February 21: what happened on this day in history

Events on February 21 include:

Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison (1975)
United States President Richard Nixon visits China to normalize Sino-American relations (1972)
American Black nationalist Malcolm X (pictured) was assassinated while giving a speech in New York City's Audubon Ballroom (1965)

This page gathers 45 events, 176 births and 81 deaths recorded on this day, from 1245 to 2022.

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Events · United States

1975
Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison. Wikipedia: Watergate scandal · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1972
United States President Richard Nixon visits China to normalize Sino-American relations. Wikipedia: Richard Nixon · ✓ 4 WikipediasArchive: Richard Nixon in Finland — Finnish Heritage Agency · Europeana
1965
American Black nationalist Malcolm X (pictured) was assassinated while giving a speech in New York City's Audubon Ballroom. Wikipedia: Black nationalism · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1896
An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fights an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically takes place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing. Wikipedia: Bob Fitzsimmons
1885
The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated. Wikipedia: Washington Monument · ✓ 3 WikipediasArchive: Washington, Washington Monument — Media library of Art and Visual History of Humboldt University of Berlin · Europeana
1862
American Civil War: The Confederate Army began an attempt to gain control of the Southwest with a major victory in the Battle of Valverde. Wikipedia: American Civil War · ✓ 3 WikipediasArchive: Irish American Civil War — Europeana Foundation · Europeana
1842
John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine. Wikipedia: Sewing machine · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1828
The inaugural issue of the Cherokee Phoenix, the first newspaper in a Native American language, was published. Wikipedia: Cherokee Phoenix · ✓ 2 Wikipedias

Around the world

2022
In the prelude to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin declares the Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic as independent from Ukraine, and moves troops into the region. The action is condemned by the United Nations. Wikipedia: Prelude to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
2013
At least 17 people are killed and 119 injured following several bombings in the Indian city of Hyderabad. Wikipedia: 2013 Hyderabad blasts
1995
Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon. Wikipedia: Steve Fossett · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1994
Aldrich Ames is arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for selling national secrets to the Soviet Union in Arlington County, Virginia. Wikipedia: Aldrich Ames
1974
The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt. Wikipedia: Suez Canal · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1973
After accidentally straying into the airspace of the Israeli-occupied Sinai Peninsula, Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 was shot down by two Israeli fighter aircraft, killing 108 of the 113 people on board. Wikipedia: Israeli occupation of the Sinai Peninsula · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1972
The Soviet uncrewed spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon. Wikipedia: Soviet Union · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1971
The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna. Wikipedia: Convention on Psychotropic Substances · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1958
The CND symbol, aka peace symbol, commissioned by the Direct Action Committee in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom. Wikipedia: Peace symbols · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1952
A number of student protesters demanding the establishment of Bengali as an official language were killed by police in Dhaka, East Pakistan. Wikipedia: Bengali language movement · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1952
The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free". Wikipedia: Winston Churchill · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1948
