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Acontecimientos (43)

  1. 888Odo, count of Paris, is crowned king of West Francia (France) by Archbishop Walter of Sens at Compiègne.
  2. 1504Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Jamaican natives to provide him with supplies.
  3. 1644Abel Tasman's second Pacific voyage begins as he leaves Batavia in command of three ships.
  4. 1704In Queen Anne's War, French forces and Native Americans stage a raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, killing 56 villagers and taking more than 100 captive.
  5. 1712February 29 is followed by February 30 in Sweden, in a move to abolish the Swedish calendar for a return to the Julian calendar.
  6. 1720Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden abdicates in favour of her husband, who becomes King Frederick I on March 24.
  7. 1768Polish nobles form the Bar Confederation.
  8. 1796The Jay Treaty between the United States and Great Britain comes into force, facilitating ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations.
  9. 1892St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated.
  10. 1908James Madison University is founded at Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States as The State Normal and Industrial School for Women by the Virginia General Assembly.
  11. 1912The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
  12. 1916Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
  13. 1916In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill and mine workers is raised from 12 to 14 years old.
  14. 1920The Czechoslovak National Assembly adopts the Constitution.
  15. 1924The Victorian Football League created the Brownlow Medal to honour deceased administrator Charles Brownlow, now awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League.
  16. 1936The February 26 Incident in Tokyo ends.
  17. 1940For her performance as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award.
  18. 1940Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations.
  19. 1940In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's consul general in San Francisco.
  20. 1944The Admiralty Islands are invaded in Operation Brewer, led by American general Douglas MacArthur, in World War II.
  21. 1960The 5.7 Agadir earthquake shakes coastal Morocco with a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme), destroying Agadir and leaving 12,000 dead and another 12,000 injured.
  22. 1964British Eagle International Airlines Flight 802/6 crashes into the Glungezer mountain in the Tux Alps of Austria, killing all 75 people aboard.
  23. 1968Aeroflot Flight 15 crashes Irkutsk Oblast, Soviet Union, due to a loss of control. Eighty-three of the 84 occupants onboard die. The exact cause of the accident is unknown.
  24. 1972South Korea withdraws 11,000 of its 48,000 troops from South Vietnam as part of Nixon's Vietnamization policy in the Vietnam War.
  25. 1980Gordie Howe of the Hartford Whalers makes NHL history as he scores his 800th goal.
  26. 1984Pierre Trudeau announces his retirement as Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister of Canada.
  27. 1988South African archbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested along with 100 other clergymen during a five-day anti-apartheid demonstration in Cape Town.
  28. 1988Svend Robinson becomes the first member of the House of Commons of Canada to come out as gay.
  29. 1992A referendum is begun in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the determination of Bosnian independence.
  30. 1996Faucett Perú Flight 251 crashes in the Andes; all 123 passengers and crew are killed.
  31. 1996The Siege of Sarajevo officially ends.
  32. 2000Chechens attack a guard post near Ulus Kert, eventually killing 84 Russian paratroopers during the Second Chechen War.
  33. 2004Jean-Bertrand Aristide is removed as president of Haiti following a coup.
  34. 2004Angelina Jolie wears a White Marc Bouwer dress to the 76th Academy Awards, which has since been placed on numerous lists for best Oscars fashion.
  35. 2008The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence withdraws Prince Harry from a tour of Afghanistan after news of his deployment is leaked to foreign media.
  36. 2008Misha Defonseca admits to fabricating her memoir, Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years, in which she claims to have lived with a pack of wolves in the woods during the Holocaust.
  37. 2012North Korea agrees to suspend uranium enrichment and nuclear and long-range missile tests in return for US food aid.
  38. 2016In the Miqdadiyah bombing: at least 40 people are killed and 58 others wounded following a suicide bombing by ISIL at a Shi'ite funeral in the city of Miqdadiyah, Diyala, Iraq.
  39. 2020During a demonstration, pro-government colectivos shoot at disputed President and Speaker of the National Assembly Juan Guaidó and his supporters in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, leaving five injured.
  40. 2020The United States and the Taliban sign the Doha Agreement for bringing peace to Afghanistan.
  41. 2020Muhyiddin Yassin is appointed as the 8th Prime Minister of Malaysia, amid the 2020 Malaysian political crisis.
  42. 2020Luxembourg becomes the first country in the world to render public transport free nationwide.
  43. 2024The Flour Massacre took place in the Gaza Strip: Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians waiting for aid amidst the Gaza war, killing over 100 and wounding 750.

