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Acontecimientos (51)

  1. 438Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus.
  2. 590Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia.
  3. 706Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tiberios III publicly executed in the Hippodrome of Constantinople.
  4. 1002At an assembly at Pavia of Lombard nobles, Arduin of Ivrea is restored to his domains and crowned King of Italy.
  5. 1113Pope Paschal II issues Pie Postulatio Voluntatis, recognizing the Order of Hospitallers.
  6. 1214During the Anglo-French War (1213–1214), an English invasion force led by John, King of England, lands at La Rochelle in France.
  7. 1493While on board the Niña, Christopher Columbus writes an open letter (widely distributed upon his return to Portugal) describing his discoveries and the unexpected items he came across in the New World.
  8. 1637Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
  9. 1690Constantin Cantemir, Prince of Moldavia, and the Holy Roman Empire sign a secret treaty in Sibiu, stipulating that Moldavia would support the actions led by the House of Habsburg against the Ottoman Empire.
  10. 1764The city of St. Louis is established in Spanish Louisiana (now in Missouri, USA).
  11. 1798The Roman Republic is proclaimed after Louis-Alexandre Berthier, a general of Napoleon, had invaded the city of Rome five days earlier.
  12. 1835Serbia's Sretenje Constitution briefly comes into effect.
  13. 1852The Helsinki Cathedral (known as St. Nicholas' Church at time) is officially inaugurated in Helsinki, Finland.
  14. 1862American Civil War: Confederates commanded by Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd attack General Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces besieging Fort Donelson in Tennessee. Unable to break the fort's encirclement, the Confederates surrender the following day.
  15. 1870Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, US, and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in mechanical engineering.
  16. 1872First issue of the Bulletin de la Fédération jurassienne, the first or one of the first anarchist newspapers.
  17. 1879Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
  18. 1898The battleship explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing about 274 of the ship's roughly 354 crew. The disaster pushes the United States to declare war on Spain.
  19. 1899Tsar Nicholas II of Russia issues a declaration known as the February Manifesto, which reduces the autonomy of the Grand Duchy of Finland, thus beginning the first period of oppression.
  20. 1909The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico, kills 250.
  21. 1923Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
  22. 1925The 1925 serum run to Nome: The second delivery of serum arrives in Nome, Alaska.
  23. 1933In Miami, Giuseppe Zangara attempts to assassinate US President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but instead shoots Chicago mayor Anton J. Cermak, who dies of his wounds on March 6.
  24. 1940Paul Creston's Saxophone Sonata is officially premiered at the Carnegie Chamber Hall by saxophonist Cecil Leeson, who had commissioned it, and the composer.
  25. 1942World War II: Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.
  26. 1944World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino, Italy, begins.
  27. 1944World War II: The Narva Offensive begins.
  28. 1946ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
  29. 1949Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux begin excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves, where they will eventually discover the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
  30. 1952King George VI of the United Kingdom is buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
  31. 1954Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
  32. 1961Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team along with several of their coaches and family members.
  33. 1965The maple leaf is adopted as the flag of Canada, replacing the Canadian Red Ensign flag.
  34. 1970Dominicana de Aviación Flight 603 crashes into the Caribbean Sea after takeoff from Las Américas International Airport, killing 102, including members of the Puerto Rico women's national volleyball team and lightweight boxer Carlos Cruz.
  35. 1971The decimalisation of the currencies of the United Kingdom and Ireland is completed on Decimal Day.
  36. 1972Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time.
  37. 1972José María Velasco Ibarra, serving as President of Ecuador for the fifth time, is overthrown by the military for the fourth time.
  38. 1982The drilling rig Ocean Ranger sinks during a storm off the coast of Newfoundland, killing 84 workers.
  39. 1989Soviet–Afghan War: The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan.
  40. 1991The Visegrád Group, establishing cooperation to move toward free-market systems, is signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland.
  41. 1992Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is sentenced in Milwaukee to 15 terms of life in prison.
  42. 1992Air Transport International Flight 805 crashes in Swanton, Ohio, near Toledo Express Airport, killing all four people on board.
