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What happend on 22. February in History
In our data base we found 373 events happened on 22. February:
• 556: Maximianus of Ravenna, bishop (b. 499) [category: Deaths]
• 965: Otto, Duke of Burgundy (b. 944) [category: Deaths]
• 1040: Rashi, French rabbi (d. 1105) [category: Births]
• 1071: Arnulf III, Count of Flanders (b. c. 1055) [category: Deaths]
• 1111: Roger Borsa, king of Sicily [category: Deaths]
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• 1371: King David II of Scotland (b. 1324) [category: Deaths]
• 1371: Robert II becomes King of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty. [category: Events]
• 1403: Charles VII of France (d. 1461) [category: Births]
• 1440: Ladislaus the Posthumous, Bohemian and Hungarian monarch (d. 1457) [category: Births]
• 1495: King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne. [category: Events]
• 1500: Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (d. 1564) [category: Births]
• 1511: Henry, Duke of Cornwall, son of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon [category: Deaths]
• 1512: Amerigo Vespucci, Italian merchant and explorer (b. 1454) [category: Deaths]
• 1612: George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English statesman (d. 1677) [category: Births]
• 1627: Olivier van Noort, Dutch navigator (b. 1558) [category: Deaths]
• 1632: Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published. [category: Events]
• 1645: Johann Ambrosius Bach, German composer, father to Johann Sebastian Bach (d. 1695) [category: Births]
• 1645: Johann Christoph Bach, German musician (d. 1693) [category: Births]
• 1674: Jean Chapelain, French writer (b. 1595) [category: Deaths]
• 1680: Catherine Monvoisin, French sorceress (b. c. 1640) [category: Deaths]
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• 1690: Charles Le Brun, French artist (b. 1619) [category: Deaths]
• 1705: Peter Artedi, Swedish naturalist (d. 1735) [category: Births]
• 1714: Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French historian (d. 1795) [category: Births]
• 1727: Francesco Gasparini, Italian composer (b. 1661) [category: Deaths]
• 1731: Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1638) [category: Deaths]
• 1732: George Washington, First President of the United States (d. 1799) [category: Births]
• 1732: Francis Atterbury, English bishop and man of letters (b. 1663) [category: Deaths]
• 1742: Charles Rivington, English publisher (b. 1688) [category: Deaths]
• 1744: War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon begins. [category: Events]
• 1756: Georg Friedrich von Martens, German diplomat (d. 1821) [category: Births]
• 1761: Erik Tulindberg, Finnish composer (d. 1814) [category: Births]
• 1778: Rembrandt Peale, American artist (d. 1860) [category: Births]
• 1788: Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (d. 1860) [category: Births]
• 1796: Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian mathematician (d. 1874) [category: Births]
• 1796: Alexis Bachelot, French missionary (d. 1837) [category: Births]
• 1797: Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German officer and adventurer (b. 1720) [category: Deaths]
• 1797: The Last Invasion of Britain begins near Fishguard, Wales. [category: Events]
• 1799: Heshen, Qing Dynasty Chinese official (b. 1750) [category: Deaths]
• 1806: Józef Kremer, Polish messianistic philosopher (d. 1875) [category: Births]
• 1816: Adam Ferguson, Scottish philosopher and historian (b. 1723) [category: Deaths]
• 1817: Carl Wilhelm Borchardt, German mathematician (d. 1880) [category: Births]
• 1819: James Russell Lowell, American poet and essayist (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1819: By the Adams-Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars. [category: Events]
• 1824: Pierre Janssen, French astronomer (d. 1907) [category: Births]
• 1825: Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, second Archbishop of Santa Fe (d. 1898) [category: Births]
• 1836: Mahamahopadhyay Pandit Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, CIE, eminent Sanskrit scholar, academic administrator, philanthropist and social reformer (d. 1906) [category: Births]
• 1839: Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (d. 1906) [category: Births]
• 1840: August Bebel, German politician (d. 1913) [category: Births]
• 1847: Mexican-American War: The Battle of Buena Vista – 5,000 American troops defeat 15,000 Mexicans. [category: Events]
• 1848: The French Revolution of 1848, which would lead to the establishment of the French Second Republic, begins. [category: Events]
• 1849: Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin, Russian mathematician (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1853: Washington University in St. Louis is founded as Eliot Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. [category: Events]
• 1855: The Pennsylvania State University is founded in State College, Pennsylvania(as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania) [category: Events]
• 1856: The Republican Party opens its first national meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [category: Events]
• 1857: Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, German physicist (d. 1894) [category: Births]
• 1857: Robert Baden-Powell, British soldier, author, and Scout movement founder (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1862: Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861. [category: Events]
• 1864: Jules Renard, French author (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1872: The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee. [category: Events]
• 1874: Bill Klem, American baseball umpire (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1875: Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, French painter (b. 1796) [category: Deaths]
• 1875: Sir Charles Lyell, Scottish geologist (b. 1797) [category: Deaths]
• 1878: George Bryant, American archer (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1878: Walter Ritz, Swiss physicist (d. 1909) [category: Births]
• 1879: Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Danish physical chemist (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1879: In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of 5 and dime Woolworth stores. [category: Events]
