Events

2025

Bytedance and sister companies are banned from the United States for "security concerns".

2024

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's probe lands on the moon, making Japan the 5th country to land a spacecraft on the moon.

2014

A bomb attack on an army convoy in the city of Bannu kills at least 26 Pakistani soldiers and injures 38 others.

2012

The Hong Kong-based file-sharing website Megaupload is shut down by the FBI.

2007

Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink is assassinated in front of his newspaper's Istanbul office by 17-year-old Turkish ultra-nationalist Ogün Samast.

2007

Four-man Team N2i, using only skis and kites, completes a 1,093-mile (1,759 km) trek to reach the Antarctic pole of inaccessibility for the first time since 1965 and for the first time ever without mechanical assistance.

2006

A Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crashes near Hejce, Hungary, killing 42.

1999

British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company, forming BAE Systems in November 1999.

1997

Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.

1996

The barge North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.

1995

After being struck by lightning the crew of Bristow Helicopters Flight 56C are forced to ditch. All 18 aboard are later rescued.

1993

Czech Republic and Slovakia join the United Nations.

1991

Gulf War: Iraq fires a second Scud missile into Israel, causing 15 injuries.

1990

Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir Valley in Indian-administered Kashmir due to an insurgency.

1988

Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286 crashes in Bayfield, Colorado, killing nine.

1981

Iran hostage crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.

1978

The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003.

1977

President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. "Tokyo Rose").

1969

Student Jan Palach dies after setting himself on fire three days earlier in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest about the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union in 1968. His funeral turns into another major protest.

1966

Indira Gandhi becomes India's first female prime minister.

1960

Japan and the United States sign the US–Japan Mutual Security Treaty

1960

Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871 crashes near Ankara Esenboğa Airport in Turkey, killing all 42 aboard.

1953

Almost 72 percent of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.

1946

General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.

1945

World War II: Soviet forces liberate the Łódź Ghetto. Of more than 200,000 inhabitants in 1940, fewer than 900 had survived the Nazi occupation.

1942

World War II: The Japanese conquest of Burma begins.

1941

World War II: HMS Greyhound and other escorts of convoy AS-12 sink Italian submarine Neghelli with all hands 64 kilometres (40 mi) northeast of Falkonera.

1937

Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in seven hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.

1920

The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.

1920

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is founded.

1917

Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.

1915

Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.

1915

German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.

1901

Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom, is stricken with paralysis. She dies three days later at the age of 81.

1899

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.

1883

The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.

1871

Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day.

1862

American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs: The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.

1861

American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.

1853

Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome.

1839

The British East India Company captures Aden.

1829

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy receives its premiere performance.

1817

An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, crosses the Andes from Argentina to liberate Chile and then Peru.

1795

The Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands, replacing the Dutch Republic.

1788

The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.

1764

John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.

1764

Bolle Willum Luxdorph records in his diary that a mail bomb, possibly the world's first, has severely injured the Danish Colonel Poulsen, residing at Børglum Abbey.

1639

Hämeenlinna (Swedish: Tavastehus) is granted privileges after it separated from the Vanaja parish as its own city in Tavastia.

1607

San Agustin Church in Manila is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in the Philippines.

1520

Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund and dies on February 3.

1511

The Italian Duchy of Mirandola surrenders to the Pope.

1421

John VIII Palaiologos marries Sophia of Montferrat and is then crowned Byzantine co-emperor to his father Manuel II Palaiologos.

1419

Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his reconquest of Normandy.

649

Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surrender after a forty-day siege led by Tang dynasty general Ashina She'er, establishing Tang control over the northern Tarim Basin in Xinjiang.

379

Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to Augustus, and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.