NASCAR is incorporated. Wikipedia: NASCAR · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1947
In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America. Wikipedia: Edwin H. Land · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1945
World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, Japanese kamikaze planes sink the escort carrier USS Bismarck Sea and damage the USS Saratoga. Wikipedia: World War II · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1945
World War II: the Brazilian Expeditionary Force defeat the German forces in the Battle of Monte Castello on the Italian front. Wikipedia: Brazilian Expeditionary Force · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1937
The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War. Wikipedia: League of Nations · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1929
Nanjing decade: In the first battle of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong against the Nationalist government of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops. Wikipedia: Nanjing decade · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1925
The New Yorker publishes its first issue. Wikipedia: The New Yorker · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1921
Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution. Wikipedia: Constituent Assembly of Georgia · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1921
Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup. Wikipedia: Reza Shah · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1919
Bavarian socialist Kurt Eisner, who had organized the German Revolution that overthrew the Wittelsbach monarchy and established Bavaria as a republic, was assassinated. Wikipedia: Bavaria · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1918
The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo. Wikipedia: Carolina parakeet · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1916
World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins. Wikipedia: World War I · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1913
Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars. Wikipedia: Ioannina · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1878
The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut. Wikipedia: Telephone directory · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1874
The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first edition. Wikipedia: Oakland Tribune
1866
Lucy Hobbs Taylor (pictured) became the first woman to receive a doctorate from a dental college. Wikipedia: Lucy Hobbs Taylor
1861
Mariehamn, the capital city of Åland, is founded. Wikipedia: Mariehamn · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1848
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto. Wikipedia: Karl Marx · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1808
Without a previous declaration of war, Russian troops cross the border to Sweden at Abborfors in eastern Finland, thus beginning the Finnish War, in which Sweden will lose the eastern half of the country (i.e. Finland) to Russia. Wikipedia: Ahvenkoski · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1804
The first self-propelling steam locomotive makes its outing at the Pen-y-Darren Ironworks in Wales. Wikipedia: Steam locomotive · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1797
A force of 1,400 French soldiers invade Britain at Fishguard in support of the Society of United Irishmen. They were defeated by 500 British reservists. Wikipedia: Battle of Fishguard · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1746
Jacobite rising of 1745: The siege of Inverness ended with British forces surrendering to the Jacobite army. Wikipedia: Jacobite rising of 1745
1613
Mikhail I is unanimously elected Tsar by a national assembly, beginning the Romanov dynasty of Imperial Russia. Wikipedia: Michael of Russia · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1440
The Prussian Confederation is formed. Wikipedia: Prussian Confederation · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1437
King James I of Scotland was murdered at Perth in a failed coup by his uncle and former ally Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl. Wikipedia: James I of Scotland · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1245
Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery. Wikipedia: Thomas (bishop of Finland)

