Day of the year
February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar ; 332 days remain until the end of the year (333 in leap years ).
Events
Pre-1600 506 – Alaric II , eighth king of the Visigoths , promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum ), a collection of "Roman law ". 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath : King Louis III of France is defeated by the Norse Great Heathen Army at Lüneburg Heath in Saxony .[1] 962 – Translatio imperii : Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor , the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years. 1032 – Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes king of Burgundy . 1141 – The Battle of Lincoln , at which Stephen, King of England is defeated and captured by the allies of Empress Matilda .[2] 1207 – Terra Mariana , eventually comprising present-day Latvia and Estonia , is established. 1428 – An intense earthquake struck the Principality of Catalonia , with the epicenter near Camprodon .[3] Widespread destruction and heavy casualties were reported.[4] 1438 – Nine leaders of the Transylvanian peasant revolt are executed at Torda . 1461 – Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross results in the death of Owen Tudor. 1536 – Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina .
1601–1900 1645 – Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms : Battle of Inverlochy .[5] 1653 – New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.[6] 1709 – Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring Daniel Defoe 's adventure book Robinson Crusoe . 1814 – The last of the River Thames frost fairs comes to an end.[7] 1848 – Mexican–American War : The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed. 1850 – Brigham Young declares war on Timpanogos in the Battle at Fort Utah . 1868 – Pro-Imperial forces capture Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burn it to the ground. 1870 – The Seven Brothers (Seitsemän veljestä ), a novel by Finnish author Aleksis Kivi , is published first time in several thin booklets.[8] 1876 – The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed. 1881 – The sentences of the trial of the warlocks of Chiloé are imparted.[9] [10] 1887 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania , the first Groundhog Day is observed. 1899 – The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra , between Sydney and Melbourne . 1900 – Boston, Detroit, Milwaukee, Baltimore, Chicago and St. Louis, agree to form baseball's American League.[11]
1901–present 1901 – Funeral of Queen Victoria . 1909 – The Paris Film Congress opens, an attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.[12] 1913 – Grand Central Terminal opens in New York City. 1920 – The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia. 1922 – Ulysses by James Joyce is published. 1922 – The uprising called the "pork mutiny " starts in the region between Kuolajärvi and Savukoski in Finland.[13] [14] 1925 – Serum run to Nome : Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race. 1934 – The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated. 1935 – Leonarde Keeler administers polygraph tests to two murder suspects, the first time polygraph evidence was admitted in U.S. courts. 1942 – The Osvald Group is responsible for the first, active event of anti-Nazi resistance in Norway, to protest the inauguration of Vidkun Quisling . 1943 – World War II : The Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end when Soviet troops accept the surrender of the last organized German troops in the city. 1954 – The Detroit Red Wings played in the first outdoor hockey game by any NHL team in an exhibition against the Marquette Branch Prison Pirates in Marquette, Michigan .[15] 1959 – Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances . 1966 – Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 . 1971 – Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda . 1971 – The international Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands is signed in Ramsar, Mazandaran , Iran. 1980 – Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation. 1982 – Hama massacre : The government of Syria attacks the town of Hama. 1987 – After the 1986 People Power Revolution , the Philippines enacts a new constitution . 1989 – Soviet–Afghan War : The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul . 1990 – Apartheid : F. W. de Klerk announces the unbanning of the African National Congress and promises to release Nelson Mandela . 1998 – Cebu Pacific Flight 387 crashes into Mount Sumagaya in the Philippines , killing all 104 people on board.