Events
Pre-1600
*
474
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–
Zeno
Zeno ( grc, Ζήνων) may refer to:
People
* Zeno (name), including a list of people and characters with the name
Philosophers
* Zeno of Elea (), philosopher, follower of Parmenides, known for his paradoxes
* Zeno of Citium (333 – 264 BC), ...
is crowned as co-emperor of the
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinopl ...
.
*
1003 –
Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from
Bolesław I the Brave
Bolesław I the Brave ; cs, Boleslav Chrabrý; la, Boleslaus I rex Poloniae (17 June 1025), less often known as Bolesław the Great, was Duke of Poland from 992 to 1025, and the first King of Poland in 1025. He was also Duke of Bohemia betwe ...
of
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
.
*
1539
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Year 1539 ( MDXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January – Toungoo–Hanthawaddy War – Battle of Naungyo, Burm ...
– The first recorded race is held on
Chester Racecourse
Chester Racecourse, also known as the Roodee, is a racecourse located in Chester, England. The horse racing venue is officially recognised by Guinness World Records as the "oldest racecourse still in operation". Horse racing in Chester date ...
, known as the Roodee.
*
1555 –
Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is
burned at the stake.
1601–1900
*
1621 –
Gregory XV becomes
Pope
The pope ( la, papa, from el, πάππας, translit=pappas, 'father'), also known as supreme pontiff ( or ), Roman pontiff () or sovereign pontiff, is the bishop of Rome (or historically the patriarch of Rome), head of the worldwide Cathol ...
, the last Pope
elected by
acclamation
An acclamation is a form of election that does not use a ballot. It derives from the ancient Roman word ''acclamatio'', a kind of ritual greeting and expression of approval towards imperial officials in certain social contexts.
Voting Voice vot ...
.
*
1654 – The
Capture of Fort Rocher takes place during the
Anglo-Spanish War.
*
1775 –
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of t ...
: The
British Parliament declares
Massachusetts
Massachusetts (Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut Massachusett_writing_systems.html" ;"title="nowiki/> məhswatʃəwiːsət.html" ;"title="Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət">Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət'' En ...
in rebellion.
*
1778 –
Rhode Island
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becomes the fourth US state to ratify the
Articles of Confederation.
*
1788 – The
Habsburg Empire joins the
Russo-Turkish War in the
Russian camp.
*
1822 –
Haiti attacks the newly established
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with ...
on the other side of the island of
Hispaniola.
*
1825 – After no candidate receives a majority of
electoral votes in
the US presidential election of 1824, the
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...
elects
John Quincy Adams as sixth
President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal gove ...
in a
contingent election.
*
1849 – The new
Roman Republic
The Roman Republic ( la, Res publica Romana ) was a form of government of Rome and the era of the classical Roman civilization when it was run through public representation of the Roman people. Beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Ki ...
is declared.
*
1861 –
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and t ...
:
Jefferson Davis is elected the
Provisional President of the
Confederate States of America
The Confederate States of America (CSA), commonly referred to as the Confederate States or the Confederacy was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865. The Confeder ...
by the
Provisional Confederate Congress
The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States, also known as the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America, was a congress of deputies and delegates called together from the Southern States which became the governing bod ...
at
Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County, Alabama, Montgomery County. Named for the Irish soldier Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River, on the Gulf Coastal Plain, coas ...
*
1870
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England.
** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed.
* January 3 – Construction of the Br ...
– US president
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union A ...
signs a
joint resolution of
Congress
A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of ...
establishing the
U.S. Weather Bureau
The National Weather Service (NWS) is an agency of the United States federal government that is tasked with providing weather forecasts, warnings of hazardous weather, and other weather-related products to organizations and the public for the ...
.
*
1889 – US president
Grover Cleveland
Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837June 24, 1908) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. Cleveland is the only president in American ...
signs a bill elevating the
United States Department of Agriculture
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food. It aims to meet the needs of comme ...
to a
Cabinet
Cabinet or The Cabinet may refer to:
Furniture
* Cabinetry, a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors and/or drawers
* Display cabinet, a piece of furniture with one or more transparent glass sheets or transparent polycarbonate sheets
* Filin ...
-level agency.
*
1893 –
Verdi's last opera, ''
Falstaff'' premieres at
La Scala,
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city ...
.
[ ]
*
1895 –
William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...
.
*
1900 – The
Davis Cup competition is established.
1901–present
*
1904 –
Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War ( ja, 日露戦争, Nichiro sensō, Japanese-Russian War; russian: Ру́сско-япóнская войнá, Rússko-yapónskaya voyná) was fought between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1 ...
:
Battle of Port Arthur
The of 8–9 February 1904 marked the commencement of the Russo-Japanese War. It began with a surprise night attack by a squadron of Japanese destroyers on the neutral Russian fleet anchored at Port Arthur, Manchuria, and continued with an ...
concludes.
*
1907 – The
Mud March is the first large procession organised by the
National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
*
1913 – A group of
meteor
A meteoroid () is a small rocky or metallic body in outer space.
Meteoroids are defined as objects significantly smaller than asteroids, ranging in size from grains to objects up to a meter wide. Objects smaller than this are classified as mi ...
s
is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of the
Americas
The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America, North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. ...
, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived
natural satellite of the Earth.
*
1920
Events January
* January 1
** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20.
** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...
– Under the terms of the
Svalbard Treaty
The Svalbard Treaty (originally the Spitsbergen Treaty) recognises the sovereignty of Norway over the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, at the time called Spitsbergen. The exercise of sovereignty is, however, subject to certain stipulations, and ...
, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago
Svalbard, and designates it as
demilitarized
A demilitarized zone (DMZ or DZ) is an area in which treaties or agreements between nations, military powers or contending groups forbid military installations, activities, or personnel. A DZ often lies along an established frontier or bounda ...
.
*
1922
Events
January
* January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes.
* January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...
–
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
becomes a member of the
Berne Convention copyright
A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, educatio ...
treaty.
*
1929 – Members of the
Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng
The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng (; chữ Hán: ; ), abbreviated VNQDĐ or Việt Quốc, was a nationalist and democratic socialist political party that sought independence from French colonial rule in Vietnam during the early 20th century. ...
assassinate the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by
French colonial authorities.
*
1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hir ...
–
Prohibition law is abolished in
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bot ...
after a national referendum, where 70% voted for a repeal of the law.
*
1934 – The
Balkan Entente
The Balkan Pact, or Balkan Entente, was a treaty signed by Greece, Romania, Turkey and Yugoslavia on 9 February 1934 is formed between
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wi ...
,
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
,
Yugoslavia
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, and
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula ...
.
*
1941 –
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
:
Bombing of Genoa: The
Cathedral of San Lorenzo
Genoa Cathedral or Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Lawrence ( it, Duomo di Genova, ''Cattedrale di San Lorenzo'') is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the Italian city of Genoa. It is dedicated to Saint Lawrence (San Lorenzo), and is the seat of t ...
in
Genoa
Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of ...
, Italy, is struck by a bomb which fails to detonate.
*
1942 – Year-round
Daylight saving time
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(aka War Time) is reinstated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.
*
1943 – World War II:
Pacific War:
Allied authorities declare
Guadalcanal secure after
Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the
Battle of Guadalcanal.
*
1945 – World War II:
Battle of the Atlantic:
sinks
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''
U-864'' off the coast of
Fedje
Fedje is an island municipality in the Nordhordland region of Vestland county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Fedje. The traditional economic activity of the inhabitants is fishing.
