Events
Pre-1600
*
506 –
Alaric II, eighth king of the
Visigoths
The Visigoths (; la, Visigothi, Wisigothi, Vesi, Visi, Wesi, Wisi) were an early Germanic people who, along with the Ostrogoths, constituted the two major political entities of the Goths within the Roman Empire in late antiquity, or what is k ...
, promulgates the
Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "
Roman law
Roman law is the legal system of ancient Rome, including the legal developments spanning over a thousand years of jurisprudence, from the Twelve Tables (c. 449 BC), to the '' Corpus Juris Civilis'' (AD 529) ordered by Eastern Roman emperor J ...
".
*
880 –
Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King
Louis III of France is defeated by the Norse
Great Heathen Army at
Lüneburg Heath in
Saxony
Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a ...
.
*
962
Year 962 ( CMLXII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* December – Arab–Byzantine wars – Sack of Aleppo: A Byzantine e ...
– ''
Translatio imperii'':
Pope John XII
Pope John XII ( la, Ioannes XII; c. 930/93714 May 964), born Octavian, was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 16 December 955 to his death in 964. He was related to the counts of Tusculum, a powerful Roman family which had do ...
crowns
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first
Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.
*
1032
Year 1032 ( MXXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Spring – Emperor Romanos III (Argyros) sends a Byzantine expeditionary ar ...
–
Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor
Conrad II ( – 4 June 1039), also known as and , was the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1027 until his death in 1039. The first of a succession of four Salian emperors, who reigned for one century until 1125, Conrad ruled the kingdoms ...
becomes king of
Burgundy.
*
1141 – The
Battle of Lincoln, at which
Stephen, King of England is defeated and captured by the allies of
Empress Matilda.
*
1207
Year 1207 ( MCCVII) was a common year starting on Monday ( full calendar) under the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Spring – Siege of Attalia: Seljuk forces led by Sultan Kaykhusraw I besiege the city por ...
–
Terra Mariana, eventually comprising present-day
Latvia and
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, an ...
, is established.
*
1438 – Nine leaders of the
Transylvanian peasant revolt are executed at
Torda.
*
1461 – Wars of the Roses: The
Battle of Mortimer's Cross results in the death of Owen Tudor.
*
1536 – Spaniard
Pedro de Mendoza founds
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1601–1900
*
1645 – Scotland in the
Wars of the Three Kingdoms
The Wars of the Three Kingdoms were a series of related conflicts fought between 1639 and 1653 in the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, then separate entities united in a personal union under Charles I. They include the 1639 to 1640 Bi ...
:
Battle of Inverlochy.
*
1653
Events
January–March
* January 3 – By the Coonan Cross Oath, the Eastern Church in India cuts itself off from colonial Portuguese tutelage.
* January– The Swiss Peasant War begins after magistrates meeting at Luc ...
–
New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.
*
1709 –
Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring
Daniel Defoe's adventure book ''
Robinson Crusoe''.
*
1814 – The last of the
River Thames frost fairs comes to an end.
*
1848 –
Mexican–American War
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: The
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed.
*
1850
Events
January–June
* April
** Pope Pius IX returns from exile to Rome.
** Stephen Foster's parlor ballad " Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway" is published in the United States.
* April 4 – Los Angeles is incorporated as a city ...
–
Brigham Young
Brigham Young (; June 1, 1801August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader and politician. He was the second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), from 1847 until his death in 1877. During his time as chu ...
declares war on
Timpanogos in the
Battle at Fort Utah
The Battle at Fort Utah (also known as Fort Utah War or Provo War) was a battle between the Timpanogos Tribe and remnants of the Nauvoo Legion at Fort Utah in modern-day Provo, Utah. The Timpanogos people initially tolerated the presence of the s ...
.
*
1868 – Pro-Imperial forces
capture
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*Asteroid capture, a phenomenon in which an asteroid enters a stable orbit around another body
*Capture, a software for lighting design, documentation and visualisation
*"Capture" a song by Simon Townshend
*Capture (band), an ...
Osaka Castle from the
Tokugawa shogunate and burn it to the ground.
*
1870
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England.
** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed.
* January 3 – Construction of the Br ...
– ''
The Seven Brothers
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...
'' (''Seitsemän veljestä''), a novel by Finnish author
Aleksis Kivi, is published first time in several thin booklets.
*
1876 – The
National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (A ...
is formed.
*
1881 – The
sentences of the trial of the
warlocks of Chiloé are imparted.
*
1887 – In
Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first
Groundhog Day is observed.
*
1899 – The Australian Premiers' Conference held in
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metro ...
decides to locate Australia's capital city,
Canberra, between Sydney and
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metro ...
.