[16] 2000 – First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments . 2004 – Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player , a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks . 2005 – The Government of Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act . This legislation would become law on July 20 , 2005, legalizing same-sex marriage . 2007 – Police officer Filippo Raciti is killed when a clash breaks out in the Sicily derby between Catania and Palermo, in the Serie A , the top flight of Italian football. This event led to major changes in stadium regulations in Italy. 2012 – The ferry MV Rabaul Queen sinks off the coast of Papua New Guinea near the Finschhafen District , with an estimated 146–165 dead. 2021 – The Burmese military establishes the State Administration Council , the military junta , after deposing the democratically elected government in the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état .[17]
Births
Pre-1600 450 – Justin I , Byzantine emperor (d. 527)[18] 1208 – James I of Aragon (d. 1276)[19] 1425 (or 1426) – Eleanor of Navarre , Queen regnant of Navarre (d. 1479)[20] 1443 – Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony (d. 1486) 1455 – John, King of Denmark (d. 1513) 1457 – Peter Martyr d'Anghiera , Italian-Spanish historian and author (d. 1526) 1467 – Columba of Rieti , Italian Dominican sister (d. 1501) 1494 – Bona Sforza , queen of Sigismund I of Poland (d. 1557) 1502 – Damião de Góis , Portuguese philosopher and historian (d. 1574) 1506 – René de Birague , Italian-French cardinal and politician (d. 1583) 1509 – John of Leiden , Dutch Anabaptist leader (d. 1536) 1517 – Gotthard Kettler , the last Master of the Livonian Order and the first Duke of Courland and Semigallia (d. 1587)[21] 1522 – Lodovico Ferrari , Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1565) 1536 – Piotr Skarga , Polish writer (d. 1612) 1551 – Nicolaus Reimers , German astronomer (d. 1600) 1576 – Alix Le Clerc , French Canoness Regular and foundress (d. 1622)[22] 1585 – Judith Quiney , William Shakespeare's youngest daughter (d. 1662) 1585 – Hamnet Shakespeare , William Shakespeare's only son (baptised;[23] d. 1596) 1588 – Georg II of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl , German nobleman (d. 1644) 1600 – Gabriel Naudé , French librarian and scholar (d. 1653)
1601–1900 1611 – Ulrik of Denmark , Danish prince-bishop (d. 1633) 1613 – Noël Chabanel , French missionary and saint (d. 1649) 1621 – Johannes Schefferus , Swedish author and hymn-writer (d. 1679) 1650 – Pope Benedict XIII (d. 1730) 1650 – Nell Gwyn , English actress, mistress of King Charles II of England (d. 1687) 1651 – William Phips , Royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (d. 1695) 1669 – Louis Marchand , French organist and composer (d. 1732) 1677 – Jean-Baptiste Morin , French composer (d. 1745)[24] 1695 – William Borlase , English geologist and archaeologist (d. 1772) 1695 – François de Chevert , French general (d. 1769)[25] 1700 – Johann Christoph Gottsched , German author and critic (d. 1766) 1711 – Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (d. 1794) 1714 – Gottfried August Homilius , German organist and composer (d. 1785) 1717 – Ernst Gideon von Laudon , Austrian field marshal (d. 1790) 1754 – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord , French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1838)[26] 1782 – Henri de Rigny , French admiral and politician, French Minister of War (d. 1835) 1786 – Jacques Philippe Marie Binet , French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1856) 1802 – Jean-Baptiste Boussingault , French chemist and academic (d. 1887) 1803 – Albert Sidney Johnston , American general (d. 1862) 1829 – Alfred Brehm , German zoologist and illustrator (d. 1884) 1829 – William Stanley , English engineer and philanthropist (d. 1909) 1841 – François-Alphonse Forel , Swiss limnologist and hydrologist (d. 1912) 1842 – Julian Sochocki , Polish-Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1927) 1849 – Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav , Slovak poet and playwright (d. 1921) 1851 – José Guadalupe Posada , Mexican illustrator and engraver (d. 1913) 1856 – Frederick William Vanderbilt , American railway magnate (d. 1938) 1856 – Makar Yekmalyan , Armenian composer (d. 1905) 1857 – Jan Drozdowski , Polish pianist and music teacher (d. 1918)[27] 1860 – Curtis Guild, Jr. , American journalist and politician, 43rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1915) 1861 – Solomon