Births

2003

Felix Afena-Gyan, Ghanaian footballer

1999

Jonathan Taylor, American football player

1999

Donyell Malen, Dutch footballer

1998

Emre Guler, Australian rugby league player

1996

Jakub Jankto, Czech footballer

1994

Matthias Ginter, German footballer

1994

Alfie Mawson, English footballer

1994

Marvelous Nakamba, Zimbabwean footballer

1993

Erick Torres Padilla, Mexican footballer

1993

João Mário, Portuguese footballer

1993

Ricardo Centurión, Argentine footballer

1993

Walter Benítez, Argentine footballer

1993

Jack Schlossberg, American writer and political candidate

1992

Shawn Johnson East, American gymnast

1992

Logan Lerman, American actor

1992

Mac Miller, American rapper (died 2018)

1991

Petra Martić, Croatian tennis player

1991

Erin Sanders, American actress

1990

Tatiana Búa, Argentine tennis player

1990

Shaunette Renée Wilson, Guyanese-American actress

1988

Tyler Breeze, Canadian wrestler

1988

JaVale McGee, American basketball player

1987

Edgar Manucharyan, Armenian footballer

1986

Claudio Marchisio, Italian footballer

1986

Oleksandr Miroshnychenko, Ukrainian footballer

1986

Moussa Sow, Senegalese footballer

1985

Pascal Behrenbruch, German decathlete

1985

Damien Chazelle, American film director, screenwriter, and producer

1985

Benny Feilhaber, American soccer player

1985

Esteban Guerrieri, Argentinian racing driver

1985

Rika Ishikawa, Japanese singer and actress

1985

Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Nikulin, Russian footballer

1985

Elliott Ward, English footballer

1984

Johnny Boychuk, Canadian ice hockey player

1984

Fabio Catacchini, Italian footballer

1984

Karun Chandhok, Indian racing driver

1984

Elvis Dumervil, American football player

1984

Jimmy Kébé, Malian footballer

1984

Thomas Vanek, Austrian ice hockey player

1983

Hikaru Utada, American-Japanese singer-songwriter and producer

1982

Pete Buttigieg, American politician

1982

Mike Komisarek, American ice hockey player

1982

Jodie Sweetin, American actress and singer

1982

Robin tom Rink, German singer-songwriter

1982

Shane Tronc, Australian rugby league player

1982

Kim Yoo-suk, South Korean pole vaulter

1981

Paolo Bugia, Filipino basketball player

1981

Asier del Horno, Spanish footballer

1981

Lucho González, Argentinian footballer

1981

Maxime Laisney, French politician

1981

Elizabeth Tulloch, American actress

1980

Jenson Button, English racing driver

1980

Pasha Kovalev, Russian-American dancer and choreographer

1980

Luke Macfarlane, Canadian-American actor and singer

1980

Arvydas Macijauskas, Lithuanian basketball player

1980

Michael Vandort, Sri Lankan cricketer

1979

Svetlana Khorkina, Russian gymnast and sportscaster

1979

Byung-hyun Kim, South Korean baseball player

1979

Josu Sarriegi, Spanish footballer

1979

Wiley, English rapper and producer

1977

Benjamin Ayres, Canadian actor, director, and photographer

1976

Natale Gonnella, Italian footballer

1976

Tarso Marques, Brazilian racing driver

1976

Drew Powell, American actor

1976

Marsha Thomason, English actress

1975

Natalie Cook, Australian volleyball player

1975

Zdeňka Málková, Czech tennis player

1974

Dainius Adomaitis, Lithuanian basketball player and coach

1974

Frank Caliendo, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter

1974

Walter Jones, American football player

1974

Ian Laperrière, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach

1974

Jaime Moreno, Bolivian footballer and manager

1973

Antero Manninen, Finnish cellist

1973

Yevgeny Sadovyi, Russian swimmer and coach

1972

Drea de Matteo, American actress

1972

Yoon Hae-young, South Korean actress

1972

Sergei Zjukin, Estonian chess player and coach

1971

Eric Mangini, American football coach

1971

Shawn Wayans, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

1971

John Wozniak, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1971

Phil Nevin, American baseball player and coach

1970

Steffen Freund, German footballer and manager

1970

Kathleen Smet, Belgian triathlete

1970

Udo Suzuki, Japanese comedian and singer

1969

Edwidge Danticat, Haitian-American novelist and short story writer

1969

Luc Longley, Australian basketball player and coach

1969

Trey Lorenz, American singer-songwriter and producer

1969

Predrag Mijatović, Montenegrin footballer and manager

1969

Junior Seau, American football player (died 2012)