The municipality is ...
, Norway, in a rare instance of submarine-to-submarine combat.
* 1945 – World War II: A force of
Allied aircraft
unsuccessfully attack a
German
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* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ge ...
destroyer in
Førdefjorden, Norway.
*
1950 –
Second Red Scare:
US Senator
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and power ...
Joseph McCarthy accuses the
United States Department of State
The United States Department of State (DOS), or State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations. Equivalent to the ministry of foreign affairs of other na ...
of being filled with
Communists.
*
1951 –
Korean War
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: The two-day
Geochang massacre begins as a battalion of the 11th Division of the
South Korean Army kills 719 unarmed citizens in
Geochang
Geochang County (''Geochang-gun,'' ) is a county in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. The Geochang International Festival of Theater, which was started in 1989, is renowned as the best play festival in Korea. The District Office is ...
, in the
South Gyeongsang district of
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
.
*
1959 – The
R-7 Semyorka, the first
intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at
Plesetsk,
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
.
*
1964 –
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatles, most influential band of al ...
make their first appearance on ''
The Ed Sullivan Show'', performing before a record-setting audience of 73 million viewers across the United States.
*
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in for a full term ...
–
Vietnam War: The
United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through c ...
sends a
MIM-23 Hawk missile battalion to
South Vietnam, the first American troops in-country without an official advisory or training mission.
*
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses ( February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
J ...
– The 6.5–6.7
Sylmar earthquake hits the
Greater Los Angeles Area
Greater Los Angeles is the second-largest metropolitan region in the United States with a population of 18.5 million in 2021, encompassing five counties in Southern California extending from Ventura County in the west to San Bernardino ...
with a maximum
Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''), killing 64 and injuring 2,000.
* 1971 –
Satchel Paige
Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige (July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball (MLB). His career spanned five decades and culminated with his induction in ...
becomes the first
Negro league
The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be ...
player to be voted into the USA's
Baseball Hall of Fame.
* 1971 –
Apollo program:
Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned Moon landing.
*
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
– The
Soyuz 17 Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
spacecraft
A spacecraft is a vehicle or machine designed to fly in outer space. A type of artificial satellite, spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including communications, Earth observation, meteorology, navigation, space colonization, ...
returns to Earth.
*
1976 –
Aeroflot Flight 3739, a
Tupolev Tu-104, crashes during takeoff from
Irkutsk Airport, killing 24.
*
1978 – The
Budd Company unveils its first
SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since ...
.
*
1982 –
Japan Air Lines Flight 350 crashes near
Haneda Airport in an attempted
pilot mass murder-suicide, killing 24 of the 174 people on board.
*
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal en ...
–
Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner
Solar System
The Solar System Capitalization of the name varies. The International Astronomical Union, the authoritative body regarding astronomical nomenclature, specifies capitalizing the names of all individual astronomical objects but uses mixed "Solar ...
.
*
1991 –
Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Voters in
Lithuania vote for independence from the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
.
*
1996 – The
Provisional Irish Republican Army
The Irish Republican Army (IRA; ), also known as the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and informally as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary organisation that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reu ...
declares the end to its 18-month
ceasefire
A ceasefire (also known as a truce or armistice), also spelled cease fire (the antonym of 'open fire'), is a temporary stoppage of a war in which each side agrees with the other to suspend aggressive actions. Ceasefires may be between state ac ...
and
explodes a large bomb in London's
Canary Wharf
Canary Wharf is an area of London, England, located near the Isle of Dogs in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Canary Wharf is defined by the Greater London Authority as being part of London's central business district, alongside Central Lon ...
, killing two people.
* 1996 –
Copernicium is discovered, by Sigurd Hofmann,
Victor Ninov et al.
*
2001 – The
Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision takes place, killing nine of the thirty-five people on board the Japanese
fishery high-school training ship ''Ehime Maru'', leaving the
USS ''Greeneville'' (SSN-772) with
US $2 million in repairs, at
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is an American lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. It was often visited by the Naval fleet of the United States, before it was acquired from the Hawaiian Kingdom by the U.S. with the signing of the ...
.
*
2016 – Two passenger trains
collide in the German town of
Bad Aibling in the state of
Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total l ...
. Twelve people die and 85 others are injured.
*
2018
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–
Winter Olympics:
Opening ceremony is performed in
Pyeongchang County
Pyeongchang (; in full, ''Pyeongchang-gun'' ; ) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is about east southeast of S ...
in
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
.
*
2020 – Salvadoran President
Nayib Bukele has the
army
An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...
soldiers enter the
Legislative Assembly to assist in pushing for the approval for a better government security plan, causing a brief
political crisis
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.
*
2021 –
Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump began.
Births
Pre-1600
*
1060 –
Honorius II, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1130)
*
1274 –
Louis of Toulouse, French bishop (d. 1297)
*
1313
Year 1313 ( MCCCXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* November 9 – Battle of Gammelsdorf: Louis the Bavarian defeats his cousin Fre ...
–
Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile, Portuguese infanta (d. 1357)
*
1344
Year 1344 ( MCCCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* March 26 – '' Reconquista'': The Siege of Algeciras (1342–44), one of the firs ...
–
Meinhard III, count of Tyrol (d. 1363)
*
1441 –
Ali-Shir Nava'i,
Turkic poet, linguist, and painter (d. 1501)
*
1533 –
Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese daimyō (d. 1611)
*
1579 –
Johannes Meursius
Johannes Meursius (van Meurs) (9 February 1579 – 20 September 1639) was a Dutch classical scholar and antiquary.
Biography
Meursius was born Johannes van Meurs at Loosduinen, near The Hague. He was extremely precocious, and at the age of si ...
, Dutch classical scholar (d. 1639)
1601–1900
*
1651 –
Procopio Cutò
Procopio Cutò, also known as Francesco Procopio Cutò, Francesco Procopio dei Coltelli, or François Procope () was a chef from Sicily.Portinari Billing himself as a modern Procopius, he founded in 1686 what has become the oldest extant café in ...
, French entrepreneur (d. 1727)
*
1666 –
George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Scottish field marshal (d. 1737)
*
1711
In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Tuesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January – Cary's Rebellion: The Lords Proprietor appoint Edwar ...
–
Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla, Spanish sailor and commander (d. 1762)
*
1737 –
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine (born Thomas Pain; – In the contemporary record as noted by Conway, Paine's birth date is given as January 29, 1736–37. Common practice was to use a dash or a slash to separate the old-style year from the new-style year. In th ...
, English-American philosopher, author, and activist (d. 1809)
*
1741 –
Henri-Joseph Rigel, German-French composer (d. 1799)
*
1748 –
Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician,
Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1817)
*
1763 –
Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (d. 1830)
*
1769
Events
January–March
* February 2 – Pope Clement XIII dies, the night before preparing an order to dissolve the Jesuits.Denis De Lucca, ''Jesuits and Fortifications: The Contribution of the Jesuits to Military Architecture ...
–
George W. Campbell, Scottish-American lawyer and politician, 5th
United States Secretary of the Treasury
The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretary of the treasury serves as the principal a ...
(d. 1848)
*
1773 –
William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773April 4, 1841) was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States. Harrison died just 31 days after his inauguration in 1841, and had the shortest pres ...
, American general and politician, 9th
President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal gove ...
(d. 1841)
*
1775 –
Farkas Bolyai
Farkas Bolyai (; 9 February 1775 – 20 November 1856; also known as Wolfgang Bolyai in Germany) was a Hungarian mathematician, mainly known for his work in geometry.