R. Guggenheim , American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (d. 1949) 1862 – Émile Coste , French fencer (d. 1927)[28] 1862 – Cornelius McKane , American physician, educator, and hospital founder (d. 1912)[29] 1866 – Enrique Simonet , Spanish painter and academic (d. 1927) 1869 – Alexander Atabekian , Armenian physician and anarchist publisher (d. 1933)[30] 1873 – Leo Fall , Austrian composer (d. 1925) 1873 – Konstantin von Neurath , German politician and diplomat, 13th German Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1956) 1875 – Fritz Kreisler , Austrian-American violinist and composer (d. 1962) 1877 – Frank L. Packard , Canadian author (d. 1942) 1878 – Joe Lydon , American boxer (d. 1937)[31] 1880 – Frederick Lane , Australian swimmer (d. 1969)[32] 1881 – Orval Overall , American baseball player and manager (d. 1947) 1882 – Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (d. 1944)[33] 1882 – James Joyce , Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet (d. 1941) 1883 – Johnston McCulley , American author and screenwriter, created Zorro (d. 1958) 1883 – Julia Nava de Ruisánchez , Mexican activist and writer (d. 1964)[34] 1885 – Mikhail Frunze , Soviet revolutionary, politician, army officer and military theorist (d. 1925)[35] 1886 – William Rose Benét , American poet and author (d. 1950) 1887 – Ernst Hanfstaengl , German businessman (d. 1975) 1889 – Jean de Lattre de Tassigny , French general (d. 1952) 1890 – Charles Correll , American actor and screenwriter (d. 1972)[36] 1892 – Tochigiyama Moriya , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (d. 1959) 1893 – Cornelius Lanczos , Hungarian mathematician and physicist (d. 1974) 1893 – Raoul Riganti , Argentinian race car driver (d. 1970)[37] 1893 – Damdin Sükhbaatar , Mongolian soldier and politician (d. 1924) 1895 – George Halas , American football player and coach (d. 1983) 1895 – Robert Philipp , American painter (d. 1981) 1895 – George Sutcliffe , Australian public servant (d. 1964)[38] 1896 – Kazimierz Kuratowski , Polish mathematician and logician (d. 1980) 1897 – Howard Deering Johnson , American businessman, founded Howard Johnson's (d. 1972) 1897 – Gertrude Blanch , Russian-American mathematician (d. 1996) 1900 – Willie Kamm , American baseball player and manager (d. 1988)
1901–present 1901 – Jascha Heifetz , Lithuanian-American violinist and educator (d. 1987)[39] 1902 – Newbold Morris , American lawyer and politician (d. 1966) 1902 – John Tonkin , Australian politician, 20th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1995) 1904 – Bozorg Alavi , Iranian author and activist (d. 1997)[40] 1905 – Ayn Rand , Russian-born American novelist and philosopher (d. 1982)[39] 1908 – Wes Ferrell , American baseball player and manager (d. 1976) 1909 – Frank Albertson , American actor (d. 1964)[41] 1911 – Jack Pizzey , Australian politician, 29th Premier of Queensland (d. 1968) 1912 – Millvina Dean , English civil servant and cartographer (d. 2009)[42] 1912 – Burton Lane , American songwriter and composer (d. 1997) 1913 – Poul Reichhardt , Danish actor and singer (d. 1985)[43] 1914 – Eric Kierans , Canadian economist and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Communications (d. 2004) 1915 – Abba Eban , South African-Israeli politician and diplomat, 1st Israel Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2002) 1915 – Stan Leonard , Canadian golfer (d. 2005) 1915 – Khushwant Singh , Indian journalist and author (d. 2014) 1916 – Xuân Diệu , Vietnamese poet and author (d. 1985)[44] 1917 – Mary Ellis , British World War II ferry pilot (d. 2018)[45] 1917 – Đỗ Mười , Vietnamese politician, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (d. 2018) 1918 – Hella Haasse , Indonesian-Dutch author (d. 2011)[46] 1919 – Lisa Della Casa , Swiss soprano and actress (d. 2012)[47] 1919 – Georg Gawliczek , German footballer and manager (d. 1999) 1920 – George Hardwick , English footballer and coach (d. 2004) 1920 – John Russell , American Olympic equestrian (d. 2020) 1920 – Arthur Willis , English footballer player-manager (d. 1987)[48] 1922 – Kunwar Digvijay Singh , Indian field hockey player (d. 1978) 1922 – Robert Chef d'Hôtel , French athlete (d. 2019) 1922 – Stoyanka Mutafova , Bulgarian actress (d. 2019) 1922 – James L. Usry , American politician, first African-American mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey (d. 2002) 1923 – Jean Babilée , French dancer and choreographer (d. 2014) 1923 – James Dickey , American poet and novelist (d. 1997) 1923 – Svetozar Gligorić , Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster (d. 2012) 1923 – Bonita Granville , American actress and producer (d. 1988) 1923 – Red Schoendienst , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2018) 1923 – Liz Smith , American journalist and author (d. 2017)[39] 1923 – Clem Windsor , Australian rugby player and surgeon (d. 2007)[49] 1924 – Sonny Stitt , American saxophonist and composer (d. 1982) 1924 – Elfi von Dassanowsky , Austrian-American singer, pianist, producer (d. 2007)[50] 1925 – Elaine Stritch , American actress and singer (d. 2014) 1926 – Valéry Giscard d'Estaing , French academic and politician, 20th President of France (d. 2020) 1927 – Stan Getz , American saxophonist (d. 1991)[39] 1927 – Doris Sams , American baseball player (d. 2012) 1928 – Ciriaco De Mita , 47th Prime minister of Italy [51] (d. 2022) 1928 – Gamal Hamdan , Egyptian scholar and geographer (d. 1993)[52] 1928 – Jay Handlan , American basketball player and engineer (d. 2013) 1928 – Tommy Harmer , English footballer and youth team coach (d. 2007)[53] 1929 – Sheila Matthews Allen , American actress and producer (d. 2013)[54] 1929 – George Band , English engineer and mountaineer (d. 2011) 1929 – Věra Chytilová , Czech actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014) 1929 – John Henry Holland , American computer scientist and academic (d. 2015) 1929 – Waldemar Kmentt , Austrian operatic tenor (d. 2015)[55] 1931 – Les Dawson , English comedian and author (d. 1993) 1931 – Glynn Edwards , Malaysian-English actor (d. 2018)[56] 1931 – John Paul Harney , Canadian educator and politician (d. 2021)[57] 1931 – Dries van Agt , Dutch politician, diplomat and jurist, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2024) 1931 – Judith Viorst , American journalist and author 1932 – Arthur Lyman , American jazz vibraphone and marimba player (d. 2002) 1932 – Robert Mandan , American actor (d. 2018) 1933 – M'el Dowd , American actress and singer (d. 2012) 1933 – Tony Jay , English-American actor (d. 2006) 1933 – Orlando "Cachaíto" López , Cuban bassist and composer (d. 2009) 1933 – Than Shwe , Burmese general and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Burma 1934 – Khalil Ullah Khan , Bangladeshi actor (d. 2014)[58] 1935 – Pete Brown , American golfer (d. 2015) 1935 – Evgeny Velikhov , Russian physicist and academic 1936 – Metin Oktay , Turkish footballer and manager (d. 1991) 1937 – Don Buford , American baseball player and coach 1937 – Eric Arturo Delvalle , Panamanian lawyer and politician, President of Panama (d. 2015) 1937 – Anthony Haden-Guest , British journalist, poet, and critic 1937 – Remak Ramsay , American actor[59] 1937 – Tom Smothers , American comedian, actor, and activist (d. 2023)[60] 1937 – Alexandra Strelchenko , Ukrainian actress and singer (d. 2019)[61] 1938 – Norman Fowler , English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport 1938 – Bo Hopkins , American actor (d. 2022)[62] 1938 – Gene MacLellan , Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 1995) 1939 – Jackie Burroughs , English-born Canadian actress (d. 2010)[63] 1939 – Mary-Dell Chilton , American chemist and inventor and one of the founders of modern plant biotechnology 1939 – Dale T. Mortensen , American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014) 1940 – Alan Caddy , English guitarist and producer (d. 2000) 1940 – Thomas M. Disch , American author and poet (d. 2008) 1940 – Wayne Fontes , American football player and coach 1940 – David Jason , English actor, director, and producer 1941 – Terry Biddlecombe , English jockey (d. 2014)[64] 1941 – Lee Redmond , American woman with the longest fingernails (d. 2023) [65] 1942 – Graham Nash , English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist[66] 1944 – Andrew Davis , English organist and conductor (d. 2024) 1944 – Geoffrey Hughes , English actor (d. 2012)[67] 1944 – Ursula Oppens , American pianist and educator 1945 – John Eatwell, Baron Eatwell , English economist and academic 1946 – John Armitt , English engineer and businessman 1946 – Blake Clark , American comedian and actor[68] 1946 – Alpha Oumar Konaré , Malian academic and politician, 3rd President of Mali 1946 – Constantine Papadakis , Greek-American businessman and academic (d. 2009)[69] 1947 – Greg Antonacci , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2017)[70] 1947 – Farrah Fawcett , American actress and producer (d. 2009)[39] 1948 – Ina Garten , American chef and author[66] 1948 – Al McKay , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer 1948 – Roger Williamson , English race car driver (d. 1973) 1949 – Duncan Bannatyne , Scottish businessman