Events
Pre-1600
*
660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by
Emperor Jimmu.
*
55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire ruled the Mediterranean and much of Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. The Roman people, Romans conquered most of this during the Roman Republic, Republic, and it was ruled by emperors following Octavian's assumption of ...
, on the eve of his coming of age clears the way for
Nero
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68) was a Roman emperor and the final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 until his ...
to become Emperor.
*
951 –
Guo Wei, a court official, leads a military coup and declares himself emperor of the new
Later Zhou.
*
1144 –
Robert of Chester completes his translation from
Arabic
Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...
to
Latin
Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...
of the ''
Liber de compositione alchemiae'', marking the birth of Western
alchemy.
*
1534 – At the
Convocation of Canterbury, the Catholic bishops comprising the Upper House of the
Province of Canterbury agree to style
Henry VIII supreme head of the English church and clergy "so far as the law of Christ allows".
*
1584 – A naval expedition led by
Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa founds
Nombre de Jesús, the first of two short-lived
Spanish settlements in the Strait of Magellan.
*
1586 – Sir
Francis Drake with an English force
captures and occupies the Spanish colonial port of
Cartagena de Indias for two months, obtaining a ransom and booty.
1601–1900
*
1659 –
The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
*
1794 – First session of
United States Senate opens to the public.
*
1808 –
Jesse Fell burns
anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
*
1812 –
Massachusetts governor
Elbridge Gerry is accused of "
gerrymandering" for the first time.
*
1823 –
Carnival tragedy of 1823: About 110 boys are killed during a
human crush at the
Convent of the Minori Osservanti in
Valletta,
Malta.
*
1826 –
University College London is founded as
University of London.
*
1840 –
Gaetano Donizetti's opera ''
La fille du régiment'' receives its first performance in Paris, France.
*
1843 –
Giuseppe Verdi's opera ''
I Lombardi alla prima crociata'' receives its first performance in
Milan
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...
, Italy.
*
1855 – Kassa Hailu is crowned
Tewodros II,
Emperor of Ethiopia
The emperor of Ethiopia (, "King of Kings"), also known as the Atse (, "emperor"), was the hereditary monarchy, hereditary ruler of the Ethiopian Empire, from at least the 13th century until the abolition of the monarchy in 1975. The emperor w ...
.
*
1856 – The Kingdom of
Awadh is annexed by the British
East India Company and
Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh, is deposed.
*
1858 –
Bernadette Soubirous's first
vision of the
Blessed Virgin Mary occurs in
Lourdes, France.
*
1861 –
American Civil War: The
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Artic ...
unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with
slavery in any
state.
*
1873 – King
Amadeo I of Spain abdicates, triggering the proclamation of the
First Spanish Republic.
*
1889 – The
Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
1901–present
*
1903 –
Anton Bruckner's
9th Symphony receives its first performance in
Vienna, Austria.
*
1906 –
Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical ''
Vehementer Nos''.
*
1919 –
Friedrich Ebert (
SPD), is elected
President of Germany.
*
1929 – The
Kingdom of Italy and the
Vatican sign the
Lateran Treaty.
*
1933 –
LAPD Red Squad raid on John Reed Club art show in the U.S. results in the destruction of a dozen political artworks.
*
1937 – The
Flint sit-down strike ends when
General Motors recognizes the
United Auto Workers trade union.
*
1938 –
BBC Television produces the world's first ever
science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the
Karel Čapek play ''
R.U.R.'', that coined the term "
robot
A robot is a machine—especially one Computer program, programmable by a computer—capable of carrying out a complex series of actions Automation, automatically. A robot can be guided by an external control device, or the robot control, co ...
".
*
1942 –
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
: Second day of the
Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in
Singapore.
*
1946
1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th centur ...
– The
New Testament
The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus, as well as events relating to Christianity in the 1st century, first-century Christianit ...
of the
Revised Standard Version of the
Bible, the first significant challenge to the
Authorized King James Version, is published.
*
1953 –
Cold War: U.S. President
Dwight D. Eisenhower denies all appeals for clemency for
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
* 1953 –
Israeli-Soviet relations are severed.
*
1959 – The
Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a
protectorate of the United Kingdom.
*
1963 —
The Beatles recorded their first album ''
Please Please Me''
*
1970 – Japan launches ''
Ohsumi'', becoming the fourth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
*
1971 – Cold War: the
Seabed Arms Control Treaty opened for signature outlawing
nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in
international waters.
