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Day of the year
February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar ; 320 days remain until the end of the year (321 in
leap years ).
It is observed in most countries as
Valentine's Day .
[1]
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1613 –
Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Frederick V of the Palatinate at
Whitehall Palace , London.
[7]
1655 – The
Mapuches launch coordinated attacks against the
Spanish in Chile beginning the
Mapuche uprising of 1655 .
[8]
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 .
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 .
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 –
Karađorđe leads the
First Serbian Uprising against the
Ottoman Empire .
[9]
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 , in the
Latter Day Saint movement , is formed in
Kirtland, Ohio .
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 in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, 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 the
Chilean Army occupies the
Bolivian port city of
Antofagasta .
1899 –
Voting machines are approved by the
U.S. Congress for use in federal
elections .
1900 – The
British Army begins the
Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the
Siege of Ladysmith .
1901–present
1903 – The
United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the
Department of Labor ).
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 .
1918 – Russia adopts the
Gregorian calendar .
[10]
1919 – The
Polish–Soviet War begins.
1920 – The
League of Women Voters is founded in
Chicago .
1924 – The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
1929 –
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre : Seven people, six of them
gangster rivals of
Al Capone 's gang, are murdered in
Chicago .
1939 –
World War II :
German battleship Bismarck is launched.
[11]
1942 – World War II:
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-Jürgen von Arnim 's
Fifth Panzer Army launches a
counter-attack against
Allied positions in
Tunisia .
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 .
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 .
1946 – The
Bank of England is nationalized.
1947 – The
act abolishing all
noble ranks and related
styles comes into force in
Hungary .
[12]
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 .
1954 –
First Indochina war - small French garrison at
Đắk Đoa is overrun by the
Viet Minh after a week's siege.
[13]
1961 –
Discovery of the chemical elements : Element 103,
Lawrencium , is first synthesized at the
University of California .
1966 –
Australian currency is
decimalized .
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.
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
Salman Rushdie , author of
The Satanic Verses .
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 .
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.
2000 – The spacecraft
NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid
433 Eros , the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.
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 .
[14]
2004 – In a suburb of
Moscow ,
Russia , the roof of the
Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 28 people, and wounding 193 others.
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.
[15]
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 .
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.
2011 – As a part of
Arab Spring , the
Bahraini uprising begins with a
'Day of Rage' .
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.
[16]
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.
Births
Pre-1600
1404 –
Leon Battista Alberti , Italian painter, poet, and philosopher (d. 1472)
1408 –
John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel (d. 1435)
1452 –
Pandolfo Petrucci , tyrant of Siena (d. 1512)
1468 –
Johannes Werner , German priest and mathematician (d. 1522)
1483 –
Babur , Moghul emperor (d. 1530)
1490 –
