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What happend on 14. February in History
In our data base we found 376 events happened on 14. February:
• 270: St. Valentine marking Valentine's Day [category: Deaths]
• 842: Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German languages. [category: Events]
• 869: Saint Cyril, Greek monk, scholar, theologian and linguist (b. 827) [category: Deaths]
• 1014: Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry of Bavaria, King of Germany and of Italy, as Holy Roman Emperor. [category: Events]
• 1076: Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. [category: Events]
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• 1229: Raghnall mac Gofraidh, King of the Isles. [category: Deaths]
• 1317: Marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England (b. 1282) [category: Deaths]
• 1349: Several hundred Jews are burned to death by mobs while the remainder of their population is forcibly removed from the city of Strasbourg. [category: Events]
• 1400: King Richard II of England (murdered) (b. 1367) [category: Deaths]
• 1400: Richard II dies, most likely from starvation in Pontifract Castle, on orders from Henry Bolingbroke [category: Events]
• 1405: Timur, Mongol conqueror (b. 1336) [category: Deaths]
• 1468: Johann Werner, German mathematician (d. 1522) [category: Births]
• 1483: Babur, Moghul emperor of India (d. 1530) [category: Births]
• 1545: Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara (d. 1561) [category: Births]
• 1556: Thomas Cranmer is declared a heretic. [category: Events]
• 1571: Odet de Coligny, French cardinal and Protestant (b. 1517) [category: Deaths]
• 1602: Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (d. 1676) [category: Births]
• 1676: Abraham Bosse, French engraver and artist [category: Deaths]
• 1679: Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, composer and organist from southern Germany (d. 1735) [category: Births]
• 1680: John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor (d. 1737) [category: Births]
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• 1692: Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (d. 1754) [category: Births]
• 1701: Enrique Florez, Spanish historian (d. 1773) [category: Births]
• 1714: Maria Luisa of Savoy, Queen Consort of Spain (b. 1688) [category: Deaths]
• 1737: Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1685) [category: Deaths]
• 1744: John Hadley, inventor (b. 1682) [category: Deaths]
• 1763: Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (d. 1813) [category: Births]
• 1766: Thomas Robert Malthus, English demographer and political economist (d. 1834) [category: Births]
• 1778: Fernando Sor (baptized), Spanish composer (d. 1839) [category: Births]
• 1778: Minh Mang, the second emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam (d. 1841) [category: Births]
• 1778: The United States Flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte rendered a nine gun salute to USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones. [category: Events]
• 1779: James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (b. 1728) [category: Deaths]
• 1779: American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia. [category: Events]
• 1779: James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii. [category: Events]
• 1780: William Blackstone, English jurist (b. 1723) [category: Deaths]
• 1782: Singu Min, King of Burma (b. 1756) [category: Deaths]
• 1797: French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St. Vincent – John Jervis, (later 1st Earl of St Vincent) and Horatio Nelson (later 1st Viscount Nelson) lead the British Royal Navy to victory over a Spanish fleet in action near Gibraltar. [category: Events]
• 1799: Walenty Wańkowicz, Polish painter (d. 1842) [category: Births]
• 1800: Emory Washburn, American politician, 22nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1877) [category: Births]
• 1804: Karadjordje leads the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire. [category: Events]
• 1808: John Dickinson, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (b. 1732) [category: Deaths]
• 1812: Alfred Thomas Agate, American artist (d. 1846) [category: Births]
• 1818: Frederick Douglass, American abolitionist (d. 1895) [category: Births]
• 1819: Christopher Sholes, American inventor (d. 1890) [category: Births]
• 1824: Winfield Scott Hancock, American Civil War general (d. 1886) [category: Births]
• 1828: Edmond François Valentin About, French writer (d. 1885) [category: Births]
• 1831: Henry Maudslay, English inventor (b. 1771) [category: Deaths]
• 1831: Vicente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero (b. 1782) [category: Deaths]
• 1831: Ras Marye of Yejju marches into Tigray and defeats and kills Dejazmach Sabagadis in the Battle of Debre Abbay. [category: Events]
• 1835: Piet Paaltjens, Dutch writer and minister (d. 1894) [category: Births]
• 1835: The original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, in the Latter Day Saint movement is formed in Kirtland, Ohio. [category: Events]
• 1838: Margaret E. Knight, American inventor, (d. 1914) [category: Births]
• 1846: Julian Scott, American artist and American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1901) [category: Births]
• 1847: Anna Howard Shaw, American suffragette (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1847: Queen Maria Pia of Savoy of Portugal (d. 1911) [category: Births]
• 1848: Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1849: In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken. [category: Events]
• 1852: Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital providing in-patient beds specifically for children in the English-speaking world, is founded in London. [category: Events]
• 1855: Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas. [category: Events]
• 1856: Frank Harris, Irish author and editor (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1859: George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., American engineer and inventor (d. 1896) [category: Births]
• 1859: Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state. [category: Events]
• 1860: Eugen Schiffer, German politician (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1869: Charles Wilson, Scottish physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1870: St. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General (b. 1815) [category: Deaths]
• 1871: Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1874: Louis Handley, Italian-born American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1876: Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray. [category: Events]
