On This Day: February 14 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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2020 At least 22 people are killed in an attack on a village in Northwest Region, Cameroon. ↗
2019 Pulwama attack takes place in Lethpora in Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir, India in which 40 Central Reserve Police Force personnel and a suicide bomber were killed and 35 were injured. ↗
2018 Jacob Zuma resigns as President of South Africa. ↗
2018 A shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida is one of the deadliest school massacres with 17 fatalities and 17 injuries. ↗
2011 As a part of Arab Spring, the Bahraini uprising begins with a 'Day of Rage'. ↗
2008 Northern Illinois University shooting: A gunman opens fire in a lecture hall of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb County, Illinois, resulting in six fatalities (including the gunman) and 21 injuries. ↗
2005 In Beirut, 23 people, including former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, are killed when the equivalent of around 1,000 kg of TNT is detonated while Hariri's motorcade drives through the city. ↗
2005 Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected al-Qaeda-linked militants that hit Makati, Davao City, and General Santos, all in the Philippines. ↗
2005 YouTube is launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos. ↗
2004 In a suburb of Moscow, Russia, the roof of the Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 28 people, and wounding 193 others. ↗
2003 Iraq disarmament crisis: UNMOVIC Executive Chairman Hans Blix reports to the United Nations Security Council that disarmament inspectors have found no weapons of mass destruction in Ba'athist Iraq. ↗
2000 The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid. ↗
1998 An oil tanker train collides with a freight train in Yaoundé, Cameroon, spilling fuel oil. One person scavenging the oil created a massive explosion which killed 120. ↗
1990 Ninety-two people are killed when Indian Airlines Flight 605 crashes in Bangalore, India. ↗
1990 The Voyager 1 spacecraft takes the photograph of planet Earth that later becomes famous as Pale Blue Dot. ↗
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 Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses. ↗
1983 United American Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee collapses. Its president, Jake Butcher, is later convicted of fraud. ↗
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. ↗
1961 Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California. ↗
1954 First Indochina War - small French garrison at Đắk Đoa is overrun by the Viet Minh after a week's siege. ↗
1949 The Knesset (parliament of Israel) convenes for the first time. ↗
1949 The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec. ↗
1947 The act abolishing all noble ranks and related styles comes into force in Hungary. ↗
1946 The Bank of England is nationalized. ↗
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. ↗
1945 World War II: Navigational error leads to the mistaken bombing of Prague, Czechoslovakia by a United States Army Air Forces squadron of B-17s assisting in the Soviet Red Army's Vistula–Oder Offensive. ↗
1945 World War II: Mostar is liberated by Yugoslav partisans ↗
1945 President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard the USS Quincy, officially beginning U.S.-Saudi diplomatic relations. ↗
1944 World War II: In the action of 14 February 1944, a Royal Navy submarine sinks a German-controlled Italian Regia Marina submarine in the Strait of Malacca. ↗
1943 World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated. ↗
1943 World War II: Tunisia Campaign: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's Fifth Panzer Army launches a counter-attack against Allied positions in Tunisia. ↗
1942 World War II: Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore. ↗
1939 World War II: German battleship Bismarck is launched. ↗
1929 Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago. ↗
