44 Events
143 Births
65 Deaths
- 2021 International Women's Day marches in Mexico become violent with 62 police officers and 19 civilians injured in Mexico City alone. ↗
- 2021 Twenty-eight political institutions in Myanmar establish the National Unity Consultative Council, a historic alliance of ethnic armed organizations and democratically elected leaders in response to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état ↗
- 2018 The first Aurat March (social/political demonstration) was held being International Women's Day in Karachi, Pakistan, since then annually held across Pakistan and feminist slogan Mera Jism Meri Marzi (My body, my choice), in demand for women's right to bodily autonomy and against gender-based violence came into vogue in Pakistan. ↗
- 2017 The Azure Window, a natural arch on the Maltese island of Gozo, collapses in stormy weather. ↗
- 2014 In one of aviation's greatest mysteries, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying a total of 239 people, disappears en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The fate of the flight remains unknown. ↗
- 2010 Headlined by Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair, TNA Wrestling moved its flagship program, TNA Impact!, to Monday night. This effort to go "big time live" failed but is notable in the history of professional wrestling television. ↗
- 2004 A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council. ↗
- 2001 Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-102, carrying the Expedition 2 crew to the International Space Station. ↗
- 1994 A collision at Indira Gandhi International Airport kills 9 people. ↗
- 1988 Aeroflot Flight 3379 is hijacked by the Ovechkin family and diverted to Veshchevo in the Soviet Union. ↗
- 1985 A supposed failed assassination attempt on Islamic cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut, Lebanon kills 80 and injures 200 others. ↗
- 1983 Cold War: While addressing a convention of Evangelicals, U.S. President Ronald Reagan labels the Soviet Union an "evil empire". ↗
- 1979 Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time. ↗
- 1979 Images taken by Voyager 1 prove the existence of volcanoes on Io, a moon of Jupiter. ↗
- 1966 Nelson's Pillar in Dublin, Ireland, is destroyed by a bomb. ↗
- 1965 Vietnam War: US Marines arrive at Da Nang. ↗
- 1965 Aeroflot Flight 513 crashes during takeoff from Kuybyshev Airport, killing 30 and injuring 9. ↗
- 1963 The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a coup d'état. ↗
- 1962 A Turkish Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship crashes into Mount Medetsiz in the Taurus Mountains of Turkey, killing all 11 people on board. ↗
- 1950 The iconic Volkswagen Type 2 "Bus" begins production. ↗
- 1942 World War II: The Dutch East Indies surrender Java to the Imperial Japanese Army. ↗
- 1942 World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces captured Rangoon, Burma from British. ↗
- 1937 Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins. ↗
- 1936 Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race. ↗
- 1924 A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah. ↗
- 1921 Spanish Prime Minister Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while on his way home from the parliament building in Madrid. ↗
- 1917 International Women's Day protests in Petrograd mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23 in the Julian calendar). ↗
- 1917 The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule. ↗
- 1916 World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila. ↗
- 1910 French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license. ↗
- 1868 Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka. ↗
- 1844 King Oscar I ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway. ↗
- 1844 The Althing, the parliament of Iceland, was reopened after 45 years of closure. ↗
- 1801 War of the Second Coalition: At the Battle of Abukir, a British force under Sir Ralph Abercromby lands in Egypt with the aim of ending the French campaign in Egypt and Syria. ↗
- 1782 Gnadenhutten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity, are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indian tribes. ↗
- 1775 An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery. ↗
- 1736 Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran. ↗
- 1722 The Safavid Empire of Iran is defeated by an army from Afghanistan at the Battle of Gulnabad. ↗
- 1702 Queen Anne, the younger sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland. ↗
- 1658 Treaty of Roskilde: After a devastating defeat in the Northern Wars (1655–1661), Frederick III, the King of Denmark–Norway is forced to give up nearly half his territory to Sweden. ↗