• 1880: Frigyes Riesz, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1880: John Daly, Irish athlete (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1881: Albin Prepeluh, Slovenian author and politician (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1881: Joseph B. Ely, American politician (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1882: Eric Gill, British sculptor (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1883: Marguerite Clark, American actress (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1886: Hugo Ball, German author and poet (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1887: Ksawery Tartakower, Polish chess player (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1888: Owen Brewster, American politician (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1888: Raymond Lawler, American soccer player (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1888: Anna Kingsford, English doctor, seer and women's rights campaigner (b. 1846) [category: Deaths]
• 1889: Olave Baden-Powell, English founder of the Girl Guide (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1889: President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states. [category: Events]
• 1890: Beatriz Michelena, Latin-American silent movie star (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1890: Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (b. 1834) [category: Deaths]
• 1890: John Jacob Astor III, American businessman (b. 1822) [category: Deaths]
• 1891: Vlas Chubar, Soviet politician (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1892: Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1892: Herman Koeckemann, German Catholic prelate (b. 1828) [category: Deaths]
• 1895: Victor Raúl Haya de la Torre, Peruvian politician (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1897: Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1897: Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824) [category: Deaths]
• 1898: Thillaiaadi Valliammai, a Tamil satyagrahi from South Africa (d. 1914) [category: Births]
• 1899: Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1899: Dwight Frye, American actor (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1899: George O'Hara, American actor (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1900: Luis Buñuel, Spanish-born film director (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1900: Seán Ó Faoláin, Irish author (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1902: Fritz Strassmann, German physicist (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1903: Ain-Ervin Mere, Estonian Nazi (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1903: Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1903: Robert Weede, American baritone (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1903: Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1904: Leslie Stephen, English writer and critic (b. 1832) [category: Deaths]
• 1904: The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina, the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908. [category: Events]
• 1906: Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt, Danish actor (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1906: Humayun Kabir, Indian educationist and politician (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1907: Robert Young, American actor (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1907: Sheldon Leonard, American actor (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1908: Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan president (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1908: Sir John Mills, English actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1909: The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by Connecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world. [category: Events]
• 1911: Bill Baker, American baseball player (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1913: George Holmes "Buddy" Tate, American jazz musician (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1913: Ranko Marinković, Croatian author (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1913: Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist (b. 1857) [category: Deaths]
• 1914: Henry Reed, English poet (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1914: Renato Dulbecco, Nobel laureate (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1914: Thillaiaadi Valliammai, South African activist (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1915: World War I: Germany institutes unrestricted submarine warfare. [category: Events]
• 1917: Jane Bowles, American playwright (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1918: Charlie Finley, American sports entrepreneur (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1918: Don Pardo, American announcer [category: Births]
• 1918: Robert Wadlow, World's tallest ever human (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1918: Sid Abel, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1921: David Greene, British director (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1921: Giulietta Masina, Italian actress (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1921: Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Central African Republic leader (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1921: Wayne Booth, American literary critic (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1921: Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: Apostolos Santas, Greek resistance veteran (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1922: Jesús Iglesias, Argentine racing driver (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1922: Marshall Teague, American race car driver (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1923: Bleddyn Williams, Welsh rugby player (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1923: Norman Smith (record producer), English singer and record producer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1923: Théophile Delcassé, French statesman (b. 1852) [category: Deaths]