*
1900 – Six cities, Boston, Detroit, Milwaukee, Baltimore, Chicago and St. Louis, agree to form baseball's American League.
1901–present
*
1901 – Funeral of
Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days was longer than that of any previ ...
.
*
1909 – The
Paris Film Congress opens, an attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the
MPCC cartel in the United States.
*
1913 –
Grand Central Terminal opens in New York City.
*
1920
Events January
* January 1
** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20.
** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...
– The
Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, an ...
and Russia.
*
1922
Events
January
* January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes.
* January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...
– ''
Ulysses'' by
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the Modernism, modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important ...
is published.
*
1925 –
Serum run to Nome:
Dog sleds reach
Nome, Alaska with
diphtheria
Diphtheria is an infection caused by the bacterium '' Corynebacterium diphtheriae''. Most infections are asymptomatic or have a mild clinical course, but in some outbreaks more than 10% of those diagnosed with the disease may die. Signs and s ...
serum, inspiring the
Iditarod race.
*
1934 – The
Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
*
1935 –
Leonarde Keeler administers
polygraph tests to two murder suspects, the first time polygraph evidence was admitted in U.S. courts.
*
1942 – The
Osvald Group
The Osvald Group was a Norwegian organisation that was the most active World War II resistance group in Norway from 1941 to the summer of 1944. Numbering more than 200 members, it committed at least 110 acts of sabotage against Nazi occupying fo ...
is responsible for the first, active event of
anti-Nazi resistance in Norway, to protest the
inauguration of
Vidkun Quisling.
*
1943 –
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
: The
Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end when
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
troops accept the surrender of the last organized German troops in the city.
*
1959 – Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern
Ural Mountains in the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
die under mysterious circumstances.
*
1966 – Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with
Kashmir after the
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
*
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses ( February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
J ...
–
Idi Amin
Idi Amin Dada Oumee (, ; 16 August 2003) was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the third president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. He ruled as a military dictator and is considered one of the most brutal despots in modern w ...
replaces
President Milton Obote as leader of
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The ...
.
* 1971 – The international
Ramsar Convention
The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of Ramsar sites (wetlands). It is also known as the Convention on Wetlands. It ...
for the conservation and sustainable utilization of
wetland
A wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is flooded or saturated by water, either permanently (for years or decades) or seasonally (for weeks or months). Flooding results in oxygen-free (Anoxic waters, anoxic) processes prevailing, especially in t ...
s is signed in
Ramsar, Mazandaran
, sports_nickname =
, motto = The Paradise on Earth (Behesht-e rooy-e Zamin)
, image_skyline =
, image_caption =
, image_seal =
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, mapsize ...
,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
.
*
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – In ...
– Reports surface that the
FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt
Congressmen in the
Abscam operation.
*
1982 –
Hama massacre: The government of
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
attacks the town of
Hama.
*
1987 – After the 1986
People Power Revolution
The People Power Revolution, also known as the EDSA Revolution or the February Revolution, was a series of popular demonstrations in the Philippines, mostly in Metro Manila, from February 22 to 25, 1986. There was a sustained campaign of c ...
, the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
enacts a new
constitution
A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed.
When these pr ...
.
*
1989
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–
Soviet–Afghan War
The Soviet–Afghan War was a protracted armed conflict fought in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan from 1979 to 1989. It saw extensive fighting between the Soviet Union and the Afghan mujahideen (alongside smaller groups of anti-Soviet ...
: The last
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
armoured column
leaves Kabul
Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into #Districts, 22 municipal dist ...
.
*
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...
–
Apartheid
Apartheid (, especially South African English: , ; , "aparthood") was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. Apartheid was ...
:
F. W. de Klerk announces the unbanning of the
African National Congress
The African National Congress (ANC) is a social-democratic political party in South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when the first post-apartheid election install ...
and promises to release
Nelson Mandela.
*
1998 –
Cebu Pacific Flight 387 crashes into
Mount Sumagaya
Mount Sumagaya is a mountain on the northern section of Mindanao in the Philippines. It is under the jurisdictional territory of the municipality of Claveria. It stands at a height of about .
It is part of the Central Mindanao Cordillera that ...
in the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
, killing all 104 people on board.
*
2000 – First
digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is an American technology company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, that designs and manufactures semiconductors and various integrated circuits, which it sells to electronics designers and manufacturers globa ...
.
*
2004 – Swiss
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cov ...
player
Roger Federer becomes the
No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record
237 weeks.
*
2005 – The
Government of Canada
The government of Canada (french: gouvernement du Canada) is the body responsible for the federal administration of Canada. A constitutional monarchy, the Crown is the corporation sole, assuming distinct roles: the executive, as the ''Crown-i ...
introduces the ''
Civil Marriage Act
The ''Civil Marriage Act'' is a federal statute legalizing same-sex marriage across Canada. At the time it became law, same-sex marriage had already been legalized by court decisions in all Canadian jurisdictions except Alberta, Prince Edward ...