*
1978 –
Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314 crashes at the
Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport in
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada with 42 deaths and seven survivors.
*
1979 – The
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution (, ), also known as the 1979 Revolution, or the Islamic Revolution of 1979 (, ) was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution led to the replacement of the Impe ...
establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
*
1990 –
Nelson Mandela is released from
Victor Verster Prison outside
Cape Town
Cape Town is the legislature, legislative capital city, capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. Cape Town is the country's List of municipalities in South Africa, second-largest ...
, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
* 1990 –
Buster Douglas, a 42:1 underdog,
knocks out Mike Tyson in ten rounds at Tokyo to win
boxing
Boxing is a combat sport and martial art. Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective equipment, such as boxing glove, protective gloves, hand wraps, and mouthguards – throwing Punch (combat), punch ...
's world Heavyweight title.
*
1997 –
Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' is launched on a
mission to service the
Hubble Space Telescope.
*
1999 –
Pluto crosses Neptune's orbit, ending a nearly 20-year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune's orbit again until 2231.
*
2000 –
Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'' is launched on
STS-99 to conduct the
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
*
2001 – A Dutch programmer launched the
Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of
emails via a trick photo of the
tennis star.
*
2008 – Rebel
East Timorese soldiers
seriously wound President
José Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader
Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.
*
2011 –
Arab Spring: The
first wave of the
Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of
Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 17 days of protests.
*
2013 – The Vatican confirmed that
Pope Benedict XVI would
resign the papacy as a result of his advanced age.
* 2013 – Militants claiming to be from the
Sultanate of Sulu invade
Lahad Datu District,
Sabah, Malaysia, beginning the
Lahad Datu standoff.
*
2014 – A military transport
plane crashes in a mountainous area of
Oum El Bouaghi Province in eastern
Algeria, killing 77 people.
*
2015 – A university student was
murdered as she resisted an attempted rape in
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
, sparking nationwide protests and public outcry against harassment and
violence against women.
*
2016 – A man
shoots seven people dead at an education center in
Jizan Province, Saudi Arabia.
*
2017 –
North Korea test fires a ballistic missile across the
Sea of Japan.
*
2018 –
Saratov Airlines Flight 703 crashes near
Moscow
Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...
, Russia with 71 deaths and no survivors.
*
2020 –
COVID-19 pandemic: The
World Health Organization officially names the coronavirus outbreak as
COVID-19, with the virus being designated
SARS-CoV-2.
*
2024 –
2024 Finnish presidential election:
Alexander Stubb is elected as the
13th president of Finland.
Births
Pre-1600
*
1380 –
Poggio Bracciolini, Italian scholar and translator (died 1459)
*
1466 –
Elizabeth of York (died 1503)
*
1535 –
Pope Gregory XIV (died 1591)
*
1568 –
Honoré d'Urfé, French author and playwright (died 1625)
1601–1900
*
1649 –
William Carstares, Scottish minister and academic (died 1715)
*
1657 –
Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, French poet and playwright (died 1757)
*
1708 –
Egidio Duni, Italian composer (died 1775)
*
1764 –
Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet and playwright (died 1811)
*
1776 –
Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek politician, 1st
Governor of Greece (died 1831)
*
1800 –
Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer and politician, invented the
calotype (died 1877)
*
1802 –
Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (died 1880)
*
1805 –
Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, Native American-French Canadian explorer (died 1866)
*
1812 –
Alexander H. Stephens, American lawyer and politician,
Vice President of the Confederate States of America (died 1883)
*
1813 –
Otto Ludwig, German author, playwright, and critic (died 1865)
*
1821 –
Auguste Mariette, French archaeologist and scholar (died 1881)
*
1830 –
Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff, Prussian pianist and composer (died 1913)
*
1833 –
Melville Fuller, American lawyer and jurist, 8th
Chief Justice of the United States (died 1910)
*
1839 –
Josiah Willard Gibbs, American physicist (died 1903)
*
1845 –
Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman soldier and politician,
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (died 1936)
*
1847 –