  43. 1996At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, a Long March 3B rocket carrying Intelsat 708 veers off course and crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing somewhere between six and 100 people.
  44. 1996Then-Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien applies a chokehold to protester Bill Clennett, an incident later named the Shawinigan Handshake.
  45. 2001The first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature.
  46. 2003Protests against the Iraq war take place in over 600 cities worldwide. It is estimated that between eight million and 30 million people participate, making this the largest peace demonstration in history.
  47. 2003The last Ariane 4 rocket is launched from the Guiana Space Centre, carrying Intelsat 907.
  48. 2010Two trains collide in the Halle train collision in Halle, Belgium, killing 19 and injuring 171 people.
  49. 2012Three hundred and sixty people die in a fire at a Honduran prison in the city of Comayagua.
  50. 2013A meteor explodes over Russia, injuring 1,500 people as a shock wave blows out windows and rocks buildings. This happens unexpectedly only hours before the expected closest ever approach of the larger and unrelated asteroid 2012 DA14.
  51. 2021Sixty people drown and hundreds are missing after a boat sinks on the Congo River near the village of Longola Ekoti, Mai-Ndombe Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Nacimientos (186)

  1. 1377Ladislaus of Naples (died 1414)
  2. 1458Ivan the Young, son of Ivan III of Russia (died 1490)
  3. 1472Piero the Unfortunate, Italian ruler (died 1503)
  4. 1506Juliana of Stolberg, German countess (died 1580)
  5. 1519Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, first Spanish Governor of Florida (died 1574)
  6. 1557Alfonso Fontanelli, Italian composer (died 1622)
  7. 1564Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (died 1642)
  8. 1612Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve, French soldier, founded Montreal (died 1676)
  9. 1627Charles Morton, Cornish nonconformist minister (died 1698)
  10. 1638Zeb-un-Nissa, Mughal princess and poet (died 1702)
  11. 1705Charles-André van Loo, French painter (died 1765)
  12. 1710Louis XV of France (died 1774)
  13. 1725Abraham Clark, American surveyor, lawyer, and politician (died 1794) las demás fuentes: 15 feb 1726
  14. 1734William Stacy, American colonel (died 1802)
  15. 1739Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect, designed the Paris Bourse (died 1813)
  16. 1748Jeremy Bentham, English jurist and philosopher (died 1832)
  17. 1759Friedrich August Wolf, German philologist and critic (died 1824)
  18. 1760Lars Ingier, Norwegian road manager, land owner, and mill owner (died 1828)
  19. 1760Jean-François Le Sueur, French composer and educator (died 1837)
  20. 1809André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic (died 1857)
  21. 1809Cyrus McCormick, American journalist and businessman, co-founded International Harvester (died 1884)
  22. 1810Mary S. B. Shindler, American poet, writer, and editor (died 1883)
  23. 1811Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentinian journalist and politician, 7th President of Argentina (died 1888)
  24. 1812Charles Lewis Tiffany, American businessman, founded Tiffany & Co. (died 1902)
  25. 1820Susan B. Anthony, American suffragist and activist (died 1906)
  26. 1825Carter Harrison, Sr., American lawyer and politician, 29th Mayor of Chicago (died 1893)
  27. 1834V. A. Urechia, Moldavian-Romanian historian, author, and playwright (died 1901)
  28. 1835Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and philanthropist (died 1908)
  29. 1839Rayko Zhinzifov, Bulgarian poet and translator (died 1877)
  30. 1840Titu Maiorescu, Romanian philosopher, academic, and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Romania (died 1917)
  31. 1841Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Brazil (died 1913)
  32. 1845Elihu Root, American lawyer and politician, 38th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1937)
  33. 1847Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (died 1927)
  34. 1849Rickman Godlee, English surgeon and academic (died 1925)
  35. 1850Sophie Bryant, Irish mathematician, academic and activist (died 1922)