''. This legislation would become law on
July 20, 2005, legalizing
same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same sex or gender. marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 33 countries, with the most recent being Mexico, constituting ...
.
*
2007 – Police officer
Filippo Raciti
On 2 February 2007, football violence occurred between football supporters and the police in Catania, Sicily, Italy. The clashes occurred during and after the Serie A match between the Catania and Palermo football clubs, also known as the Sicil ...
is killed when
a clash breaks out in the Sicily derby between Catania and Palermo, in the
Serie A
The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Cop ...
, the top flight of Italian football. This event led to major changes in stadium regulations in Italy.
*
2012 – The ferry
MV ''Rabaul Queen'' sinks off the coast of
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
near the
Finschhafen District, with an estimated 146–165 dead.
Births
Pre-1600
*
450
__NOTOC__
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–
Justin I
Justin I ( la, Iustinus; grc-gre, Ἰουστῖνος, ''Ioustînos''; 450 – 1 August 527) was the Eastern Roman emperor from 518 to 527. Born to a peasant family, he rose through the ranks of the army to become commander of the imperial ...
, Byzantine emperor (d. 527)
*
1208
Year 1208 ( MCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Asia
* April 15 – A fire breaks out in the Song Chinese capital city of Hangzhou, raging for ...
–
James I of Aragon (d. 1276)
*
1425 (or
1426) –
Eleanor of Navarre, Queen regnant of Navarre (d. 1479)
*
1443 –
Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony
Elisabeth of Bavaria-Munich (2 February 1443 in Munich – 5 March 1484 in Leipzig) was a princess of Bavaria-Munich by birth and by marriage Electress of Saxony.
Life
Elizabeth was a daughter of the Duke Albert the Pious of Bavaria-Mu ...
(d. 1486)
*
1455
Year 1455 ( MCDLV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 8 – Pope Nicholas V publishes ''Romanus Pontifex'', an encyclical addr ...
–
John, King of Denmark
John (Danish, Norwegian and sv, Hans; né ''Johannes'') (2 February 1455 – 20 February 1513) was a Scandinavian monarch under the Kalmar Union. He was king of Denmark (1481–1513), Norway (1483–1513) and as John II ( sv, Johan II) S ...
(d. 1513)
*
1457 –
Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, Italian-Spanish historian and author (d. 1526)
*
1467 –
Columba of Rieti, Italian Dominican sister (d. 1501)
*
1494 –
Bona Sforza, queen of
Sigismund I of Poland (d. 1557)
*
1502 –
Damião de Góis, Portuguese philosopher and historian (d. 1574)
*
1506 –
René de Birague
René de Birague (original name: Renato Birago; 2 February 1506 – 24 November 1583) was an Italian patrician who became a French cardinal and chancellor.
Biography
Born at Milan, he was the son of Giangiacomo Galeazzo Birago, ambassador of ...
, Italian-French cardinal and politician (d. 1583)
*
1509 –
John of Leiden, Dutch Anabaptist leader (d. 1536)
*
1517 –
Gotthard Kettler
Gotthard Kettler, Duke of Courland (also ''Godert'', ''Ketteler'', german: Gotthard Kettler, Herzog von Kurland; 2 February 1517 – 17 May 1587) was the last Master of the Livonian Order and the first Duke of Courland and Semigallia.
Biography
K ...
, the last Master of the
Livonian Order and the first
Duke of Courland and Semigallia (d. 1587)
*
1522 –
Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1565)
*
1536 –
Piotr Skarga, Polish writer (d. 1612)
*
1551
Year 1551 ( MDLI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January–February – Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow, and Tsar Ivan IV of Russi ...
–
Nicolaus Reimers, German astronomer (d. 1600)
*
1576 –
Alix Le Clerc, French Canoness Regular and foundress (d. 1622)
*
1585 –
Judith Quiney, William Shakespeare's youngest daughter (d. 1662)
* 1585 –
Hamnet Shakespeare, William Shakespeare's only son (baptised; d. 1596)
*
1588 –
Georg II of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl, German nobleman (d. 1644)
*
1600 –
Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (d. 1653)
1601–1900
*
1611 –
Ulrik of Denmark, Danish prince-bishop (d. 1633)
*
1613
Events
January–June
* January 11 – Workers in a sandpit in the Dauphiné region of France discover the skeleton of what is alleged to be a 30-foot tall man (the remains, it is supposed, of the giant Teutobochus, a legendar ...