Thomas Edison, American engineer and businessman, developed the
light bulb and
phonograph (died 1931)
*
1855 –
Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (died 1940)
*
1860 –
Rachilde, French author and playwright (died 1953)
*
1863 –
John F. Fitzgerald, American politician;
Mayor of Boston (died 1950)
*
1864 –
Louis Bouveault, French chemist (died 1909)
*
1869 –
Helene Kröller-Müller, German-Dutch art collector and philanthropist, founded the
Kröller-Müller Museum (died 1939)
* 1869 –
Else Lasker-Schüler, German poet and author (died 1945)
*
1874 –
Elsa Beskow, Swedish author and illustrator (died 1953)
*
1877 –
Aasa Helgesen, Norwegian midwife (died 1968)
*
1881 –
Carlo Carrà, Italian painter (died 1966)
*
1888 –
John Warren Davis, American educator, college administrator, and civil rights leader (died 1980)
*
1897 –
Emil Leon Post, Polish-American mathematician and logician (died 1954)
*
1898 –
Leo Szilard, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (died 1964)
*
1900 –
Ellen Broe, Danish nurse, pioneer in nursing education (died 1994)
* 1900 –
Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher and scholar (died 2002)
* 1900 –
Jōsei Toda, Japanese educator and activist (died 1958)
1901–present
*
1902 –
Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect, designed
Radisson Blu Royal Hotel (died 1971)
*
1904 –
Keith Holyoake, New Zealand farmer and politician, 26th
Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1983)
* 1904 –
Lucile Randon, French
supercentenarian (died 2023)
*
1908 –
Philip Dunne, American screenwriter (died 1992)
* 1908 –
Vivian Fuchs, English explorer (died 1999)
*
1909 –
Max Baer, American boxer and actor (died 1959)
* 1909 –
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1993)
*
1912 –
Rudolf Firkušný, Czech-American pianist and educator (died 1994)
*
1914 –
Matt Dennis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2002)
* 1914 –
Josh White, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1969)
*
1915 –
Patrick Leigh Fermor, English soldier, author, and scholar (died 2011)
* 1915 –
Richard Hamming, American mathematician and academic (died 1998)
*
1917 –
Sidney Sheldon, American author and screenwriter (died 2007)
*
1919 –
Eva Gabor, Hungarian-American actress (died 1995)
*
1920 –
Farouk of Egypt (died 1965)
* 1920 –
Daniel F. Galouye, American author (died 1976)
* 1920 –
Billy Halop, American actor (died 1976)
* 1920 –
Daniel James, Jr., American general and pilot (died 1978)
*
1921 –
Lloyd Bentsen, American politician, 69th
United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 2006)
* 1921 –
Ottavio Missoni, Italian hurdler and fashion designer, founded
Missoni (died 2013)
*
1923 –
Antony Flew, English philosopher and academic (died 2010)
*
1924 –
Budge Patty, American tennis player (died 2021)
*
1925 –
Virginia E. Johnson, American psychologist and academic (died 2013)
* 1925 –
Kim Stanley, American actress (died 2001)
*
1926 –
Paul Bocuse, French chef (died 2018)
* 1926 –
Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor and producer (died 2010)
*
1930 –
Roy De Forest, American painter and academic (died 2007).
* 1930 –
Mary Quant, British fashion designer (died 2023)
[The Mary Quant exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2019–20 stated her year of birth as 1930, and that she became a student at Goldsmiths College around 1950. However, the sleeve to her own autobiography (2012) gives the year as 1934, a date that has been widely cited over the years. Obituaries in April 2023 seemed universally to have accepted that she was 93 when she died: in other words, that she was born on 11 February 1930.]
*
1932 –
Dennis Skinner, English miner and politician
*
1934 –
Mel Carnahan, American lawyer and politician, 51st
Governor of Missouri (died 2000)
* 1934 –
Tina Louise, American actress and singer
* 1934 –
Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and politician,
Military leader of Panama (died 2017)
* 1934 –
David Taylor, English veterinarian and television host (died 2013)
*
1935 –
Gene Vincent, American singer and guitarist (died 1971)
*
1936 –
Burt Reynolds, American actor and director (died 2018)
*
1937 –
Ian Gow, British politician (died 1990)
* 1937 –
Bill Lawry, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
* 1937 –
Eddie Shack, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2020)
* 1937 –
Phillip Walker, American singer and guitarist (died 2010)
*
1938 –
Bevan Congdon, New Zealand cricketer (died 2018)
*
1939 –
Gerry Goffin, American songwriter (died 2014)
*
1940 –
Calvin Fowler, American basketball player (died 2013)
*
1941 –
Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian pianist and composer (died 2024)
*
1942 –
Otis Clay, American singer-songwriter (died 2016)
*
1943 –
Joselito, Spanish singer and actor
* 1943 –
Alan Rubin, American trumpet player (died 2011)
*
1944 –
Mike Oxley, American lawyer and politician (died 2016)
* 1944 –
Joy Williams, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist
*
1946
1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th centur ...