1924 The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). ↗
1920 The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago. ↗
1919 The Polish–Soviet War begins. ↗
1918 Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar. ↗
1912 Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state. ↗
1912 The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines. ↗
1903 The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor). ↗
1900 The British Army begins the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith. ↗
1899 Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections. ↗
1879 The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta. ↗
1876 Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray. ↗
1859 Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state. ↗
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. ↗
1852 Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, is founded in London. ↗
1849 In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken. ↗
1835 The original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, in the Latter Day Saint movement, is formed in Kirtland, Ohio. ↗
1831 Ras Marye of Yejju marches into Tigray and defeats and kills Dejazmach Sabagadis in the Battle of Debre Abbay. ↗
1804 Karađorđe leads the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire. ↗
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. ↗
1779 American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia. ↗
1779 James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii. ↗
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 renders a nine gun salute to USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones. ↗
1655 The Mapuches launch coordinated attacks against the Spanish in Chile beginning the Mapuche uprising of 1655. ↗
1613 Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Frederick V of the Palatinate at Whitehall Palace, London. ↗
1556 Having been declared a heretic and laicized by Pope Paul IV on 4 December 1555, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer is publicly defrocked at Christ Church Cathedral. ↗
1556 Coronation of Akbar as ruler of the Mughal Empire. ↗
1530 Spanish conquistadores, led by Nuño de Guzmán, overthrow and execute Tangaxuan II, the last independent monarch of the Tarascan state in present-day central Mexico. ↗
1349 Strasbourg massacre: Several thousand Jews are burned to death by mobs while the remaining Jews are forcibly removed from Strasbourg after being accused of causing the Black Death. ↗
1130 The troubled 1130 papal election exposes a rift within the College of Cardinals. ↗
1014 Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry of Bavaria, King of Germany and of Italy, as Holy Roman Emperor. ↗
842 Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German languages. ↗
748 Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt. ↗

2000 Gabriel Moreno, Venezuelan baseball player ↗
1999 Tyler Adams, American soccer player ↗
1997 Jaehyun, South Korean singer and actor ↗
1997 Breel Embolo, Swiss footballer ↗
1996 Nikolaj Ehlers, Danish ice hockey player ↗
1996 Poasa Faamausili, New Zealand rugby league player ↗
1996 Lucas Hernandez, French footballer ↗
1993 Jadeveon Clowney, American football player ↗
1993 Alberto Rosende, American actor and singer ↗
1992 Christian Eriksen, Danish footballer ↗
1992 Freddie Highmore, English actor ↗
1992 Petr Mrázek, Czech ice hockey player ↗
1991 Daniela Mona Lambin, Estonian footballer ↗
1990 Chris Babb, American basketball player ↗
1990 Brett Dier, Canadian actor ↗
1990 Bogdan Kiselevich, Russian ice hockey player ↗
1990 Sefa Yılmaz, German-Turkish footballer ↗
1989 Néstor Calderón, Mexican footballer ↗
1989 Adam Matuszczyk, Polish footballer ↗
1989 Emma Miskew, Canadian curler ↗
1989 Byron Mullens, American basketball player ↗
1989 Derek Norris, American baseball player ↗
1989 Brandon Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1989 Jurij Tepeš, Slovenian ski jumper ↗
1989 Kristian Thomas, English gymnast ↗
1988 Katie Boland, Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1988 Ángel Di María, Argentinian footballer ↗