  36. 1851Spiru Haret, Romanian mathematician, astronomer, and politician, 55th Romanian Minister of Internal Affairs (died 1912)
  37. 1856Emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist and academic (died 1926)
  38. 1861Charles Édouard Guillaume, Swiss-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1938)
  39. 1861Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician and philosopher (died 1947)
  40. 1873Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1964)
  41. 1874Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish captain and explorer (died 1922)
  42. 1883Sax Rohmer, English-American author (died 1959)
  43. 1890Robert Ley, German politician (died 1945)
  44. 1892James Forrestal, American lieutenant and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Defense (died 1949)
  45. 1893Roman Najuch, Polish professional tennis player (died 1967)
  46. 1897Gerrit Kleerekoper, Dutch gymnast and coach (died 1943)
  47. 1898Totò, Italian actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1967)
  48. 1899Georges Auric, French composer (died 1983)
  49. 1899Gale Sondergaard, Danish-American actress (died 1985)
  50. 1904Mary Adshead, English painter (died 1995)
  51. 1904Antonin Magne, French cyclist and manager (died 1983)
  52. 1905Harold Arlen, American composer (died 1986)
  53. 1907Jean Langlais, French organist and composer (died 1991)
  54. 1907Cesar Romero, American actor (died 1994)
  55. 1908Sarto Fournier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 38th Mayor of Montreal (died 1980)
  56. 1909Miep Gies, Austrian-Dutch humanitarian, helped hide Anne Frank and her family (died 2010)
  57. 1910Irena Sendler, Polish nurse and humanitarian, Righteous Gentile (died 2008)
  58. 1912George Mikes, Hungarian-English journalist and author (died 1987)
  59. 1913Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player (died 1997)
  60. 1914Hale Boggs, American lawyer and politician (died 1972)
  61. 1914Kevin McCarthy, American actor (died 2010)
  62. 1918Allan Arbus, American actor and photographer (died 2013)
  63. 1918Hank Locklin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2009)
  64. 1920Endicott Peabody, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 62nd Governor of Massachusetts (died 1997)
  65. 1920Eio Sakata, Japanese Go player (died 2010)
  66. 1921Norman C. Deno, American chemist and plant scientist, (died 2017)
  67. 1922John B. Anderson, Swedish-American lawyer and politician (died 2017)
  68. 1923Yelena Bonner, Soviet-Russian activist (died 2011)
  69. 1924Robert Drew, American director and producer (died 2014)
  70. 1925Angella D. Ferguson, American pediatrician (died 2026)
  71. 1927Frank Dunlop, English actor and director (died 2026)
  72. 1927Harvey Korman, American actor and comedian (died 2008)
  73. 1927Yehoshua Neuwirth, Israeli rabbi and scholar (died 2013)
  74. 1929Graham Hill, English racing driver and businessman (died 1975)
  75. 1929James R. Schlesinger, American economist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Defense (died 2014)
  76. 1930Bruce Dawe, Australian poet and academic (died 2020)
  77. 1930Sara Jane Moore, American attempted assassin of Gerald Ford (died 2025)
  78. 1931Claire Bloom, English actress
  79. 1934Jimmy Bloomfield, English footballer and manager (died 1983)
  80. 1934Graham Kennedy, Australian television host and actor (died 2005)
  81. 1934Niklaus Wirth, Swiss computer scientist, created the Pascal programming language (died 2024)
  82. 1935Susan Brownmiller, American journalist and author (died 2025)
  83. 1935Roger B. Chaffee, American lieutenant, engineer, and astronaut (died 1967)
  84. 1935Gene Hickerson, American football player (died 2008)
  85. 1937Gregory Mcdonald, American author (died 2008)
  86. 1937Coen Moulijn, Dutch footballer (died 2011)
  87. 1940İsmail Cem İpekçi, Turkish journalist and politician, 45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2007)
  88. 1940Hamzah Haz, Indonesian journalist and politician, 9th Vice President of Indonesia (died 2024)
  89. 1941Florinda Bolkan, Brazilian actress
  90. 1941Brian Holland, American songwriter and producer
  91. 1944Mick Avory, English musician and songwriter