• 1879: The War of the Pacific breaks out when Chilean armed forces occupy the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta. [category: Events]
• 1881: Fernando Wood, New York City mayor (b. 1812) [category: Deaths]
• 1884: Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1884: Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1884: Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish actor, film director (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1884: Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, Mother of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. [category: Deaths]
• 1885: Syed Zafarul Hasan, Indian-born Pakistani philosopher (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1885: Jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832) [category: Deaths]
• 1890: Nina Hamnett, Welsh artist (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1891: William Tecumseh Sherman, Civil War General (b. 1820) [category: Deaths]
• 1892: Radola Gajda, Czech military commander (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1894: Jack Benny, American actor and comedian (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1894: Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian mathematician (b. 1814) [category: Deaths]
• 1895: Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1895: Wilhelm Burgdorf, German officer (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1898: Bill Tilman, English mountaineer and explorer (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1898: Fritz Zwicky, Swiss-born American physicist and astronomer (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1899: Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections. [category: Events]
• 1900: Second Boer War: In South Africa, 20,000 British troops invade the Orange Free State. [category: Events]
• 1903: Bernhard Leene, Dutch cyclist (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1903: Stuart Erwin, American actor (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1903: The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into Department of Commerce and Department of Labor). [category: Events]
• 1904: Charles Oatley, British electrical engineer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1904: Hertta Kuusinen, Finnish communist (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1905: Thelma Ritter, American actress (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1910: Giovanni Passannante, Italian anarchist (b. 1849) [category: Deaths]
• 1912: Tibor Sekelj, Croatian explorer (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1912: Arizona is admitted as the 48th U.S. state. [category: Events]
• 1912: In Groton, Connecticut, the first diesel-powered submarine is commissioned. [category: Events]
• 1913: James Pike, American Episcopal bishop (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1913: Jimmy Hoffa, American labor union leader (presumed d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1913: Mel Allen, American sports reporter (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1913: Woody Hayes, American college football coach (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1914: Norman Von Nida, Australian golfer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1916: Edward Platt, American actor (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1916: Marcel Bigeard, French general (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1916: Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese director (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1916: Sally Gray, English actress (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1917: Herbert A. Hauptman, American mathematician, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1918: The Soviet Union adopts the Gregorian calendar (on 1 February according to the Julian calendar). [category: Events]
• 1919: Pál Luthár, Slovene writer, teacher and cantor in Hungary (b. 1839) [category: Deaths]
• 1919: The Polish-Soviet War begins. [category: Events]
• 1920: Judith Holzmeister, Austrian actress (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1920: The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago, Illinois. [category: Events]
• 1921: Hazel McCallion, Canadian politician 3rd mayor of Mississauga, Ontario [category: Births]
• 1921: Hugh Downs, American television host [category: Births]
• 1922: Murray the K, American impresario and disk jockey (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1922: Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish politician (assassinated) (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1924: The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). [category: Events]
• 1927: Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1929: Vic Morrow, American actor (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1929: Frank Gusenberg, American gangster (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Peter Gusenberg, American gangster (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Thomas Burke, American sprinter (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Saint Valentine's Day massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago, Illinois. [category: Events]
• 1931: Bernie Geoffrion, Canadian hockey player (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1931: Brian Kelly, American actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1931: Phyllis McGuire, American singer (The McGuire Sisters) [category: Births]
• 1932: Alexander Kluge, German actor and film director [category: Births]
• 1933: Madhubala, Indian actress (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1934: Florence Henderson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1934: Michel Corboz, Swiss conductor [category: Births]
• 1934: Neil Davis, Australian cameraman (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1936: Andrew Prine, American actor [category: Births]
• 1936: Fanne Foxe, Argentine dancer and Wilbur Mills scandal figure [category: Births]
• 1937: Magic Sam, American blues musician (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1937: Franz Böckli, Swiss sports shooter (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Eugene Fama, American economist [category: Births]
• 1940: James Maynard, American businessman, co-founded Golden Corral [category: Births]
• 1941: Big Jim Sullivan, English guitarist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1941: Donna Shalala, American educator [category: Births]
• 1941: Paul Tsongas, American politician (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1942: Andrew Robinson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1942: Michael Bloomberg, American media mogul and politician [category: Births]