1988 Siim Liivik, Estonian ice hockey player ↗
1987 Edinson Cavani, Uruguayan footballer ↗
1987 Tom Pyatt, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1987 David Wheater, English footballer ↗
1987 Candice Wiggins, American basketball player ↗
1986 Michael Ammermüller, German racing driver ↗
1986 Oliver Lee, English actor, director, and screenwriter ↗
1986 Gao Lin, Chinese footballer ↗
1986 Tiffany Thornton, American actress and singer ↗
1985 Karima Adebibe, English model and actress ↗
1985 Tyler Clippard, American baseball player ↗
1985 Heart Evangelista, Filipino singer and actress ↗
1985 Philippe Senderos, Swiss footballer ↗
1985 Miki Yeung, Hong Kong singer and actress ↗
1984 Matt Barr, American actor ↗
1983 Callix Crabbe, Virgin Islander baseball player ↗
1983 Rocky Elsom, Australian rugby player ↗
1983 Bacary Sagna, French footballer ↗
1982 Marián Gáborík, Slovak ice hockey player ↗
1982 John Halls, English footballer and model ↗
1982 Lenka Tvarošková, Slovak tennis player ↗
1981 Matteo Brighi, Italian footballer ↗
1981 Randy de Puniet, French motorcycle racer ↗
1981 Brad Halsey, American baseball player (died 2014) ↗
1981 Kara Lawson, American basketball player and coach ↗
1981 Jared Lorenzen, American football player (died 2019) ↗
1980 Josh Senter, American screenwriter and producer ↗
1980 Michelle Ye, Hong Kong actress and producer ↗
1978 Danai Gurira, American-Zimbabwean actress ↗
1978 Richard Hamilton, American basketball player ↗
1978 Darius Songaila, Lithuanian basketball player and coach ↗
1977 Anna Erschler, Russian mathematician ↗
1977 Cadel Evans, Australian cyclist ↗
1977 Jim Jefferies, Australian comedian and actor ↗
1977 Darren Purse, English footballer ↗
1977 Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (died 2007) ↗
1976 Milan Hejduk, Czech-American ice hockey player ↗
1976 Liv Kristine, Norwegian singer-songwriter ↗
1976 Rie Rasmussen, Danish model, film director, writer, photographer, and actress ↗
1975 Viktor Kozlov, Russian ice hockey player and coach ↗
1975 Dámaso Marte, Dominican baseball player ↗
1974 Valentina Vezzali, Italian fencer and politician ↗
1973 H. D. Ackerman, South African cricketer ↗
1973 Annalisa Buffa, Italian mathematician ↗
1973 Tyus Edney, American basketball player and coach ↗
1973 Steve McNair, American football player (died 2009) ↗
1972 Drew Bledsoe, American football player and coach ↗
1972 Musōyama Masashi, Japanese sumo wrestler ↗
1972 Najwa Nimri, Spanish actress and singer ↗
1972 Jaan Tallinn, Estonian computer programmer, co-developed Skype ↗
1972 Rob Thomas, American singer-songwriter ↗
1971 Kris Aquino, Filipino talk show host, actress, and producer ↗
1971 Gheorghe Mureșan, Romanian basketball player ↗
1970 Giuseppe Guerini, Italian cyclist ↗
1970 Sean Hill, American ice hockey player ↗
1970 Simon Pegg, English actor, director, and producer ↗
1970 Takashi Saito, Japanese baseball player ↗
1969 Meg Hillier, English journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change ↗
1968 Jules Asner, American model and television host ↗
1968 Chris Lewis, Guyanese-English cricketer ↗
1968 Scott McClellan, American civil servant and author, 25th White House Press Secretary ↗
1967 Stelios Haji-Ioannou, Greek-English businessman, founded easyJet ↗
1967 Calle Johansson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach ↗
1967 Manuela Maleeva, Bulgarian-Swiss tennis player ↗
1967 Bernie Moreno, American politician and businessman ↗
1967 Mark Rutte, Dutch businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands ↗
1966 Petr Svoboda, Czech ice hockey player and agent ↗
1964 Gianni Bugno, Italian cyclist and sportscaster ↗
1964 Zach Galligan, American actor ↗
1963 Enrico Colantoni, Canadian actor, director, and producer ↗
1962 Sakina Jaffrey, American actress ↗
1961 D'Wayne Wiggins, American musical artist (died 2025) ↗
1960 Philip Jones, English admiral ↗
1960 Jim Kelly, American football player and businessman ↗
1960 Meg Tilly, American actress and author ↗
1959 Renée Fleming, American soprano and actress ↗
1958 Grant Thomas, Australian footballer and coach ↗