Nacimientos (132)

  1. 1468Pope Paul III (died 1549)
  2. 1528Albert V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1579)
  3. 1528Domingo Báñez, Spanish theologian (died 1604)
  4. 1572Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon (died 1638)
  5. 1576Antonio Neri, Florentine priest and glassmaker (died 1614)
  6. 1640Benjamin Keach, Particular Baptist preacher and author whose name is given to Keach's Catechism (died 1704)
  7. 1692John Byrom, English poet and educator (died 1763)
  8. 1724Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian-English dancer (died 1822)
  9. 1736Ann Lee, English-American religious leader, founder of the Shakers (died 1784)
  10. 1792Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer (died 1868)
  11. 1812James Milne Wilson, Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, eighth Premier of Tasmania (died 1880)
  12. 1828Emmeline B. Wells, American journalist, poet and activist (died 1921)
  13. 1836Dickey Pearce, American baseball player and manager (died 1908)
  14. 1840Theodor Leber, German ophthalmologist (died 1917)
  15. 1852Frank Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian lawyer and judge, fourth Chief Justice of Australia (died 1936)
  16. 1852Prince George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg (died 1912)
  17. 1860Herman Hollerith, American statistician and businessman, co-founder of the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (died 1929)
  18. 1884Richard S. Aldrich, American lawyer and politician (died 1941)
  19. 1892Augusta Savage, American sculptor (died 1962)
  20. 1896Morarji Desai, Indian civil servant and politician, fourth Prime Minister of India (died 1995)
  21. 1896William A. Wellman, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (died 1975)
  22. 1904Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer and bandleader (died 1957)
  23. 1904Pepper Martin, American baseball player and manager (died 1965)
  24. 1908Balthus, French-Swiss painter and illustrator (died 2001)
  25. 1908Dee Brown, American historian and author (died 2002)
  26. 1908Alf Gover, English cricketer and coach (died 2001)
  27. 1908Louie Myfanwy Thomas, Welsh writer (died 1968)
  28. 1912Kamil Tolon, Turkish industrialist (died 1978)
  29. 1916James B. Donovan, American lawyer (died 1970)
  30. 1916Leonard Shoen, founder of U-Haul Corp. (died 1999)
  31. 1920Fyodor Abramov, Russian author and critic (died 1983)
  32. 1920Arthur Franz, American actor (died 2006)
  33. 1920James Mitchell, American actor and dancer (died 2010)
  34. 1920Michèle Morgan, French-American actress and singer (died 2016)
  35. 1920Rolland W. Redlin, American lawyer and politician (died 2011)
  36. 1924David Beattie, New Zealand judge and politician, 14th Governor-General of New Zealand (died 2001)
  37. 1924Carlos Humberto Romero, Salvadoran politician, President of El Salvador (died 2017)
  38. 1924Al Rosen, American baseball player and manager (died 2015)
  39. 1928Joss Ackland, English actor (died 2023)
  40. 1928Jean Adamson, British writer and illustrator (Topsy and Tim) (died 2024)
  41. 1928Vance Haynes, American archaeologist, geologist and author
  42. 1928Michael Henshall, English Anglican suffragan bishop (died 2017)
  43. 1928Seymour Papert, South African mathematician and computer scientist, co-creator of the Logo programming language (died 2016)
  44. 1928Tempest Storm, born Annie Banks, "The Queen Of Exotic Dancers", American burlesque performer and actress (died 2021)
  45. 1932Gene H. Golub, American mathematician and academic (died 2007)
  46. 1932Masten Gregory, American race car driver (died 1985)
  47. 1932Reri Grist, American soprano and actress
  48. 1932Jaguar, Brazilian cartoonist (died 2025)
  49. 1932Gavin Stevens, Australian cricketer
  50. 1936Nh. Dini, Indonesian writer (died 2018)
  51. 1936Jack R. Lousma, American colonel, astronaut and politician
  52. 1936Henri Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2020)
  53. 1936Alex Rocco, American actor (died 2015)
  54. 1940Sonja Barend, Dutch talk show host
  55. 1940Bartholomew I, current Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
  56. 1944Dennis Farina, American police officer and actor (died 2013)
  57. 1944Nicholas Frayling, English priest and academic