1969

Steve Staunton, Irish footballer and manager

1968

David Bartlett, Australian politician, 43rd Premier of Tasmania

1968

Whitfield Crane, American singer-songwriter

1966

Sylvain Côté, Canadian ice hockey player

1966

Stefan Edberg, Swedish tennis player and coach

1966

Lena Philipsson, Swedish singer-songwriter

1964

Janine Antoni, Bahamian sculptor and photographer

1964

Ricardo Arjona, Guatemalan singer-songwriter and basketball player

1963

Michael Adams, American basketball player and coach

1963

Martin Bashir, English journalist

1963

John Bercow, English politician, Speaker of the House of Commons

1962

Hans Daams, Dutch cyclist

1962

Chris Sabo, American baseball player and coach

1962

Jeff Van Gundy, American basketball player and coach

1961

Paul McCrane, American actor, director, and singer

1961

Wayne Hemingway, English fashion designer, co-founded Red or Dead

1961

William Ragsdale, American actor

1959

Danese Cooper, American computer scientist and programmer

1959

Jeff Pilson, American bass player, songwriter, and actor

1958

Thomas Kinkade, American painter (died 2012)

1958

Altemio Sanchez, Puerto Rican serial killer and rapist (died 2023)

1957

Ottis Anderson, American football player and sportscaster

1957

Roger Ashton-Griffiths, English actor, screenwriter and film director

1957

Kenneth McClintock, Puerto Rican public servant and politician, 22nd Secretary of State of Puerto Rico

1956

Carman, American singer-songwriter, actor, and television host (died 2021)

1956

Susan Solomon, American atmospheric chemist

1955

Simon Rattle, English-German orchestral conductor

1954

Katey Sagal, American actress and singer

1954

Cindy Sherman, American photographer and director

1954

Esther Shkalim, Israeli poet and Mizrahi feminist

1953

Desi Arnaz Jr., American actor and singer

1953

Richard Legendre, Canadian tennis player and politician

1953

Wayne Schimmelbusch, Australian footballer and coach

1952

Dewey Bunnell, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1952

Nadiuska, German television actress

1952

Bruce Jay Nelson, American computer scientist (died 1999)

1951

Martha Davis, American singer

1950

Sébastien Dhavernas, Canadian actor

1950

Jon Matlack, American baseball player

1949

Arend Langenberg, Dutch voice actor and radio host (died 2012)

1949

Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003)

1948

Nancy Lynch, American computer scientist and academic

1948

Frank McKenna, Canadian politician and diplomat, 27th Premier of New Brunswick

1948

Mal Reilly, English rugby league player and coach

1947

Frank Aarebrot, Norwegian political scientist and academic (died 2017)

1947

Paula Deen, American chef and author

1947

Rod Evans, English singer-songwriter

1946

Julian Barnes, English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and critic

1946

Dolly Parton, American singer-songwriter and actress

1945

Trevor Williams, English singer-songwriter and bass player

1944

Shelley Fabares, American actress and singer

1944

Thom Mayne, American architect and academic, designed the San Francisco Federal Building and Phare Tower

1944

Dan Reeves, American football player and coach (died 2022)

1943

Larry Clark, American director, producer, and screenwriter

1943

Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter (died 1970)

1943

Princess Margriet of the Netherlands

1942

Michael Crawford, English actor and singer

1941

Tony Anholt, British actor (died 2002)

1941

Colin Gunton, English theologian and academic (died 2003)