1957 Soile Isokoski, Finnish soprano and actress ↗
1957 Alan Smith, English bishop ↗
1957 Ken Wahl, American actor ↗
1956 Howard Davis Jr., American boxer and trainer (died 2015) ↗
1956 Dave Dravecky, American baseball player ↗
1956 Katharina Fritsch, German sculptor and academic ↗
1955 Carol Kalish, American publisher (died 1991) ↗
1954 Jam Mohammad Yousaf, Pakistani politician, Chief Minister of Balochistan (died 2013) ↗
1952 Sushma Swaraj, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (died 2019) ↗
1951 Terry Gross, American radio host and producer ↗
1951 Kevin Keegan, English footballer and manager ↗
1950 Roger Fisher, American guitarist and songwriter ↗
1948 Mayra Gómez Kemp, Cuban-Spanish television host and actress (died 2024) ↗
1948 Kitten Natividad, Mexican-American actress and dancer (died 2022) ↗
1948 Pat O'Brien, American journalist and author ↗
1948 Wally Tax, Dutch singer-songwriter (died 2005) ↗
1948 Teller, American magician and actor ↗
1947 Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1975) ↗
1947 Judd Gregg, American lawyer and politician, 76th Governor of New Hampshire ↗
1947 John Quayle, Australian rugby league player and administrator ↗
1947 Phạm Tuân, Vietnamese aviator and cosmonaut ↗
1947 Stephen A. Schwarzman, American businessman ↗
1946 Bernard Dowiyogo, Nauru politician, President of Nauru (died 2003) ↗
1946 Gregory Hines, American actor, singer, and dancer (died 2003) ↗
1945 Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein ↗
1945 Rod Masterson, American lieutenant and actor (died 2013) ↗
1944 Carl Bernstein, American journalist and author ↗
1944 Alan Parker, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2020) ↗
1944 Ronnie Peterson, Swedish racing driver (died 1978) ↗
1943 Maceo Parker, American saxophonist ↗
1942 Michael Bloomberg, American businessman and politician, 108th Mayor of New York City ↗
1942 Andrew Robinson, American actor and director ↗
1942 Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (died 1962) ↗
1941 Donna Shalala, American academic and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services ↗
1941 Paul Tsongas, American lawyer and politician (died 1997) ↗
1939 Razzy Bailey, American country music singer-songwriter and musician (died 2021) ↗
1939 Blowfly, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2016) ↗
1939 Eugene Fama, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
1937 John MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market, English politician, Secretary of State for Transport ↗
1937 Magic Sam, American singer and guitarist (died 1969) ↗
1936 Anna German, Polish singer (died 1982) ↗
1935 David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn, Scottish academic and diplomat, 27th Governor of Hong Kong ↗
1934 Florence Henderson, American actress and singer (died 2016) ↗
1933 Nell Hall Williams, American quilter (died 2021) ↗
1932 Harriet Andersson, Swedish actress ↗
1931 Brian Kelly, American actor and director (died 2005) ↗
1929 Vic Morrow, American actor and director (died 1982) ↗
1928 William Allain, American lawyer and politician, 58th Governor of Mississippi (died 2013) ↗
1928 Vicente T. Blaz, American general and politician (died 2014) ↗
1927 Lois Maxwell, Canadian-Australian model and actress (died 2007) ↗
1924 Juan Ponce Enrile, Filipino politician and lawyer (died 2025) ↗
1924 Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (died 2017) ↗
1923 Jay Hebert, American golfer (died 1997) ↗
1921 Hugh Downs, American journalist, game show host, and producer (died 2020) ↗
1921 Hazel McCallion, Canadian businesswoman and politician, 3rd Mayor of Mississauga (died 2023) ↗
1917 Herbert A. Hauptman, American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011) ↗
1916 Marcel Bigeard, French general (died 2010) ↗
1916 Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese director and producer (died 1996) ↗
1916 Edward Platt, American actor (died 1974) ↗
1915 Sally Gray, English actress and singer (died 2006) ↗
1913 Mel Allen, American sportscaster (died 1996) ↗
