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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. * 951Guo Wei, a court official, leads a military coup and declares himself emperor of the new Later Zhou. * 1144Robert 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

* 1659The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses. * 1794 – First session of United States Senate opens to the public. * 1808Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal. * 1812Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry is accused of " gerrymandering" for the first time. * 1823Carnival tragedy of 1823: About 110 boys are killed during a human crush at the Convent of the Minori Osservanti in Valletta, Malta. * 1826University College London is founded as University of London. * 1840Gaetano Donizetti's opera '' La fille du régiment'' receives its first performance in Paris, France. * 1843Giuseppe 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. * 1858Bernadette Soubirous's first vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary occurs in Lourdes, France. * 1861American 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

* 1903Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria. * 1906Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical '' Vehementer Nos''. * 1919Friedrich Ebert ( SPD), is elected President of Germany. * 1929 – The Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty. * 1933LAPD 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. * 1938BBC 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. * 1953Cold 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. * 1963The 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. * 1978Pacific 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. * 1990Nelson 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. * 1997Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. * 1999Pluto 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. * 2000Space 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. * 2011Arab 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. * 2017North Korea test fires a ballistic missile across the Sea of Japan. * 2018Saratov 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. * 2020COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization officially names the coronavirus outbreak as COVID-19, with the virus being designated SARS-CoV-2. * 20242024 Finnish presidential election: Alexander Stubb is elected as the 13th president of Finland.


Births


Pre-1600

* 1380Poggio Bracciolini, Italian scholar and translator (died 1459) * 1466Elizabeth of York (died 1503) * 1535Pope Gregory XIV (died 1591) * 1568Honoré d'Urfé, French author and playwright (died 1625)


1601–1900

* 1649William Carstares, Scottish minister and academic (died 1715) * 1657Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, French poet and playwright (died 1757) * 1708Egidio Duni, Italian composer (died 1775) * 1764Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet and playwright (died 1811) * 1776Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek politician, 1st Governor of Greece (died 1831) * 1800Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer and politician, invented the calotype (died 1877) * 1802Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (died 1880) * 1805Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, Native American-French Canadian explorer (died 1866) * 1812Alexander H. Stephens, American lawyer and politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America (died 1883) * 1813Otto Ludwig, German author, playwright, and critic (died 1865) * 1821Auguste Mariette, French archaeologist and scholar (died 1881) * 1830Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff, Prussian pianist and composer (died 1913) * 1833Melville Fuller, American lawyer and jurist, 8th Chief Justice of the United States (died 1910) * 1839Josiah Willard Gibbs, American physicist (died 1903) * 1845Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman soldier and politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (died 1936) * 1847Thomas Edison, American engineer and businessman, developed the light bulb and phonograph (died 1931) * 1855Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (died 1940) * 1860Rachilde, French author and playwright (died 1953) * 1863John F. Fitzgerald, American politician; Mayor of Boston (died 1950) * 1864Louis Bouveault, French chemist (died 1909) * 1869Helene 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) * 1874Elsa Beskow, Swedish author and illustrator (died 1953) * 1877Aasa Helgesen, Norwegian midwife (died 1968) * 1881Carlo Carrà, Italian painter (died 1966) * 1888John Warren Davis, American educator, college administrator, and civil rights leader (died 1980) * 1897Emil Leon Post, Polish-American mathematician and logician (died 1954) * 1898Leo Szilard, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (died 1964) * 1900Ellen 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