  58. 1944Phyllis Frelich, American actress (died 2014)
  59. 1944Steve Mingori, American baseball player (died 2008)
  60. 1944Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri, Italian author and illustrator
  61. 1944Lennart Svedberg, Swedish ice hockey player (died 1972).
  62. 1944Saeed Poursamimi, Iranian actor
  63. 1948Hermione Lee, English author, critic and academic
  64. 1948Manoel Maria, Brazilian footballer
  65. 1948Patricia A. McKillip, American author (died 2022)
  66. 1948Sonny M'Pokomandji, Central African basketball player and politician, Minister of Equipment and Transport (2003–2005)
  67. 1952Tim Powers, American author and educator
  68. 1952Raisa Smetanina, Russian cross-country skier
  69. 1952Bart Stupak, American police officer and politician
  70. 1956Knut Agnred, Swedish singer, actor and comedian
  71. 1956Jonathan Coleman, English-Australian radio and television host (died 2021)
  72. 1956Bob Speller, Canadian businessman and politician, 30th Canadian Minister of Agriculture (died 2021)
  73. 1956Aileen Wuornos, American serial killer (died 2002)
  74. 1960Khaled, Algerian singer-songwriter
  75. 1960Richard Ramirez, American serial killer and sex offender (died 2013)
  76. 1960Tony Robbins, American author and motivational activist
  77. 1964Dave Brailsford, English cyclist and coach
  78. 1964Carmel Busuttil, former Maltese footballer
  79. 1964Lyndon Byers, Canadian ice hockey player and radio host (died 2025)
  80. 1964Mervyn Warren, American tenor, composer and producer
  81. 1968Chucky Brown, American basketball player and coach
  82. 1968Gareth Farr, New Zealand composer and percussionist
  83. 1968Pete Fenson, American curler
  84. 1968Bryce Paup, American football player and coach
  85. 1968Howard Tayler, American author and illustrator
  86. 1968Eugene Volokh, Ukrainian-American lawyer and educator
  87. 1968Frank Woodley, Australian actor, producer and screenwriter
  88. 1972Sylvie Lubamba, Italian showgirl
  89. 1972Mike Pollitt, English footballer and coach
  90. 1972Antonio Sabàto Jr., Italian-American model and actor
  91. 1972Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain
  92. 1972Dave Williams, American singer (died 2002)
  93. 1972Saul Williams, American singer-songwriter
  94. 1972Pedro Zamora, Cuban-American activist and educator (died 1994)
  95. 1976Vonteego Cummings, American basketball player
  96. 1976Katalin Kovács, Hungarian sprint kayaker
  97. 1976Terrence Long, American baseball player
  98. 1976Ja Rule, American rapper and actor
  99. 1980Çağdaş Atan, Turkish footballer and coach
  100. 1980Simon Gagné, Canadian ice hockey player
  101. 1980Rubén Plaza, Spanish cyclist
  102. 1980Clinton Toopi, New Zealand rugby league player
  103. 1980Taylor Twellman, American soccer player and sportscaster
  104. 1980Peter Scanavino, American actor (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
  105. 1984Darren Ambrose, English footballer
  106. 1984Rica Imai, Japanese model and actress
  107. 1984Cullen Jones, American swimmer
  108. 1984Nuria Martínez, Spanish basketball player
  109. 1984Lena Raine, American video game composer and producer
  110. 1984Rakhee Thakrar, English actress
  111. 1984Cam Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
  112. 1984Mark Foster, American singer, songwriter and musician
  113. 1988Lena Gercke, German model and television host
  114. 1988Benedikt Höwedes, German footballer
  115. 1988Coco Khan, British writer
  116. 1988Brent Macaffer, Australian Rules footballer
  117. 1988Hannah Mills, Welsh sports sailor
  118. 1992Sean Abbott, Australian cricketer
  119. 1992Eric Kendricks, American football player
  120. 1992Jessica Long, American paralympic swimmer
  121. 1992Jessie T. Usher, American actor
  122. 1992Saphir Taïder, Algerian footballer
  123. 1996Nelson Asofa-Solomona, New Zealand rugby league player
  124. 1996Norberto Briasco, Argentine-Armenian footballer
  125. 1996Reece Prescod, British sprinter
  126. 1996Claudia Williams, New Zealand tennis player
  127. 2000Tyrese Haliburton, American basketball player
  128. 2000Ferran Torres, Spanish footballer
  129. 2000Jesper Lindstrøm, Danish footballer
  130. 2004Lydia Jacoby, American swimmer
  131. 2004Abdukodir Khusanov, Uzbek footballer
  132. 2008Rémi Himbert, French footballer