1913 Woody Hayes, American football player and coach (died 1987) ↗
1913 Jimmy Hoffa, American trade union leader (died 1975) ↗
1913 James Pike, American bishop (died 1969) ↗
1912 Tibor Sekelj, Hungarian lawyer, explorer, and author (died 1988) ↗
1911 Willem Johan Kolff, Dutch physician and inventor (died 2009) ↗
1907 Johnny Longden, English-American jockey and trainer (died 2003) ↗
1903 Stuart Erwin, American actor (died 1967) ↗
1902 Thelma Ritter, American actress and singer (died 1969) ↗
1900 Jessica Dragonette, American singer (died 1980) ↗
1898 Bill Tilman, English mountaineer and explorer (died 1977) ↗
1898 Fritz Zwicky, Swiss-American physicist and astronomer (died 1974) ↗
1895 Wilhelm Burgdorf, German general (died 1945) ↗
1895 Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (died 1973) ↗
1894 Jack Benny, American actor and producer (died 1974) ↗
1892 Radola Gajda, Czech commander and politician (died 1948) ↗
1891 Katherine Stinson, American aviator (died 1977) ↗
1890 Nina Hamnett, Welsh-English painter and author (died 1956) ↗
1890 Dick Richards, Welsh international footballer (died 1934) ↗
1888 Chandrashekhar Agashe, Indian industrialist (died 1956) ↗
1884 Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish actor and director (died 1947) ↗
1884 Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet and playwright (died 1974) ↗
1882 John Barrymore, American actor (died 1942) ↗
1878 Julius Nieuwland, Belgian priest, chemist and academic (died 1936) ↗
1869 Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist and meteorologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1959) ↗
1860 Eugen Schiffer, German lawyer and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (died 1954) ↗
1859 George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., American engineer, inventor of the Ferris wheel (died 1896) ↗
1855 Frank Harris, Irish author and journalist (died 1931) ↗
1848 Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (died 1934) ↗
1847 Anna Howard Shaw, American physician, minister, and activist (died 1919) ↗
1846 Julian Scott, American soldier and drummer, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1901) ↗
1838 Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (died 1914) ↗
1835 Piet Paaltjens, Dutch minister and poet (died 1894) ↗
1829 Alfred Iverson Jr., American Confederate Army officer (died 1911) ↗
1828 Edmond François Valentin About, French journalist and author (died 1885) ↗
1824 Winfield Scott Hancock, American general and politician (died 1886) ↗
1819 Christopher Latham Sholes, American journalist and politician, invented the typewriter (died 1890) ↗
1813 Lydia Hamilton Smith, African-American businesswoman (died 1884) ↗
1812 Fernando Wood, American merchant and politician, 73rd Mayor of New York City (died 1881) ↗
1808 Michael Costa, Italian-English conductor and composer (died 1884) ↗
1800 Emory Washburn, American historian, lawyer, and politician, 22nd Governor of Massachusetts (died 1877) ↗
1799 Walenty Wańkowicz, Polish painter and illustrator (died 1842) ↗
1784 Heinrich Baermann, German clarinetist (died 1847) ↗
1782 Eleanora Atherton, English philanthropist (died 1870) ↗
1763 Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (died 1813) ↗
1701 Enrique Flórez, Spanish historian and author (died 1773) ↗
1692 Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French author and playwright (died 1754) ↗
1679 Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, German organist and composer (died 1735) ↗
1670 Rajaram Raj Bhonsle, third Chhatrapati of the Maratha Confederacy (died 1700) ↗
1640 Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (died 1693) ↗
1628 Valentine Greatrakes, Irish faith healer (died 1683) ↗
1625 Countess Palatine Maria Euphrosyne of Zweibrücken, Swedish princess (died 1687) ↗
1614 John Wilkins, English bishop, academic and natural philosopher (died 1672) ↗
1602 Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (died 1676) ↗
1545 Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara (died 1561) ↗
1513 Domenico Ferrabosco, Italian composer (died 1573) ↗
