Events
A fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu Province, Turkey, results in 78 people dead and 51 injured.
Huu Can Tran, 72, opens fire in a dance studio in Monterey Park, California, killing eleven people and injuring nine others before later committing suicide. It is the worst mass shooting in Los Angeles County since the 2008 Covina massacre.
Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scale women's march, including in Portland, on Donald Trump's first full day as President of the United States.
Rojava conflict: The Jazira Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.
Anti-government demonstrations take place in Tirana, Albania. Four people die from gunshots, allegedly fired from armed police protecting the Prime Minister's office.
Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip, officially ending a three-week war it had with Hamas. However, intermittent fire by both sides continues in the weeks to follow.
In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.
NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.
A 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes the Mexican state of Colima, killing 29 and leaving approximately 10,000 people homeless.
Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutiérrez, Carlos Solorzano and Antonio Vargas depose President Jamil Mahuad. Gutierrez is later replaced by Gen. Carlos Mendoza, who resigns and allows Vice-President Gustavo Noboa to succeed Mahuad.
War on drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500 lb) of cocaine on board.
The U.S. House of Representatives votes 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.
Conservative protestors attack a mock shanty town that had been erected on the Green at Dartmouth College as part of anti-apartheid protests.
Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 crashes near Reno–Tahoe International Airport in Reno, Nevada, killing 70 people.
Production of the DeLorean sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Iran Air Flight 291 crashes in the Alborz Mountains while on approach to Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran, killing 128 people.
Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.
The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.
Vietnam War, Battle of Khe Sanh: One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.
The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad ends operation.
Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia, with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey, on board.
Avianca Flight 671 crashes at Montego Bay, Jamaica airport, killing 37 people.
A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners.
The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
The catastrophic eruption of Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea claims 2,942 lives.
American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Québec Flag Day.
The Trade Union Council of Transcarpathian Ukraine is founded in Mukachevo.
The Jewish resistance organization, Fareynikte Partizaner Organizatsye, based in the Vilna Ghetto is established.
Sparked by the murder of a German officer in Bucharest, Romania, the day before, members of the Iron Guard engage in a rebellion and pogrom killing 125 Jews.
Finland and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty.
Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
Albania declares itself a republic.
A revolutionary Irish parliament is founded and declares the independence of the Irish Republic. One of the first engagements of the Irish War of Independence takes place.
Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
The RMS Tayleur sinks off Lambay Island on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Australia with great loss of life.
The Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast during the First Anglo-Ashanti War.
After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth by William Hill Brown, is printed in Boston.
Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire, as a result of a torch being left behind in the box of a nobleman after a performance. It is rebuilt in 1754.
Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.