–
Ian Porterfield, Scottish footballer and manager (died 2007)
*
1947 –
Yukio Hatoyama, Japanese engineer and politician and Prime Minister of Japan
* 1947 –
Derek Shulman, Scottish singer-songwriter and producer
*
1949 –
James Silas, American basketball player
*
1951 –
Mike Leavitt, American politician, 14th
Governor of Utah
*
1953 –
Philip Anglim, American actor
* 1953 –
Jeb Bush, American banker and politician, 43rd
Governor of Florida
* 1953 –
Tom Veryzer, American baseball player (died 2014)
*
1954 –
Wesley Strick, American director and screenwriter
*
1956 –
Catherine Hickland, American actress
* 1956 –
Didier Lockwood, French violinist (died 2018)
*
1957 –
Tina Ambani, Indian actress and chairperson
*
1959 –
Roberto Moreno, Brazilian race car driver
*
1960 –
Richard Mastracchio, American engineer and astronaut
*
1961 –
Carey Lowell, American actress
*
1962 –
Tammy Baldwin, American lawyer and politician
* 1962 –
Sheryl Crow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*
1964 –
Sarah Palin, American politician, 9th
Governor of Alaska
* 1964 –
Ken Shamrock, American martial artist and wrestler
*
1965 –
Vicki Wilson, Australian netball player
*
1967 –
Ciro Ferrara, Italian footballer and manager
*
1968 –
Mo Willems, American author and illustrator
*
1969 –
Jennifer Aniston, American actress and producer
* 1969 –
Andreas Hilfiker, Swiss footballer
* 1969 –
John Salako, Nigerian-English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
*
1971 –
Damian Lewis, English actor
*
1972 –
Steve McManaman, English footballer
* 1972 –
Kelly Slater, American surfer
*
1973 –
Varg Vikernes, Norwegian guitarist and songwriter
*
1974 –
Nick Barmby, English footballer and manager
* 1974 –
D'Angelo, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
* 1974 –
Alex Jones, American radio show host and conspiracy theorist
* 1974 –
Isaiah Mustafa, American actor and football player
* 1974 –
Jaroslav Špaček, Czech ice hockey player and coach
*
1975 –
Andy Lally, American race car driver
* 1975 –
Callum Thorp, Australian cricketer
* 1975 –
Jacque Vaughn, American basketball player and coach
*
1976
Events January
* January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 18 – Full diplomatic ...
–
Tony Battie, American basketball player and sportscaster
* 1976 –
Bryce Salvador, Canadian ice hockey player
*
1977 –
Mike Shinoda, American musician and artist
*
1979 –
Brandy Norwood, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
*
1980 –
Matthew Lawrence, American actor and singer
*
1981 –
Kelly Rowland, American singer and actress
*
1982 –
Daryn Colledge, American football player
* 1982 –
Natalie Dormer, English actress
* 1982 –
Ľubomíra Kalinová, Slovak biathlete
* 1982 –
Neil Robertson, Australian snooker player
*
1983 –
Rafael van der Vaart, Dutch footballer
*
1984 –
Maarten Heisen, Dutch sprinter
* 1984 –
Marco Marcato, Italian cyclist
* 1984 –
Aubrey O'Day, American singer and reality television personality
* 1984 –
Maxime Talbot, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1984 –
Alando Tucker, American basketball player and coach
*
1985 –
Mike Richards, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1985 –
Šárka Strachová, Czech skier
*
1986 –
Gabriel Boric, Chilean politician, 36th
President of Chile
The president of Chile (), officially the president of the Republic of Chile (), is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Chile. The president is responsible for both Government of Chile, government administration and s ...