• 1924: U.S. President Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President to deliver a radio broadcast from the White House. [category: Events]
• 1925: Edward Gorey, American illustrator (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1926: Bud Yorkin, American film director [category: Births]
• 1926: Kenneth Williams, English actor (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1927: Florencio Campomanes, Filipino political scientist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1928: Axel Strøbye, Danish actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1928: Bruce Forsyth, British entertainer [category: Births]
• 1928: Clarence 13X, American religious leader (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1928: Paul Dooley, American actor [category: Births]
• 1929: Donald May, American actor [category: Births]
• 1929: James Hong, American actor [category: Births]
• 1929: Rebecca Schull, American actress [category: Births]
• 1930: James McGarrell, American painter [category: Births]
• 1930: Marni Nixon, American singer [category: Births]
• 1930: William Jeremiah Tuttle, American freestyle swimmer and water polo player (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy, American politician (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1933: Bobby Smith, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1933: Katharine, Duchess of Kent [category: Births]
• 1934: Sparky Anderson, American baseball manager (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1934: Willem Kes, Dutch conductor (b. 1856) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Sven Inge, Swedish artist (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1936: Ernie K-Doe, American singer (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1936: Izaly Zemtsovsky, American-Russian ethnomusicologist [category: Births]
• 1936: J. Michael Bishop, American biologist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1936: Ádám Bodor, Hungarian writer [category: Births]
• 1937: Joanna Russ, American author and feminist (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1938: Ishmael Reed, American writer [category: Births]
• 1938: Pierre Vallières, Canadian politician (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1938: Steve Barber, American baseball player (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1939: Antonio Machado, Spanish poet (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Billy Name, American photographer [category: Births]
• 1940: Chet Walker, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1940: Johnson Mlambo, South African politician [category: Births]
• 1940: Judy Cornwell, English actress [category: Births]
• 1941: Giorgos Arvanitis, Greek cinematographer [category: Births]
• 1941: Hipólito Mejía, Dominican politician [category: Births]
• 1942: Christine Keeler, English model and showgirl [category: Births]
• 1942: Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable. [category: Events]
• 1943: Horst Köhler, President of Germany [category: Births]
• 1943: Terry Eagleton, British literary critic and philosopher [category: Births]
• 1943: Christoph Probst, German resistance fighter (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Hans Scholl, German resistance fighter (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Sophie Scholl, German resistance fighter (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: World War II: Members of White Rose are executed in Nazi Germany. [category: Events]
• 1944: Jonathan Demme, American director [category: Births]
• 1944: Robert Kardashian, American lawyer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1944: Tom Okker, Dutch tennis player [category: Births]
• 1944: Kasturba Gandhi,Indian Freedom Fighter, wife of Mohandas Gandhi (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: World War II: American aircraft mistakenly bomb the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone. [category: Events]
• 1945: Leslie Charleson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1945: Oliver, American singer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1945: Osip Brik, Russian writer (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Carol Burns, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1947: Frank P. Tomasulo, American film professor and critic [category: Births]
• 1947: Harvey Mason, Jazz drummer (Fourplay) [category: Births]
• 1947: Maurizio De Angelis, Italian musician [category: Births]
• 1947: Richard North Patterson, American author [category: Births]
• 1948: Dennis Awtrey, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1948: John Ashton, American actor [category: Births]
• 1948: Linda de Suza, Portuguese and French singer [category: Births]
• 1948: Communist revolution in Czechoslovakia. [category: Events]
• 1949: Niki Lauda, Austrian race car driver and entrepreneur [category: Births]
• 1949: Olga Morozova, Russian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1950: Ellen Greene, American actress [category: Births]
• 1950: Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, English musician and performer [category: Births]
• 1950: Julie Walters, English actress [category: Births]
• 1950: Julius Erving, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1950: Lenny Kuhr, Dutch singer [category: Births]
• 1950: Miou-Miou, French actress [category: Births]
• 1951: Ellen Greene, American singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1952: Albert Bryant, Jr., American Army General [category: Births]
• 1952: Bill Frist, American politician [category: Births]
• 1952: Cyrinda Foxe, American model (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1953: Graham Lewis, English musician (Wire and Dome) [category: Births]
• 1953: Nigel Planer, British actor [category: Births]
• 1955: David Axelrod, American political consultant [category: Births]
• 1955: Gordon Banks, American guitarist [category: Births]
• 1955: Tim Young, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1956: Hugh Hewitt, American religious leader [category: Births]
• 1956: Alexandros Svolos, Greek legal expert and politician (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Ban Me Thuot. [category: Events]
• 1958: Abul Kalam Azad, Indian independence movement leader (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic. [category: Events]