Following the Affair of the Placards, the French king leads an anti-Protestant procession through Paris.
The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa.
Births
Luke Littler, English darts player
IShowSpeed, American YouTuber and online streamer
Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway
Hannibal Mejbri, Tunisian footballer
Moussa Diabaté, French basketball player
Baek Jong-bum, South Korean footballer
Rubina Ali, Indian actress
Fūju Kamio, Japanese actor
Alisha Lehmann, Swiss footballer
Pervis Estupiñán, Ecuadorian footballer
Mamadi Diakite, Guinean basketball player
Jeremy Shada, American actor, musician and singer
Ilia Topuria, German-Georgian mixed martial artist
Marco Asensio, Spanish footballer
Cristian Pavón, Argentine footballer
Jake Elliott, American football player
Marine Johannès, French basketball player
Alanna Kennedy, Australian soccer player
Nguyễn Công Phượng, Vietnamese footballer
Yuliya Stupak, Russian cross-country skier
Amin Affane, Swedish footballer
Laura Robson, Australian-English tennis player
Booboo Stewart, American actor
Ronald Blair, former professional American football player
Muralha, Brazilian footballer
Sven Erik Bystrøm, Norwegian cyclist
James Duckworth, Australian tennis player
Quinton Howden, Canadian ice hockey player
Kwame Karikari, Ghanaian footballer
Tom Kühnhackl, German ice hockey player
Nicolás Mezquida, Uruguayan footballer
Verónica Cepede Royg, Paraguayan tennis player
Roland Szolnoki, Hungarian footballer
Ali Al-Busaidi, Omani footballer
Jan Hirt, Czech cyclist
Brayden McNabb, Canadian ice hockey player
Marta Pagnini, Italian gymnast
Knowledge Musona, Zimbabwean footballer
Kelly Rohrbach, American model and actress
Doğuş Balbay, Turkish basketball player
Kayla Banwarth, American indoor volleyball player
Férébory Doré, Congolese footballer
Sergey Fesikov, Russian swimmer
Justin Houston, American football player
Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Armenian footballer
Zhang Shuai, Chinese tennis player
Glaiza de Castro, Filipino actress and singer
Ashton Eaton, American decathlete
Rolands Freimanis, Latvian basketball player
Vanessa Hessler, Italian-American model and actress
Aleksandar Lazevski, Macedonian footballer
Ángel Mena, Ecuadorian footballer
Valérie Tétreault, Canadian tennis player
Pieter Timmers, Belgian swimmer
Nemanja Tomić, Serbian footballer
Oskars Bārtulis, Latvian ice hockey player
Brandon Crawford, American baseball player
Aida Hadzialic, Swedish politician
Darren Helm, Canadian ice hockey player
Shaun Keeling, South African rower
Augustine Kiprono Choge, Kenyan runner
Will Johnson, Canadian soccer player
Dominik Roels, German cyclist
Maša Zec Peškirič, Slovenian tennis player
Ikumi Yoshimatsu, Japanese actress
César Arzo, Spanish footballer
Edson Barboza, Brazilian mixed martial artist
Peyton Hillis, American football player
João Gomes Júnior, Brazilian swimmer
Javi López, Spanish footballer
Gina Mambrú, Dominican Republic volleyball player
Jonathan Quick, American ice hockey player
Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian actor (died 2020)
Óscar Vílchez, Peruvian footballer
Artur Beterbiev, Russian boxer
Aura Dione, Danish singer and songwriter
Yumi Hara, Japanese voice actress and singer
Sasha Pivovarova, Russian model and actress
Ri Se-gwang, North Korean artistic gymnast
Dmitri Sokolov, Russian basketball player
Ryan Suter, American ice hockey player
Luke Grimes, American actor
Haloti Ngata, American football player
Alex Acker, American-Italian basketball player
Svetlana Khodchenkova, Russian actress
Asael Lubotzky, Israeli physician, author and molecular biologist
Maryse Mizanin, Canadian-American wrestler
Álvaro Quirós, Spanish golfer
Francesca Segat, Italian swimmer
Marieke van den Ham, Dutch water polo player
Kelly VanderBeek, Canadian alpine skier
Moritz Volz, German footballer
Richard José Blanco, Venezuelan footballer
Nicolas Mahut, French tennis player
Adriano Ferreira Martins, Brazilian footballer
Sarah Ourahmoune, French boxer
Simon Rolfes, German footballer
Gillian Chung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress
Wu Hanxiong, Chinese fencer
Dany Heatley, Canadian ice hockey player