Biography
Bolyai was born in Bolya, a village near Hermannstadt, Grand P ...
, Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1856)
*
1781
Events
January–March
* January – William Pitt the Younger, later Prime Minister of Great Britain, enters Parliament, aged 21.
* January 1 – Industrial Revolution: The Iron Bridge opens across the River Severn ...
–
Johann Baptist von Spix, German biologist and explorer (d. 1826)
*
1783 –
Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (d. 1852)
*
1789
Events
January–March
* January – Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès publishes the pamphlet ''What Is the Third Estate?'' ('), influential on the French Revolution.
* January 7 – The 1788-89 United States presidential electio ...
–
Franz Xaver Gabelsberger
Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (9 February 1789, Munich - 4 January 1849, Munich) was a German stenographer; the inventor of Gabelsberger shorthand.
Biography
His father was a wind instrument manufacturer, originally from Mainburg, who died whi ...
, German engineer, invented
Gabelsberger shorthand
Gabelsberger shorthand, named for its creator, is a form of shorthand previously common in Germany and Austria. Created c. 1817 by Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, it was first fully described in the 1834 textbook ''Anleitung zur deutschen Redezeichen ...
(d. 1849)
*
1800 –
Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (d. 1844)
*
1814 –
Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 28th
Governor of New York (d. 1886)
*
1815 –
Federico de Madrazo
Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz (9 February 181510 June 1894) was a Spanish painter.
Biography
Born in Rome, he was the son of José de Madrazo y Agudo, the painter and former Director of the Prado Museum. Federico's grandfather on his mother side ...
, Spanish painter (d.1894)
*
1834 –
Felix Dahn, German lawyer, historian, and author (d. 1912)
*
1826 –
Keʻelikōlani, Hawaiian royal and governor (d. 1883)
*
1837 –
José Burgos, Filipino priest and revolutionary (d. 1872)
*
1839
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The first photograph of the Moon is taken, by French photographer Louis Daguerre.
* January 6 – Night of the Big Wind: Ireland is struck by the most damaging cyclone in 300 years.
* January 9 – ...
–
Silas Adams
Silas Adams (February 9, 1839 – May 5, 1896) was an American attorney and politician from Kentucky who served for one term as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky's 11th congressional district.
Early life and ed ...
, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 1896)
*
1846 –
Wilhelm Maybach
Wilhelm Maybach (; 9 February 1846 – 29 December 1929) was an early German engine designer and industrialist. During the 1890s he was hailed in France, then the world centre for car production, as the "King of Designers".
From the late 19th ce ...
, German engineer and businessman, founded
Maybach
Maybach (, ) is a German luxury car brand that exists today as a part of Mercedes-Benz. The original company was founded in 1909 by Wilhelm Maybach and his son Karl Maybach, originally as a subsidiary of ''Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH'', and ...
(d. 1929)
* 1846 –
Whitaker Wright
James Whitaker Wright (9 February 1846 – 26 January 1904) was a company promoter and swindler, who committed suicide at the Royal Courts of Justice in London immediately following his conviction for fraud.
Early life
The eldest of five child ...
, English businessman and financier (d. 1904)
*
1847 –
Hugh Price Hughes
Hugh Price Hughes (8 February 1847 – 17 November 1902) was a Welsh Protestant clergyman and religious reformer in the Methodist tradition. He served in multiple leadership roles in the Wesleyan Methodist Church. He organised the West London ...
, Welsh-English clergyman and theologian (d. 1902)
*
1854 –
Aletta Jacobs
Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs (; 9 February 1854 – 10 August 1929) was a Dutch physician and women's suffrage activist. As the first woman officially to attend a Dutch university, she became one of the first female physicians in the Netherlands. ...
, Dutch physician and suffrage activist (d. 1929)
*
1856
Events
January–March
* January 8 – Borax deposits are discovered in large quantities by John Veatch in California.
* January 23 – American paddle steamer SS ''Pacific'' leaves Liverpool (England) for a transatlantic voya ...
–
Hara Takashi, Japanese politician, 10th
Prime Minister of Japan
The prime minister of Japan ( Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: ''Naikaku Sōri-Daijin'') is the head of government of Japan. The prime minister chairs the Cabinet of Japan and has the ability to select and dismiss its Ministers of S ...
(d. 1921)
*
1859 –
Akiyama Yoshifuru, Japanese general (d. 1930)
*
1863 –
Anthony Hope
Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was a British novelist and playwright. He was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels but he is remembered predominantly for only two books: '' T ...
, English author and playwright (d. 1933)
*
1864 –
Miina Härma
Miina Härma (born Miina Hermann; 9 February 1864 – 16 November 1941) was an Estonian composer. She was the second Estonian musician with higher education.
Her greatest contribution is perhaps the fact that she took organ music to the c ...
, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1941)
*
1865
Events
January–March
* January 4 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street, in New York City.
* January 13 – American Civil War : Second Battle of Fort Fisher ...
–
Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Beatrice Rose Stella Tanner (9 February 1865 – 9 April 1940), better known by her stage name Mrs Patrick Campbell or Mrs Pat, was an English stage actress, best known for appearing in plays by Shakespeare, Shaw and Barrie. She also toured the ...
, English-French actress (d. 1940)
* 1865 –
Erich von Drygalski
Erich Dagobert von Drygalski (; February 9, 1865 – January 10, 1949) was a German geographer, geophysicist and polar scientist, born in Königsberg, East Prussia.
Between 1882 and 1887, Drygalski studied mathematics and natural science a ...
, German geographer and geophysicist (d. 1949)
*
1867 –
Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (d. 1916)
*
1871
Events January–March
* January 3 – Franco-Prussian War – Battle of Bapaume: Prussians win a strategic victory.
* January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the sout ...
–
Howard Taylor Ricketts
Howard Taylor Ricketts (February 9, 1871 – May 3, 1910) was an American pathologist after whom the family Rickettsiaceae and the order Rickettsiales are named.
He was born in Findlay, Ohio. In the early part of his career, Ricketts undertoo ...
, American pathologist and physician (d. 1910)
*
1874
Events
January–March
* January 1 – New York City annexes The Bronx.
* January 2 – Ignacio María González becomes head of state of the Dominican Republic for the first time.
* January 3 – Third Carlist War &ndash ...
–
Amy Lowell
Amy Lawrence Lowell (February 9, 1874 – May 12, 1925) was an American poet of the imagist school, which promoted a return to classical values. She posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926.
Life
Amy Lowell was born on Febr ...
, American poet, critic, and educator (d. 1925)
*
1876 –
Arthur Edward Moore
Arthur Edward Moore (9 February 1876 – 7 January 1963) was an Australian politician. He was the Country and Progressive National Party Premier of Queensland, from 1929 to 1932. He was the only Queensland Premier not to come from the r ...
, New Zealand-Australian politician, 23rd
Premier of Queensland (d. 1963)
*
1878 –
Jack Kirwan, Irish international footballer (d. 1959)
*
1880 –
Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1959)
*
1883
Events
January–March
* January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States.
* January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people.
* Janua ...
–
Jules Berry
Jules Berry (born Marie Louis Jules Paufichet; 9 February 1883 – 23 April 1951) was a French actor.
Biography
Early life
Berry and his two brothers were born to parents who sold hardware and settled in Poitou. The family moved to Paris in 188 ...