Valentin Friedland , German scholar and educationist of the Reformation (d. 1556)
[17]
1513 –
Domenico Ferrabosco , Italian composer (d. 1573)
1545 –
Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara (d. 1561)
1601–1900
1602 –
Francesco Cavalli , Italian composer (d. 1676)
[18]
1614 –
John Wilkins , English bishop, academic and natural philosopher (d. 1672)
[19]
[20]
1625 – Countess Palatine
Maria Euphrosyne of Zweibrücken , Swedish princess (d. 1687)
[21]
1628 –
Valentine Greatrakes , Irish faith healer (d. 1683)
[22]
1640 –
Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (d. 1693)[
citation needed ]
1670 –
Rajaram Raj Bhonsle , third Chhatrapati of the
Maratha Empire (d. 1700)
[23]
1679 –
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann , German organist and composer (d. 1735)
1692 –
Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée , French author and playwright (d. 1754)
1701 –
Enrique Flórez , Spanish historian and author (d. 1773)
1763 –
Jean Victor Marie Moreau , French general (d. 1813)
1782 –
Eleanora Atherton , English philanthropist (d. 1870)
[24]
1784 –
Heinrich Baermann , German clarinetist (d. 1847)
1799 –
Walenty Wańkowicz , Polish painter and illustrator (d. 1842)
1800 –
Emory Washburn , American historian, lawyer, and politician, 22nd
Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1877)
1808 –
Michael Costa , Italian-English conductor and composer (d. 1884)
1812 –
Fernando Wood , American merchant and politician, 73rd
Mayor of New York City (d. 1881)
[25]
1813 –
Lydia Hamilton Smith , African-American businesswoman (d. 1884)
[26]
1819 –
Christopher Latham Sholes , American journalist and politician, invented the
typewriter (d. 1890)
1824 –
Winfield Scott Hancock , American general and politician (d. 1886)
1828 –
Edmond François Valentin About , French journalist and author (d. 1885)
1835 –
Piet Paaltjens , Dutch minister and poet (d. 1894)
1838 –
Margaret E. Knight , American inventor (d. 1914)
1846 –
Julian Scott , American soldier and drummer,
Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1901)
1847 –
Anna Howard Shaw , American physician, minister, and activist (d. 1919)
1848 –
Benjamin Baillaud , French astronomer and academic (d. 1934)
1855 –
Frank Harris , Irish author and journalist (d. 1931)
1859 –
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. , American engineer, inventor of the
Ferris wheel (d. 1896)
1860 –
Eugen Schiffer , German lawyer and politician,
Vice-Chancellor of Germany (d. 1954)
1869 –
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson , Scottish physicist and meteorologist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1959)
1878 –
Julius Nieuwland , Belgian priest, chemist and academic (d. 1936)
1882 –
John Barrymore , American actor (d. 1942)
1884 –
Nils Olaf Chrisander , Swedish actor and director (d. 1947)
1884 –
Kostas Varnalis , Greek poet and playwright (d. 1974)
1888 –
Chandrashekhar Agashe , Indian industrialist (d. 1956)
[27]
1890 –
Nina Hamnett , Welsh-English painter and author (d. 1956)
1890 –
Dick Richards , Welsh international footballer (d. 1934)
[28]
1891 –
Katherine Stinson , American aviator (d. 1977)
1892 –
Radola Gajda , Czech commander and politician (d. 1948)
1894 –
Jack Benny , American actor and producer (d. 1974)
[29]
1895 –
Wilhelm Burgdorf , German general (d. 1945)
1895 –
Max Horkheimer , German philosopher and sociologist (d. 1973)
1898 –
Bill Tilman , English mountaineer and explorer (d. 1977)
1898 –
Fritz Zwicky , Swiss-American physicist and astronomer (d. 1974)
1900 –
Jessica Dragonette , American singer (d. 1980)
[30]
1901–present
1902 –
Thelma Ritter , American actress and singer (d. 1969)
[31]
1903 –
Stuart Erwin , American actor (d. 1967)
1907 –
Johnny Longden , English-American jockey and trainer (d. 2003)
1911 –
Willem Johan Kolff , Dutch physician and inventor (d. 2009)
1912 –
Tibor Sekelj , Hungarian lawyer, explorer, and author (d. 1988)
1913 –
Mel Allen , American sportscaster (d. 1996)
1913 –
Woody Hayes , American football player and coach (d. 1987)