* 1902Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect, designed Radisson Blu Royal Hotel (died 1971) * 1904Keith Holyoake, New Zealand farmer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1983) * 1904 – Lucile Randon, French supercentenarian (died 2023) * 1908Philip Dunne, American screenwriter (died 1992) * 1908 – Vivian Fuchs, English explorer (died 1999) * 1909Max Baer, American boxer and actor (died 1959) * 1909 – Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1993) * 1912Rudolf Firkušný, Czech-American pianist and educator (died 1994) * 1914Matt Dennis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2002) * 1914 – Josh White, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1969) * 1915Patrick Leigh Fermor, English soldier, author, and scholar (died 2011) * 1915 – Richard Hamming, American mathematician and academic (died 1998) * 1917Sidney Sheldon, American author and screenwriter (died 2007) * 1919Eva Gabor, Hungarian-American actress (died 1995) * 1920Farouk 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) * 1921Lloyd Bentsen, American politician, 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 2006) * 1921 – Ottavio Missoni, Italian hurdler and fashion designer, founded Missoni (died 2013) * 1923Antony Flew, English philosopher and academic (died 2010) * 1924Budge Patty, American tennis player (died 2021) * 1925Virginia E. Johnson, American psychologist and academic (died 2013) * 1925 – Kim Stanley, American actress (died 2001) * 1926Paul Bocuse, French chef (died 2018) * 1926 – Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor and producer (died 2010) * 1930Roy 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. * 1932Dennis Skinner, English miner and politician * 1934Mel 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) * 1935Gene Vincent, American singer and guitarist (died 1971) * 1936Burt Reynolds, American actor and director (died 2018) * 1937Ian 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) * 1938Bevan Congdon, New Zealand cricketer (died 2018) * 1939Gerry Goffin, American songwriter (died 2014) * 1940Calvin Fowler, American basketball player (died 2013) * 1941Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian pianist and composer (died 2024) * 1942Otis Clay, American singer-songwriter (died 2016) * 1943Joselito, Spanish singer and actor * 1943 – Alan Rubin, American trumpet player (died 2011) * 1944Mike 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) * 1947Yukio Hatoyama, Japanese engineer and politician and Prime Minister of Japan * 1947 – Derek Shulman, Scottish singer-songwriter and producer * 1949James Silas, American basketball player * 1951Mike Leavitt, American politician, 14th Governor of Utah * 1953Philip Anglim, American actor * 1953 – Jeb Bush, American banker and politician, 43rd Governor of Florida * 1953 – Tom Veryzer, American baseball player (died 2014) * 1954Wesley Strick, American director and screenwriter * 1956Catherine Hickland, American actress * 1956 – Didier Lockwood, French violinist (died 2018) * 1957Tina Ambani, Indian actress and chairperson * 1959Roberto Moreno, Brazilian race car driver * 1960Richard Mastracchio, American engineer and astronaut * 1961Carey Lowell, American actress * 1962Tammy Baldwin, American lawyer and politician * 1962 – Sheryl Crow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1964Sarah Palin, American politician, 9th Governor of Alaska * 1964 – Ken Shamrock, American martial artist and wrestler * 1965Vicki Wilson, Australian netball player * 1967Ciro Ferrara, Italian footballer and manager * 1968Mo Willems, American author and illustrator * 1969Jennifer Aniston, American actress and producer * 1969 – Andreas Hilfiker, Swiss footballer * 1969 – John Salako, Nigerian-English footballer, manager, and sportscaster * 1971Damian Lewis, English actor * 1972Steve McManaman, English footballer * 1972 – Kelly Slater, American surfer * 1973Varg Vikernes, Norwegian guitarist and songwriter * 1974Nick 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 * 1975Andy 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 * 1977Mike Shinoda, American musician and artist * 1979Brandy Norwood, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress * 1980Matthew Lawrence, American actor and singer * 1981Kelly Rowland, American singer and actress * 1982Daryn Colledge, American football player * 1982 – Natalie Dormer, English actress * 1982 – Ľubomíra Kalinová, Slovak biathlete * 1982 – Neil Robertson, Australian snooker player * 1983Rafael van der Vaart, Dutch footballer * 1984Maarten 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 * 1985Mike Richards, Canadian ice hockey player * 1985 – Šárka Strachová, Czech skier * 1986Gabriel 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 ...
* 1987Luca 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 * 1988Vlad Moldoveanu, Romanian basketball player * 1990Javier Aquino, Mexican footballer * 1990 – Q'orianka Kilcher, German-American actress * 1990 – Hwang Chan-sung, South Korean singer and actor * 1991Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, Canadian football player and medical doctor * 1991 – Nikola Mirotic, Spanish basketball player * 1992Lasse Norman Hansen, Danish track and road cyclist * 1992 – Taylor Lautner, American actor * 1992 – Jake Matthews, American football player * 1993Ben McLemore, American basketball player * 1994Dansby Swanson, American baseball player * 1995Milan Škriniar, Slovak footballer * 1995 – Rick Karsdorp, Dutch footballer * 1996Daniil Medvedev, Russian tennis player * 1996 – Jonathan Tah, German footballer * 1996 – Lucas Torreira, Uruguayan footballer * 1997Damien 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 * 1998Trent Frederic, American ice hockey player * 1998 – Josh Jacobs, American football player * 1998 – Khalid, American singer and songwriter * 2000Nassir Little, American basketball player * 2001Bryan Gil, Spanish footballer * 2002Liam Lawson, New Zealand racing driver