- 1558 The city of Pori (Swedish: Björneborg) is founded by Duke John on the shores of the Gulf of Bothnia. ↗
- 1262 Battle of Hausbergen between bourgeois militias and the army of the bishop of Strasbourg. ↗
- 1126 Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León. ↗
- 1010 Ferdowsi completes his epic poem Shahnameh. ↗
- 2004 Kit Connor, English actor ↗
- 2003 Montana Jordan, American actor ↗
- 1999 Nathan McSweeney, Australian cricketer ↗
- 1997 Tijana Bošković, Serbian volleyball player ↗
- 1996 Kyle Allen, American football player ↗
- 1995 Marko Gudurić, Serbian basketball player ↗
- 1995 Isaiah Whitehead, American basketball player ↗
- 1994 Claire Emslie, Scottish footballer ↗
- 1993 Rui Machida, Japanese basketball player ↗
- 1991 Yoon Ji-sung, South Korean singer and actor ↗
- 1990 Kristinia DeBarge, American singer-songwriter and actress ↗
- 1990 Asier Illarramendi, Spanish footballer ↗
- 1990 Brandon Kozun, American-Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1990 Petra Kvitová, Czech tennis player ↗
- 1990 Kevin Zeitler, American football player ↗
- 1989 Robbie Hummel, American basketball player and sportscaster ↗
- 1988 Benny Blanco, American record producer ↗
- 1988 Tommy Pham, American baseball player ↗
- 1987 Milana Vayntrub, Uzbekistani-American actress and comedian ↗
- 1987 Jonathan Wright, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1986 Chad Gable, American wrestler ↗
- 1986 Thomas Morstead, American football player ↗
- 1985 Maria Ohisalo, Finnish politician and researcher ↗
- 1984 Yoshihisa Hirano, Japanese baseball player ↗
- 1984 Ross Taylor, New Zealand cricketer ↗
- 1984 Sasha Vujačić, Slovenian basketball player ↗
- 1983 André Santos, Brazilian footballer ↗
- 1983 Mark Worrell, American baseball player ↗
- 1982 Erik Ersberg, Swedish ice hockey player ↗
- 1982 Leonidas Kampantais, Greek footballer ↗
- 1982 Keemstar, American YouTuber ↗
- 1982 Kat Von D, American tattoo artist and model ↗
- 1979 Tom Chaplin, English singer-songwriter and musician ↗
- 1978 Nick Zano, American actor ↗
- 1977 James Van Der Beek, American actor ↗
- 1977 Johann Vogel, Swiss footballer ↗
- 1976 Chris Clark, American ice hockey player ↗
- 1976 Juan Encarnación, Dominican baseball player ↗
- 1976 Freddie Prinze Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1976 Hines Ward, Korean-American football player ↗
- 1973 Boris Kodjoe, Austrian-German actor ↗
- 1972 Matt Nable, Australian rugby league player and actor ↗
- 1972 Lena Sundström, Swedish journalist and author ↗
- 1970 Jason Elam, American football player ↗
- 1970 Andrea Parker, American actress ↗
- 1968 Michael Bartels, German race car driver ↗
- 1968 Shawn Mullins, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1966 Greg Barker, Baron Barker of Battle, English politician ↗
- 1965 Kenny Smith, American basketball player and sportscaster ↗
- 1962 Leon Robinson, American actor ↗
- 1961 Camryn Manheim, American actress ↗
- 1961 Larry Murphy, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1960 Irek Mukhamedov, Russian ballet dancer ↗
- 1960 Buck Williams, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1959 Lester Holt, American journalist ↗
- 1959 Aidan Quinn, American actor ↗
- 1958 Gary Numan, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
- 1957 Clive Burr, English rock drummer (died 2013) ↗
- 1957 Billy Childs, American pianist and composer ↗
- 1956 Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (died 1989) ↗
- 1956 David Malpass, American economist and government official ↗
- 1954 Steve James, American documentary filmmaker ↗
- 1954 David Wilkie, Sri Lankan-Scottish swimmer (died 2024) ↗
- 1953 Jim Rice, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster ↗
- 1951 Phil Edmonds, Zambian-English cricketer ↗
- 1951 Dianne Walker, American tap dancer ↗
- 1949 Teofilo Cubillas, Peruvian footballer ↗
- 1948 Mel Galley, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2008) ↗
- 1948 Peggy March, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1948 Jonathan Sacks, English rabbi, philosopher, and scholar (died 2020) ↗
- 1947 Michael S. Hart, American author, founded Project Gutenberg (died 2011) ↗
- 1946 Randy Meisner, American singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2023) ↗
- 1945 Micky Dolenz, American singer-songwriter and actor ↗
- 1945 Anselm Kiefer – German painter and sculptor ↗
- 1944 Carole Bayer Sager, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1944 Sergey Nikitin, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1943 Susan Clark, Canadian actress and producer ↗
- 1943 Lynn Redgrave, English-American actress and singer (died 2010) ↗
- 1942 Dick Allen, American baseball player and tenor (died 2020) ↗