[31]
1913 –
Jimmy Hoffa , American trade union leader (d. 1975)
[31]
1913 –
James Pike , American bishop (d. 1969)
1915 –
Sally Gray , English actress and singer (d. 2006)
1916 –
Marcel Bigeard , French general (d. 2010)
1916 –
Masaki Kobayashi , Japanese director and producer (d. 1996)
1916 –
Edward Platt , American actor (d. 1974)
1917 –
Herbert A. Hauptman , American mathematician and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
1921 –
Hugh Downs , American journalist, game show host, and producer (d. 2020)
[31]
1921 –
Hazel McCallion , Canadian businesswoman and politician, 3rd
Mayor of Mississauga (d. 2023)
[32]
1923 –
Jay Hebert , American golfer (d. 1997)
1924 –
Juan Ponce Enrile , Filipino politician
[33]
1924 –
Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (d. 2017)
1927 –
Lois Maxwell , Canadian-Australian model and actress (d. 2007)
1928 –
William Allain , American lawyer and politician, 58th
Governor of Mississippi (d. 2013)
1928 –
Vicente T. Blaz , American general and politician (d. 2014)
1929 –
Vic Morrow , American actor and director (d. 1982)
1931 –
Brian Kelly , American actor and director (d. 2005)
1932 –
Harriet Andersson , Swedish actress
1934 –
Florence Henderson , American actress and singer (d. 2016)
[31]
1935 –
David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn , Scottish academic and diplomat, 27th
Governor of Hong Kong
1936 –
Anna German , Polish singer (d. 1982)
1937 –
John MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market , English politician,
Secretary of State for Transport
1937 –
Magic Sam , American singer and guitarist (d. 1969)
[34]
1939 –
Razzy Bailey , American country music singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2021)
1939 –
Blowfly , American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2016)
[35]
1939 –
Eugene Fama , American economist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate
1941 –
Donna Shalala , American academic and politician, 18th
United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
1941 –
Paul Tsongas , American lawyer and politician (d. 1997)
1942 –
Michael Bloomberg , American businessman and politician, 108th
Mayor of New York City
[31]
1942 –
Andrew Robinson , American actor and director
1942 –
Ricardo Rodríguez , Mexican racing driver (d. 1962)
1943 –
Maceo Parker , American saxophonist
[36]
1944 –
Carl Bernstein , American journalist and author
[31]
1944 –
Alan Parker , English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2020)
1944 –
Ronnie Peterson , Swedish racing driver (d. 1978)
[37]
1945 –
Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
1945 –
Rod Masterson , American lieutenant and actor (d. 2013)
1946 –
Bernard Dowiyogo , Nauru politician,
President of Nauru (d. 2003)
1946 –
Gregory Hines , American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 2003)
[31]
1947 –
Tim Buckley , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975)
1947 –
Judd Gregg , American lawyer and politician, 76th
Governor of New Hampshire
1947 –
Phạm Tuân , Vietnamese aviator and cosmonaut
[38]
1948 –
Kitten Natividad , Mexican-American actress and dancer (d. 2022)
1948 –
Pat O'Brien , American journalist and author
[39]
1948 –
Wally Tax , Dutch singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
1948 –
Teller , American magician and actor
[39]
1950 –
Roger Fisher , American guitarist and songwriter
1951 –
Terry Gross , American radio host and producer
[31]
1951 –
Kevin Keegan , English footballer and manager
1952 –
Sushma Swaraj , Indian lawyer and politician,
Indian Minister of External Affairs (d. 2019)
1954 –
Jam Mohammad Yousaf , Pakistani politician,
Chief Minister of Balochistan (d. 2013)
1955 –
Carol Kalish , American publisher (d. 1991)
1956 –
Howard Davis Jr. , American boxer and trainer (d. 2015)
1956 –
Dave Dravecky , American baseball player
1956 –
Katharina Fritsch , German sculptor and academic
1957 –
Soile Isokoski , Finnish soprano and actress
1957 –
Alan Smith , English bishop
[40]
1957 –
Ken Wahl , American actor