Andy Lee, South Korean singer and actor
Izabella Miko, Polish actress, dancer, and producer
Jung Ryeo-won, South Korean actress
David F. Sandberg, Swedish filmmaker
Michel Teló, Brazilian singer-songwriter
Karsten Forsterling, Australian rower
Lee Kyung-won, South Korean badminton player
Nana Mizuki, Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress
Xavier Pons, Spanish rally diver
Quinton Jacobs, Namibian footballer
Melendi, Spanish singer
Brian O'Driscoll, Irish rugby player
Faris Al-Sultan, German triathlete
Hernán Rodrigo López, Uruguayan footballer
Peter von Allmen, Swiss cross-country skier
Andrei Zyuzin, Russian ice hockey player
Hussein Abdulghani, Saudi Arabian footballer
Bradley Carnell, South African footballer
John DeSantis, Canadian actor
Kirsten Münchow, German hammer thrower
Denis Lunghi, Italian cyclist
Ulrike Maisch, German runner
Phil Neville, English footballer and manager
Michael Ruffin, American basketball player
Jerry Trainor, American actor, director, and producer
Loïc Lerouge, French sprinter
Aivaras Abromavičius, Lithuanian-Ukrainian banker and politician; 15th Ukrainian Minister of Economic Development
Raivis Belohvoščiks, Latvian cyclist
Emma Bunton, English singer
Lars Eidinger, German actor
Giorgio Frezzolini, Italian footballer
Igors Stepanovs, Latvian footballer
Nicky Butt, English footballer and coach
Thomas Castaignède, French rugby player
Casey FitzRandolph, American speedskater
Yuji Ide, Japanese race car driver
Ito, Spanish footballer and manager
Willem Korsten, Dutch footballer
Jason Moran, American jazz pianist, composer and educator
Florin Șerban, Romanian director
Alyaksandr Yermakovich, Belarusian footballer and manager
Malena Alterio, Spanish actress
Maxwell Atoms, American animator, screenwriter and voice actor
Kim Dotcom, German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur and political activist
Arthémon Hatungimana, Burundian middle-distance runner
Vincent Laresca, American actor
Ulrich Le Pen, French footballer
Marco Zanotti, Italian cyclist
Rob Hayles, English cyclist
Chris Kilmore, American musician and DJ
Edvinas Krungolcas, Lithuanian modern pentathlete
Flavio Maestri, Peruvian footballer
Billel Dziri, Algerian footballer and manager
Rick Falkvinge, Swedish businessman and politician
Sead Kapetanović, Bosnian footballer
Yasunori Mitsuda, Japanese composer and producer
Cat Power, American singer, musician and actress
Shawn Rojeski, American curler
Sabina Valbusa, Italian cross-country skier
Uni Arge, Faroese footballer and entertainer
Rafael Berges, Spanish footballer
Doug Edwards, American basketball player
Dmitri Khlestov, Russian footballer
Sergey Klevchenya, Russian speed skater
Dylan Kussman, American actor
Doug Weight, American ice hockey player and coach
Alen Bokšić, former Croatian footballer
Marina Foïs, French actress
Ken Leung, American actor
Oren Peli, Israeli-American director, producer and screenwriter
John Ducey, American actor
Eduard Hämäläinen, Finnish-Belarusian decathlete
Karina Lombard, French-American actress and singer
Tsubaki Nekoi, Japanese comic artist
Artur Dmitriev, Russian ice skater
Dmitry Fomin, Russian volleyball player
Sébastien Lifshitz, French director
Steven Marshall, Australian politician, 46th Premier of South Australia
Charlotte Ross, American actress
Ilya Smirin, Israeli chess Grandmaster
Ulf Dahlén, Swedish ice hockey player
Alfred Jermaniš, Slovenian footballer
Artashes Minasian, Armenian chess player
Gorō Miyazaki, Japanese film director and landscaper
Robert Del Naja, British artist, musician and singer
Jam Master Jay, American DJ, rapper, and producer (died 2002)
Masahiro Wada, Japanese footballer
Andreas Bauer, German ski jumper
Tony Dolan, English musician and actor
Gérald Passi, French footballer
Ricardo Serna, Spanish footballer
Aleksandar Šoštar, Serbian water polo player
Danny Wallace, English footballer
Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian-American basketball player
Detlef Schrempf, German basketball player and coach
Tyler Cowen, American economist and academic
Isabelle Nanty, French actress, director and screenwriter
Gabriele Pin, Italian footballer and coach
Zoran Thaler, Slovenian politician