  92. 1945Douglas Hofstadter, American author and academic
  93. 1946Clare Short, English civil servant and politician, Secretary of State for International Development
  94. 1946John Trudell, American author, poet, and actor (died 2015)
  95. 1947John Adams, American composer
  96. 1947Marisa Berenson, American model and actress
  97. 1948Art Spiegelman, Swedish-American cartoonist and critic
  98. 1949Ken Anderson, American football player
  99. 1951Markku Alén, Finnish racing driver
  100. 1951Melissa Manchester, American singer-songwriter and actress
  101. 1951Jane Seymour, English-American actress, producer, and jewelry designer
  102. 1952Tomislav Nikolić, Serbian politician, 4th President of Serbia
  103. 1952Nikolai Sorokin, Russian actor and director (died 2013)
  104. 1953Ernie Howe, English footballer and manager
  105. 1953Lynn Whitfield, American actress and producer
  106. 1954Matt Groening, American animator, producer, and screenwriter
  107. 1955Janice Dickinson, American model, agent, and author
  108. 1955Christopher McDonald, American actor
  109. 1956Desmond Haynes, Barbadian cricketer and coach
  110. 1956Ann Westin, Swedish comedian
  111. 1958Chrystine Brouillet, Canadian author
  112. 1959Ali Campbell, English singer-songwriter and musician
  113. 1959Joseph R. Gannascoli, American actor
  114. 1959Brian Propp, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
  115. 1959Hugo Savinovich, Ecuadorian wrestler and sportscaster
  116. 1960Darrell Green, American football player
  117. 1960Jock Hobbs, New Zealand rugby player (died 2012)
  118. 1962Milo Đukanović, Montenegrin politician, 29th Prime Minister of Montenegro
  119. 1963Steven Michael Quezada, American actor, comedian, and politician
  120. 1964Chris Farley, American comedian and actor (died 1997)
  121. 1964Leland D. Melvin, American engineer and astronaut
  122. 1964Mark Price, American basketball player and coach
  123. 1965Craig Matthews, South African cricketer
  124. 1967Jane Child, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
  125. 1967Syed Kamall, English academic and politician
  126. 1967Craig Simpson, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
  127. 1969Birdman, American rapper and producer
  128. 1970Shepard Fairey, American artist and activist
  129. 1971Alex Borstein, American actress, voice artist, producer, and screenwriter
  130. 1971Renee O'Connor, American actress, director, and producer
  131. 1972Jaromír Jágr, Czech ice hockey player
  132. 1973Kateřina Neumannová, Czech skier
  133. 1973Amy van Dyken, American swimmer
  134. 1973Sarah Wynter, Australian actress
  135. 1974Miranda July, American actress, director, and screenwriter
  136. 1974Ugueth Urbina, Venezuelan baseball player
  137. 1974Alexander Wurz, Austrian racing driver and businessman
  138. 1975Serge Aubin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  139. 1975Sébastien Bordeleau, Canadian-French ice hockey player
  140. 1975Annemarie Kramer, Dutch sprinter
  141. 1975Brendon Small, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and actor
  142. 1976Brandon Boyd, American singer-songwriter
  143. 1976Óscar Freire, Spanish cyclist
  144. 1976Ronnie Vannucci Jr., American musician and songwriter
  145. 1977Álex González, Venezuelan baseball player
  146. 1977Ronald Petrovický, Slovak ice hockey player
  147. 1979Hamish Marshall, New Zealand cricketer
  148. 1979James Marshall, New Zealand cricketer
  149. 1980Conor Oberst, American singer-songwriter
  150. 1981Heurelho Gomes, Brazilian footballer
  151. 1981Matt Hoopes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist fecha discutida
  152. 1981Rita Jeptoo, Kenyan runner
  153. 1981Diego Martínez, Mexican footballer
  154. 1981Vivek Shraya, Canadian singer and songwriter
  155. 1982Shameka Christon, American basketball player
  156. 1982James Yap, Filipino basketball player
  157. 1983Eddie Basden, American basketball player
  158. 1983Don Cowie, Scottish footballer
  159. 1983David Degen, Swiss footballer
  160. 1983Philipp Degen, Swiss footballer
  161. 1983Russell Martin, Canadian baseball player
  162. 1984Gary Clark Jr., American singer-songwriter and musician
  163. 1984Nate Schierholtz, American baseball player
  164. 1985Serkan Kırıntılı, Turkish footballer