[39]
1958 –
Grant Thomas , Australian footballer and coach
1959 –
Renée Fleming , American soprano and actress
[39]
1960 –
Philip Jones , English admiral
[41]
1960 –
Jim Kelly , American football player and businessman
1960 –
Meg Tilly , American actress and author
[39]
1962 –
Sakina Jaffrey , American actress
[39]
1963 –
Enrico Colantoni , Canadian actor, director, and producer
[39]
1964 –
Gianni Bugno , Italian cyclist and sportscaster
1964 –
Zach Galligan , American actor
[39]
1966 –
Petr Svoboda , Czech ice hockey player and agent
1967 –
Stelios Haji-Ioannou , Greek-English businessman, founded
easyJet
1967 –
Calle Johansson , Swedish ice hockey player and coach
[42]
1967 –
Manuela Maleeva , Bulgarian-Swiss tennis player
1967 –
Mark Rutte , Dutch businessman and politician,
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
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
1969 –
Meg Hillier , English journalist and politician,
Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
1970 –
Giuseppe Guerini , Italian cyclist
1970 –
Sean Hill , American ice hockey player
1970 –
Simon Pegg , English actor, director, and producer
[39]
1970 –
Takashi Saito , Japanese baseball player
[43]
1971 –
Kris Aquino , Filipino talk show host, actress, and producer
1971 –
Gheorghe Mureșan , Romanian basketball player
1972 –
Drew Bledsoe , American football player and coach
1972 –
Musōyama Masashi , Japanese sumo wrestler
1972 –
Najwa Nimri , Spanish actress and singer
[44]
1972 –
Jaan Tallinn , Estonian computer programmer, co-developed
Skype
1972 –
Rob Thomas , American singer-songwriter
[39]
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 (d. 2009)
1974 –
Valentina Vezzali , Italian fencer and politician
1975 –
Viktor Kozlov , Russian ice hockey player and coach
[45]
1975 –
Dámaso Marte , Dominican baseball player
[46]
1976 –
Milan Hejduk , Czech-American ice hockey player
[47]
1976 –
Liv Kristine , Norwegian singer-songwriter
1976 –
Rie Rasmussen , Danish model, film director, writer, photographer, and actress
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 (d. 2007)
1978 –
Danai Gurira , American-Zimbabwean actress
[39]
1978 –
Richard Hamilton , American basketball player
1978 –
Darius Songaila , Lithuanian basketball player and coach
1980 –
Josh Senter , American screenwriter and producer
1980 –
Michelle Ye , Hong Kong actress and producer
1981 –
Matteo Brighi , Italian footballer
1981 –
Randy de Puniet , French motorcycle racer
1981 –
Brad Halsey , American baseball player (d. 2014)
1981 –
Kara Lawson , American basketball player and coach
[48]
1981 –
Jared Lorenzen , American football player (d. 2019)
[49]
1982 –
Marián Gáborík , Slovak ice hockey player
1982 –
John Halls , English footballer and model
1982 –
Lenka Tvarošková , Slovak tennis player
1983 –
Callix Crabbe , Virgin Islander baseball player
1983 –
Rocky Elsom , Australian rugby player
1983 –
Bacary Sagna , French footballer
1984 –
Matt Barr , American actor
[39]
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
[50]
1985 –
Miki Yeung , Hong Kong singer and actress
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
[39]
1987 –
Edinson Cavani , Uruguayan footballer
1987 –
Tom Pyatt , Canadian ice hockey player
1987 –
David Wheater , English footballer
1987 –
Candice Wiggins , American basketball player
[51]
1988 –
Katie Boland , Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter
1988 –
Ángel Di María , Argentinian footballer
1988 –
Siim Liivik , Estonian ice hockey player
1989 –
Néstor Calderón , Mexican footballer
1989 –
Adam Matuszczyk , Polish footballer
1989 –
Emma Miskew , Canadian curler
[52]
1989 –
Byron Mullens , American basketball player
[53]
1989 –
Derek Norris , American baseball player
[54]
1989 –
Brandon Sutter , Canadian ice hockey player
1989 –
Jurij Tepeš , Slovenian ski jumper
1989 –
Kristian Thomas , English gymnast
[55]
1990 –
Chris Babb , American basketball player
[56]
1990 –
Brett Dier , Canadian actor
[39]
1990 –
Bogdan Kiselevich , Russian ice hockey player
[57]
1990 –