Marie Trintignant, French actress (died 2003)
Erik Verlinde, Dutch theoretical physicist
Kevin Cramer, American politician
Cornelia Pröll, Austrian alpine skier
Ivo Pukanić Croatian journalist (died 2008)
Gary Shaw, English footballer (died 2024)
Piotr Ugrumov, Russian cyclist
Sidney Lowe, American basketball player
Mike Terrana, American hard rock and heavy metal drummer
Sergei Alifirenko, Russian pistol shooter
Alex McLeish, Scottish footballer and manager
Hussein Saeed, Iraqi footballer
Matt Salmon, American politician
Sergei Walter, Ukrainian politician (died 2015)
Michael Wincott, Canadian actor
Robby Benson, American actor and director
Geena Davis, American actress and producer
Peter Fleming, American tennis player
Jeff Koons, American painter and sculptor
Nello Musumeci, Italian politician and President of Sicily
Thomas de Maizière, German politician of the Christian Democratic Union
Idrissa Ouedraogo, Burkinabé director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2018)
Phil Thompson, English footballer and coach
Paul Allen, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft (died 2018)
Felipe Yáñez, Spanish cyclist
Marco Camenisch, Swiss activist and murderer
Werner Grissmann, Austrian alpine skier
Mikhail Umansky, Russian chess player (died 2010)
Eric Holder, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 82nd United States Attorney General
Marion Becker, German javelin thrower
Gary Locke, American politician and diplomat, 36th United States Secretary of Commerce
José Marín, Spanish racewalker
Billy Ocean, Trinidadian-English singer-songwriter
Agnes van Ardenne, Dutch politician and diplomat, Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation
Clifford Ray, American basketball coach and player
Trương Tấn Sang, Vietnamese politician and 7th President of Vietnam
Zygmunt Kukla, Polish footballer (died 2016)
Hugo Tocalli, Argentine footballer
Andrzej Bachleda, Polish former alpine skier
Jill Eikenberry, American actress
Dorian M. Goldfeld, American mathematician
Pye Hastings, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Michel Jonasz, French singer-songwriter and actor
Joseph Nicolosi, American clinical psychologist (died 2017)
Giuseppe Savoldi, Italian footballer (died 2026)
Roberto Zywica, Argentine footballer (died 2025)
Ichiro Hosotani, Japanese footballer
Nella Martinetti, Swiss singer (died 2011)
Tomás Pineda, El Salvadoran footballer
Miguel Reina, Spanish footballer
Arthur Beetson, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2011)
Pete Kircher, English drummer
Martin Shaw, English actor and producer
Uto Ughi, Italian violinist
Zdravko Hebel, Croatian water polo player (died 2017)
Arnar Jónsson, Icelandic actor
Alfons Peeters, Belgian footballer (died 2015)
Kenzo Yokoyama, Japanese footballer
Freddy Breck, German singer, producer, and news anchor (died 2008)
Eugène Camara, Prime Minister of Guinea (died 2019)
Mac Davis, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2020)
Han Pil-hwa, North Korean speed skater
Edwin Starr, American singer-songwriter (died 2003)
Michael G. Wilson, American producer and screenwriter
Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (died 2013)
Plácido Domingo, Spanish tenor and conductor
Richie Havens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)
Mike Medavoy, Chinese-born American film producer, co-founded Orion Pictures
Ivan Putski, Polish-American wrestler and bodybuilder
Elaine Showalter, American author and critic
Jack Nicklaus, American golfer and sportscaster
Patrick Robinson, English novelist
Paul Genevay, French sprinter (died 2022)
Friedel Lutz, German footballer (died 2023)
Steve Paxton, American dancer and choreographer (died 2024)
Viacheslav Platonov, Russian volleyball player and coach (died 2005)
Wolfman Jack, radio personality (died 1995)
Romano Fogli, Italian footballer (died 2021)
Judit Ágoston-Mendelényi, Hungarian fencer (died 2013)
Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria, the youngest son of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria
Dick Davies, American basketball player (died 2012)
Audrey Dalton, Irish actress
Antonio Karmany, Spanish cyclist
Alfonso Portugal, Mexican footballer (died 2016)