- 1942 Ann Packer, English sprinter, hurdler, and long jumper ↗
- 1941 Norman Stone, British historian, author, and academic (died 2019) ↗
- 1939 Jim Bouton, American baseball player and journalist (died 2019) ↗
- 1939 Lynn Seymour, Canadian ballerina and choreographer (died 2023) ↗
- 1939 Lidiya Skoblikova, Russian speed skater and coach ↗
- 1939 Robert Tear, Welsh tenor and conductor (died 2011) ↗
- 1937 Richard Fariña, American singer-songwriter and author (died 1966) ↗
- 1937 Juvénal Habyarimana, Rwandan politician, President of Rwanda (died 1994) ↗
- 1936 Panditrao Agashe, Indian businessman (died 1986) ↗
- 1936 Sue Ane Langdon, American actress and singer ↗
- 1935 George Coleman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader ↗
- 1934 Marv Breeding, American baseball player and scout (died 2006) ↗
- 1931 Neil Adcock, South African cricketer (died 2013) ↗
- 1931 John McPhee, American author and educator ↗
- 1931 Neil Postman, American author and social critic (died 2003) ↗
- 1931 Gerald Potterton, English-Canadian animator, director, and producer (died 2022) ↗
- 1930 Bob Grim, American baseball player (died 1996) ↗
- 1930 Douglas Hurd, English politician ↗
- 1928 Lore Segal, American novelist (died 2024) ↗
- 1927 Ramon Revilla Sr., Filipino actor and politician (died 2020) ↗
- 1926 Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2001) ↗
- 1925 Warren Bennis, American scholar, author, and academic (died 2014) ↗
- 1924 Anthony Caro, English sculptor and illustrator (died 2013) ↗
- 1924 Sean McClory, Irish-American actor and director (died 2003) ↗
- 1924 Addie L. Wyatt, American civil rights activist and labor leader (died 2012) ↗
- 1922 Ralph H. Baer, German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey (died 2014) ↗
- 1922 Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer (died 2008) ↗
- 1922 Carl Furillo, American baseball player (died 1989) ↗
- 1922 Shigeru Mizuki, Japanese author and illustrator (died 2015) ↗
- 1921 Alan Hale Jr., American actor and restaurateur (died 1990) ↗
- 1918 Eileen Herlie, Scottish-American actress (died 2008) ↗
- 1914 Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Belarusian-Russian physicist and astronomer (died 1987) ↗
- 1912 Preston Smith, American businessman and politician, Governor of Texas (died 2003) ↗
- 1912 Meldrim Thomson Jr., American publisher and politician, Governor of New Hampshire (died 2001) ↗
- 1911 Alan Hovhaness, Armenian-American pianist and composer (died 2000) ↗
- 1910 Claire Trevor, American actress (died 2000) ↗
- 1909 Beatrice Shilling, English motorcycle racer and engineer (died 1990) ↗
- 1907 Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, President of Greece (died 1998) ↗
- 1902 Louise Beavers, American actress and singer (died 1962) ↗
- 1902 Jennings Randolph, American journalist and politician (died 1998) ↗
- 1896 Charlotte Whitton, Canadian journalist and politician, 46th Mayor of Ottawa (died 1975) ↗
- 1892 Juana de Ibarbourou, Uruguayan poet and author (died 1979) ↗
- 1886 Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1972) ↗
- 1879 Otto Hahn, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968) ↗
- 1865 Frederic Goudy, American type designer (died 1947) ↗
- 1859 Kenneth Grahame, British author (died 1932) ↗
- 1858 Ida Hunt Udall, American diarist and homesteader (died 1915) ↗
- 1856 Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (died 1929) ↗
- 1856 Colin Campbell Cooper, American painter and academic (died 1937) ↗
- 1851 Frank Avery Hutchins, American librarian and educator (died 1914) ↗
- 1841 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., American lawyer and jurist (died 1935) ↗
- 1836 Harriet Samuel, English businesswoman and founder the jewellery retailer H. Samuel (died 1908) ↗
- 1830 João de Deus, Portuguese poet and educator (died 1896) ↗
- 1827 Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (died 1875) ↗
- 1822 Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Polish inventor and businessman, invented the Kerosene lamp (died 1882) ↗
- 1804 Alvan Clark, American astronomer and optician (died 1887) ↗
- 1799 Simon Cameron, American journalist and politician, United States Secretary of War (died 1889) ↗
- 1761 Jan Potocki, Polish ethnologist, historian, linguist, and author (died 1815) ↗
- 1748 William V, Prince of Orange (died 1806) ↗
- 1746 André Michaux, French botanist and explorer (died 1802) ↗
- 1726 Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral and politician, Treasurer of the Navy (died 1799) ↗
- 1714 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German pianist and composer (died 1788) ↗
- 1712 John Fothergill, English physician and botanist (died 1780) ↗
- 1495 John of God, Portuguese friar and saint (died 1550) ↗