Sefa Yılmaz , German-Turkish footballer
1991 –
Daniela Mona Lambin , Estonian footballer
[58]
1992 –
Christian Eriksen , Danish footballer
[59]
1992 –
Freddie Highmore , English actor
[39]
1992 –
Petr Mrázek , Czech ice hockey player
[60]
1993 –
Jadeveon Clowney , American football player
[61]
1993 –
Alberto Rosende , American actor and singer
[31]
1996 –
Nikolaj Ehlers , Danish ice hockey player
[62]
1996 –
Lucas Hernandez , French footballer
[63]
1997 –
Jaehyun , South Korean singer and actor
[64]
1997 –
Breel Embolo , Swiss footballer
[65]
1999 –
Tyler Adams , American soccer player
[66]
2000 –
Gabriel Moreno , Venezuelan baseball player
[67]
Deaths
Pre-1600
869 –
Cyril , Greek missionary bishop (b. 827)
945 –
Lian Chongyu , Chinese general
945 –
Zhu Wenjin , Chinese emperor
1009 –
Bruno of Querfurt , German missionary bishop
1010 –
Fujiwara no Korechika , Japanese nobleman (b. 974)
1140 –
Leo I , Armenian prince
1140 –
Sobĕslav I , duke of Bohemia
1164 –
Sviatoslav Olgovich , Kievan prince
1229 –
Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson , king of the Isles
1317 –
Margaret of France , queen of England
1400 –
Richard II , king of England (b. 1367)
1440 –
Dietrich of Oldenburg , German nobleman
1489 –
Nicolaus von Tüngen , prince-bishop of Warmia
1528 –
Edzard I , German nobleman (b. 1462)
1549 –
Il Sodoma , Italian painter (b. 1477)
1571 –
Odet de Coligny , French cardinal (b. 1517)
1601–1900
1676 –
Abraham Bosse , French engraver and illustrator (b. 1602)
1714 –
Maria Luisa of Savoy , queen of Spain (b. 1688)
1737 –
Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot , English lawyer and politician
Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1685)
1744 –
John Hadley , English mathematician, invented the
octant (b. 1682)
1755 –
Isidro de Espinosa , Franciscan missionary from Spanish Texas (b. 1679)
[68]
1779 –
James Cook , English captain, cartographer, and explorer (b. 1728)
1780 –
William Blackstone , English jurist and politician (b. 1723)
1782 –
Singu Min , Burmese king (b. 1756)
1808 –
John Dickinson , American lawyer and politician 5th
Governor of Delaware (b. 1732)
1831 –
Vicente Guerrero , Mexican general and politician, 2nd
President of Mexico (b. 1782)
1831 –
Henry Maudslay , English engineer (b. 1771)
1870 –
St. John Richardson Liddell , American general (b. 1815)
1881 –
Fernando Wood , American merchant and politician, 73rd
Mayor of New York City (b. 1812)
1884 –
Lydia Hamilton Smith , African-American businesswoman (b. 1813)
[26]
1885 –
Jules Vallès , French journalist and author (b. 1832)
1891 –
William Tecumseh Sherman , American general (b. 1820)
1894 –
Eugène Charles Catalan , Belgian-French mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
1901–present
1901 –
Edward Stafford , Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd
Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1819)
1910 –
Giovanni Passannante , Italian anarchist (b. 1849)
1922 –
Heikki Ritavuori , Finnish lawyer and politician (b. 1880; assassinated)
[69]
1929 –
Thomas Burke , American sprinter, coach, and lawyer (b. 1875)
1930 –
Thomas Mackenzie , Scottish-New Zealand cartographer and politician, 18th
Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1853)
1933 –
Carl Correns , German botanist and geneticist (b. 1864)
1937 –
Erkki Melartin , Finnish composer (b. 1875)
[70]
1942 –
Adnan Saidi , Malayan lieutenant (b. 1915)
1943 –
Dora Gerson , German actress and singer (b. 1899)
1943 –
David Hilbert , Russian-German mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1862)
1948 –
Mordecai Brown , American baseball player and manager (b. 1876)
1949 –
Yusuf Salman Yusuf , Iraqi politician (b. 1901)
1950 –
Karl Guthe Jansky , American physicist and engineer (b. 1905)
1952 –
Maurice De Waele , Belgian cyclist (b. 1896)
1958 –
Abdur Rab Nishtar , Pakistani politician, 2nd
Governor of Punjab (b. 1899)
1959 –
Baby Dodds , American drummer (b. 1898)
1967 –
Sig Ruman , German-American actor (b. 1884)
1969 –
Vito Genovese , Italian-American mob boss (b. 1897)
1970 –