and philanthropist 1949 – Jack McGee , American actor[66] 1949 – Yasuko Namba , Japanese mountaineer (d. 1996) 1949 – Brent Spiner , American actor and singer[66] 1949 – Ross Valory , American bass player and songwriter[66] 1950 – Osamu Kido , Japanese wrestler (d. 2023)[71] 1950 – Libby Purves , British journalist and author 1950 – Bárbara Rey , Spanish singer and actress[72] 1950 – Barbara Sukowa , German actress[73] 1950 – Genichiro Tenryu , Japanese wrestler 1951 – Vangelis Alexandris , Greek basketball player and coach 1951 – Ken Bruce , Scottish radio host[74] 1952 – Dave Casper , American football player[75] 1952 – John Cornyn , American lawyer and politician, 49th Attorney General of Texas 1952 – Park Geun-hye , South Korean politician, 11th President of South Korea [39] 1952 – Ralph Merkle , American computer scientist and academic 1952 – Carol Ann Susi , American actress (d. 2014)[76] 1953 – Duane Chapman , American bounty hunter[citation needed ] 1953 – Jerry Sisk, Jr. , American gemologist, co-founded Jewelry Television (d. 2013) 1954 – Christie Brinkley , American actress, model, and businesswoman[66] 1954 – Hansi Hinterseer , Austrian skier and actor[77] 1954 – Nelson Ne'e , Solomon Islander politician (d. 2013)[78] 1954 – John Tudor , American baseball player 1955 – Leszek Engelking , Polish poet and author (d. 2022) 1955 – Bob Schreck , American author[79] 1955 – Michael Talbott , American actor[80] 1955 – Kim Zimmer , American actress[66] 1956 – Adnan Oktar , Turkish cult leader[81] 1957 – Phil Barney , Algerian-French singer-songwriter[82] 1958 – Michel Marc Bouchard , Canadian playwright[83] 1959 – Dexter Manley , American football player[84] 1961 – Abraham Iyambo , Namibian politician (d. 2013) 1961 – Lauren Lane , American actress and academic[85] 1962 – Philippe Claudel , French author, director, and screenwriter 1962 – Andy Fordham , English darts player (d. 2021)[86] [87] 1962 – Paul Kilgus , American baseball player[88] 1962 – Kate Raison , Australian actress 1962 – Michael T. Weiss , American actor[89] 1963 – Ilya Byakin , Russian ice hockey player[90] 1963 – Eva Cassidy , American singer and guitarist (d. 1996)[39] 1963 – Kjell Dahlin , Swedish ice hockey player 1963 – Andrej Kiska , Slovak entrepreneur and philanthropist, President of Slovakia 1963 – Philip Laats , Belgian martial artist[91] 1963 – Stephen McGann , English actor[92] 1963 – Vigleik Storaas , Norwegian pianist[93] 1965 – Carl Airey , English footballer 1965 – Naoki Sano , Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist[94] 1966 – Andrei Chesnokov , Russian tennis player and coach 1966 – Robert DeLeo , American bass player, songwriter, and producer[66] 1966 – Adam Ferrara , American actor and comedian[95] 1966 – Michael Misick , Caicos Islander politician, Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands 1967 – Artūrs Irbe , Latvian ice hockey player and coach 1967 – Laurent Nkunda , Congolese general 1968 – Kenny Albert , American sportscaster[96] 1968 – Sean Elliott , American basketball player and sportscaster 1968 – Scott Erickson , American baseball player and coach 1969 – Dana International , Israeli singer-songwriter[97] 1969 – Valeri Karpin , Estonian-Russian footballer and manager 1970 – Roar Strand , Norwegian footballer[98] 1970 – Erik ten Hag , Dutch footballer and manager[99] 1970 – Jennifer Westfeldt , American actress and singer[66] 1971 – Michelle Gayle , English singer-songwriter and actress[100] 1971 – Arly Jover , Spanish actress[101] 1971 – Isaac Kungwane , South African footballer and sportscaster (d. 2014) 1971 – Rockwilder , American rapper and producer[102] 1971 – Hwang Seok-jeong , South Korean actress 1971 – Jason Taylor , Australian rugby league player and coach[103] 1972 – Hisashi , Japanese musician[104] 1972 – Melvin Mora , Venezuelan baseball player 1972 – Aleksey Naumov , Russian footballer[105] 1973 – Andrei Luzgin , Estonian tennis player and coach 1973 – Aleksander Tammert , Estonian discus thrower[106] 1973 – Marissa Jaret Winokur , American actress and singer[66] 1975 – Todd Bertuzzi , Canadian ice hockey player 1975 – Donald Driver , American football player 1975 – Ieroklis Stoltidis , Greek footballer 1976 – Ryan Farquhar , Northern Irish motorcycle racer 1976 – James Hickman , English swimmer 1976 – Ana Roces , Filipino actress 1977 – Shakira , Colombian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress[66] 1977 – Libor Sionko , Czech footballer 1978 – Adam Christopher , New Zealand writer[107] 1978 – Barry Ferguson , Scottish footballer and manager 1978 – Dan Gadzuric , Dutch basketball