, French actor and director (d. 1951)
*
1885 –
Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator (d. 1935)
* 1885 –
Clarence H. Haring, American historian and author (d. 1960)
*
1889 –
Larry Semon, American actor, producer, director and screenwriter (d. 1928)
*
1891 –
Ronald Colman, English-American actor (d. 1958)
*
1892 –
Peggy Wood, American actress (d. 1978)
*
1893 –
Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek lawyer and politician, 163rd
Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1987)
*
1895 –
Hermann Brill, German lawyer and politician, 8th
Minister-President of Thuringia
The Minister-President of Thuringia, officially the Minister-President of the Free State of Thuringia (german: Ministerpräsident des
Freistaats Thüringen), is the head of government of the German state of Thuringia. The position was re-establ ...
(d. 1959)
*
1896 –
Alberto Vargas, Peruvian-American painter and illustrator (d. 1982)
*
1897 –
Charles Kingsford Smith, Australian captain and pilot (d. 1935)
*
1898 –
Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet and educator (d. 1927)
1901–present
*
1901 –
Brian Donlevy
Waldo Brian Donlevy (February 9, 1901 – April 6, 1972) was an American actor, noted for playing dangerous tough guys from the 1930s to the 1960s. He usually appeared in supporting roles. Among his best-known films are ''Beau Geste'' (193 ...
, American actor (d. 1972)
* 1901 –
James Murray, American actor (d. 1936)
*
1905 –
David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, English hurdler and politician (d. 1981)
*
1906 –
André Kostolany, Hungarian-French economist and journalist (d. 1999)
*
1907 –
Trường Chinh, Vietnamese politician, 4th
President of Vietnam (d. 1988)
* 1907 –
Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter
Harold Scott MacDonald "Donald" Coxeter, (9 February 1907 – 31 March 2003) was a British and later also Canadian geometer. He is regarded as one of the greatest geometers of the 20th century.
Biography
Coxeter was born in Kensington to ...
, English-Canadian mathematician and academic (d. 2003)
*
1909 –
Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson, Scottish historian (d. 2002)
* 1909 –
Heather Angel, English-American actress (d. 1986)
* 1909 –
Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1955)
* 1909 –
Dean Rusk, American colonel and politician, 54th
United States Secretary of State (d. 1994)
*
1910 –
Jacques Monod, French biochemist and geneticist,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (d. 1976)
*
1911
A notable ongoing event was the race for the South Pole.
Events January
* January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia.
* ...
–
William Orlando Darby
Brigadier General William O. Darby (February 8, 1911 – April 30, 1945) was a career United States Army officer who fought in World War II, where he was killed in action at age 34 in Italy. He was posthumously promoted to brigadier general. D ...
, American general (d. 1945)
* 1911 –
Esa Pakarinen, Finnish actor and musician (d. 1989)
*
1912
Events January
* January 1 – The Republic of China is established.
* January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens.
* January 6
** German geophysicist Alfred ...
–
Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th
Yokozuna (d. 1968)
* 1912 –
Ginette Leclerc
Ginette Leclerc (born Geneviève Lucie Menut; February 9, 1912 – January 2, 1992) was a French film actress. She appeared in nearly 90 films between 1932 and 1978. Her last TV appearance was in 1981. She was born in Ile-de-France, France ...
, French actress (d. 1992)
*
1914 –
Ernest Tubb
Ernest Dale Tubb (February 9, 1914 – September 6, 1984), nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, "Walking the Floor Over You" (1941), ...
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1984)
*
1916 –
Tex Hughson
Cecil Carlton Hughson, (February 9, 1916 – August 6, 1993) was a Major League Baseball starting pitcher who played his entire career in the American League with the Boston Red Sox (1941–44, 1946–49). He batted and threw right-handed.
A nat ...
, American baseball player (d. 1993)
*
1918
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide.
Events
Below, the events ...
–
Lloyd Noel Ferguson
Lloyd Noel Ferguson (February 9, 1918 – November 30, 2011) was an American chemist....
Early life
As a child in Oakland, California, Ferguson had a backyard laboratory in which he developed a moth repellent, a silverware cleanser, and a lemo ...
, American chemist (d. 2011)
*
1920
Events January
* January 1
** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20.
** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...
–
Fred Allen
John Florence Sullivan (May 31, 1894 – March 17, 1956), known professionally as Fred Allen, was an American comedian. His absurdist, topically pointed radio program ''The Fred Allen Show'' (1932–1949) made him one of the most popular and for ...
, New Zealand rugby player and coach (d. 2012)
* 1920 –
Enrico Schiavetti, Italian football player (d. 1993)
*
1922
Events
January
* January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes.
* January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...
–
Kathryn Grayson, American actress and soprano (d. 2010)
* 1922 –
Jim Laker
James Charles Laker (9 February 1922 – 23 April 1986) was an English professional cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club from 1946 to 1959 and represented England in 46 Test matches. He was born in Shipley, West Riding of Yo ...
, English international cricketer and broadcaster; holder of world record for most wickets taken in a match (d. 1986)
* 1922 –
C. P. Krishnan Nair, Indian businessman, founded
The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts
The Leela is an Indian luxury hotel chain founded in 1986 by C. P. Krishnan Nair and currently owned by Brookfield Asset Management.
History
The Leela hotels were founded as part of The Leela Group, which was named after the founder C. P. ...
(d. 2014)
* 1922 –
Robert E. Ogren, American zoologist (d. 2005)
*
1923 –
Brendan Behan
Brendan Francis Aidan Behan (christened Francis Behan) ( ; ga, Breandán Ó Beacháin; 9 February 1923 – 20 March 1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and Irish Republican activist who wrote in both English and ...
, Irish rebel, poet, and playwright (d. 1964)
* 1923 –
Tonie Nathan, American radio host, producer, and politician (d. 2014)
*
1925 –
John B. Cobb
John Boswell Cobb, Jr. (born 9 February 1925) is an American theologian, philosopher, and environmentalist. Cobb is often regarded as the preeminent scholar in the field of process philosophy and process theology, the school of thought associ ...
, American philosopher and theologian
* 1925 –
Burkhard Heim
Burkhard Heim (; 9 February 1925 – 14 January 2001) was a German theoretical physicist. He devoted a large portion of his life to the pursuit of his unified field theory, Heim theory. One of his childhood ambitions was to develop a method of s ...
, German physicist and academic (d. 2001)
*
1926 –
Garret FitzGerald, Irish lawyer and politician, 7th
Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 2011)
*
1927 –
Richard A. Long, American historian and author (d. 2013)
*
1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhano ...
–
Frank Frazetta, American painter and illustrator (d. 2010)
* 1928 –
Rinus Michels, Dutch footballer and coach (d. 2005)
* 1928 –
Roger Mudd
Roger Harrison Mudd (February 9, 1928 – March 9, 2021) was an American broadcast journalist who was a correspondent and anchor for CBS News and NBC News. He also worked as the primary anchor for The History Channel. Previously, Mudd was weeke ...
, American journalist (d. 2021)
*
1929 –
A. R. Antulay, Indian social worker and politician, 8th
Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2014)
* 1929 –
Clement Meadmore, Australian-American sculptor (d. 2005)
*
1930 –
Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist and author (d. 2003)
*
1931 –
Thomas Bernhard
Nicolaas Thomas Bernhard (; 9 February 1931 – 12 February 1989) was an Austrian novelist, playwright and poet who explored death, social injustice, and human misery in controversial literature that was deeply pessimistic about modern civiliza ...
, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1989)
* 1931 –
Josef Masopust, Czech footballer and coach (d. 2015)
* 1931 –
Robert Morris, American sculptor and painter (d. 2018)
*
1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hir ...
–
Tatsuro Hirooka, Japanese baseball player and manager
* 1932 –
Gerhard Richter
Gerhard Richter (; born 9 February 1932) is a German visual artist. Richter has produced abstract as well as photorealistic paintings, and also photographs and glass pieces. He is widely regarded as one of the most important contemporary German ...
, German painter and photographer
*
1935 –
Lionel Fanthorpe, English-Welsh priest, journalist, and author
*
1936 –
Clive Swift, English actor and singer-songwriter (d. 2019)
*
1937 –
Clete Boyer
Cletis Leroy "Clete" Boyer (February 9, 1937 – June 4, 2007) was an American professional baseball third baseman — who occasionally played shortstop and second base — in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Athletics (1955–57 ...
, American baseball player and manager (d. 2007)
*
1938 –
Ron Logan,
Disney
The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...
theatrical producer and professor
*
1939 –
Mahala Andrews
Mahala Andrews (9 February 1939 – 27 October 1997) was a British vertebrae palaeontology, palaeontologist who worked for the National Museum of Scotland.
Early years and education
Andrews was born Sheila Mahala Andrews on 9 February 1939 in ...
, British vertebrae palaeontologist (d. 1997)
* 1939 –
Barry Mann, American pianist, songwriter, and producer
* 1939 –
Janet Suzman, South African-British actress and director
*
1940 –
Brian Bennett
Brian Laurence Bennett, (born 9 February 1940) is an English drummer, pianist, composer and producer of popular music. He is best known as the drummer of the UK rock and roll group the Shadows. He is the father of musician and Shadows band me ...
, English drummer and songwriter
* 1940 –
J. M. Coetzee, South African-Australian novelist, essayist, and linguist,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate
*
1941 –
Kermit Gosnell
Kermit Barron Gosnell (born February 9, 1941) is an American former physician and serial killer. He provided abortions at his clinic in West Philadelphia. Gosnell was convicted of the murders of three infants who were born alive after using ...
, American abortionist and serial killer
* 1941 –
Sheila Kuehl, American actress, lawyer, gay rights activist, and politician
*
1942 –
Carole King, American singer-songwriter and pianist
*
1943 –
Barbara Lewis, American soul/R&B singer-songwriter
* 1943 –
Joe Pesci, American actor
* 1943 –
Joseph Stiglitz, American economist and academic,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate
*
1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in ...
–
Derryn Hinch, New Zealand-Australian radio and television host and politician
* 1944 –
Alice Walker, American novelist, short story writer, and poet
*
1945 –
Mia Farrow, American actress, activist, and former fashion model
* 1945 –
Yoshinori Ohsumi, Japanese cell biologist, 2016 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
* 1945 –
Carol Wood, American mathematician and academic
*
1946 –
Bob Eastwood
Robert Fred Eastwood (born February 9, 1946) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous amateur and professional tournaments.
Eastwood was born in Providence, Rhode Island, but spent most of his youth in north-central California. He ...
, American golfer
* 1946 –
Vince Papale, American football player and sportscaster
* 1946 –
Jim Webb, American captain and politician, 18th
United States Secretary of the Navy
*
1947 –
Carla Del Ponte, Swiss lawyer and diplomat
* 1947 –
Joe Ely, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1947 –
Major Harris, American R&B singer (d. 2012)
* 1947 –
Alexis Smirnoff, Canadian-American wrestler and actor (d. 2019)
*
1948 –
Guy Standing, English economist and academic
*
1949 –
Bernard Gallacher, Scottish golfer and journalist
* 1949 –
Judith Light, American actress
*
1950 –
Richard F. Colburn
Richard F. Colburn (born February 9, 1950), a Republican, is a former State Senator for District 37 in Maryland.
Background
Richard Colburn was first elected to the Maryland State Senate in 1994 to represent District 37, which covers Caroline, ...
, American sergeant and politician
*
1951 –
David Pomeranz
David Pomeranz (born February 9, 1951) is an American singer, composer, lyricist, and writer for musical theatre. He is also an ambassador for Operation Smile.
Solo career
Born and raised on Long Island, Pomeranz expressed interest in music from ...
, American singer, musician, and composer
*
1952 –
Danny White
Wilford Daniel White (born February 9, 1952) is a former quarterback and punter for the Dallas Cowboys and an American football coach in the Arena Football League. He has been the color commentator for Cowboys games on Compass Media Networks' ...
, American football player and sportscaster
*
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugosl ...
–
Ciarán Hinds
Ciarán Hinds (; born 9 February 1953) is an Irish actor. Born in Belfast, Hinds is known for a range of screen and stage roles. He has starred in feature films including '' The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover'' (1989), '' Persuasion'' (1 ...
, Irish actor
* 1953 –
Ezechiele Ramin
Ezechiele Ramin, MCCJ ( Padua, Italy, February 9, 1953 – Ji-Paraná, Rondônia, Brazil, July 24, 1985), familiarly known as "Lele" in Italy and "Ezequiel" in Brazil, was an Italian Comboni missionary and artist who was described as a martyr ...
, Italian missionary, priest, and martyr (d. 1985)
* 1953 –
Gabriel Rotello, American journalist and author, founded ''
OutWeek''
*
1954 –
Jo Duffy
Mary Jo Duffy (born February 9, 1954) is an American comic book editor and writer, known for her work for Marvel Comics in the 1980s and DC Comics and Image Comics in the 1990s.
Biography
A native of the New York City area, Duffy attended Well ...
, American author
* 1954 –
Chris Gardner, American businessman and philanthropist
* 1954 –
Kevin Warwick
Kevin Warwick (born 9 February 1954) is an English engineer and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at Coventry University. He is known for his studies on direct interfaces between computer systems and the human nervous system, and has also don ...
, English cybernetics scientist
*
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangs ...
–
Jerry Beck, American historian and author
* 1955 –
Jimmy Pursey, English singer-songwriter and producer
* 1955 –
Charles Shaughnessy, English actor
*
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...
–
Mookie Wilson
William Hayward "Mookie" Wilson (born February 9, 1956) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder and coach remembered as the Met who hit the ground ball that rolled through Bill Buckner's legs in the bottom of the 10th inning of g ...
, American baseball player and coach
*
1957 –
Terry McAuliffe, American businessman and politician, 72nd
Governor of Virginia
The governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia serves as the head of government of Virginia for a four-year term. The incumbent, Glenn Youngkin, was sworn in on January 15, 2022.
Oath of office
On inauguration day, the Governor-elect takes th ...
* 1957 –
Gordon Strachan
Gordon David Strachan ( born 9 February 1957) is a Scottish former football coach and player. He played for Dundee, Aberdeen, Manchester United, Leeds United and Coventry City, as well as the Scotland national team. He has since managed Co ...
, Scottish footballer and manager
*
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
–
Sandy Lyle, Scottish golfer
* 1958 –
Chris Nilan, American ice hockey player, coach, and radio host
*
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
–
Holly Johnson, English singer-songwriter and bass player
* 1960 –
David Simon, American journalist, author, screenwriter, and television producer
* 1960 –
Peggy Whitson, American biochemist and astronaut
*
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 (K ...