Deaths


Pre-1600

* AD 55Britannicus, Roman son of Claudius (born 41) * 244Gordian III, Roman emperor (born 225) * 641Heraclius, Byzantine emperor (born 575) * 731Pope Gregory II (born 669) * 824Pope Paschal I * 1141Hugh of Saint Victor, German philosopher and theologian (born 1096) * 1503Elizabeth of York (born 1466)


1601–1900

* 1626Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (born 1548) * 1650René Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher (born 1596) * 1755Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist, playwright, and critic (born 1675) * 1763William Shenstone, English poet and gardener (born 1714) * 1768George Dance the Elder, English architect, designed St Leonard's and St Botolph's Aldgate (born 1695) * 1795Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer (born 1740) * 1811Juan Sánchez Ramírez, leader of the troops that fought against the French rule of Santo Domingo's colony between 1808 and 1809 (born 1762) * 1829Alexander Griboyedov, Russian poet, playwright, and composer (born 1795) * 1862Elizabeth Siddal, English poet and artist's model (born 1829) * 1868Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (born 1819) * 1898Félix María Zuloaga, Mexican general and unconstitutional interim president (born 1813)


1901–present

* 1901Milan I of Serbia (born 1855) * 1917Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician and epidemiologist (born 1872) * 1918Alexey Kaledin, Russian general (born 1861) * 1931Charles Algernon Parsons, English-Irish engineer, invented the steam turbine (born 1854) * 1938Kalle Korhonen, Finnish politician (born 1878) * 1940John Buchan, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, Governor General of Canada (born 1875) * 1940 – Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (born 1855) * 1942Jamnalal Bajaj, Indian businessman and philanthropist (born 1884) * 1947Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler and coach (born 1884) * 1948Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director and screenwriter (born 1898) * 1949Axel Munthe, Swedish doctor (born 1857) * 1958Ernest Jones, Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst (born 1879) * 1963John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1872) * 1963 – Sylvia Plath, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (born 1932) * 1967A. J. Muste, Dutch-American minister and activist (born 1885) * 1968Howard Lindsay, American playwright (born 1889) * 1973J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907) * 1975Richard 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) * 1977Fakhruddin 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) * 1978James Bryant Conant, American chemist and academic (born 1893) * 1978 – Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904) * 1982Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (born 1912) * 1985Henry Hathaway, American actor, director, and producer (born 1898) * 1986Frank Herbert, American journalist and author (born 1920) *1986 – Evelio Javier, Filipino politician (born 1942) * 1989George O'Hanlon, American actor and voice artist (born 1912) * 1993Robert W. Holley, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1922) * 1994Neil 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) * 1996Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet and author (born 1930) * 2000Lord Kitchner, Trinidadian singer (born 1922) * 2000 – Roger Vadim, French director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928) * 2002Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player and coach (born 1910) * 2002 – Barry Foster, English actor (born 1931) * 2004Tony Pope, American voice actor (born 1947) *2004 – Shirley Strickland, Australian runner (born 1925) * 2005Jack L. Chalker, American author (born 1944) * 2006Peter 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) * 2008Tom Lantos, American lawyer and politician (born 1928) * 2008 – Frank Piasecki, American engineer (born 1919) * 2009Estelle Bennett, American singer (born 1941) * 2009 – Willem Johan Kolff, Dutch-American physician and academic (born 1911) * 2010Heward Grafftey, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1928) * 2010 – Alexander McQueen, English fashion designer, founder of his eponymous brand (born 1969) * 2011Chuck Tanner, American baseball player and manager (born 1928) * 2012Siri 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) * 2013Rick Huxley, English bass player (born 1940) * 2014Alice 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) * 2015Roger 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) * 2016Kevin Randleman, American mixed martial artist and wrestler (born 1971) * 2016 – Zeng Xuelin, Thai-Chinese footballer and manager (born 1929) * 2017Fab Melo, Brazilian basketball player (born 1990) * 2017 – Jaap Rijks, Dutch Olympian (born 1919) * 2017 – Trish Doan, Korean-Canadian musician (born 1985) * 2018Vic 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) * 2023Donald Spoto, American biographer (born 1941) * 2024Allen J. Bard, American chemist (born 1933) * 2025Betsy 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)


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