• 1959: Jiří Čunek, Czech politician [category: Births]
• 1959: Kyle MacLachlan, American actor [category: Births]
• 1959: Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500. [category: Events]
• 1960: Charles Cullen, American serial killer [category: Births]
• 1960: Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian painter (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Akira Takasaki, Japanese guitarist (Lazy and Loudness) [category: Births]
• 1961: Nick LaRocca, American jazz musician (Original Dixieland Jass Band) (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Lenda Murray, American bodybuilder [category: Births]
• 1962: Les Wallace, Scottish darts player [category: Births]
• 1962: Steve Irwin, Australian herpetologist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1963: Devon Malcolm, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1963: Donald Braswell II, American classical crossover singer [category: Births]
• 1963: Vijay Singh, Fijian golfer [category: Births]
• 1964: Ed Boon, American video game programmer [category: Births]
• 1964: Gigi Fernandez, Puerto Rican tennis player [category: Births]
• 1965: Chris Dudley, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1965: Dean Karr, American director and photographer [category: Births]
• 1965: Pat LaFontaine, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1965: Felix Frankfurter, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Aiden Shaw, English porn actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Brian Greig, Australian politician [category: Births]
• 1966: Rachel Dratch, American actress [category: Births]
• 1966: Thorsten Kaye, German actor [category: Births]
• 1967: Alf Poier, Austrian comedian [category: Births]
• 1967: Anthony Hardwood, Hungarian-American porn actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Bradley Nowell, American musician (Sublime) (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1968: Elna Reinach, South African tennis player [category: Births]
• 1968: Jayson Williams, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Jeri Ryan, American actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Shawn Graham, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1968: Peter Arno, American cartoonist (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Brian Laudrup, Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Clinton Kelly, American TV personality [category: Births]
• 1969: Hans Klok, Dutch illusionist [category: Births]
• 1969: Joaquín Cortés, Spanish dancer [category: Births]
• 1969: Thomas Jane, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Dominic Roussel, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1970: Ravi Vakil, Canadian-American mathematician [category: Births]
• 1970: Edward Selzer American film producer (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Lea Salonga, Filipina actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1972: Claudia Pechstein, German speed skater [category: Births]
• 1972: Laurence Leboucher, French cyclist [category: Births]
• 1972: Michael Chang, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1972: The Official Irish Republican Army detonates a car bomb at Aldershot barracks, killing seven and injuring nineteen others. [category: Events]
• 1973: Claus Lundekvam, Norwegian footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Einar Kristian Tveitå, Norwegian athlete [category: Births]
• 1973: Juninho Paulista, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Scott Phillips, American drummer (Creed and Alter Bridge) [category: Births]
• 1973: Jean-Jacques Bertrand, Canadian politician, Premier of Quebec (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Katina Paxinou, Greek actress (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Cold War: Following President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices. [category: Events]
• 1974: Chris Moyles, English radio DJ [category: Births]
• 1974: James Blunt, English singer/songwriter [category: Births]
• 1974: Samuel Byck, American attempted assassin of Richard Nixon (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Samuel Byck tries and fails to assassinate U.S. President Richard Nixon. [category: Events]
• 1974: The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh. [category: Events]
• 1975: Alun Armstrong, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Drew Barrymore, American actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Faan Rautenbach, South African rugby player [category: Births]
• 1976: Angela Baddeley, English actress (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Florence Ballard, American singer (The Supremes) (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Hakan Yakin, Swiss footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Timo Rose, German filmmaker [category: Births]
• 1978: Jenny Frost, British singer/presenter/model/DJ (Precious and Atomic Kitten) [category: Births]
• 1979: Brett Emerton, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Lee Na-young, South Korean actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Sigrid Schauman, Finnish painter (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Independence of Saint Lucia from the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1980: Kang Sung Hoon, South Korean singer (Sechs Kies) [category: Births]
• 1980: Shamari Fears, American singer-songwriter and actress (Blaque) [category: Births]
• 1980: Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian artist (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4-3. [category: Events]
• 1981: Fredson Camara, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Jeanette Biedermann, German pop singer [category: Births]
• 1981: Michael Maltese, American screenwriter (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Dichen Lachman, Australian Actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Jenna Haze, American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Robert Weiner, Jr., American water polo player [category: Births]
• 1982: Shawntae Spencer, American football player [category: Births]