World days

International Mother Language Day (UNESCO) Wikipedia: International Mother Language Day

Technology

1878
The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut. Wikipedia: Telephone directory · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1804
The first self-propelling steam locomotive makes its outing at the Pen-y-Darren Ironworks in Wales. Wikipedia: Steam locomotive · ✓ 3 Wikipedias

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Science

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Business

1974
The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt. Wikipedia: Suez Canal · ✓ 3 Wikipedias

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Sport

1896
An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fights an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically takes place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing. Wikipedia: Bob Fitzsimmons

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Culture

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Births

2007
Leeseo, South Korean singer Wikipedia: Leeseo · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1999
Metawin Opas-iamkajorn, Thai actor and singer Wikipedia: Metawin Opas-iamkajorn · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1996
Noah Rubin, American tennis player Wikipedia: Noah Rubin (tennis)
1996
Sophie Turner, English actress Wikipedia: Sophie Turner · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1994
Tang Haochen, Chinese tennis player Wikipedia: Tang Haochen
1994
Hayley Orrantia, American actress and singer-songwriter Wikipedia: Hayley Orrantia
1994
Wendy, South Korean singer Wikipedia: Wendy (singer) · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1993
Steve Leo Beleck, Cameroonian footballer Wikipedia: Steve Leo Beleck
1993
Davy Klaassen, Dutch footballer Wikipedia: Davy Klaassen · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1992
Phil Jones, English footballer Wikipedia: Phil Jones (footballer, born 1992) · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1991
Joe Alwyn, English actor Wikipedia: Joe Alwyn · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1991
Riyad Mahrez, Algerian footballer Wikipedia: Riyad Mahrez · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1991
Ji So-yun, South Korean footballer Wikipedia: Ji So-yun
1991
Solar, South Korean singer, songwriter and actress Wikipedia: Solar (singer) · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1991
Devon Travis, American baseball player Wikipedia: Devon Travis
1990
Mattias Tedenby, Swedish ice hockey player Wikipedia: Mattias Tedenby
1989
Corbin Bleu, American actor, model, dancer, film producer and singer-songwriter Wikipedia: Corbin Bleu · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1989
Ian Cole, American ice hockey player Wikipedia: Ian Cole
1989
Federico Fernández, Argentine footballer Wikipedia: Federico Fernández (footballer) · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1989
Jake Muzzin, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia: Jake Muzzin
1988
Donté Greene, American basketball player Wikipedia: Donté Greene · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1987
Eniola Aluko, English footballer Wikipedia: Eni Aluko · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1987
Ashley Greene, American actress Wikipedia: Ashley Greene · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1987
Elliot Page, Canadian actor Wikipedia: Elliot Page · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1986
Charlotte Church, Welsh singer-songwriter and actress Wikipedia: Charlotte Church · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1985
Georgios Samaras, Greek footballer Wikipedia: Georgios Samaras · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1984
Andrew Ellis, New Zealand rugby player Wikipedia: Andy Ellis (rugby union)
1984
David Odonkor, German footballer Wikipedia: David Odonkor · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1984
Marco Paoloni, Italian footballer Wikipedia: Marco Paoloni
1984
James Wisniewski, American ice hockey player Wikipedia: James Wisniewski · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1983
Braylon Edwards, American football player Wikipedia: Braylon Edwards · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1983
Franklin Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player Wikipedia: Franklin Gutiérrez · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1983
Mélanie Laurent, French actress Wikipedia: Mélanie Laurent · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1982
Andre Barrett, American basketball player Wikipedia: Andre Barrett
1982
Chantal Claret, American singer-songwriter Wikipedia: Chantal Claret · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1982
Tebogo Jacko Magubane, South African DJ and producer Wikipedia: Tebogo Jacko Magubane
1981
Tsuyoshi Wada, Japanese baseball player Wikipedia: Tsuyoshi Wada
1980
Brad Fast, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia: Brad Fast
1980
Tiziano Ferro, Italian singer-songwriter and producer Wikipedia: Tiziano Ferro · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1980
Brendan Sexton III, American actor Wikipedia: Brendan Sexton III
1980
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, 5th King of Bhutan Wikipedia: Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1979
Tituss Burgess, American actor and singer Wikipedia: Tituss Burgess · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1979
Carlito, Puerto Rican wrestler Wikipedia: Carlito (wrestler) · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1979
Pascal Chimbonda, Guadeloupean-French footballer Wikipedia: Pascal Chimbonda · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1979