1490 Valentin Friedland, German scholar and educationist of the Reformation (died 1556) ↗
1483 Babur, Moghul emperor (died 1530) ↗
1468 Johannes Werner, German priest and mathematician (died 1522) ↗
1452 Pandolfo Petrucci, tyrant of Siena (died 1512) ↗
1408 John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel (died 1435) ↗
1404 Leon Battista Alberti, Italian painter, poet, and philosopher (died 1472) ↗

2021 Carlos Menem, Argentine former president, lawyer, and statesman (born 1930) ↗
2021 William Meninger, American Trappist monk and a principal developer of Centering Prayer (born 1932) ↗
2019 Andrea Levy, English author (born 1956) ↗
2018 Ruud Lubbers, Dutch politician and diplomat, Prime Minister and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (born 1939) ↗
2018 Morgan Tsvangirai, 2nd Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (born 1952) ↗
2016 Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, English lieutenant, engineer, and politician (born 1928) ↗
2016 Steven Stucky, American composer and academic (born 1949) ↗
2015 Louis Jourdan, French-American actor and singer (born 1921) ↗
2015 Philip Levine, American poet and academic (born 1928) ↗
2015 Franjo Mihalić, Croatian-Serbian runner and coach (born 1920) ↗
2014 Tom Finney, English footballer (born 1922) ↗
2014 Chris Pearson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Yukon (born 1931) ↗
2014 Mike Stepovich, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Alaska Territory (born 1919) ↗
2013 Glenn Boyer, American historian and author (born 1924) ↗
2013 Ronald Dworkin, American philosopher and scholar (born 1931) ↗
2012 Mike Bernardo, South African boxer and martial artist (born 1969) ↗
2012 Tonmi Lillman, Finnish drummer and producer (born 1973) ↗
2012 Dory Previn, American singer-songwriter (born 1925) ↗
2012 Péter Rusorán, Hungarian swimmer, water polo player, and coach (born 1940) ↗
2011 George Shearing, English-American pianist and composer (born 1919) ↗
2010 Doug Fieger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1952) ↗
2010 Dick Francis, Welsh jockey and author (born 1920) ↗
2010 Linnart Mäll, Estonian historian, orientalist, and translator (born 1938) ↗
2009 Bernard Ashley, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Laura Ashley plc (born 1926) ↗
2009 Louie Bellson, American drummer and composer (born 1924) ↗
2008 Perry Lopez, American actor (born 1929) ↗
2007 Ryan Larkin, Canadian animator and director (born 1943) ↗
2007 Gareth Morris, English flute player and educator (born 1920) ↗
2006 Lynden David Hall, English singer-songwriter and producer (born 1974) ↗
2005 Rafic Hariri, Lebanese businessman and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Lebanon (born 1944; assassinated) ↗
2004 Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (born 1970) ↗
2003 Johnny Longden, English jockey and trainer (born 1907) ↗
2002 Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1922) ↗
2002 Mick Tucker, English drummer (born 1947) ↗
1999 John Ehrlichman, American lawyer and politician, 12th White House Counsel (born 1925) ↗
1999 Buddy Knox, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1933) ↗
1998 Peter Koch (wood scientist), American industrial engineer and wood scientist (born 1920) ↗
1996 Bob Paisley, English footballer and manager (born 1919) ↗
1995 Michael V. Gazzo, American actor and playwright (born 1923) ↗
1995 U Nu, Burmese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Burma (born 1907) ↗
1994 Andrei Chikatilo, Soviet serial killer (born 1936) ↗
1994 Christopher Lasch, American historian and critic (born 1932) ↗
1989 James Bond, American ornithologist and zoologist (born 1900) ↗
1989 Vincent Crane, English pianist (born 1943) ↗
1988 Frederick Loewe, German-American composer (born 1901) ↗
1987 Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian pianist and composer (born 1904) ↗
1986 Edmund Rubbra, English composer and conductor (born 1901) ↗
1983 Lina Radke, German runner and coach (born 1903) ↗
1979 Adolph Dubs, American lieutenant and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan (born 1920) ↗