• 1982: Josh Malihabadi, Urdu poet of India and Pakistan (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Jennifer Ketcham, American pornographic actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Shaun Tait, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1983: Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Sir Adrian Boult, English conductor (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: The notorious Broadway flop Moose Murders opens and closes on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. [category: Events]
• 1984: Branislav Ivanović, Serbian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Giorgos Printezis, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Tommy Bowe, Irish rugby player [category: Births]
• 1984: David Vetter, The Boy in the Bubble (b. 1971) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Hamer Bouazza, Algerian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Larissa Riquelme, Paraguayan model [category: Births]
• 1985: Sean Garballey, American politician [category: Births]
• 1985: Alexander Scourby, American actor (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Salvador Espriu, Spanish poet (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Miko Hughes, American actor [category: Births]
• 1986: Rajon Rondo, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1986: Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines. [category: Events]
• 1987: Han Hyo-joo, South Korean actress and model [category: Births]
• 1987: Sergio Romero, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Andy Warhol, American artist, director, and writer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Efraín Juárez, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Jonathan Borlée, Belgian athlete [category: Births]
• 1988: Kevin Borlée, Belgian athlete [category: Births]
• 1988: Sebastian Tyrała, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Ximena Navarrete, Mexican beauty queen, Miss Universe 2010 [category: Births]
• 1989: Alia Sabur, American college educator [category: Births]
• 1989: Anna Sundstrand, Swedish singer (Play) [category: Births]
• 1989: Franco Vázquez, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Moisés da Costa Amaral, East Timorese politician, Timorese Democratic Union President (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Luca Profeta, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Alexander Merkel, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1994: Papa John Creach, American musician (Jefferson Airplane and The Dinosaurs) (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union. [category: Events]
• 1995: Ed Flanders, American actor (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified. [category: Events]
• 1997: Joseph Aiuppa, American gangster (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned. [category: Events]
• 1998: Abraham Ribicoff, American politician (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Fernando Buesa, Spanish politician (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Les Medley, English footballer (b.1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Chuck Jones, American cartoonist (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Daniel Pearl, American journalist (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Jonas Savimbi, Angolan rebel and political leader (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Roden Cutler, Australian diplomat and war hero (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush. [category: Events]
• 2003: Daniel Taradash, American screenwriter (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Andy Seminick, American baseball player (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Lee Eun Ju, Korean actress (b. 1980) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Simone Simon, French actress (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Zdzisław Beksiński, Polish artist (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Anthony Burger, American musician and singer (the Kingsmen Quartet) (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Atwar Bahjat, Iraqi journalist (b. 1976) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: At least six men stage Britain's biggest robbery, stealing £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent. [category: Events]
• 2007: Dennis Johnson, American basketball player (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: George Jellicoe, English politician and Royal Navy officer (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Howard Verne Ramsey, oldest U.S. veteran of WWI (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Samuel Hinga Norman, Sierra Leonean alleged war criminal (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Henk Bruna, Dutch publisher and businessman (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Nunzio Gallo, Italian singer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Candido Cannavò, Italian journalist (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Fred Chaffart, Belgian businessman (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Robin Davies, Welsh actor (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Steffi Sidney, American actress (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Nicholas Courtney, British actor (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: An earthquake measuring 6.3 in magnitude strikes Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 185 people. [category: Events]
• 2012: Frank Carson, British Northern Irish comedian (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• _: Baradates [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Celebrity Day (Church of Scientology) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter (Roman Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Saint Lucia from the United Kingdom in 1979. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Margaret of Cortona [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Washington's Birthday, celebrate George Washington's birthday on February 11, 1732. The different date is caused by the form of Julian calendar. (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Thinking Day, also known as "B.-P. day" or "Founder's Day" (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts) [category: Holidays and observances]