Jennifer Love Hewitt, American actress and producer Wikipedia: Jennifer Love Hewitt · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1979
Jordan Peele, American actor, comedian, director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia: Jordan Peele · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1978
Erick Barkley, American basketball player Wikipedia: Erick Barkley
1977
Steve Francis, American basketball player Wikipedia: Steve Francis · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1977
Rhiannon Giddens, American musician Wikipedia: Rhiannon Giddens
1976
Michael McIntyre, English comedian, actor and television presenter Wikipedia: Michael McIntyre
1976
Ryan Smyth, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia: Ryan Smyth · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1975
Scott Miller, Australian swimmer Wikipedia: Scott Miller (swimmer)
1974
Iván Campo, Spanish footballer Wikipedia: Iván Campo · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1973
Heri Joensen, Faroese singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia: Heri Joensen · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1973
Brian Rolston, American ice hockey player and coach Wikipedia: Brian Rolston · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1971
Pierre Fulke, Swedish golfer Wikipedia: Pierre Fulke
1970
Michael Slater, Australian cricketer and sportscaster Wikipedia: Michael Slater
1969
James Dean Bradfield, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia: James Dean Bradfield · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1969
Aunjanue Ellis, American actress and producer Wikipedia: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1969
Petra Kronberger, Austrian skier Wikipedia: Petra Kronberger · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1969
Tony Meola, American soccer player and manager Wikipedia: Tony Meola · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1969
Cathy Richardson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia: Cathy Richardson
1967
Leroy Burrell, American runner and coach Wikipedia: Leroy Burrell · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1967
Sari Essayah, Finnish athlete and politician Wikipedia: Sari Essayah · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1965
Mark Ferguson, Australian journalist Wikipedia: Mark Ferguson (news presenter)
1964
Mark Kelly, American astronaut and politician Wikipedia: Mark Kelly · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1964
Scott Kelly, American astronaut Wikipedia: Scott Kelly (astronaut) · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1963
William Baldwin, American actor Wikipedia: William Baldwin · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1963
Ranking Roger, English singer-songwriter and musician (died 2019) Wikipedia: Ranking Roger
1963
Greg Turner, New Zealand golfer Wikipedia: Greg Turner
1962
Chuck Palahniuk, American novelist and journalist Wikipedia: Chuck Palahniuk · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1962
David Foster Wallace, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (died 2008) Wikipedia: David Foster Wallace · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1961
Christopher Atkins, American actor and businessman Wikipedia: Christopher Atkins · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1961
Elliot Hirshman, American psychologist and academic Wikipedia: Elliot Hirshman
1960
Plamen Oresharski, Bulgarian economist and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Bulgaria Wikipedia: Plamen Oresharski · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1959
José María Cano, Spanish singer-songwriter and painter Wikipedia: José María Cano · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1958
Jake Burns, Northern Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia: Jake Burns
1958
Mary Chapin Carpenter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia: Mary Chapin Carpenter · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1958
Kim Coates, Canadian-American actor Wikipedia: Kim Coates · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1958
Jack Coleman, American actor Wikipedia: Jack Coleman (actor) · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1958
Alan Trammell, American baseball player, coach, and manager Wikipedia: Alan Trammell · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1955
Kelsey Grammer, American actor, singer, and producer Wikipedia: Kelsey Grammer · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1954
Christina Rees, British politician Wikipedia: Christina Rees
1953
Christine Ebersole, American actress and singer Wikipedia: Christine Ebersole · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1953
William Petersen, American actor and producer Wikipedia: William Petersen · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1952
Jean-Jacques Burnel, English bass player, songwriter, and producer Wikipedia: Jean-Jacques Burnel · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1952
Vitaly Churkin, Russian diplomat, former Ambassador of Russia to the United Nations (died 2017) Wikipedia: Vitaly Churkin · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1951
Vince Welnick, American keyboard player (died 2006) Wikipedia: Vince Welnick · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1950
Sahle-Work Zewde, Ethiopian politician and diplomat, 5th President of Ethiopia Wikipedia: Sahle-Work Zewde · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1949
Frank Brunner, American illustrator Wikipedia: Frank Brunner · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1949
