter, American actress (d. 1969)
1904 - Charles William Oatley, electrical engineer
1904 - Hanning Phillips, Lord Lieutenant (Dyfed)
1975 - Jennifer Michelle Roberts, Greensboro NC, Miss America-NC (1997)
1943 - Ischa Meijer, journalist/critic/actor (Boezemvriend)
1943 - Maceo Parker, US tenor saxophonist (King's One, Mo' Roots)
842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German languages.
1014 - Pope Benedict VIII recognizes Henry of Bavaria as King of Germany.
1076 - Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
1349 - Approximately 2,000 Jews are burned to death by mobs or forcibly removed from the city of Strasbourg.
1556 - Thomas Cranmer is declared a heretic.
1778 - The United States Flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte rendered a nine gun salute to USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
1779 - James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
1797 - French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St. Vincent - John Jervis, (later 1st Earl of St Vincent) and Horatio Nelson (later 1st Viscount Nelson) lead the British Royal Navy to victory over a Spanish fleet in action near Gibraltar.
1804 - Karadjordje leads the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire.
1831 - Ras Marye of Yejju marches into Tigray and defeats and kills Dejazmach Sabagadis in the Battle of Debre Abbay.
1835 - The original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is formed in Kirtland, Ohio.
1843 - The event that inspired the Beatles song Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! is held in England.
1849 - In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.
1852 - Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital providing in-patient beds specifically for children in the English-speaking world, is founded in London.
1855 - Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.
1859 - Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state.
1876 - Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
1879 - The War of the Pacific breaks out when Chilean armed forces occupy the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
1899 - Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
1900 - Second Boer War: In South Africa, 20,000 British troops invade the Orange Free State.
1903 - The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into Department of Commerce and Department of Labor).
1912 - Arizona is admitted as the 48th U.S. state.
1912 - In Groton, Connecticut, the first diesel-powered submarine is commissioned.
1918 - The Soviet Union adopts the Gregorian calendar (on 1 February according to the Julian calendar).
1919 - The Polish-Soviet War begins.
1920 - The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
1924 - The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is founded.
1929 - Saint Valentine's Day massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago, Illinois.
1942 - Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore.
1943 - World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated.
1943 - World War II: Tunisia Campaign - General Hans-Jurgen von Arnim's Fifth Panzer Army launches a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.
1944 - World War II: Anti-Japanese revolt on Java.
1945 - World War II: On the first day of the bombing of Dresden, the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces begin fire-bombing Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony.
1945 - World War II: Prague is bombed probably due to a mistake in the orientation of the pilots bombing Dresden.
1945 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets with King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard the USS Quincy, officially starting the U.S.-Saudi diplomatic relationship.
1945 - World War II: Mostar is liberated by Yugoslav partisans.
1946 - The Bank of England is nationalized.
1949 - The Knesset (Israeli parliament) convenes for the first time.
1949 - The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
1950 - Chinese Civil War: The National Revolutionary Army instigates the unsuccessful Battle of Tianquan against the People's Liberation Army.
1956 - The XX Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union begins in Moscow. On the last night of the meeting, Premier Nikita Khrushchev condemns Joseph Stalin's crimes in a secret speech.
1961 - Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
1962 - First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy takes television viewers on a tour of the White House.
1966 - Australian currency is decimalised.
1979 - In Kabul, Setami Milli militants kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police.
1981 - Stardust Disaster: A fire in a Dublin nightclub kills 48 people
1983 - United American Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee collapses. Its president, Jake Butcher is later convicted of fraud.
1989 - Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal Disaster.
1989 - Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill the author of The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie.
1990 - 92 people are killed aboard Indian Airlines Flight 605 at Bangalore, India.
1998 - An oil tanker train collides with a freight train in Yaound, Cameroon, spilling fuel oil. One person scavenging the oil drops a lit cigarette, creating a massive explosion which kills 120.
2000 - The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.
2004 - In a suburb of Moscow, Russia, the roof of the Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 25 people, and wounding more than 100 others.
2005 - Lebanese self-made billionaire and business tycoon Rafik Hariri killed, along with 21 others, when explosives, equivalent of around 1,000 kg of TNT, are detonated as his motorcade drove near the St. George Hotel in Beirut.
2005 - Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected Al-Qaeda-linked militants that hit the Philippines' Makati financial district in Metro Manila, Davao City, and General Santos City.
2008 - Northern Illinois University shooting: a gunman opened fire in a lecture hall of the DeKalb County, Illinois university resulting in 6 fatalities (including gunman) and 18 injuries.
2011 - The 2011 Bahraini uprising commenced.
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