Ann Wedgeworth, American actress (died 2017)
Tony Marchi, English footballer (died 2022)
Habib Thiam, Senegalese politician (died 2017)
Yoshiko Kuga, Japanese actress (died 2024)
Mainza Chona, Zambian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Zambia (died 2001)
Valentin Filatyev, Soviet cosmonaut (died 1990)
Radley Metzger, American filmmaker (died 2017)
Reynaldo Bignone, Argentinian general and politician, 41st President of Argentina (died 2018)
Gene Sharp, American political scientist and academic, founded the Albert Einstein Institution (died 2018)
Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1985)
Rudolf Kraus, German footballer (died 2003)
Clive Donner, British director (died 2010)
Franco Evangelisti, Italian composer (died 1980)
Steve Reeves, American bodybuilder and actor (died 2000)
Roger Taillibert, French architect (died 2019)
Robert J. White, American neurosurgeon (died 2010)
Charles Aidman, American actor (died 1993)
Alex Forbes, Scottish footballer (died 2014)
Eva Ibbotson, Austrian-English author (died 2010)
Arnold Skaaland, American wrestler and manager (died 2007)
Shafiga Akhundova, Azerbaijani Composer, first professional female author of an opera in the East (died 2013)
Benny Hill, English actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1992)
Alberto de Mendoza, Argentine actor (died 2011)
Lola Flores, Spanish singer, dancer, and actress (died 1995)
Pahiño, Spanish footballer (died 2012)
Lincoln Alexander, Canadian lawyer and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Labour (died 2012)
Telly Savalas, American actor (died 1994)
Paul Scofield, English actor (died 2008)
Predrag Vranicki, Croatian Marxist humanist (died 2002)
Errol Barrow, first Prime Minister of Barbados (died 1987)
Eric Brown, Scottish-English captain and pilot (died 2016)
Jimmy Hagan, English footballer (died 1998)
Antonio Janigro, Italian cellist and conductor (died 1989)
Richard Winters, American soldier (died 2011)
Erling Persson, H&M founder (died 2002)
Pietro Rava, Italian footballer (died 2006)
Zypora Spaisman, Polish midwife; American and Yiddish-language actress; producer of the Yiddish stage (died 2002)
André Lichnerowicz, French mathematician (died 1998)
Orazio Mariani, Italian sprinter (died 1981)
Konrad Emil Bloch, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2000)
Dick Garrard, Australian wrestler (died 2003)
Lee Yoo-hyung, Korean footballer and manager (died 2003)
Rosa Kellner, German athlete (died 1984)
Albert Rosellini, American lawyer and politician, 15th Governor of Washington (died 2011)
Hideo Shinojima, Japanese footballer (died 1975)
Károly Takács, Hungarian shooter (died 1976)
Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer and conductor (died 2004)
Teofilo Spasojević, Serbian footballer (died 1970)
Carlo Cavagnoli, Italian boxer (died 1991)
Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (died 2007)
Christian Dior, French fashion designer, founded Christian Dior S.A. (died 1957)
Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas (died 1978)
John Porter, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1997)
Puck van Heel, Dutch footballer (died 1984)
William Lyon, American film editor (died 1974)
Raymond Suvigny, French weightlifter (died 1945)
Ricardo Zamora, Spanish footballer and manager (died 1978)
Elof Ahrle, Swedish actor and director (died 1965)
Anselm Franz, Austrian engineer (died 1994)
Fernando Quiroga Palacios, Spanish Cardinal (died 1971)
John Bodkin Adams, British general practitioner and convict (died 1983)
Gyula Mándi, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 1969)
Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian-American pianist and composer (died 1977)
Rudolph Maté, Polish-Hungarian-American cinematographer, producer and director (died 1964)
Ahmad Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia (died 1930)
Eduard Zintl, German chemist (died 1941)
René Iché, French sculptor (died 1954)
Guy Gilpatric, American pilot and journalist (died 1950)
Paula Hitler, younger sister of Adolf Hitler (died 1960)
J. Carrol Naish, American actor (died 1973)
Masa Perttilä, Finnish wrestler (died 1968)
Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish fashion designer, founded Balenciaga (died 1972)