Jerry Harrison, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Wikipedia: Jerry Harrison · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1949
Ronnie Hellström, Swedish footballer (died 2022) Wikipedia: Ronnie Hellström · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1947
Johnny Echols, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia: Johnny Echols
1947
Olympia Snowe, American politician Wikipedia: Olympia Snowe · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1946
Tyne Daly, American actress and singer Wikipedia: Tyne Daly · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1946
Anthony Daniels, English actor and producer Wikipedia: Anthony Daniels · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1946
Alan Rickman, English actor and director (died 2016) Wikipedia: Alan Rickman · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1946
Bob Ryan, American journalist and author Wikipedia: Bob Ryan
1945
Maurice Bembridge, English golfer (died 2024) Wikipedia: Maurice Bembridge
1943
David Geffen, American businessman, co-founded DreamWorks and Geffen Records Wikipedia: David Geffen · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1942
Tony Martin, Trinidadian-American historian and academic (died 2013) Wikipedia: Tony Martin (professor)
1942
Margarethe von Trotta, German actress, director, and screenwriter Wikipedia: Margarethe von Trotta · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1940
Peter Gethin, English racing driver (died 2011) Wikipedia: Peter Gethin · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1940
John Lewis, American activist and politician (died 2020) Wikipedia: John Lewis · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1938
Bobby Charles, American singer-songwriter (died 2010) Wikipedia: Bobby Charles · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1938
Anja Hatakka, Finnish actress and beauty pageant competitor (died 2026) Wikipedia: Anja Hatakka
1937
Ron Clarke, Australian runner and politician, Mayor of the Gold Coast (died 2015) Wikipedia: Ron Clarke · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1937
Harald V of Norway, King of Norway (died 2026) Wikipedia: Harald V · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1937
Gary Lockwood, American actor Wikipedia: Gary Lockwood · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1936
Barbara Jordan, American lawyer and politician (died 1996) Wikipedia: Barbara Jordan · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1935
Richard A. Lupoff, American author (died 2020) Wikipedia: Richard A. Lupoff
1935
Mark McManus, Scottish actor (died 1994) Wikipedia: Mark McManus
1934
Rue McClanahan, American actress (died 2010) Wikipedia: Rue McClanahan · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1933
Bob Rafelson, American film director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2022) Wikipedia: Bob Rafelson · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1933
Nina Simone, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2003) Wikipedia: Nina Simone · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1929
Chespirito, Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014) Wikipedia: Chespirito · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1927
Erma Bombeck, American journalist and author (died 1996) Wikipedia: Erma Bombeck · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1925
Sam Peckinpah, American director and screenwriter (died 1984) Wikipedia: Sam Peckinpah · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1925
Jack Ramsay, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2014) Wikipedia: Jack Ramsay · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1924
Dorothy Blum, American computer scientist and cryptanalyst (died 1980) Wikipedia: Dorothy Blum
1924
Thelma Estrin, American computer scientist and engineer (died 2014) Wikipedia: Thelma Estrin · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1924
Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean educator and politician, 2nd President of Zimbabwe (died 2019) Wikipedia: Robert Mugabe · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1921
Zdeněk Miler, Czech animator (died 2011) Wikipedia: Zdeněk Miler · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1921
John Rawls, American philosopher and academic (died 2002) Wikipedia: John Rawls · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1921
Richard T. Whitcomb, American aeronautical engineer (died 2009) Wikipedia: Richard T. Whitcomb · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1917
Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer (died 1996) Wikipedia: Lucille Bremer · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1917
Tadd Dameron, American pianist and composer (died 1965) Wikipedia: Tadd Dameron · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1915
Claudia Jones, Trinidad-British journalist and activist (died 1964) Wikipedia: Claudia Jones · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1915
Ann Sheridan, American actress and singer (died 1967) Wikipedia: Ann Sheridan · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1915
Anton Vratuša, Prime Minister of Slovenia (died 2017) Wikipedia: Anton Vratuša · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1914
Ilmari Juutilainen, Finnish soldier and pilot (died 1999) Wikipedia: Ilmari Juutilainen
1914
Zachary Scott, American actor (died 1965) Wikipedia: Zachary Scott
1914
Jean Tatlock, American psychiatrist and physician (died 1944) Wikipedia: Jean Tatlock · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1912
Arline Judge, American actress and singer (died 1974) Wikipedia: Arline Judge
1910