- 2025 Athol Fugard, South African actor, director, and playwright (born 1932) ↗
- 2020 Max von Sydow, Swedish actor (born 1929) ↗
- 2019 Marshall Brodien, American actor (born 1934) ↗
- 2019 Cedrick Hardman, American football player and actor (born 1948) ↗
- 2018 Kate Wilhelm, American author (born 1928) ↗
- 2016 George Martin, English composer, conductor, and producer (born 1926) ↗
- 2015 Sam Simon, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1955) ↗
- 2014 Leo Bretholz, Austrian-American Holocaust survivor and author (born 1921) ↗
- 2014 William Guarnere, American sergeant (born 1923) ↗
- 2013 John O'Connell, Irish politician, Irish Minister of Health (born 1927) ↗
- 2013 Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, German soldier and publisher (born 1922) ↗
- 2012 Simin Daneshvar, Iranian author and academic (born 1921) ↗
- 2009 Hank Locklin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1918) ↗
- 2007 John Inman, English actor (born 1935) ↗
- 2007 John Vukovich, American baseball player and coach (born 1947) ↗
- 2005 César Lattes, Brazilian physicist and academic (born 1924) ↗
- 2005 Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen commander and politician, President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (born 1951) ↗
- 2004 Muhammad Zaidan, Syrian terrorist, founded the Palestinian Liberation Front (born 1948) ↗
- 2003 Adam Faith, English singer (born 1940) ↗
- 2003 Karen Morley, American actress (born 1909) ↗
- 1999 Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentinian journalist and author (born 1914) ↗
- 1999 Peggy Cass, American actress and comedian (born 1924) ↗
- 1999 Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player and coach (born 1914) ↗
- 1998 Ray Nitschke, American football player (born 1936) ↗
- 1996 Jack Churchill, British colonel (born 1906) ↗
- 1993 Billy Eckstine, American jazz singer (born 1914) ↗
- 1983 Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, English lieutenant and politician (born 1904) ↗
- 1983 William Walton, English composer (born 1902) ↗
- 1982 Hatem Ali Jamadar, Bengali politician (born 1872) ↗
- 1975 George Stevens, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1904) ↗
- 1973 Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American keyboard player and songwriter (born 1945) ↗
- 1971 Harold Lloyd, American actor, director, and producer (born 1893) ↗
- 1961 Thomas Beecham, English conductor and composer (born 1879) ↗
- 1957 Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor (born 1886) ↗
- 1948 Hulusi Behçet, Turkish dermatologist and scientist (born 1889) ↗
- 1944 Fredy Hirsch, German Jewish athlete who helped thousands of Jewish children in the Holocaust (born 1916) ↗
- 1943 Cipto Mangunkusumo, Indonesian independence leader (born 1886) ↗
- 1942 José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player (born 1888) ↗
- 1941 Sherwood Anderson, American novelist and short story writer (born 1876) ↗
- 1937 Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1902) ↗
- 1932 Minna Craucher, Finnish socialite and spy (born 1891) ↗
- 1930 William Howard Taft – American politician, 27th President of the United States (born 1857) ↗
- 1930 Edward Terry Sanford, American jurist and politician, United States Assistant Attorney General (born 1865) ↗
- 1923 Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1837) ↗
- 1917 Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman (born 1838) ↗
- 1889 John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer (born 1803) ↗
- 1887 Henry Ward Beecher, American minister and activist (born 1813) ↗
- 1887 James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (born 1820) ↗
- 1874 Millard Fillmore – American lawyer and politician, 13th President of the United States (born 1800) ↗
- 1872 Priscilla Susan Bury, British botanist (born 1799) ↗
- 1872 Cornelius Krieghoff, Dutch-Canadian painter (born 1815) ↗
- 1869 Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (born 1803) ↗
- 1844 Charles XIV John of Sweden (born 1763) ↗
- 1723 Povel Juel, Norwegian civil servant (born c.1673) ↗
- 1723 Christopher Wren, English architect, designed St. Paul's Cathedral (born 1632) ↗
- 1717 Abraham Darby I, English blacksmith (born 1678) ↗
- 1702 William III of England (born 1650) ↗
- 1641 Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer and explorer (born 1587) ↗
- 1619 Veit Bach, German baker and miller ↗
- 1550 John of God, Portuguese friar and saint (born 1495) ↗
- 1466 Francesco I Sforza, Duke of Milan (born 1401) ↗
- 1403 Bayezid I, Ottoman sultan (born 1360) ↗
- 1144 Pope Celestine II ↗
- 1137 Adela of Normandy, by marriage countess of Blois (born c. 1067) ↗
- 1126 Urraca of León and Castile (born 1079) ↗