Daniel Chalonge, French astrophysicist and astronomer (died 1977)
Noe Itō, Japanese anarchist, author and feminist (died 1923)
Albert Battel, German Army lieutenant and lawyer (died 1952)
Francisco Lázaro, Portuguese marathon runner (died 1912)
Pitirim Sorokin, American sociologist and political activist (died 1968)
Edith Tolkien, wife and muse of J. R. R. Tolkien (died 1971)
Wolfgang Köhler, German psychologist and phenomenologist (died 1967)
Ernest Holmes, American New Thought writer (died 1960)
Georges Vézina, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1926)
John M. Stahl, American director and producer (died 1950)
Duncan Grant, British painter and designer (died 1978)
Umberto Nobile, Italian engineer and explorer (died 1978)
Harold A. Wilson, English runner (died 1932)
Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet and educator (died 1929)
Oskar Baum, Bohemian writer (died 1941)
Mathias Hynes, British tug of war competitor (died 1926)
Pavel Florensky, Russian mathematician and theologian (died 1937)
Francis Gailey, Australian-American swimmer (died 1972)
Ernst Fast, Swedish runner (died 1959)
André Godard, French archaeologist, architect and historian (died 1965)
Ivan Ribar, Yugoslav politician (died 1968)
George Van Biesbroeck, Belgian–American astronomer (died 1974)
Vahan Tekeyan, Armenian poet and activist (died 1948)
Baldassarre Negroni, Italian director and screenwriter (died 1948)
Paul E. Kahle, German orientalist (died 1964)
René-Louis Baire, French mathematician (died 1932)
Arturo Labriola, Italian revolutionary syndicalist (died 1959)
Olga Preobrajenska, Russian ballerina (died 1962)
Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic (died 1916)
Felix Hoffmann, German chemist (died 1946)
Ludwig Thoma, German paramedic and author (died 1921)
Maxime Weygand, Belgian-French general (died 1965)
Heinrich Albers-Schonberg, German gynecologist and radiologist (died 1921)
Israel Zangwill, British author (died 1926)
Karl Staaff, Swedish lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Sweden (died 1915)
Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, the youngest daughter of King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (died 1874)
Karl Julius Beloch, German classical and economic historian (died 1929)
Eusapia Palladino, Italian spiritualist (died 1918)
Giuseppe Allamano, Italian Roman Catholic priest (died 1926)
Henri Duparc, French soldier and composer (died 1933)
Joseph Achille Le Bel, French chemist (died 1930)
Pieter Hendrik Schoute, Dutch mathematician and academic (died 1923)
Albert Lavignac, French music scholar (died 1916)
Harriet Backer, Norwegian painter (died 1932)
Émile Levassor, French engineer (died 1897)
Édouard Schuré, French philosopher and author (died 1929)
Sophia Jex-Blake, English physician and feminist (died 1912)
Caterina Volpicelli, Italian Roman Catholic nun (died 1894)
George Kerferd, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Victoria (died 1889)
Oscar II of Sweden (died 1907)
Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1900)
Stonewall Jackson, American general (died 1863)
Joseph Wolf, German ornithologist and illustrator (died 1899)
Egide Walschaerts, Belgian mechanical engineer (died 1901)
Horace Wells, American dentist (died 1848)
Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, German bibliographer and historian (died 1885)
John C. Frémont, American general, explorer, and politician, 5th Territorial Governor of Arizona (died 1890)
Giuseppe Montanelli, Italian statesman and author (died 1862)
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, British statesman (died 1885)
Pierre Louis Charles de Failly, French general (died 1892)
Juan Crisóstomo Torrico, 16th President of Peru (died 1875)
Moritz von Schwind, Austrian painter (died 1871)
John Batman, Australian entrepreneur and explorer (died 1839)
Theodor Fliedner, German Lutheran minister (died 1864)
Joseph Méry, French author and journalist (died 1866)
Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel, consort of George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1880)
William Henry Smyth, Royal Navy officer, hydrographer, astronomer and numismatist (died 1865)