Douglas Bader, English fighter pilot in World War II (died 1982) Wikipedia: Douglas Bader · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1909
Hans Erni, Swiss painter, sculptor, and illustrator (died 2015) Wikipedia: Hans Erni · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1907
W. H. Auden, English-American poet, playwright, and composer (died 1973) Wikipedia: W. H. Auden · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1903
Anaïs Nin, French-American essayist and memoirist (died 1977) Wikipedia: Anaïs Nin · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1903
Raymond Queneau, French poet and author (died 1976) Wikipedia: Raymond Queneau · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1902
Arthur Nock, English theologian and academic (died 1963) Wikipedia: Arthur Nock
1900
Jeanne Aubert, French singer and actress (died 1988) Wikipedia: Jeanne Aubert · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1896
Nirala, Indian poet and author (died 1961) Wikipedia: Suryakant Tripathi
1895
Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1976) Wikipedia: Henrik Dam · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1894
Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, Indian chemist and academic (died 1955) Wikipedia: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
1893
Celia Lovsky, Austrian-American actress (died 1979) Wikipedia: Celia Lovsky
1893
Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (died 1987) Wikipedia: Andrés Segovia · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1892
Harry Stack Sullivan, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (died 1949) Wikipedia: Harry Stack Sullivan · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1888
Clemence Dane, English author and playwright (died 1965) Wikipedia: Clemence Dane
1887
Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of War (died 1945) Wikipedia: Korechika Anami · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1885
Sacha Guitry, Russian-French actor, director, and playwright (died 1957) Wikipedia: Sacha Guitry · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1881
Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (died 1945) Wikipedia: Kenneth J. Alford · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1878
Mirra Alfassa, French-Indian spiritual leader (died 1973) Wikipedia: Mirra Alfassa · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1875
Jeanne Calment, French super-centenarian, oldest verified person ever (died 1997) Wikipedia: Jeanne Calment · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1867
Otto Hermann Kahn, German banker and philanthropist (died 1934) Wikipedia: Otto Hermann Kahn
1865
John Haden Badley, English author and educator, founded the Bedales School (died 1967) Wikipedia: John Haden Badley
1860
Goscombe John, Welsh-English sculptor and academic (died 1952) Wikipedia: Goscombe John
1844
Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer (died 1937) Wikipedia: Charles-Marie Widor · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1836
Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (died 1891) Wikipedia: Léo Delibes · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1821
Charles Scribner I, American publisher, founded Charles Scribner's Sons (died 1871) Wikipedia: Charles Scribner I
1817
José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright (died 1893) Wikipedia: José Zorrilla · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1801
John Henry Newman, English cardinal (died 1890) Wikipedia: John Henry Newman · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1794
Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and politician, 8th President of Mexico (died 1876) Wikipedia: Antonio López de Santa Anna · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1791
Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1857) Wikipedia: Carl Czerny · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1788
Francis Ronalds, British scientist, inventor and engineer who was knighted for developing the first working electric telegraph (died 1873) Wikipedia: Francis Ronalds
1783
Catharina of Württemberg (died 1835) Wikipedia: Catharina of Württemberg · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1728
Peter III of Russia (died 1762) Wikipedia: Peter III of Russia · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1705
Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English admiral and politician (died 1781) Wikipedia: Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1621
Rebecca Nurse, Massachusetts colonist, executed as a witch (died 1692) Wikipedia: Rebecca Nurse · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1609
Raimondo Montecuccoli, Italian military commander (died 1680) Wikipedia: Raimondo Montecuccoli · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1556
Sethus Calvisius, German astronomer, composer, and theorist (died 1615) Wikipedia: Sethus Calvisius · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1541
Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (died 1599) Wikipedia: Philipp V of Hanau-Lichtenberg · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1498
Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland, English Earl (died 1549) Wikipedia: Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland
1484
Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (died 1535) Wikipedia: Joachim I Nestor of Brandenburg · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1462
Joanna la Beltraneja, princess of Castile (died 1530) Wikipedia: Joanna la Beltraneja
1397
Isabella of Portugal (died 1471) Wikipedia: Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
921
Abe no Seimei, Japanese astrologer (died 1005) Wikipedia: Abe no Seimei · ✓ 2 Wikipedias