–
John Kruk, American baseball player and sportscaster
*
1962 –
Anik Bissonnette, Canadian ballerina
*
1963 –
Brian Greene
Brian Randolph Greene (born February 9, 1963) is a American theoretical physicist, mathematician, and string theorist. Greene was a physics professor at Cornell University from 19901995, and has been a professor at Columbia University sinc ...
, American physicist
* 1963 –
Peter Rowsthorn, Australian comedian and actor
* 1963 –
Travis Tritt
James Travis Tritt (born February 9, 1963) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1989, releasing seven studio albums and a greatest hits package for the label between then and 1999. In the 20 ...
, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
*
1964 –
Debrah Miceli, Italian-American wrestler and manager
* 1964 –
Dewi Morris
Dewi Morris (born ) is a former rugby union footballer, who played scrum half for England.
Morris was born in Crickhowell, Breconshire, Wales, and graduated from Crewe & Alsager College. He made his England debut in 1988, as a twenty-four ye ...
, English rugby player
* 1964 –
Alejandro Ávila, Mexican telenovela actor
* 1964 –
Ernesto Valverde, Spanish footballer and manager
*
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in for a full term ...
–
Dieter Baumann, German runner
*
1966 –
Harald Eia
Harald Meldal Eia (born 9 February 1966) is a Norwegian comedian, and sociologist. In recent years, Eia has also made TV-documentaries and written books.
Eia became a household name in Norway in the mid-90s and has since then been one of co ...
, Norwegian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
*
1967 –
Todd Pratt, American baseball player and coach
* 1967 –
Dan Shulman
Daniel Shulman is a Canadian sportscaster with Sportsnet as well as the American network ESPN.
Shulman serves as a play-by-play announcer for select Toronto Blue Jays telecasts on Sportsnet and during 2018 and 2020 he hosted the baseball-th ...
, Canadian sportscaster
* 1967 –
Gaston Browne, Antiguan and Barbudan Prime Minister
*
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* J ...
–
Alejandra Guzmán, Mexican singer-songwriter and actress
* 1968 –
Derek Strong
Derek Lamar Strong (born February 9, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player who played in ten National Basketball Association (NBA) seasons from 1991 to 2001 for six different teams. A 6'8" forward from Xavier University, Stro ...
, American basketball player and race car driver
* 1968 –
Gloria Trevi, Mexican singer and actress
*
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
–
Jimmy Smith, American football player
*
1970 –
Glenn McGrath, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
*
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses ( February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
J ...
–
Matt Gogel, American golfer
* 1971 –
Johan Mjällby
Karl Johan Siward Mjällby (; born 9 February 1971) is a Swedish football manager and former professional player who played as a centre back. He represented AIK, Celtic, and Levante during a career that spanned between 1989 and 2006. A full in ...
, Swedish footballer and manager
*
1972 –
Darren Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager
*
1973 –
Svetlana Boginskaya, Belarusian gymnast
* 1973 –
Colin Egglesfield
Colin Egglesfield (born February 9, 1973) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Josh Madden in the long-running soap opera ''All My Children'', Auggie Kirkpatrick on The CW's short-lived drama series ''Melrose Place'', and Evan Parks ...
, American actor
* 1973 –
Makoto Shinkai, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter
*
1974 –
Jordi Cruyff, Dutch footballer and manager
* 1974 –
Brad Maynard
Bradley Alan Maynard (born February 9, 1974) is a former American football punter. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the third round of the 1997 NFL Draft, and has also been a member of the Chicago Bears, Houston Texans, and the Cleveland ...
, American football player
* 1974 –
Amber Valletta, American model
* 1974 –
John Wallace, American basketball player and coach
*
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
–
Kurt Asle Arvesen, Norwegian cyclist and coach
* 1975 –
Clinton Grybas
Clinton Andrew Grybas (9 February 1975 – 5 January 2008) was a leading Australian rules football and sports radio and television commentator.
Career
His media career began at the South East Melbourne Magic basketball team as club journalist ...
, Australian journalist and sportscaster (d. 2008)
* 1975 –
Vladimir Guerrero
Vladimir Alvino Guerrero Sr. (born February 9, 1975), nicknamed "Vlad the Impaler", is a Dominican former professional baseball player who spent 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right fielder and designated hitter. He played fo ...
, Dominican-American baseball player
*
1976 –
Charlie Day, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
*
1978 –
A. J. Buckley
Alan John Buckley (born 9 February 1977) is an Irish-Canadian actor. He is known for playing nerdy crime lab technician Adam Ross on the television series ''CSI: NY'' (2005–2013) and Navy SEAL Sonny Quinn on the television series '' SEAL Tea ...
, Irish-Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
*
1979 –
Akinori Iwamura, Japanese baseball player
* 1979 –
Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater
*
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – In ...
–
Angelos Charisteas, Greek footballer
* 1980 –
Margarita Levieva
Margarita Vladimirovna Levieva (russian: Маргари́та Влади́мировна Леви́ева; born 9 February 1980) is a Russian-American actress.
Early life
Levieva was born in then Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, ...
, Russian-American actress
* 1980 –
Manu Raju, American journalist
*
1981 –
Tom Hiddleston, English actor, producer, and musical performer
* 1981 –
Daisuke Sekimoto, Japanese wrestler
*
1982 –
Domingo Cisma, Spanish footballer
* 1982 –
Jameer Nelson
Jameer Lamar Nelson Sr. (born February 9, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player who serves as assistant general manager for the Delaware Blue Coats of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Saint Joseph's H ...
, American basketball player
* 1982 –
Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
* 1982 –
Chris Weale, English footballer and manager
*
1983 –
Mikel Arruabarrena
Mikel Arruabarrena Aranbide (born 9 February 1983) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward, currently manager of Tolosa CF.
Club career
Born in Tolosa, Basque Country, Arruabarrena had stints with local gia ...
, Spanish footballer
*
1984 –
Maurice Ager, American basketball player, singer, and producer
* 1984 –
Shōhōzan Yūya, Japanese sumo wrestler
*
1985 –
David Gallagher, American actor
*
1987 –
Michael B. Jordan, American actor
* 1987 –
Davide Lanzafame, Italian footballer
* 1987 –
Magdalena Neuner
Magdalena "Lena" Neuner (; since her 2014 marriage legally Magdalena Holzer; born 9 February 1987) is a retired German professional biathlete. She is the most successful woman of all time at Biathlon World Championships and a two-time Olympic ...
, German biathlete
*
1989
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
–
Maxime Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian skier
*
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...
–
Tariq Sims
Tariq ( ar, طارق) is an Arabic word and given name.
Etymology
The word is derived from the Arabic verb , ('), meaning "to strike", and into the agentive conjugated doer form , ('), meaning "striker". It became popular as a name after Tariq ...
, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
*
1992 –
Kyle Feldt
Kyle Feldt (born 9 February 1992) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL.
Feldt has played for the Prime Minister's XIII, and was a member of the Cowboys' 2015 NR ...
, Australian rugby league player
* 1992 –
Avan Jogia, Canadian actor
*
1993 –
Despina Papamichail, Greek tennis player
*
1995 –
André Burakovsky
André Burakovsky (also stylized as Burakowsky; born 9 February 1995) is an Austrian-born Swedish professional ice hockey forward for the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the Washington Capitals, w ...
, Swedish ice hockey player
* 1995 –
Mario Pašalić, Croatian footballer
*
1996 –
Chungha
Kim Chung-ha (, born Kim Chan-mi []; February 9, 1996), known mononym, mononymously as Chungha (stylized as CHUNG HA), is a South Korean Pop music, pop singer, dancer and choreographer signed under MNH Entertainment. She finished fourth in Mn ...