Fallecimientos (64)

  1. 468Pope Hilarius
  2. 992Oswald of Worcester, Anglo-Saxon archbishop and saint (born 925)
  3. 1460Albert III, Duke of Bavaria-Munich (born 1401)
  4. 1528Patrick Hamilton, Scottish Protestant reformer and martyr (born 1504)
  5. 1592Alessandro Striggio, Italian composer and diplomat (born 1536/1537)
  6. 1600Caspar Hennenberger, German pastor, historian and cartographer (born 1529)
  7. 1604John Whitgift, English archbishop and academic (born 1530)
  8. 1712Johann Conrad Peyer, Swiss anatomist (born 1653)
  9. 1744John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-English physicist and philosopher (born 1683)
  10. 1792Johann Andreas Stein, German piano builder (born 1728)
  11. 1820Johann Joachim Eschenburg, German historian and critic (born 1743)
  12. 1848Louis-François Lejeune, French general, painter and lithographer (born 1775)
  13. 1856Auguste Chapdelaine, French Christian missionary (born 1814)
  14. 1868Ludwig I of Bavaria (born 1786)
  15. 1880James Milne Wilson, Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Tasmania (born 1812)
  16. 1904Patrick O'Sullivan, Irish-Australian politician (born 1818)
  17. 1904Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin, French astronomer (born 1845)
  18. 1908Pat Garrett, American sheriff (born 1850)
  19. 1908John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow, Scottish-Australian politician, 1st Governor-General of Australia (born 1860)
  20. 1916John Nanson, English-Australian journalist and politician (born 1863)
  21. 1920Ernie Courtney, American baseball player (born 1875)
  22. 1924Frederic Chapple, Australian educator (born 1845)
  23. 1928Adolphe Appia, Swiss architect and theorist (born 1862)
  24. 1928Ina Coolbrith, American poet and librarian (born 1841)
  25. 1932Arthur Mills Lea, Australian entomologist (born 1868)
  26. 1932Giuseppe Vitali, Italian mathematician (born 1875)
  27. 1940E. F. Benson, English archaeologist and author (born 1867)
  28. 1944Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Finnish lawyer, judge and politician, 3rd President of Finland (born 1861)
  29. 1948Robert Barrington-Ward, English lawyer and journalist (born 1891)
  30. 1952Sarah Ann Jenyns, Australian entrepreneur (born 1865)
  31. 1956Elpidio Quirino, Filipino lawyer and politician, 6th President of the Philippines (born 1890)
  32. 1960Melvin Purvis, American police officer and FBI agent (born 1903)
  33. 1960Walter Yust, American journalist and author (born 1894)
  34. 1964Frank Albertson, American actor and singer (born 1909)
  35. 1968Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet and educator (born 1886)
  36. 1972Tom Davies, American football player and coach (born 1896)
  37. 1976Florence P. Dwyer, American politician (born 1902)
  38. 1980Yigal Allon, Israeli general and politician, Prime Minister of Israel (born 1918)
  39. 1980Gil Elvgren, American painter and illustrator (born 1914)
  40. 1984Ludwik Starski, Polish screenwriter and songwriter (born 1903)
  41. 1992Ruth Pitter, English poet and author (born 1897)
  42. 1996Frank Daniel, Czech-American director, producer and screenwriter (born 1926)
  43. 1996Wes Farrell, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1939)
  44. 1996Ralph Rowe, American baseball player, coach and manager (born 1924)
  45. 2000Dennis Danell, American guitarist (born 1961)
  46. 2004Kagamisato Kiyoji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 42nd Yokozuna (born 1923)
  47. 2004Jerome Lawrence, American playwright and author (born 1915)
  48. 2004Harold Bernard St. John, Barbadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Barbados (born 1931)
  49. 2004Lorrie Wilmot, South African cricketer (born 1943)
  50. 2008Janet Kagan, American author (born 1946)
  51. 2008Erik Ortvad, Danish painter and illustrator (born 1917)
  52. 2008Akira Yamada, Japanese scholar and philosopher (born 1922)
  53. 2012Davy Jones, English singer, guitarist and actor (born 1945)
  54. 2012Sheldon Moldoff, American illustrator (born 1920)
  55. 2012P. K. Narayana Panicker, Indian social leader (born 1930)
  56. 2016Wenn V. Deramas, Filipino director and screenwriter (born 1966)
  57. 2016Gil Hill, American police officer, actor and politician (born 1931)
  58. 2016Josefin Nilsson, Swedish singer (born 1969)
  59. 2016Mumtaz Qadri, Pakistani assassin, executed (born 1985)
  60. 2016Louise Rennison, English author (born 1951)
  61. 2020Dieter Laser, German actor (born 1942)
  62. 2020Éva Székely, Hungarian Hall of Fame swimmer and 1952 Olympic champion (born 1927)
  63. 2024Ali Hassan Mwinyi, 2nd President of Tanzania and 3rd President of Zanzibar (born 1925)
  64. 2024Brian Mulroney, 18th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1939)

Celebraciones (5)

  1. As a Christian feast day:
  2. Saint John Cassian
  3. February 29 in the Orthodox church
  4. Rare Disease Day (in leap years; usually celebrated in common years on February 28)
  5. Bachelor's Day (Ireland and United Kingdom)