player[108] 1978 – Lee Ji-ah , South Korean actress[109] 1978 – Rich Sommer , American actor[66] 1978 – Faye White , English footballer[110] 1979 – Urmo Aava , Estonian race car driver 1979 – Fani Chalkia , Greek hurdler and sprinter[111] 1979 – Christine Lampard , Irish television host[112] 1979 – Shamita Shetty , Indian actress[113] 1979 – Irini Terzoglou , Greek shot putter[114] 1980 – Teddy Hart , Canadian wrestler[115] 1980 – Zhang Jingchu , Chinese actress[116] 1980 – Oleguer Presas , Spanish footballer 1981 – Lance Allred , American basketball player and activist[117] 1981 – Emre Aydın , Turkish singer-songwriter[118] 1981 – Michelle Bass , English model and singer[119] 1981 – Salem al-Hazmi , Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 (d. 2001) 1982 – Sergio Castaño Ortega , Spanish footballer 1982 – Kelly Mazzante , American basketball player 1982 – Kan Mi-youn , South Korean singer, model, and host 1983 – Ronny Cedeño , Venezuelan baseball player 1983 – Carolina Klüft , Swedish heptathlete and jumper 1983 – Jordin Tootoo , Canadian ice hockey player 1983 – Jason Vargas , American baseball player[120] 1983 – Vladimir Voskoboinikov , Estonian footballer 1983 – Alex Westaway , English singer-songwriter and guitarist[121] 1984 – Brian Cage , American wrestler[122] 1984 – Chin-Lung Hu , Taiwanese baseball player[123] 1984 – Mao Miyaji , Japanese actress[124] 1984 – Rudi Wulf , New Zealand rugby player[125] 1985 – Morris Almond , American basketball player[126] 1985 – Masoud Azizi , Afghan sprinter[127] 1985 – Renn Kiriyama , Japanese actor[128] 1985 – Kristo Saage , Estonian basketball player[129] 1985 – Silvestre Varela , Portuguese footballer[130] 1986 – Gemma Arterton , English actress and singer[66] 1986 – Miwa Asao , Japanese volleyball player[131] 1987 – Anthony Fainga'a , Australian rugby player 1987 – Saia Fainga'a , Australian rugby player 1987 – Faydee , Australian singer[132] 1987 – Athena Imperial , Filipino journalist, Miss Earth-Water 2011 [133] 1987 – Mimi Page , American singer-songwriter and composer 1987 – Gerard Piqué , Spanish footballer 1987 – Javon Ringer , American football player 1987 – Jill Scott , English footballer[134] 1987 – Martin Spanjers , American actor and producer[135] 1988 – JuJu Chan , Hong Kong-American actress, martial artist, singer, and writer[136] 1988 – Zosia Mamet , American actress[137] 1988 – Brad Peacock , American baseball player[138] 1989 – Harrison Smith , American football player[139] 1989 – Southside , American record producer[140] 1991 – Nathan Delfouneso , English footballer 1991 – Gregory Mertens , Belgian footballer (d. 2015) 1991 – Shohei Nanba , Japanese actor[141] 1992 – Lammtarra , American race horse (d. 2014)[142] 1992 – Joonas Tamm , Estonian footballer[143] 1993 – Bobby Decordova-Reid , English footballer[144] 1993 – Ravel Morrison , English footballer[145] 1994 – Caterina Bosetti , Italian volleyball player[146] 1995 – Paul Digby , English footballer[147] 1995 – Aleksander Jagiełło , Polish footballer 1995 – Arfa Karim , Pakistani student and computer prodigy (d. 2012) 1995 – Curtis Lazar , Canadian ice hockey player[148] 1996 – Christian Dvorak , American ice hockey player[149] 1996 – Paul Mescal , Irish actor[39] 1996 – Harry Winks , English footballer[150] 1997 – Ellie Bamber , English actress[39] 1998 – Shiho Katō , Japanese singer and model[151] 1999 – Jeff Okudah , American football player[152] 2000 – Munetaka Murakami , Japanese baseball player[153] 2004 – Eleonore Caburet , French rhythmic gymnast[154]
Deaths
Pre-1600 619 – Laurence of Canterbury , English archbishop and saint[155] 880 – Bruno , duke of Saxony 1124 – Bořivoj II, Duke of Bohemia (b. 1064) 1218 – Konstantin of Rostov (b. 1186) 1237 – Joan, Lady of Wales 1250 – Eric XI of Sweden (b. 1216) 1294 – Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1229) 1347 – Thomas Bek, Bishop of Lincoln , was the bishop of Lincoln (b. 1282) 1348 – Narymunt , Prince of Pinsk 1416 – Racek Kobyla of Dvorce [156] 1435 – Joan II of Naples , Queen of Naples (b. 1371) 1446 – Vittorino da Feltre , Italian humanist (b. 1378) 1448 – Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani , Egyptian jurist and scholar (b. 1372) 1461 – Owen Tudor , Welsh founder of the Tudor dynasty (b. c. 1400 ) 1512 – Hatuey , Caribbean tribal chief 1529 – Baldassare Castiglione , Italian soldier and diplomat (b. 1478) 1580 – Bessho Nagaharu , Japanese daimyō (b. 1558) 1594 – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina , Italian composer and educator (b. 1525)