, South Korean singer
*
1997
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...
–
Valentini Grammatikopoulou, Greek tennis player
*
1998 –
Cem Bölükbaşı, Turkish racing driver and former sim racer
*
1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...
–
Shonte Seale
Shonte Seale (born 9 February 1999) is a Barbadian netball player who represents Barbados internationally and plays in the positions of wing defense, goal defense and goal keeper. She made her maiden World Cup appearance representing Barbados at ...
, Barbadian netball player
Deaths
Pre-1600
*
966
Year 966 ( CMLXVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* 23 June - Byzantine-Arab War: A prisoner exchange occurs at the border betwee ...
–
Ono no Michikaze, Japanese calligrapher (b. 894)
*
967
Year 967 ( CMLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Spring – Emperor Otto I (the Great) calls for a council at Rome, to present the ne ...
–
Sayf al-Dawla, emir of Aleppo (b. 916)
*
978 –
Luitgarde, duchess consort of
Normandy
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...
*
1011 –
Bernard I, Duke of Saxony
Bernard I (c. 950 – 9 February 1011) was the Duke of Saxony between 973 and 1011, the second of the Billung dynasty, a son of Duke Herman and Oda. He extended his father's power considerably.
He fought the Danes in 974, 983, and 994 during the ...
*
1014 –
Yang Yanzhao, Chinese general
*
1135 –
Tai Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 1075)
*
1199 –
Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shōgun (b. 1147)
*
1251 –
Matthias II, duke of Lorraine
*
1407
Year 1407 (Roman numerals, MCDVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* April 10 – Sino-Tibetan relations during the Ming dynasty#Religio ...
–
William I, margrave of Meissen (b. 1343)
*
1450 –
Agnès Sorel, French mistress of
Charles VII of France (b. 1421)
*
1555 –
John Hooper, English bishop and martyr (b. 1495)
* 1555 –
Rowland Taylor, English priest and martyr (b. 1510)
*
1588 –
Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral (b. 1526)
*
1600 –
John Frederick, Duke of Pomerania (b. 1542)
1601–1900
*
1619
Events
January–June
* January 12 – James I of England's Banqueting House, Whitehall in London is destroyed by fire."Fires, Great", in ''The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Conne ...
–
Lucilio Vanini
Lucilio Vanini (15859 February 1619), who, in his works, styled himself Giulio Cesare Vanini, was an Italian philosopher, physician and free-thinker, who was one of the first significant representatives of intellectual libertinism. He was amon ...
, Italian physician and philosopher (b. 1585)
*
1670 –
Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609)
*
1675
Events
January–March
* January 5 – Franco-Dutch War – Battle of Turckheim: The French defeat Austria and Brandenburg.
* January 29 – John Sassamon, an English-educated Native American Christian, dies at A ...
–
Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter (b. 1613)
*
1709 –
François Louis, Prince of Conti (b. 1664)
*
1777 –
Seth Pomeroy
Seth Pomeroy (May 20, 1706 – February 19, 1777) was an American gunsmith and soldier from Northampton, Massachusetts. His military service included the French and Indian War and the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. He fought as ...
, American general and gunsmith (b. 1706)
*
1803 –
Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French soldier, poet, and philosopher (b. 1716)
*
1857
Events January–March
* January 1 – The biggest Estonian newspaper, ''Postimees'', is established by Johann Voldemar Jannsen.
* January 7 – The partly French-owned London General Omnibus Company begins operating.
* Jan ...
–
Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet and translator (b. 1798)
*
1874
Events
January–March
* January 1 – New York City annexes The Bronx.
* January 2 – Ignacio María González becomes head of state of the Dominican Republic for the first time.
* January 3 – Third Carlist War &ndash ...
–
Jules Michelet, French historian, philosopher, and academic (b. 1798)
*
1881 –
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (b. 1821)
*
1891 –
Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
1901–present
*
1903 –
Charles Gavan Duffy
Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, KCMG, PC (12 April 1816 – 9 February 1903), was an Irish poet and journalist (editor of ''The Nation''), Young Irelander and tenant-rights activist. After emigrating to Australia in 1856 he entered the politics of ...
, Irish-Australian politician, 8th
Premier of Victoria (b. 1816)
*
1906 –
Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1872)
*
1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhano ...
–
William Gillies
William Gillies (1865–1932) was a Scottish patriot and a socialist. He helped to form the Scots National League, which joined with other bodies to form the National Party of Scotland, which in turn evolved into the Scottish National Party (SNP ...
, Australian politician, 21st
Premier of Queensland (b. 1868)
*
1930 –
Richard With, Norwegian captain and businessman, founded
Hurtigruten (b. 1846)
*
1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hir ...
–
Junnosuke Inoue
was a Japanese financier and statesman of the Taisho and Showa eras. He was the 9th and 11th Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ).
Biography
Inoue was born in Ōita Prefecture. A graduate of the Imperial University of Tokyo. In 1896, he entere ...
, Japanese businessman and banker (b. 1869)
* 1932 –
A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi soldier and activist (b. 1904)
*
1942 –
Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish politician, 2nd
President of Finland (b. 1883)
*
1945 –
Ella D. Barrier, American educator (b. 1852)
*
1950 –
Ted Theodore
Edward Granville Theodore (29 December 1884 – 9 February 1950) was an Australian politician who served as Premier of Queensland from 1919 to 1925, as leader of the state Labor Party. He later entered federal politics, serving as Treasurer in ...
, Australian politician, 20th
Premier of Queensland (b. 1884)
*
1951 –
Eddy Duchin, American pianist, bandleader, and actor (b. 1910)
*
1957 –
Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and politician,
Regent of Hungary (b. 1868)
*
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
–
Alexandre Benois, Russian painter and critic (b. 1870)
* 1960 –
Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1877)
*
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in for a full term ...
–
Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, Bangladeshi theologian and educator (b. 1874)
*
1966 –
Sophie Tucker, Russian-born American singer (b. 1884)
*
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
–
George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor and singer (b. 1885)
*
1976 –
Percy Faith, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1908)
*
1977 –
Sergey Ilyushin, Russian engineer and businessman, founded the
Ilyushin Design Company (b. 1894)
*
1978 –
Costante Girardengo
Costante Girardengo (; 18 March 1893 – 9 February 1978) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, considered by many to be one of the finest riders in the history of the sport. He was the first rider to be declared a "Campionissimo" or "c ...
, Italian cyclist and coach (b. 1893)
*
1979 –
Allen Tate, American poet and academic (b. 1899)
*
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – In ...
–
Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1900)
*
1981 –
M. C. Chagla
Mahomedali Currim Chagla (30 September 1900 – 9 February 1981) was an Indian jurist, diplomat, and Cabinet Minister who served as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court from 1947 to 1958.
Early life and education
Born on 30 September 19 ...
, Indian jurist and politician,
Indian Minister of External Affairs (b. 1900)
* 1981 –
Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
*
1984 –
Yuri Andropov
Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (– 9 February 1984) was the sixth paramount leader of the Soviet Union and the fourth General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. After Leonid Brezhnev's 18-year rule, Andropov served in the ...
, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
*
1989
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
–
Osamu Tezuka, Japanese illustrator, animator, and producer (b. 1928)
*
1994
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...
–
Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (b. 1934)
*
1995 –
J. William Fulbright, American lawyer and politician (b. 1905)
* 1995 –
Kalevi Keihänen, Finnish entrepreneur (b. 1924)
[Nuorteva, Kristiina]
Kalevi Keihänen's obituary
'' Helsingin Sanomat'' 9 February 1995. Accessed on 13 February 2019.