Peter De Wint, English painter (died 1849)
Manuel Garcia, Spanish opera singer and composer (died 1832)
Augustin Robespierre, younger brother of French Revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre (died 1794)
Chaim of Volozhin, Orthodox rabbi (died 1821)
Ethan Allen, American general (died 1789)
Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, son of Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, and Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis (died 1797)
James Murray, Scottish-English general and politician, Governor of Minorca (died 1794)
Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa, Spanish military officer and governor of Cuba (died 1779)
Anna Morandi Manzolini, Italian anatomist (died 1774)
Duchess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg, Margravine of Baden-Baden (died 1733)
Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch painter (died 1722)
Antonio Molinari, Italian painter (died 1704)
Melchiorre Cafà, Maltese Baroque sculptor (baptised; (died 1667)
Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz, count of Nassau-Dietz (died 1640)
Matsudaira Tadamasa, Japanese samurai and daimyō (died 1645)
Giovanni Poggio, Italian cardinal and diplomat (died 1556)
Charles V of France (died 1380)
Galeazzo I Visconti, lord of Milan (died 1328)
Alexander, Prince of Scotland (died 1284)
Deaths
Virginia Oliver (born 1920), American lobster fisherwoman
Mauricio Funes, Salvadoran politician, 79th President of El Salvador (born 1959)
Garth Hudson, Canadian keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (born 1937)
Louie Anderson, American actor and comedian (born 1953)
Leonor Oyarzún, Chilean socialite, First Lady of Chile (born 1919)
Terry Jones, Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1942)
Morgan Wootten, American high school basketball coach (born 1931)
Kaye Ballard, American actress (born 1925)
Henri, Count of Paris, Head of the House of Orléans (born 1933)
Emiliano Sala, Argentine footballer (born 1990)
Harris Wofford, American politician, author and civil rights activist (born 1926)
Bill Johnson, American skier (born 1960)
Mrinalini Sarabhai, a 1992-Padma Bhushan award winner Indian classical dancer, choreographer and instructor. (born 1918)
Marcus Borg, American scholar, theologian, and author (born 1942)
Leon Brittan, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (born 1939)
Johnnie Lewis, Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Justice of Liberia (born 1946)
Canek Sánchez Guevara, Cuban author and dissident (born 1974)
Ahmet Mete Işıkara, Turkish geophysicist and academic (born 1941)
Chumpol Silpa-archa, Thai academic and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand (born 1940)
Michael Winner, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1935)
Jonathan Idema, American soldier, mercenary, con artist, vigilante, and criminal (born 1956)
Theoni V. Aldredge, Greek-American costume designer (born 1922)
Dennis Oppenheim, American sculptor and photographer (born 1938)
E. V. V. Satyanarayana, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1958)
Paul Quarrington, Canadian author, playwright, guitarist, and composer (born 1953)
Krista Kilvet, Estonian journalist, politician and diplomat (born 1946)
Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovo journalist and politician, 1st President of Kosovo (born 1944)
Theun de Vries, Dutch author and poet (born 1907)
John L. Hess, American journalist and critic (born 1917)
Kaljo Raid, Estonian cellist, composer, and pastor (born 1921)
Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (born 1929)
Paul Haines, American-Canadian poet and songwriter (born 1933)
Paul Kuusberg, Estonian journalist and author (born 1916)
Peggy Lee, American singer (born 1920)
Susan Strasberg, American actress (born 1938)
Jack Lord, American actor, director, and producer (born 1920)
Bassel al-Assad, Son of the former President of the Syrian Arab Republic Hafez al-Assad (born 1962)
Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player and manager (born 1903)
Eddie Mabo, Australian land rights activist (born 1936)
Carl Furillo, American baseball player (born 1922)
Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist (born 1914)
Vincent Lingiari, Australian Aboriginal rights activist (born 1919)
Charles Goodell, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (born 1926)
James Beard, American chef and author (born 1903)
Eddie Graham, American wrestler and promoter (born 1930)
Giannis Skarimpas, Greek playwright and poet (born 1893)
Jackie Wilson, American singer (born 1934)
Lamar Williams, American bass player (born 1949)
Freda Utley, English scholar and author (born 1898)
Sandro Penna, Italian poet and journalist (born 1906)
Ann Sheridan, American actress (born 1915)
Acharya Shivpujan Sahay, Indian author, poet, and academic (born 1893)
Spiros Xenos, Greek-Swedish painter (born 1881)
Blaise Cendrars, Swiss author and poet (born 1887)
Cecil B. DeMille, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1881)
Frances Gertrude McGill, pioneering Canadian forensic pathologist (born 1882)
Carl Switzer, American child actor and hunting guide (born 1927)
Archie Hahn, German-American runner and coach (born 1880)
George Orwell, British novelist, essayist, and critic (born 1903)
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer and educator (born 1876)
Rash Behari Bose, founder of the Indian National Army (born 1886)
Georges Méliès, French actor, director, and producer (born 1861)
Marie Prevost, Canadian-American actress and singer (born 1896)
George Moore, Irish author, poet, and critic (born 1852)
Lytton Strachey, English writer and critic (born 1880)
Felix Blumenfeld, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1863)
George Washington Goethals, American general and engineer (born 1858)
Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1843)
Vladimir Lenin, Russian lawyer and politician (born 1870)
Gojong of Korea (born 1852)
Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 277th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1839)
Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher (born 1857)
Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (born 1857)
Elisha Gray, American engineer, co-founded Western Electric (born 1835)
Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (born 1842)
Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss lawyer and politician (born 1802)
Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright and poet (born 1791)
Alexander Herzen, Russian philosopher and author (born 1812)
Božena Němcová, Austrian-Czech author and poet (born 1820)
Albert Lortzing, German actor and composer (born 1801)
Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet and author (born 1781)
Cayetano José Rodríguez, Argentinian cleric, journalist, and poet (born 1761)
Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French botanist and author (born 1737)
Josiah Hornblower, American engineer and politician (born 1729)
David Ker, Irish-American educator and judge
Samuel Wallis, English navigator and explorer (born 1728)
Louis XVI of France (born 1754)
Baron d'Holbach, French-German philosopher and author (born 1723)
Yemelyan Pugachev, Russian rebel (born 1742)
Mustafa III, Ottoman sultan (born 1717)
Alexis Piron, French playwright and author (born 1689)
Ignjat Đurđević, Croatian poet and translator (born 1675)
Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1661)
Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic and critic (born 1638)
Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (born 1649)
Obadiah Walker, English historian and academic (born 1616)
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1621)
Claude Duval, French highwayman (born 1643)
Ignazio Donati, Italian composer (born 1570)
Joseph Justus Scaliger, French historian and scholar (born 1540)
Azai Sukemasa, Japanese daimyō (born 1491)
Juan de Grijalva, Spanish explorer (born 1489)
Árni Helgason, Icelandic bishop (born c. 1260)
Agnes II, Abbess of Quedlinburg (born 1139)
Pope Paschal II (born 1050)
Yang Tan, Chinese general and governor
An Chongrong, Chinese general (Five Dynasties)
Yang Pu, Chinese emperor (born 900)
Liu Zhijun, Chinese general
Erchanger, Duke of Swabia (born 880)
Epiphanius of Pavia, Italian bishop and saint (born 438)
Yazdegerd I, king of the Sassanid Empire