  165. 1985Natalie Morales, American actress and director
  166. 1986Valeri Bojinov, Bulgarian footballer
  167. 1986Johnny Cueto, Dominican baseball player
  168. 1986Amber Riley, American actress and singer
  169. 1986Laura Sallés, Andorran judoka
  170. 1988Papu Gómez, Argentine footballer
  171. 1988Rui Patrício, Portuguese footballer
  172. 1989Mark Canha, American baseball player
  173. 1990Callum Turner, English actor
  174. 1991Ángel Sepúlveda, Mexican footballer
  175. 1991Rich Swann, American wrestler
  176. 1993Ravi, South Korean rapper
  177. 1993Geoffrey Kondogbia, Central African footballer
  178. 1993Manuel Lanzini, Argentine footballer
  179. 1994Sodapoppin, American Twitch streamer and internet personality
  180. 1995Megan Thee Stallion, American rapper
  181. 1997Derrick Jones Jr., American basketball player
  182. 1997Justin Reid, American football player
  183. 1998Zachary Gordon, American actor
  184. 1998George Russell, English racing driver
  185. 2000Jakub Kiwior, Polish footballer
  186. 2004Šimon Nemec, Slovak ice hockey player

Fallecimientos (88)

  1. 670Oswiu, king of Northumbria (born c. 612)
  2. 706Leontios, Byzantine emperor
  3. 706Tiberios III, Byzantine emperor
  4. 815Ibn Tabataba, Zaydi anti-caliph
  5. 956Su Yugui, Chinese chancellor (born 895)
  6. 1043Gisela of Swabia, Holy Roman Empress (born 990)
  7. 1145Lucius II, pope of the Catholic Church
  8. 1152Conrad III, king of Germany (born 1093)
  9. 1382William de Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (born c. 1339)
  10. 1417Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford, English commander (born 1385)
  11. 1508Giovanni II Bentivoglio, tyrant of Bologna (born 1443)
  12. 1600José de Acosta, Spanish Jesuit missionary and naturalist (born 1540)
  13. 1621Michael Praetorius, German organist and composer (born 1571)
  14. 1637Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1578)
  15. 1738Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (born 1684)
  16. 1772Mitromaras, Greek rebel and pirate
  17. 1781Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German philosopher, author, and critic (born 1729)
  18. 1818Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (born 1746)
  19. 1835Henry Hunt, English farmer and politician (born 1773)
  20. 1839François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, Canadian rebel (born 1803)
  21. 1842Archibald Menzies, Scottish surgeon and botanist (born 1754)
  22. 1844Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1757)
  23. 1847Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician and engineer (born 1794)
  24. 1848Hermann von Boyen, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War (born 1771)
  25. 1849Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician and theorist (born 1804)
  26. 1857Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (born 1804)
  27. 1869Ghalib, Indian poet and educator (born 1796)
  28. 1877Rayko Zhinzifov, Bulgarian poet and translator (born 1839)
  29. 1885Gregor von Helmersen, Estonian-Russian geologist and engineer (born 1803)
  30. 1885Leopold Damrosch, German-American composer and conductor (born 1832)
  31. 1897Dimitrie Ghica, Romanian lawyer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Romania (born 1816)
  32. 1901Edward Stafford, Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1819) las demás fuentes: 14 feb 1901
  33. 1905Lew Wallace, American author, general, and politician, 11th Governor of New Mexico Territory (born 1827)
  34. 1911Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian pediatrician and academic (born 1859)
  35. 1924Lionel Monckton, English composer (born 1861)
  36. 1928H. H. Asquith, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1852)
  37. 1932Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress and playwright (born 1865)
  38. 1933Pat Sullivan, Australian animator and producer, co-created Felix the Cat (born 1887)
  39. 1939Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Russian painter and author (born 1878)
  40. 1956Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French lawyer and politician (born 1878) fecha discutida
  41. 1959Owen Willans Richardson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1879)