1976 Gertrud Dorka, German archaeologist, prehistorian and museum director (born 1893) ↗
1976 George Washington – American soldier, CIA agent, and mercenary (born 1946) ↗
1976 Charlie Christodoulou, British soldier and mercenary of the Angolan Civil War (born 1951) ↗
1975 Julian Huxley, English biologist and eugenicist, co-founded the World Wide Fund for Nature (born 1887) ↗
1975 P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist and playwright (born 1881) ↗
1974 Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer and coach (born 1903) ↗
1970 Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer and coach (born 1880) ↗
1969 Vito Genovese, Italian-American mob boss (born 1897) ↗
1967 Sig Ruman, German-American actor (born 1884) ↗
1959 Baby Dodds, American drummer (born 1898) ↗
1958 Abdur Rab Nishtar, Pakistani politician, 2nd Governor of Punjab (born 1899) ↗
1956 Harold Edward Dahl, American pilot and mercenary (born 1909) ↗
1952 Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (born 1896) ↗
1950 Karl Guthe Jansky, American physicist and engineer (born 1905) ↗
1949 Yusuf Salman Yusuf, Iraqi politician (born 1901) ↗
1948 Mordecai Brown, American baseball player and manager (born 1876) ↗
1943 Dora Gerson, German actress and singer (born 1899) ↗
1943 David Hilbert, Russian-German mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (born 1862) ↗
1942 Adnan Saidi, Malayan lieutenant (born 1915) ↗
1937 Erkki Melartin, Finnish composer (born 1875) ↗
1933 Carl Correns, German botanist and geneticist (born 1864) ↗
1930 Thomas Mackenzie, Scottish-New Zealand cartographer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1853) ↗
1929 Thomas Burke, American sprinter, coach, and lawyer (born 1875) ↗
1924 Amalie Andersen, Norwegian actress (born 1861) ↗
1923 Charles Henry Turner, American zoologist, educator, and comparative psychologist (born 1867) ↗
1922 Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish lawyer and politician (born 1880; assassinated) ↗
1910 Giovanni Passannante, Italian anarchist (born 1849) ↗
1894 Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (born 1814) ↗
1891 William Tecumseh Sherman, American general (born 1820) ↗
1885 Jules Vallès – French journalist and author (born 1832) ↗
1884 Lydia Hamilton Smith, African-American businesswoman (born 1813) ↗
1881 Fernando Wood, American merchant and politician, 73rd Mayor of New York City (born 1812) ↗
1870 St. John Richardson Liddell, American general (born 1815) ↗
1831 Vicente Guerrero, Mexican general and politician, 2nd President of Mexico (born 1782) ↗
1831 Henry Maudslay, English engineer (born 1771) ↗
1808 John Dickinson, American lawyer and politician 5th Governor of Delaware (born 1732) ↗
1782 Singu Min, Burmese king (born 1756) ↗
1780 William Blackstone, English jurist and politician (born 1723) ↗
1779 James Cook, English captain, cartographer, and explorer (born 1728) ↗
1755 Isidro de Espinosa, Franciscan missionary from Spanish Texas (born 1679) ↗
1744 John Hadley, English mathematician, invented the octant (born 1682) ↗
1737 Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot, English lawyer and politician Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (born 1685) ↗
1714 Maria Luisa of Savoy, queen of Spain (born 1688) ↗
1676 Abraham Bosse, French engraver and illustrator (born 1602) ↗
1549 Il Sodoma, Italian painter (born 1477) ↗
1528 Edzard I, German nobleman (born 1462) ↗
1489 Nicolaus von Tüngen, prince-bishop of Warmia ↗
1440 Dietrich of Oldenburg, German nobleman ↗
1400 Richard II, king of England (born 1367) ↗
1317 Margaret of France, queen of England ↗
1229 Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson, king of the Isles ↗
1164 Sviatoslav Olgovich, Kievan prince ↗
1140 Leo I, Armenian prince ↗
1140 Sobĕslav I, duke of Bohemia ↗
1010 Fujiwara no Korechika, Japanese nobleman (born 974) ↗
1009 Bruno of Querfurt, German missionary bishop ↗
945 Lian Chongyu, Chinese general ↗
945 Zhu Wenjin, Chinese emperor ↗
869 Cyril, Greek missionary bishop and saint (born 827) ↗
269 Saint Valentine, Roman saint ↗