1941

Pat Patterson, Canadian wrestler, trainer, and referee (died 2020)

1940

Paolo Borsellino, Italian lawyer and judge (died 1992)

1940

Denise Narcisse-Mair, Canadian musician (died 2010)

1939

Phil Everly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)

1937

Princess Birgitta of Sweden (died 2024)

1937

John Lions, Australian computer scientist and academic (died 1998)

1936

Fred J. Lincoln, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)

1936

Ziaur Rahman, Bangladeshi general and politician, seventh President of Bangladesh (died 1981)

1936

Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, American singer, harmonica player, and drummer (died 2011)

1935

Johnny O'Keefe, Australian singer-songwriter (died 1978)

1934

John Richardson, English actor (died 2021)

1933

George Coyne, American priest, astronomer, and theologian (died 2020)

1932

Russ Hamilton, English singer-songwriter (died 2008)

1932

Richard Lester, American-English director, producer, and screenwriter

1932

Harry Lonsdale, American chemist, businessman, and politician (died 2014)

1931

Robert MacNeil, Canadian-American journalist and author (died 2024)

1930

Tippi Hedren, American model, actress, and animal rights-welfare activist

1930

John Waite, South African cricketer (died 2011)

1926

Hans Massaquoi, German-American journalist and author (died 2013)

1926

Fritz Weaver, American actor (died 2016)

1925

Nina Bawden, English author (died 2012)

1924

Nicholas Colasanto, American actor and director (died 1985)

1924

Jean-François Revel, French philosopher (died 2006)

1923

Dagmar Loe, Norwegian journalist (died 2024)

1923

Bob McFadden, American singer, impressionist, and voice-over actor (died 2000)

1923

Jean Stapleton, American actress and singer (died 2013)

1922

Guy Madison, American actor (died 1996)

1922

Arthur Morris, Australian cricketer and journalist (died 2015)

1922

Miguel Muñoz, Spanish footballer and manager (died 1990)

1921

Patricia Highsmith, American novelist and short story writer (died 1995)

1920

Bernard Dunstan, English painter and educator (died 2017)

1920

Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian politician and diplomat, 135th Prime Minister of Peru (died 2020)

1918

John H. Johnson, American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company (died 2005)

1913

Rex Ingamells, Australian author and poet (died 1955)

1913

Rudolf Wanderone, American professional pocket billiards player (died 1996)

1912

Leonid Kantorovich, Russian mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)

1911

Choor Singh, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and judge (died 2009)

1911

Busher Jackson, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1966)

1908

Ish Kabibble, American comedian and cornet player (died 1994)

1908

Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1971)

1905

Stanley Hawes, English-Australian director and producer (died 1991)

1903

Boris Blacher, German composer and playwright (died 1975)

1903

Dyre Vaa, Norwegian sculptor and painter (died 1980)

1901

Dunc Munro, Scottish-Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1958)

1893

Magda Tagliaferro, Brazilian pianist and educator (died 1986)

1892

Ólafur Thors, Icelandic lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Iceland (died 1964)

1889

Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss painter and sculptor (died 1943)

1888

Chick Gandil, American baseball player (died 1970)

1887

Alexander Woollcott, American actor, playwright, and critic (died 1943)

1883

Hermann Abendroth, German conductor (died 1956)

1882

John Cain Sr., Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria (died 1957)

1879

Boris Savinkov, Russian soldier and author (died 1925)

1878

Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager (died 1934)

1876

Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (died 1943)

1876

Dragotin Kette, Slovenian poet and author (died 1899)

1874

Hitachiyama Taniemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 19th Yokozuna (died 1922)

1871

Dame Gruev, Bulgarian educator and activist, co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (died 1906)

1866

Harry Davenport, American stage and film actor (died 1949)

1863

Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (died 1941)

1852

Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (died 1909)

1851

Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer and academic (died 1922)

1848

Arturo Graf, Italian poet, of German ancestry (died 1913)

1848

John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (died 1904)