• 1942: Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican race car driver (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1942: Adnan Bin Saidi, Officer of the Malay Regiment killed in the defense of Singapore (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore. [category: Events]
• 1943: Aaron Russo, American movie producer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1943: Eric Andersen, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1943: Maceo Parker, American musician (P-Funk) [category: Births]
• 1943: David Hilbert, German mathematician (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Dora Gerson, German actress, cabaret singer, and Holocaust victim (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated. [category: Events]
• 1943: World War II: Tunisia Campaign – General Hans-Jurgen von Arnim's Fifth Panzer Army launches a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia. [category: Events]
• 1944: Alan Parker, British film director and writer [category: Births]
• 1944: Carl Bernstein, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1944: Ronnie Peterson, Swedish racing driver (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1944: World War II: Anti-Japanese revolt on Java. [category: Events]
• 1945: Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein [category: Births]
• 1945: Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Uruguayan footballer (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1945: President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets with King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard the USS Quincy, officially starting the U.S.-Saudi diplomatic relationship. [category: Events]
• 1945: World War II: Mostar is liberated by Yugoslav partisans. [category: Events]
• 1945: World War II: Navigational error leads to the mistaken bombing of Prague, Czechoslovakia by an American squadron of B-17s assisting in the Soviet's Vistula–Oder Offensive. [category: Events]
• 1945: World War II: On the first day of the bombing of Dresden, the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces begin fire-bombing Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony. [category: Events]
• 1946: Bernard Dowiyogo, Nauru politician (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1946: Gregory Hines, American dancer and actor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1946: The Bank of England is nationalized. [category: Events]
• 1947: Judd Gregg, American politician [category: Births]
• 1947: Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1948: Pat O'Brien, American sportscaster and television host [category: Births]
• 1948: Teller, American magician (Penn and Teller) [category: Births]
• 1948: Mordecai Brown, American baseball player (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Yusuf Salman Yusuf, Iraqi-Assyrian communist leader (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec. [category: Events]
• 1949: The Knesset (Israeli parliament) convenes for the first time. [category: Events]
• 1950: Kapil Sibal, Indian lawyer and politician [category: Births]
• 1950: Roger Fisher, American musician (Heart) [category: Births]
• 1950: Karl Guthe Jansky, American Discoverer of cosmic radio waves (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Chinese Civil War: The National Revolutionary Army instigates the unsuccessful Battle of Tianquan against the People's Liberation Army. [category: Events]
• 1951: JoJo Starbuck, American ice skater [category: Births]
• 1951: Kevin Keegan, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1951: Terry Gross, National Public Radio host [category: Births]
• 1952: Nancy Keenan, American reproductive-rights advocate [category: Births]
• 1952: Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Odds Bodkin, American storyteller [category: Births]
• 1954: Henri Laurent, French fencer (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Carol Kalish, American publishing executive (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1955: James Eckhouse, American actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Rip Rogers, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1955: Ronald Desruelles, Belgian athlete [category: Births]
• 1956: Dave Dravecky, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1956: The XX Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union begins in Moscow. On the last night of the meeting, Premier Nikita Khrushchev condemns Joseph Stalin's crimes in a secret speech. [category: Events]
• 1957: Alan Hunter, American TV personality [category: Births]
• 1957: Soile Isokoski, Finnish soprano [category: Births]
• 1958: Enrique Mansilla, Argentine racing driver [category: Births]
• 1958: Grant Thomas, Australian rules footballer [category: Births]
• 1958: Abdul Rab Nishtar, veteran leader of Pakistan Movement, (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Renée Fleming, American soprano [category: Births]
• 1959: Baby Dodds, American jazz drummer (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Jim Kelly, American football player [category: Births]
• 1960: Meg Tilly, American actress [category: Births]
• 1961: Latifa, Tunisian singer [category: Births]
• 1961: Phillip Hamilton, American author [category: Births]
• 1961: Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California. [category: Events]
• 1962: Kevyn Aucoin, American cosmetologist (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1962: Michael Higgs, English actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Philippe Sella, French rugby player [category: Births]
• 1962: Sakina Jaffrey, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1962: First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy takes television viewers on a tour of the White House. [category: Events]
• 1963: Enrico Colantoni, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1963: John Marzano, American baseball player (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1964: Gianni Bugno, Italian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1964: Zach Galligan, American actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Slick Rick, English-born American rapper [category: Births]
• 1966: Petr Svoboda, Czech ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1966: Australian currency is decimalised. [category: Events]
• 1967: Manuela Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1967: Mark Rutte, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands [category: Births]
• 1967: Stelios Haji-Ioannou, British entrepreneur [category: Births]