Deaths

2026
Rondale Moore, American football player (born 2000) Wikipedia: Rondale Moore
2025
Clint Hill, American Secret Service agent (born 1932) Wikipedia: Clint Hill (Secret Service)
2025
Lynne Marie Stewart, American actress (born 1946) Wikipedia: Lynne Marie Stewart
2024
John Bahnsen, United States Army brigadier general and decorated veteran of the Vietnam War (born 1934) Wikipedia: John Bahnsen
2021
Mireya Arboleda, Colombian classical pianist (born 1928) Wikipedia: Mireya Arboleda
2021
Kevin Dann, Australian rugby league player (born 1958) Wikipedia: Kevin Dann
2019
Stanley Donen, American film director (born 1924) Wikipedia: Stanley Donen · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
2019
Peter Tork, American musician and actor (born 1942) Wikipedia: Peter Tork · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
2018
Billy Graham, American evangelist (born 1918) Wikipedia: Billy Graham · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
2017
Jeanne Martin Cissé, Guinean teacher and politician (born 1926) Wikipedia: Jeanne Martin Cissé
2016
Eric Brown, Scottish-English captain and pilot (born 1919) Wikipedia: Eric Brown (pilot)
2015
Aleksei Gubarev, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (born 1931) Wikipedia: Aleksei Gubarev · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
2015
Sadeq Tabatabaei, Iranian journalist and politician (born 1943) Wikipedia: Sadeq Tabatabaei
2015
Clark Terry, American trumpet player, composer, and educator (born 1920) Wikipedia: Clark Terry · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
2014
Héctor Maestri, Cuban-American baseball player (born 1935) Wikipedia: Héctor Maestri
2014
Matthew Robinson, Australian snowboarder (born 1985) Wikipedia: Matthew Robinson (snowboarder)
2014
Cornelius Schnauber, German–American historian, playwright, and academic (born 1939) Wikipedia: Cornelius Schnauber · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
2013
Hasse Jeppson, Swedish footballer (born 1925) Wikipedia: Hasse Jeppson · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
2012
H. M. Darmstandler, American general (born 1922) Wikipedia: H. M. Darmstandler
2011
Dwayne McDuffie, American author and screenwriter, co-founded Milestone Media (born 1962) Wikipedia: Dwayne McDuffie · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
2011
Bernard Nathanson, American physician and activist (born 1926) Wikipedia: Bernard Nathanson · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
2008
Ben Chapman, American actor (born 1928) Wikipedia: Ben Chapman (actor)
2005
Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban author, screenwriter, and critic (born 1929) Wikipedia: Guillermo Cabrera Infante · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
2005
Zdzisław Beksiński, Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor (born 1929) Wikipedia: Zdzisław Beksiński · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
2004
John Charles, Welsh footballer and manager (born 1931) Wikipedia: John Charles · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
2002
John Thaw, English actor and producer (born 1942) Wikipedia: John Thaw · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1999
Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918) Wikipedia: Gertrude B. Elion · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1999
Ilmari Juutilainen, Finnish soldier and pilot (born 1914) Wikipedia: Ilmari Juutilainen · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1999
Wilmer Mizell, American baseball player and politician (born 1930) Wikipedia: Wilmer Mizell
1996
Morton Gould, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1913) Wikipedia: Morton Gould · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1995
Robert Bolt, English dramatist (born 1924) Wikipedia: Robert Bolt
1994
Johannes Steinhoff, German general and pilot (born 1913) Wikipedia: Johannes Steinhoff · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1993
Inge Lehmann, Danish seismologist and geophysicist (born 1888) Wikipedia: Inge Lehmann · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1991
Dorothy Auchterlonie Green, Australian poet, critic, and academic (born 1915) Wikipedia: Dorothy Auchterlonie Green
1991
Nutan, Indian actress (born 1936) Wikipedia: Nutan
1986
Helen Hooven Santmyer, American novelist (born 1895) Wikipedia: Helen Hooven Santmyer
1985
Louis Hayward, South African-American actor (born 1909) Wikipedia: Louis Hayward · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1984
Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905) Wikipedia: Mikhail Sholokhov · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1982
Gershom Scholem, German-Israeli historian and philosopher (born 1897) Wikipedia: Gershom Scholem · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1980
Alfred Andersch, German-Swiss author (born 1914) Wikipedia: Alfred Andersch · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1974
Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman, co-founded Tim Hortons (born 1930) Wikipedia: Tim Horton · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1972