  42. 1961Laurence Owen, American figure skater (born 1944)
  43. 1965Nat King Cole, American singer and pianist (born 1919)
  44. 1966Gerard Antoni Ciołek, Polish architect and historian (born 1909)
  45. 1966Camilo Torres Restrepo, Colombian priest and theologian (born 1929)
  46. 1967Antonio Moreno, Spanish-American actor and director (born 1887)
  47. 1970Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, Scottish air marshal (born 1882)
  48. 1973Wally Cox, American actor (born 1924)
  49. 1974Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer and engineer (born 1887)
  50. 1981Mike Bloomfield, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1943)
  51. 1981Karl Richter, German organist and conductor (born 1926)
  52. 1984Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (born 1908)
  53. 1988Richard Feynman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
  54. 1992María Elena Moyano, Peruvian activist (born 1960)
  55. 1992William Schuman, American composer and academic (born 1910)
  56. 1996McLean Stevenson, American actor (born 1927)
  57. 1998Martha Gellhorn, American journalist and author (born 1908)
  58. 1999Henry Way Kendall, American physicist and mountaineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)
  59. 2000Angus MacLean, Canadian commander and politician, 25th Premier of Prince Edward Island (born 1914)
  60. 2002Howard K. Smith, American journalist and actor (born 1914)
  61. 2002Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (born 1963)
  62. 2004Jens Evensen, Norwegian lawyer, judge, and politician, Norwegian Minister of Trade (born 1917)
  63. 2005Pierre Bachelet, French singer-songwriter (born 1944)
  64. 2005Sam Francis, American historian and journalist (born 1947)
  65. 2007Walker Edmiston, American actor (born 1925)
  66. 2007Ray Evans, American songwriter (born 1915)
  67. 2008Johnny Weaver, American wrestler and sportscaster (born 1935)
  68. 2010Jeanne M. Holm, American general (born 1921)
  69. 2012Cyril Domb, English-Israeli physicist and academic (born 1920)
  70. 2013Sanan Kachornprasart, Thai general and politician (born 1935)
  71. 2013Ahmed Rajib Haider, Bangladeshi atheist blogger
  72. 2014Thelma Estrin, American computer scientist and engineer (born 1924)
  73. 2014Christopher Malcolm, Scottish-Canadian actor, director, and producer (born 1946)
  74. 2015Haron Amin, Afghan diplomat, Afghan Ambassador to Japan (born 1969) fecha discutida
  75. 2015Arnaud de Borchgrave, American journalist and author (born 1926)
  76. 2015Steve Montador, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1979)
  77. 2016George Gaynes, Finnish-American actor (born 1917)
  78. 2016Vanity, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (born 1959)
  79. 2017Stuart McLean, Canadian radio broadcaster (born 1948)
  80. 2019Lee Radziwill, American socialite (born 1933)
  81. 2020Caroline Flack, English actress and TV presenter (born 1979)
  82. 2022Bappi Lahiri, Indian singer, composer and record producer (born 1952)
  83. 2022P.J. O'Rourke, American author, humorist, and journalist (born 1947)
  84. 2023Raquel Welch, American actress and singer (born 1940)
  85. 2025George Armitage, American film director (born 1942)
  86. 2025Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, Portuguese businessman (born 1937)
  87. 2025Muhsin Hendricks, South African imam, Islamic scholar and LGBT activist (born 1967)
  88. 2026Robert Duvall, American actor and filmmaker (born 1931)

Celebraciones (9)

  1. International Duties Memorial Day (Russia, regional)
  2. John Frum Day (Vanuatu)
  3. Liberation Day (Afghanistan)
  4. National Flag of Canada Day (Canada)
  5. Parinirvana Day, also celebrated on February 8. (Mahayana Buddhism)
  6. Statehood Day (Serbia), also observed by the Republic of Srpska since 2025.
  7. Susan B. Anthony Day (Florida, United States)
  8. The ENIAC Day (Philadelphia, United States)
  9. Total Defence Day (Singapore)

Santoral (10)

  1. Blessed Michał Sopoćko
  2. Claude de la Colombière
  3. Faustinus and Jovita
  4. Oswiu
  5. Quinidius
  6. Sigfrid of Sweden
  7. Thomas Bray (Episcopal Church)
  8. Walfrid
  9. 21 Coptic Martyrs of Libya
  10. February 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)