Herbert Strudwick , English cricketer and coach (b. 1880)
1974 –
Stewie Dempster , New Zealand cricketer and coach (b. 1903)
1975 –
Julian Huxley , English biologist and eugenicist, co-founded the
World Wide Fund for Nature (b. 1887)
1975 –
P. G. Wodehouse , English novelist and playwright (b. 1881)
1976 –
Gertrud Dorka , German archaeologist, prehistorian and museum director (b. 1893)
[71]
1979 –
Adolph Dubs , American lieutenant and diplomat,
United States Ambassador to Afghanistan (b. 1920)
[72]
1983 –
Lina Radke , German runner and coach (b. 1903)
1986 –
Edmund Rubbra , English composer and conductor (b. 1901)
1987 –
Dmitry Kabalevsky , Russian pianist and composer (b. 1904)
1988 –
Frederick Loewe , German-American composer (b. 1901)
1989 –
James Bond , American ornithologist and zoologist (b. 1900)
1989 –
Vincent Crane , English pianist (b. 1943)
1994 –
Andrei Chikatilo , Soviet serial killer (b. 1936)
1994 –
Christopher Lasch , American historian and critic (b. 1932)
1995 –
Michael V. Gazzo , American actor and playwright (b. 1923)
1995 –
U Nu , Burmese politician, 1st
Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1907)
1996 –
Bob Paisley , English footballer and manager (b. 1919)
1998 –
Peter Koch (wood scientist) , American industrial engineer and wood scientist (b. 1920)
[73]
1999 –
John Ehrlichman , American lawyer and politician, 12th
White House Counsel (b. 1925)
1999 –
Buddy Knox , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1933)
2002 –
Nándor Hidegkuti , Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1922)
2002 –
Mick Tucker , English drummer (b. 1947)
2003 –
Johnny Longden , English jockey and trainer (b. 1907)
2004 –
Marco Pantani , Italian cyclist (b. 1970)
2005 –
Rafic Hariri , Lebanese businessman and politician, 60th
Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1944;
assassinated )
[74]
2006 –
Lynden David Hall , English singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1974)
2007 –
Ryan Larkin , Canadian animator and director (b. 1943)
2007 –
Gareth Morris , English flute player and educator (b. 1920)
2009 –
Bernard Ashley , English engineer and businessman, co-founded
Laura Ashley plc (b. 1926)
2009 –
Louie Bellson , American drummer and composer (b. 1924)
2010 –
Doug Fieger , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)
2010 –
Dick Francis , Welsh jockey and author (b. 1920)
2010 –
Linnart Mäll , Estonian historian, orientalist, and translator (b. 1938)
2011 –
George Shearing , English-American pianist and composer (b. 1919)
2012 –
Mike Bernardo , South African boxer and martial artist (b. 1969)
2012 –
Tonmi Lillman , Finnish drummer and producer (b. 1973)
2012 –
Dory Previn , American singer-songwriter (b. 1925)
2012 –
Péter Rusorán , Hungarian swimmer, water polo player, and coach (b. 1940)
2013 –
Glenn Boyer , American historian and author (b. 1924)
2013 –
Ronald Dworkin , American philosopher and scholar (b. 1931)
2014 –
Tom Finney , English footballer (b. 1922)
2014 –
Chris Pearson , Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st
Premier of Yukon (b. 1931)
2014 –
Mike Stepovich , American lawyer and politician,
Governor of Alaska Territory (b. 1919)
2015 –
Louis Jourdan , French-American actor and singer (b. 1921)
2015 –
Philip Levine , American poet and academic (b. 1928)
2015 –
Franjo Mihalić , Croatian-Serbian runner and coach (b. 1920)
2016 –
Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury , English lieutenant, engineer, and politician (b. 1928)
2016 –
Steven Stucky , American composer and academic (b. 1949)
[75]
2018 –
Ruud Lubbers , Dutch politician and diplomat,
Prime Minister and
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (b. 1939)
[76]
2018 –
Morgan Tsvangirai , 2nd Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (b. 1952)
[77]
2021 –
Carlos Menem , Argentine former president, lawyer, and statesman (b. 1930)
[78]
2021 –
William Meninger , American Trappist monk and a principal developer of
Centering Prayer (b. 1932)
[79]
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