• 1967: Sig Ruman, German-American actor (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Jules Asner, American television personality [category: Births]
• 1968: Scott McClellan, American civil servant and 25th White House Press Secretary [category: Births]
• 1969: Adriana Behar, Brazilian beach volleyball player [category: Births]
• 1969: Harry Colon, American football player [category: Births]
• 1969: Vito Genovese, American gangster (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Giuseppe Guerini, Italian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1970: Heinrich Schmieder, German actor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1970: Sean Hill, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1970: Simon Pegg, British comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer (b. 1880). [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Gheorghe Muresan, Romanian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1971: Kris Aquino, Filipino Actress and TV Host [category: Births]
• 1971: Noriko Sakai, Japanese singer [category: Births]
• 1971: Tommy Dreamer, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1972: Big Daddy V, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1972: Drew Bledsoe, American football player [category: Births]
• 1972: Hiroshi, Japanese comedian [category: Births]
• 1972: Najwa Nimri, Spanish actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Rob Thomas, American musician (Matchbox Twenty) [category: Births]
• 1973: Steve McNair, American football player (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1973: Tyus Edney, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Yuka Sato, Japanese figure skater [category: Births]
• 1974: Filippa Giordano, Italian singer [category: Births]
• 1974: Philippe Léonard, Belgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Malik Zidi, French actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Scott Owen, Australian musician (The Living End) [category: Births]
• 1975: Xie Hui, Chinese footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Yul Kwon, American reality television personality [category: Births]
• 1975: Julian Huxley, British biologist (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: P. G. Wodehouse, English writer (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Erica Leerhsen, American actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Liv Kristine, Norwegian singer (Leaves' Eyes) [category: Births]
• 1977: Cadel Evans, Australian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1977: Darren Bennett, British professional ballroom dancer [category: Births]
• 1977: Darren Purse, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Donna Cruz, Filipina Actress and Singer [category: Births]
• 1977: Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1977: Jim Jefferies, Australian stand-up comedian, actor and writer [category: Births]
• 1978: Darius Songaila, Lithuanian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Dean Gaffney, British actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Dwele, American R&B/Soul singer [category: Births]
• 1978: Richard Hamilton, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Paul Governali, American football player (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Pablo Pallante, Uruguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Paolo Ginestra, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Adolph Dubs, American diplomat (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: In Kabul, Setami Milli militants kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police. [category: Events]
• 1980: Fátima Leyva, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Josh Senter, American screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1980: Michelle Ye, Hong Kong actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Luitkonwar Rudra Baruah, Assamese composer and actor (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Erin Torpey, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1981: Matteo Brighi, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Randy de Puniet, French motorcycle racer [category: Births]
• 1981: Stardust Disaster: A fire in a Dublin nightclub kills 48 people [category: Events]
• 1982: John Halls, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Lenka Tvarošková, Slovak tennis player [category: Births]
• 1982: Marián Gáborík, Slovak ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1983: Bacary Sagna, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Callix Crabbe, US Virgin Islander baseball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Rhydian Roberts, Welsh singer and reality show contestant [category: Births]
• 1983: Rocky Elsom, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1983: Vincent Labrie, Canadian speed skater [category: Births]
• 1983: Lina Radke, German athlete (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: United American Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee collapses. Its president, Jake Butcher, is later convicted of fraud. [category: Events]
• 1984: Hamed Namouchi, Tunisian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Heart Evangelista, Filipino singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1985: John Prats, Filipino actor and dancer [category: Births]
• 1985: Karima Adebibe, Moroccan-born British actress and model [category: Births]
• 1985: Miki Yeung, Hong Kong singer and actress (Cookies) [category: Births]
• 1985: Natsume Sano, Japanese gravure idol [category: Births]
• 1985: Philippe Senderos, Swiss footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Tyler Clippard, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1986: Aschwin Wildeboer, Spanish swimmer [category: Births]
• 1986: Gao Lin, Chinese footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Kang Min-Soo, South Korean footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Markus Karl, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Michael Ammermüller, German racing driver [category: Births]
• 1986: Oliver Lee, British actor [category: Births]
• 1986: Roxanne Guinoo, Filipina actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Tiffany Thornton, American actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Edmund Rubbra, English Composer (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: David Wheater, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Edinson Cavani, Uruguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Fabian Schönheim, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Joseph Pichler, American actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Tom Pyatt, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1987: Yulia Savicheva, Russian singer [category: Births]