1848

Matthew Webb, English swimmer and diver (died 1883)

1840

Dethloff Willrodt, American Civil War veteran and politician (died 1932)

1839

Paul Cézanne, French painter (died 1906)

1833

Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician and academic (died 1872)

1832

Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (died 1875)

1813

Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (died 1898)

1810

Talhaiarn, Welsh poet and architect (died 1869)

1809

Edgar Allan Poe, American short story writer, poet, and critic (died 1849)

1808

Lysander Spooner, American philosopher and author (died 1887)

1807

Robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (died 1870)

1803

Sarah Helen Whitman, American poet, essayist, and romantic interest of Edgar Allan Poe (died 1878)

1798

Auguste Comte, French economist, sociologist, and philosopher (died 1857)

1790

Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet and academic (died 1855)

1788

Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (died 1874)

1757

Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf (died 1831)

1752

James Morris III, American captain (died 1820)

1739

Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect, designed Longford Hall and Barrells Hall (died 1808)

1737

Giuseppe Millico, Italian soprano, composer, and educator (died 1802)

1736

James Watt, Scottish chemist and engineer (died 1819)

1721

Jean-Philippe Baratier, German scholar and author (died 1740)

1676

John Weldon, English organist and composer (died 1736)

1628

Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby, English noble (died 1672)

1617

Lucas Faydherbe, Flemish sculptor and architect (died 1697)

1544

Francis II of France (died 1560)

1200

Dōgen Zenji, founder of Sōtō Zen (died 1253)

399

Pulcheria, Byzantine empress and saint (died 453)

Deaths

2026

Valentino, Italian fashion designer, founder of Valentino (born 1932)

2025

Jeff Torborg, American baseball player and manager (born 1941)

2017

Miguel Ferrer, American actor (born 1955)

2016

Richard Levins, American ecologist and geneticist (born 1930)

2016

Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1931)

2016

Sheila Sim (Lady Attenborough), English actress (born 1922)

2015

Justin Capră, Romanian engineer and academic (born 1933)

2015

Michel Guimond, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1953)

2015

Ward Swingle, American-French singer-songwriter and conductor (born 1927)

2014

Azaria Alon, Ukrainian-Israeli environmentalist, co-founded the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (born 1918)

2014

Christopher Chataway, English runner, journalist, and politician (born 1931)

2013

Taihō Kōki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 48th Yokozuna (born 1940)

2013

Stan Musial, American baseball player and manager (born 1920)

2013

Frank Pooler, American conductor and composer (born 1926)

2013

Earl Weaver, American baseball player and manager (born 1930)

2013

Toktamış Ateş, Turkish academician, political commentator, columnist and writer (born 1944)

2012

Peter Åslin, Swedish ice hockey player (born 1962)

2012

Sarah Burke, Canadian skier (born 1982)

2012

Winston Riley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (born 1943)

2012

Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch ballet dancer and choreographer (born 1933)

2010

Bill McLaren, Scottish rugby player and sportscaster (born 1923)

2008

Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (born 1937)

2008

John Stewart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1939)

2008

Don Wittman, Canadian sportscaster (born 1936)

2007

Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian journalist and activist (born 1954)

2007

Denny Doherty, Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1940)

2007

Murat Nasyrov, Russian singer-songwriter (born 1969)

2006

Anthony Franciosa, American actor (born 1928)

2006

Wilson Pickett, American singer-songwriter (born 1941)

2005

K. Sello Duiker, South African author and screenwriter (born 1974)

2004

Harry E. Claiborne, American lawyer and judge (born 1917)

2004

David Hookes, Australian cricketer and coach (born 1955)

2003

Milton Flores, Honduran footballer (born 1974)

2003

Françoise Giroud, French journalist, screenwriter, and politician, French Minister of Culture (born 1916)

2002

Vavá, Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1934)

2000

Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum, a Baháʼí Faith Hand of the Cause of God and wife of Shoghi Effendi (born 1910)