Zhang Guohua, Chinese general and politician (born 1914) Wikipedia: Zhang Guohua (politician, born 1914)
1972
Bronislava Nijinska, Russian-American dancer and choreographer (born 1891) Wikipedia: Bronislava Nijinska · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1972
Eugène Tisserant, French cardinal (born 1884) Wikipedia: Eugène Tisserant · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1968
Howard Florey, Australian pathologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1898) Wikipedia: Howard Florey · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1967
Charles Beaumont, American author and screenwriter (born 1929) Wikipedia: Charles Beaumont · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1965
Malcolm X, American minister and activist (born 1925) Wikipedia: Malcolm X · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1958
Duncan Edwards, English footballer (born 1936) Wikipedia: Duncan Edwards · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1947
Fannie Charles Dillon, American composer (born 1881) Wikipedia: Fannie Charles Dillon
1946
José Streel, Belgian journalist (born 1911) Wikipedia: José Streel
1945
Eric Liddell, Scottish rugby player and runner (born 1902) Wikipedia: Eric Liddell · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1944
Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French racing driver (born 1873) Wikipedia: Ferenc Szisz · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1941
Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1891) Wikipedia: Frederick Banting · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1938
George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (born 1868) Wikipedia: George Ellery Hale · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1934
Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (born 1895) Wikipedia: Augusto César Sandino · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1926
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1853) Wikipedia: Heike Kamerlingh Onnes · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1919
Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (born 1867) Wikipedia: Kurt Eisner · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1918
Incas, last known Carolina parakeet (hatched fl. 1885) Wikipedia: Incas (parakeet) · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1891
James Timberlake, American lieutenant and police officer (born 1846) Wikipedia: James Timberlake
1888
William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (born 1804) Wikipedia: William Weston (Australian politician)
1862
Justinus Kerner, German poet and physician (born 1786) Wikipedia: Justinus Kerner · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1846
Emperor Ninkō of Japan (born 1800) Wikipedia: Emperor Ninkō · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1829
Kittur Chennamma, Indian queen and freedom fighter (born 1778) Wikipedia: Kittur Chennamma
1824
Eugène de Beauharnais, French general (born 1781) Wikipedia: Eugène de Beauharnais · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
1821
Georg Friedrich von Martens, German jurist and diplomat (born 1756) Wikipedia: Georg Friedrich von Martens
1730
Pope Benedict XIII (born 1649) Wikipedia: Pope Benedict XIII · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1715
Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, English politician (born 1637) Wikipedia: Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1677
Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher and scholar (born 1632) Wikipedia: Baruch Spinoza · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1595
Robert Southwell, English priest and poet (born 1561) Wikipedia: Robert Southwell (priest)
1590
Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, English nobleman and general (born 1528) Wikipedia: Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick
1572
Cho Sik, Korean poet and scholar (born 1501) Wikipedia: Cho Sik
1554
Hieronymus Bock, German botanist and physician (born 1498) Wikipedia: Hieronymus Bock · ✓ 3 Wikipedias
1543
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, Somali general (born 1507) Wikipedia: Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1513
Pope Julius II (born 1443) Wikipedia: Pope Julius II · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1471
Jan Rokycana, Czech bishop and theologian (born 1396) Wikipedia: Jan Rokycana
1437
James I of Scotland (born 1394; assassinated) Wikipedia: James I of Scotland · ✓ 5 Wikipedias
1267
Baldwin of Ibelin, Seneschal of Cyprus Wikipedia: Baldwin of Ibelin, Seneschal of Cyprus · ✓ 2 Wikipedias
1211
Aymon de Briançon, archbishop of Tarentaise and crusader Wikipedia: Aymon de Briançon
1184
Minamoto no Yoshinaka, Japanese shōgun (born 1154) Wikipedia: Minamoto no Yoshinaka · ✓ 4 Wikipedias
675
Randoald of Grandval, prior of the Benedictine monastery of Grandval Wikipedia: Randoald of Grandval
4
Gaius Caesar, Roman consul and grandson of Augustus (born 20 BC) Wikipedia: 0s · ✓ 4 Wikipedias

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