1601–1900 1648 – George Abbot , English author and politician (b. 1603) 1660 – Gaston, Duke of Orléans (b. 1608) 1660 – Govert Flinck , Dutch painter (b. 1615) 1661 – Lucas Holstenius , German geographer and historian (b. 1596) 1675 – Ivan Belostenec , Croatian linguist and lexicographer (b. 1594) 1688 – Abraham Duquesne , French admiral (b. 1610) 1704 – Guillaume de l'Hôpital , French mathematician and academic (b. 1661) 1712 – Martin Lister , English physician and geologist (b. 1639) 1714 – John Sharp , English archbishop (b. 1643) 1723 – Antonio Maria Valsalva , Italian anatomist and physician (b. 1666) 1768 – Robert Smith , English mathematician and theorist (b. 1689) 1769 – Pope Clement XIII (b. 1693) 1798 – Ferdinand Ashmall , English centenarian, Catholic priest, died in 73rd year of his ministry (b. 1695)[157] 1802 – Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip , English politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1713) 1804 – George Walton , American lawyer and politician, Governor of Georgia (b. 1749) 1831 – Vincenzo Dimech , Maltese sculptor (b. 1768) 1836 – Letizia Ramolino , Italian noblewoman (b. 1750)[158] 1861 – Théophane Vénard , French Catholic missionary (b. 1829)[159] 1881 – Henry Parker , English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1808)
1901–present 1904 – Ernest Cashel , American-Canadian criminal (b. 1882) 1904 – William Collins Whitney , American financier and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1841) 1905 – Henri Germain , French banker and politician, founded Le Crédit Lyonnais (b. 1824) 1907 – Dmitri Mendeleev , Russian chemist and academic (b. 1834) 1909 – Carlo Acton , Italian pianist and composer (b. 1829) 1913 – Gustaf de Laval , Swedish engineer (b. 1845) 1918 – John L. Sullivan , American boxer (b. 1858) 1919 – Julius Kuperjanov , Estonian lieutenant (b. 1894) 1925 – Antti Aarne , Finnish historian and academic (b. 1867) 1925 – Jaap Eden , Dutch speed skater and cyclist (b. 1873) 1926 – Vladimir Sukhomlinov , Russian general and politician (b. 1848) 1932 – Agha Petros , Assyrian general and politician (b. 1880) 1939 – Amanda McKittrick Ros , Irish author and poet (b. 1860)[160] 1939 – Bernhard Gregory , Estonian-German chess player (b. 1879) 1942 – Ado Birk , Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1883) 1942 – Daniil Kharms , Russian poet and playwright (b. 1905) 1942 – Hugh D. McIntosh , Australian businessman (b. 1876)[161] 1945 – Alfred Delp , German priest and philosopher (b. 1907) 1945 – Carl Friedrich Goerdeler , German economist and politician (b. 1884) 1945 – Johannes Popitz , German lawyer and politician (b. 1884) 1948 – Thomas W. Lamont , American banker and philanthropist (b. 1870) 1948 – Bevil Rudd , South African runner and journalist (b. 1894) 1950 – Constantin Carathéodory , Greek mathematician and academic (b. 1873) 1952 – Callistratus of Georgia , Georgian patriarch (b. 1866) 1954 – Hella Wuolijoki , Estonian-Finnish author and politician (b. 1886) 1956 – Charley Grapewin , American actor (b. 1869) 1956 – Truxtun Hare , American football player and hammer thrower (b. 1878) 1956 – Pyotr Konchalovsky , Russian painter (b. 1876) 1957 – Grigory Landsberg , Russian physicist and academic (b. 1890) 1962 – Shlomo Hestrin , Canadian-Israeli biochemist and academic (b. 1914) 1966 – Hacı Ömer Sabancı , Turkish businessman (b. 1906)[162] 1968 – Tullio Serafin , Italian conductor and director (b. 1878) 1969 – Boris Karloff , English actor (b. 1887) 1970 – Lawrence Gray , American actor (b. 1898)[163] 1970 – Bertrand Russell , English mathematician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872) 1970 – Hannah Ryggen , Norwegian textile artist (b. 1894)[164] 1972 – Natalie Clifford Barney , American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876) 1973 – Hendrik Elias , Belgian academic and politician, 9th Mayor of Ghent (b. 1902) 1974 – Imre Lakatos , Hungarian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1922) 1975 – Gustave Lanctot , Canadian historian and academic (b. 1883) 1979 – Jim Burke , Australian cricketer (b. 1930) 1979 – Sid Vicious , English singer and bass player (b. 1957) 1980 – William Howard Stein , American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911) 1982 – Paul Desruisseaux , Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1905)[165] 1983 – Sam Chatmon , American singer and guitarist (b. 1897)[166] 1986 – Anita Cobby , Australian murder victim (b. 1959)[167] 1986 – Gino Hernandez , American wrestler (b. 1957)[168] 1987 – Carlos José Castilho , Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1927) 1987 – Alistair MacLean , Scottish novelist and screenwriter (b. 1922) 1988 – Marcel Bozzuffi , French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929) 1989 – Ondrej Nepela , Slovak figure skater and coach (b. 1951) 1989 – Arnold Nordmeyer , New Zealand minister and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Finance (b. 1901) 1990 – Paul Ariste , Estonian linguist and academic (b. 1905)[169] 1990 – Joe Erskine , Welsh boxer (b. 1934) 1992 – Bert Parks , American actor, singer, television personality; Miss America telecast presenter (b. 1914) 1993 – François Reichenbach , French director and screenwriter (b. 1921) 1994 – Marija Gimbutas , Lithuanian-American archeologist (b. 1921)[170] 1995 – Thomas Hayward , American tenor and actor (b. 1917)[171] 1995 – Fred Perry , English tennis player (b. 1909)[172] 1995 – Donald Pleasence , English-French actor (b. 1919) 1996 – Gene Kelly , American actor, singer, dancer, and director (b. 1912)[173] 1997 – Erich Eliskases , Austrian chess player (b. 1913)[174] 1997 – Sanford Meisner , American actor and coach (b. 1904) 1998 – Haroun Tazieff , German-French geologist and cinematographer (b. 1914) 1999 – David McComb , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1962) 2002 – Paul Baloff , American singer-songwriter (b. 1960)[175] 2002 – Claude Brown , American author (b. 1937)[176] 2003 – Lou Harrison , American composer and educator (b. 1917) 2004 – Bernard McEveety , American director and producer (b. 1924) 2005 – Birgitte Federspiel , Danish actress (b. 1925)[177] 2005 – Max Schmeling , German boxer (b. 1905) 2007 – Vijay Arora , Indian actor (b. 1944)[178] 2007 – Billy Henderson , American singer (b. 1939)[179] 2007 – Joe Hunter , American pianist (b. 1927)[180] 2007 – Filippo Raciti , Italian police officer (b. 1967)[181] 2007 – Eric Von Schmidt , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1931)[182] 2007 – Masao Takemoto , Japanese gymnast (b. 1919)[183] 2008 – Barry Morse , Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1918) 2008 – Katoucha Niane , Guinean model and author (b. 1960)[184] 2011 – Edward Amy , Canadian general (b. 1918) 2011 – Defne Joy Foster , Turkish actress (b. 1975)[185] 2011 – Margaret John , Welsh actress (b. 1926) 2012 – Joyce Barkhouse , Canadian author (b. 1913)[186] 2012 – Frederick William Danker , American lexicographer and scholar (b. 1920) 2012 – George Esper , American journalist and academic (b. 1932) 2012 – Dorothy Gilman , American author (b. 1923) 2012 – James F. Lloyd , American pilot and politician (b. 1922) 2013 – Abraham Iyambo , Namibian politician (b. 1961) 2013 – John Kerr , American actor and lawyer (b. 1931) 2013 – Chris Kyle , American soldier and sniper (b. 1974) 2013 – Lino Oviedo , Paraguayan general and politician (b. 1943) 2013 – Pepper Paire , American baseball player (b. 1924) 2013 – P. Shanmugam , Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Puducherry (b. 1927)[187] 2013 – Walt Sweeney , American football player (b. 1941)[188] 2013 – Guy F. Tozzoli , American architect (b. 1922)[189] 2014 – Gerd Albrecht , German conductor (b. 1935) 2014 – Tommy Aquino , American motorcycle racer (b. 1992)[190] 2014 – Nicholas Brooks , English historian (b. 1941) 2014 – Eduardo Coutinho , Brazilian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1933) 2014 – Philip Seymour Hoffman , American actor, director, and producer (b. 1967) 2014 – Luis Raúl , Puerto Rican comedian and actor (b. 1962)[191] 2014 – Bunny Rugs , Jamaican singer (b. 1948)[192] 2014 – Nigel Walker , English footballer (b. 1959)[193] 2015 – Joseph Alfidi , American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1949) 2015 – Dave Bergman , American baseball player (b. 1953) 2015 – Andriy Kuzmenko , Ukrainian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1968)[194] 2015 – Molade Okoya-Thomas , Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1935) 2015 – Stewart Stern , American screenwriter (b. 1922)[195] 2015 – The Jacka , American rapper and producer (b. 1977)[196] 2016 – Bob Elliott , American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1923) 2020 – Bernard Ebbers , Canadian businessman, the co-founder and CEO of WorldCom (b. 1941)[197] 2021 – Captain Sir Tom Moore , British Army officer and charity campaigner (b. 1920)[198] 2023 – K. Viswanath , Indian actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1930)[199] 2023 – Butch Miles , American jazz drummer (b. 1944)[200] 2024 – Don Murray , American actor (b. 1929)[201] 2024 – Carl Weathers , American football player and actor (b. 1948)[202]
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