2000

Bettino Craxi, Italian lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1934)

2000

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-American actress, singer, and mathematician (born 1914)

1999

Ivan Francescato, Italian rugby player (born 1967)

1999

Robert Eugene Brashers, American serial killer and rapist (born 1958)

1998

Carl Perkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1932)

1997

James Dickey, American poet and novelist (born 1923)

1996

Don Simpson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1943)

1995

Gene MacLellan, Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1938)

1991

Marcel Chaput, Canadian biochemist and journalist (born 1918)

1990

Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Indian guru and mystic (born 1931)

1990

Alberto Semprini, English pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1908)

1990

Herbert Wehner, German politician, sixth Minister of Intra-German Relations (born 1906)

1984

Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1920)

1983

Ham, chimpanzee and animal astronaut, first hominid in space (born 1957)

1982

Elis Regina, Brazilian soprano (born 1945)

1981

Francesca Woodman, American photographer (born 1958)

1980

William O. Douglas, American lawyer and jurist, US Supreme Court associate justice (born 1898)

1979

Moritz Jahn, German novelist and poet (born 1884)

1976

Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer and academic (born 1886)

1975

Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and educator (born 1889)

1973

Max Adrian, Irish-English actor (born 1903)

1972

Michael Rabin, American violinist (born 1936)

1968

Ray Harroun, American race car driver and engineer (born 1879)

1965

Arnold Luhaäär, Estonian weightlifter (born 1905)

1964

Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (born 1886)

1963

Clement Smoot, American golfer (born 1884)

1957

József Dudás, Romanian-Hungarian activist and politician (born 1912)

1954

Theodor Kaluza, German mathematician and physicist (born 1885)

1948

Tony Garnier, French architect and urban planner, designed the Stade de Gerland (born 1869)

1945

Gustave Mesny, French general (born 1886)

1938

Branislav Nušić, Serbian author, playwright, and journalist (born 1864)

1930

Frank P. Ramsey, British mathematician, philosopher and economist (born 1903)

1929

Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar (born 1873)

1915

Ernest de Munck, Belgian cellist and composer (born 1840)

1906

Bartolomé Mitre, Argentinian historian and politician, sixth President of Argentina (born 1821)

1895

António Luís de Seabra, 1st Viscount of Seabra, Portuguese magistrate and politician (born 1798)

1878

Henri Victor Regnault, French physicist and chemist (born 1810)

1874

August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and scholar (born 1798)

1869

Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (born 1788)

1865

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and politician (born 1809)

1862

Felix Zollicoffer, American newspaperman, politician, and Confederate general (born 1812)

1853

Karl Faber, German historian and academic (born 1773)

1851

Esteban Echeverría, Argentinian poet and author (born 1805)

1847

Charles Bent, American soldier and politician, first Governor of New Mexico (born 1799)

1847

Athanasios Christopoulos, Greek poet (born 1772)

1833

Ferdinand Hérold, French pianist and composer (born 1791)

1785

Jonathan Toup, English scholar and critic (born 1713)

1766

Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-French architect and painter (born 1695)

1757

Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish scholar and academic (born 1674)

1755

Jean-Pierre Christin, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (born 1683)

1729

William Congreve, English playwright and poet (born 1670)

1661

Thomas Venner, English rebel leader

1636

Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, Flemish painter (born1561)

1597

Maharana Pratap, Hindu Rajput king of Mewar (born1540)

1576

Hans Sachs, German poet and playwright (born 1494)

1571

Paris Bordone, Venetian painter (born 1495)

1565

Diego Laynez, Spanish Jesuit theologian (born 1512)

1547

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, English poet (born 1516)

1526

Isabella of Austria, Danish queen (born 1501)

1302

Al-Hakim I, caliph of Cairo

1003

Kilian of Cologne, Irish abbot

914

García I, king of León

639

Dagobert I, Frankish king (born 603)

520

John of Cappadocia, patriarch of Constantinople

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