*
1987 –
Luca Antonelli, Italian footballer
* 1987 –
Juanmi Callejón, Spanish footballer
* 1987 –
Brian Matusz, American baseball player
* 1987 –
Jan Smeekens, Dutch speed skater
* 1987 –
Ellen van Dijk, Dutch cyclist
*
1988 –
Vlad Moldoveanu, Romanian basketball player
*
1990 –
Javier Aquino, Mexican footballer
* 1990 –
Q'orianka Kilcher, German-American actress
* 1990 –
Hwang Chan-sung, South Korean singer and actor
*
1991 –
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, Canadian football player and medical doctor
* 1991 –
Nikola Mirotic, Spanish basketball player
*
1992 –
Lasse Norman Hansen, Danish track and road cyclist
* 1992 –
Taylor Lautner, American actor
* 1992 –
Jake Matthews, American football player
*
1993 –
Ben McLemore, American basketball player
*
1994 –
Dansby Swanson, American baseball player
*
1995 –
Milan Škriniar, Slovak footballer
* 1995 –
Rick Karsdorp, Dutch footballer
*
1996 –
Daniil Medvedev, Russian tennis player
* 1996 –
Jonathan Tah, German footballer
* 1996 –
Lucas Torreira, Uruguayan footballer
*
1997 –
Damien Harris, American football player
* 1997 –
Mike Hughes, American football player
* 1997 –
Hubert Hurkacz, Polish tennis player
* 1997 –
Rosé, New Zealand-South Korean singer and dancer
* 1997 –
Zavier Simpson, American basketball player
*
1998 –
Trent Frederic, American ice hockey player
* 1998 –
Josh Jacobs, American football player
* 1998 –
Khalid, American singer and songwriter
*
2000 –
Nassir Little, American basketball player
*
2001 –
Bryan Gil, Spanish footballer
*
2002 –
Liam Lawson, New Zealand racing driver
Deaths
Pre-1600
*
AD 55 –
Britannicus, Roman son of
Claudius (born 41)
*
244 –
Gordian III, Roman emperor (born 225)
*
641 –
Heraclius, Byzantine emperor (born 575)
*
731 –
Pope Gregory II (born 669)
*
824 –
Pope Paschal I
*
1141 –
Hugh of Saint Victor, German philosopher and theologian (born 1096)
*
1503 –
Elizabeth of York (born 1466)
1601–1900
*
1626 –
Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (born 1548)
*
1650 –
René Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher (born 1596)
*
1755 –
Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist, playwright, and critic (born 1675)
*
1763 –
William Shenstone, English poet and gardener (born 1714)
*
1768 –
George Dance the Elder, English architect, designed
St Leonard's and
St Botolph's Aldgate (born 1695)
*
1795 –
Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer (born 1740)
*
1811 –
Juan Sánchez Ramírez, leader of the troops that fought against the French rule of Santo Domingo's colony between 1808 and 1809 (born 1762)
*
1829 –
Alexander Griboyedov, Russian poet, playwright, and composer (born 1795)
*
1862 –
Elizabeth Siddal, English poet and artist's model (born 1829)
*
1868 –
Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (born 1819)
*
1898 –
Félix María Zuloaga, Mexican general and unconstitutional interim president (born 1813)
1901–present
*
1901 –
Milan I of Serbia (born 1855)
*
1917 –
Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician and epidemiologist (born 1872)
*
1918 –
Alexey Kaledin, Russian general (born 1861)
*
1931 –
Charles Algernon Parsons, English-Irish engineer, invented the
steam turbine (born 1854)
*
1938 –
Kalle Korhonen, Finnish politician (born 1878)
*
1940 –
John Buchan, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician,
Governor General of Canada (born 1875)
* 1940 –
Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (born 1855)
*
1942 –
Jamnalal Bajaj, Indian businessman and philanthropist (born 1884)
*
1947 –
Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler and coach (born 1884)
*
1948 –
Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director and screenwriter (born 1898)
*
1949 –
Axel Munthe, Swedish doctor (born 1857)
*
1958 –
Ernest Jones, Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst (born 1879)
*
1963 –
John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier,
Medal of Honor recipient (born 1872)
* 1963 –
Sylvia Plath, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (born 1932)
*
1967 –
A. J. Muste, Dutch-American minister and activist (born 1885)
*
1968 –
Howard Lindsay, American playwright (born 1889)
*
1973 –
J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907)
*
1975 –
Richard Ratsimandrava, Malagasy colonel and politician,
President of Madagascar (born 1931)
*
1976
Events January
* January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 18 – Full diplomatic ...