* 1995 –
David Wayne
David Wayne (born Wayne James McMeekan, January 30, 1914 – February 9, 1995) was an American stage and screen actor with a career spanning over 50 years.
Early life and career
Wayne was born in Traverse City, Michigan, the son of Helen M ...
, American actor (b. 1914)
*
1998 –
Maurice Schumann, French journalist and politician,
French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1911)
*
2001 –
Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist, economist, and academic,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (b. 1916)
*
2002 –
Isabelle Holland, Swiss-American author (b. 1920)
* 2002 –
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (b. 1930)
*
2003 –
Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda, Japanese-Turkish mathematician and academic (b. 1926)
*
2004 –
Claude Ryan, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1925)
*
2005 –
Robert Kearns, American engineer, invented the
windscreen wiper (b. 1927)
*
2006 –
Freddie Laker, English pilot and businessman, founded
Laker Airways (b. 1922)
*
2007 –
Hank Bauer
Henry Albert Bauer (July 31, 1922 – February 9, 2007) was an American right fielder and manager in Major League Baseball. He played with the New York Yankees (–) and Kansas City Athletics (–); he batted and threw right-handed. He served as ...
, American baseball player and manager (b. 1922)
* 2007 –
Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (b. 1934)
*
2008
File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
–
Christopher Hyatt, American occultist and author (b. 1943)
* 2008 –
Carm Lino Spiteri
Carm Lino Spiteri (9 September 1932 – 9 February 2008), also known by his nickname ''Iċ-Ċumpaqq'', was a Maltese architect and politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives with the Nationalist Party between 1971 and 1987, a ...
, Maltese architect and politician (b. 1932)
* 2008 –
Jazeh Tabatabai, Iranian painter, poet, and sculptor (b. 1931)
*
2009 –
Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Cuban bassist and composer (b. 1933)
*
2010 –
Walter Frederick Morrison, American businessman, invented the
Frisbee (b. 1920)
*
2011 –
Miltiadis Evert
Miltiadis Evert ( el, Μιλτιάδης Έβερτ; german: Ebert; 12 May 1939 – 9 February 2011) was a Greek politician, a member of Parliament, government minister, and ex-chairman of the New Democracy party.
Origins
Evert was born in Athe ...
, Greek lawyer and politician, 69th
Mayor of Athens (b. 1939)
*
2012 –
O. P. Dutta, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
* 2012 –
John Hick, English philosopher and academic (b. 1922)
* 2012 –
Joe Moretti, Scottish-South African guitarist and songwriter (b. 1938)
*
2013
File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...
–
Richard Artschwager, American painter, illustrator, and sculptor (b. 1923)
* 2013 –
Keiko Fukuda, Japanese-American martial artist and trainer (b. 1913)
* 2013 –
Jimmy Smyth, Irish hurler (b. 1931)
*
2014
File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wa ...
–
Gabriel Axel
Axel Gabriel Erik Mørch better known as Gabriel Axel (18 April 1918 – 9 February 2014)Ronald Berganbr>Obituary: Gabriel Axel ''The Guardian'', 10 February 2014 was a Danish film director, actor, writer and producer, best known for '' Bab ...
, Danish actor, director, and producer (b. 1918)
* 2014 –
Hal Herring
Harold Moreland "Hal" Herring (February 24, 1924 – February 9, 2014) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Auburn University and professionally as a center and linebacker for the Buffalo Bills in the All ...
, American football player and coach (b. 1924)
* 2014 –
Logan Scott-Bowden
Major general (United Kingdom), Major General Logan Scott-Bowden, (21 February 1920 – 9 February 2014) was a British army officer. A Royal Engineers officer during World War II, he was the first commander of the Ulster Defence Regiment. Reti ...
, English general (b. 1920)
*
2015 –
Liu Han, Chinese businessman and philanthropist (b. 1965)
* 2015 –
Ed Sabol
Edwin Milton Sabol (September 11, 1916 – February 9, 2015) was an American filmmaker and the founder (with his son Steve Sabol, among others) of NFL Films. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2011 as a contributor due to his wor ...
, American film producer, co-founded
NFL Films (b. 1916)
*
2016 –
Sushil Koirala, Nepalese politician, 37th
Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1939)
* 2016 –
Zdravko Tolimir, Bosnian Serb military commander (b. 1948)
*
2017 –
André Salvat, French Army colonel (b. 1920)
*
2018
File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...
–
Reg E. Cathey, American actor of stage, film, and television (b. 1958)
* 2018 –
Jóhann Jóhannsson
Jóhann Gunnar Jóhannsson (; 19 September 1969 – 9 February 2018) was an Icelandic composer who wrote music for a wide array of media including theatre, dance, television, and film. His work is stylised by its blending of traditional orchest ...
, Icelandic composer (b. 1969)
* 2018 –
John Gavin, American actor and
United States ambassador to Mexico (b. 1931)
*
2021 –
Chick Corea, American jazz composer (b. 1941)
* 2022 –
Johnny Raper, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1939)
Holidays and observances
*
Alto of Altomünster
*
Blessed
Blessed may refer to:
* The state of having received a blessing
* Blessed, a title assigned by the Roman Catholic Church to someone who has been beatified
Film and television
* ''Blessed'' (2004 film), a 2004 motion picture about a supernatural ...
Anne Catherine Emmerich
Anne Catherine Emmerich (also ''Anna Katharina Emmerick''; 8 September 1774 – 9 February 1824) was a Roman Catholic Augustinian Canoness Regular of Windesheim, mystic, Marian visionary, ecstatic and stigmatist.
She was born in Flamsch ...
*
Ansbert of Rouen
Ansbert (died c. 695), sometimes called Ansbert of Chaussy, was a Frankish monk, abbot and bishop of Rouen, today regarded as a saint in the Catholic Church.
Early life
Ansbert was born at Chaussy-sur-Epte, a village in the Norman historical a ...
*
Apollonia
*
Bracchio
*
Einion the King (
Western Orthodoxy
Western Rite Orthodoxy, also called Western Orthodoxy or the Orthodox Western Rite, are congregations within the Eastern Orthodox tradition which perform their liturgy in Western forms.
Besides altered versions of the Tridentine Mass, congr ...
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Blessed
Blessed may refer to:
* The state of having received a blessing
* Blessed, a title assigned by the Roman Catholic Church to someone who has been beatified
Film and television
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Leopold of Alpandeire
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Maron (
Maronite Church)
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Miguel Febres Cordero
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Nebridius
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Sabinus of Canosa
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Teilo (
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...
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*February 9 is the earliest day on which
Clean Monday
Clean Monday ( el, Καθαρά Δευτέρα), also known as Pure Monday, Ash Monday, Monday of Lent or Green Monday, is the first day of Great Lent throughout Eastern Christianity and is a moveable feast, falling on the 6th Monday before ...
can fall, while March 15 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of Great Lent. (
Eastern Christianity)
*February 9 is the earliest day on which
People's Sunday
The People's Sunday celebrations are held on the first Sunday of Lent at Żabbar, Malta, popularly known as Ħadd in-Nies, are living recollections of the centuries-old devotion to Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Graces (''Il-Madonna tal-Grazzja' ...
can fall, while March 15 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday of Lent. (
Malta
Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...
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St. Maroun's Day (public holiday in
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus lie ...
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