• 1987: Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian composer (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Karolos Koun, Greek theater director (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Asia Nitollano, American dancer and reality show contestant [category: Births]
• 1988: Katie Boland, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1988: Quentin Mosimann, Swiss singer and reality show contestant [category: Births]
• 1988: Ángel di María, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Frederick Loewe, Austrian-American composer (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Adam Matuszczyk, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Brandon Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1989: Christopher Handke, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Denisa Smolenová, Slovak swimmer [category: Births]
• 1989: Emma Miskew, Canadian curler [category: Births]
• 1989: Néstor Calderón, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: James Bond, American ornithologist (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill the author of The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie. [category: Events]
• 1989: Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal disaster. [category: Events]
• 1990: Sefa Yılmaz, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Tony Holiday, German singer (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: 92 people are killed aboard Indian Airlines Flight 605 at Bangalore, India. [category: Events]
• 1991: Chris Rowney, British footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Rilwan Waheed, Maldivian footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Freddie Highmore, English actor [category: Births]
• 1992: Helen Vela, Filipina TV host/journalist and actress (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Shane Harper, American Actor,Singer,Songwriter and Dancer [category: Births]
• 1994: Paul Butcher, Jr., American actor [category: Births]
• 1994: Andrei Chikatilo, Russian serial killer (executed) (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Christopher Lasch, American historian and social critic (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Rodney Orr American racing driver (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Michael V. Gazzo, American actor (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: U Nu, Burmese politician (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Bob Paisley, English football manager (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: An oil tanker train collides with a freight train in Yaoundé, Cameroon, spilling fuel oil. One person scavenging the oil drops a lit cigarette, creating a massive explosion which kills 120. [category: Events]
• 1999: Buddy Knox, American singer and songwriter (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: John Ehrlichman, American presidential advisor (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid. [category: Events]
• 2002: Mick Tucker, English drummer (Sweet) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: The Budapest Open Access Initiative, one of the cornerstones of the Open access movement, was released to the public. [category: Events]
• 2003: Dolly, first cloned mammal (b. 1996) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Johnny Longden, English jockey (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (b. 1970) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: In a suburb of Moscow, Russia, the roof of the Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 25 people, and wounding more than 100 others. [category: Events]
• 2005: Najai Turpin, American boxer (b. 1981) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Rafic Hariri, Lebanese businessman and politician (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Tatiana Gritsi-Milliex, Greek novelist and journalist (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Lebanese self-made billionaire and business tycoon Rafik Hariri is killed, along with 21 others, when explosives, equivalent of around 1,000 kg of TNT, are detonated as his motorcade drove near the St. George Hotel in Beirut. [category: Events]
• 2005: Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected al-Qaeda-linked militants that hit the Philippines' Makati financial district in Metro Manila, Davao City, and General Santos City. [category: Events]
• 2006: Darry Cowl, French musician and actor (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Lynden David Hall, British singer (b. 1974) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Shoshana Damari, Israeli singer and actress (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Gareth Morris, British flautist (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Ryan Larkin, Canadian animated filmmaker (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Northern Illinois University shooting: a gunman opened fire in a lecture hall of the DeKalb County, Illinois university resulting in 6 fatalities (including gunman) and 18 injuries. [category: Events]
• 2009: John McGlinn, American conductor (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Louie Bellson, American jazz drummer (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Sir Bernard Ashley, Welsh businessman (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Dick Francis, British jockey-turned-novelist (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Doug Fieger, American musician (The Knack) (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Ali Abdulhadi Mushaima, Bahraini protester killed by security forces (b.1989) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Sir George Shearing, Anglo-American jazz pianist (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: As a part of Arab Spring, the Bahraini uprising, a series of demonstrations, amounting to a sustained campaign of civil resistance, in the Persian Gulf country of Bahrain begins with a 'Day of Rage'. [category: Events]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Communist Martyrs Day (Iraqi Communist Party) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Cyril and Methodius, patron saints of Europe (Roman Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: February 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Statehood Day (Arizona) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Statehood Day (Oregon) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The second day of Lupercalia (Ancient Rome) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Valentine [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Valentine's Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]