–
Lee J. Cobb, American actor (born 1911)
* 1976 –
Alexander Lippisch, German pilot and engineer (born 1894)
*
1977 –
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th
President of India (born 1905)
* 1977 –
Louis Beel, Dutch academic and politician,
Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1902)
*
1978 –
James Bryant Conant, American chemist and academic (born 1893)
* 1978 –
Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet,
Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)
*
1982 –
Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (born 1912)
*
1985 –
Henry Hathaway, American actor, director, and producer (born 1898)
*
1986 –
Frank Herbert, American journalist and author (born 1920)
*1986 –
Evelio Javier, Filipino politician (born 1942)
*
1989 –
George O'Hanlon, American actor and voice artist (born 1912)
*
1993 –
Robert W. Holley, American biochemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (born 1922)
*
1994 –
Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (born 1946)
* 1994 –
Sorrell Booke, American actor and director (born 1930)
* 1994 –
William Conrad, American actor, director, and producer (born 1920)
* 1994 –
Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-Swiss philosopher and academic (born 1924)
*
1996 –
Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet and author (born 1930)
*
2000 –
Lord Kitchner, Trinidadian singer (born 1922)
* 2000 –
Roger Vadim, French director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928)
*
2002 –
Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player and coach (born 1910)
* 2002 –
Barry Foster, English actor (born 1931)
*
2004 –
Tony Pope, American voice actor (born 1947)
*2004 –
Shirley Strickland, Australian runner (born 1925)
*
2005 –
Jack L. Chalker, American author (born 1944)
*
2006 –
Peter Benchley, American author and screenwriter (born 1940)
* 2006 –
Ken Fletcher, Australian tennis player (born 1940)
* 2006 –
Jackie Pallo, English wrestler and actor (born 1926)
* 2006 –
Matilda, American
chicken and
stage magician, oldest known chicken (h. 1990)
*
2008 –
Tom Lantos, American lawyer and politician (born 1928)
* 2008 –
Frank Piasecki, American engineer (born 1919)
*
2009 –
Estelle Bennett, American singer (born 1941)
* 2009 –
Willem Johan Kolff, Dutch-American physician and academic (born 1911)
*
2010 –
Heward Grafftey, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1928)
* 2010 –
Alexander McQueen, English fashion designer, founder of
his eponymous brand (born 1969)
*
2011 –
Chuck Tanner, American baseball player and manager (born 1928)
*
2012 –
Siri Bjerke, Norwegian politician,
Norwegian Minister of the Environment (born 1958)
* 2012 –
Aharon Davidi, Israeli general (born 1927)
* 2012 –
Whitney Houston, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (born 1963)
*
2013 –
Rick Huxley, English bass player (born 1940)
*
2014 –
Alice Babs, Swedish singer and actress (born 1924)
* 2014 –
Tito Canepa, Dominican-American painter (born 1916)
* 2014 –
Fernando González Pacheco, Colombian journalist and actor (born 1932)
*
2015 –
Roger Hanin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1925)
* 2015 –
Bob Simon, American journalist (born 1941)
* 2015 –
Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball player and coach (born 1930)
*
2016 –
Kevin Randleman, American mixed martial artist and wrestler (born 1971)
* 2016 –
Zeng Xuelin, Thai-Chinese footballer and manager (born 1929)
*
2017 –
Fab Melo, Brazilian basketball player (born 1990)
* 2017 –
Jaap Rijks, Dutch Olympian (born 1919)
* 2017 –
Trish Doan, Korean-Canadian musician (born 1985)
*
2018 –
Vic Damone, American singer, songwriter and actor (born 1928)
* 2018 –
Asma Jahangir, Pakistani
human-rights lawyer and social activist (born 1952)
* 2018 –
Jan Maxwell, American stage and television actress (born 1956)
[McPhee, Ryan]
"Jan Maxwell, a Five-Time Tony Award Nominee, Dies at 61"
Playbill, February 11, 2018
* 2018 –
Qazi Wajid, Pakistani drama actor, writer and artist (born 1930)
*
2023 –
Donald Spoto, American biographer (born 1941)
*
2024 –
Allen J. Bard, American chemist (born 1933)
*
2025 –
Betsy Arakawa, American classical pianist (born 1959)
*2025 –
Moses Lim, Singaporean actor (born 1949)
Holidays and observances
* Christian
feast day:
**
Blaise Eastern Orthodox liturgics
**
Cædmon, first recorded Christian poet in England, (
Anglicanism
Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christianity, Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the ...
)
**
Gobnait
**
Gregory II
**
Lazarus of Milan
**
February 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*
European 112 Day (
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...
)
*
Armed Forces Day (Liberia)
*
Evelio Javier Day (
Panay Island, the
Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
)
* Feast day of
Our Lady of Lourdes (
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...
), and its related observance
**
World Day of the Sick (
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...
)
*
Inventors' Day (
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...
)
*
National Foundation Day (
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
)
*
Youth Day (Cameroon)
*
International Day of Women and Girls in Science (
UN Women)
Footnotes
Works cited
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References
External links
BBC: On This Day*
Historical Events on February 11
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