–
Noël Chabanel, French missionary and saint (d. 1649)
*
1621 –
Johannes Schefferus
Johannes Schefferus (February 2, 1621 – March 26, 1679) was one of the most important Swedish humanists of his time. He was also known as Angelus and is remembered for writing hymns.See the link below "German Classics"
Schefferus was born in ...
, Swedish author and hymn-writer (d. 1679)
*
1650 –
Pope Benedict XIII (d. 1730)
* 1650 –
Nell Gwyn, English actress, mistress of
King Charles II of England (d. 1687)
*
1651 –
William Phips
Sir William Phips (or Phipps; February 2, 1651 – February 18, 1695) was born in Maine in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and was of humble origin, uneducated, and fatherless from a young age but rapidly advanced from shepherd boy, to shipwright, s ...
, Royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (d. 1695)
*
1669 –
Louis Marchand
Louis Marchand (2 February 1669 – 17 February 1732) was a French Baroque organist, harpsichordist, and composer. Born into an organist's family, Marchand was a child prodigy and quickly established himself as one of the best known French virt ...
, French organist and composer (d. 1732)
*
1677 –
Jean-Baptiste Morin, French composer (d. 1745)
*
1695 –
William Borlase, English geologist and archaeologist (d. 1772)
* 1695 –
François de Chevert, French general (d. 1769)
*
1700 –
Johann Christoph Gottsched
Johann Christoph Gottsched (2 February 1700 – 12 December 1766) was a German philosopher, author and critic of the Enlightenment.
Biography
Early life
He was born at Juditten (Mendeleyevo) near Königsberg (Kaliningrad), Brandenburg-Pr ...
, German author and critic (d. 1766)
*
1711
In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Tuesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January – Cary's Rebellion: The Lords Proprietor appoint Edwar ...
–
Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg
Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (german: Wenzel Anton Reichsfürst von Kaunitz-Rietberg, cz, Václav Antonín z Kounic a Rietbergu; 2 February 1711 – 27 June 1794) was an Austrian and Czech diplomat and statesman in the Habsburg monarc ...
(d. 1794)
*
1714 –
Gottfried August Homilius, German organist and composer (d. 1785)
*
1717
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Count Carl Gyllenborg, the Swedish ambassador to the Kingdom of Great Britain, is arrested in London over a plot to assist the Pretender to the British throne, James Francis Edward Stuart.
* J ...
–
Ernst Gideon von Laudon
Ernst Gideon von Laudon, since 1759 Freiherr von Laudon (originally Laudohn or Loudon; 13 February 171714 July 1790), was a Baltic German-born Austrian generalisimo and one of the most successful opponents of the Prussian king Frederick the Great ...
, Austrian field marshal (d. 1790)
*
1754
Events January–March
* January 28 – Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word ''serendipity''.
* February 22 – Expecting an attack by Portuguese-speaking militias in the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Pla ...
–
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French politician,
Prime Minister of France (d. 1838)
*
1782 –
Henri de Rigny
Marie Henri Daniel Gauthier, comte de Rigny (; 2 February 1782 – 6 November 1835) was the commander of the French squadron at the Battle of Navarino in the Greek War of Independence.
Biography
Family
He was a nephew of Baron Joseph Domin ...
, French admiral and politician,
French Minister of War (d. 1835)
*
1786 –
Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1856)
*
1802 –
Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist and academic (d. 1887)
*
1803 –
Albert Sidney Johnston
Albert Sidney Johnston (February 2, 1803 – April 6, 1862) served as a general in three different armies: the Texian Army, the United States Army, and the Confederate States Army. He saw extensive combat during his 34-year military career, figh ...
, American general (d. 1862)
*
1829 –
Alfred Brehm, German zoologist and illustrator (d. 1884)
* 1829 –
William Stanley, English engineer and philanthropist (d. 1909)
*
1841 –
François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and hydrologist (d. 1912)
*
1842 –
Julian Sochocki, Polish-Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1927)
*
1849 –
Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav
Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav (2 February 1849 - 8 November 1921) was a Slovak poet, dramatist, translator, and for a short time, member of the Czechoslovak parliament. Originally, he wrote in a traditional style, but later became influenced by ...
, Slovak poet and playwright (d. 1921)
*
1851
Events
January–March
* January 11 – Hong Xiuquan officially begins the Taiping Rebellion.
* January 15 – Christian Female College, modern-day Columbia College, receives its charter from the Missouri General Assembly.
...
–
José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican illustrator and engraver (d. 1913)
*
1856
Events
January–March
* January 8 – Borax deposits are discovered in large quantities by John Veatch in California.
* January 23 – American paddle steamer SS ''Pacific'' leaves Liverpool (England) for a transatlantic voya ...
–
Frederick William Vanderbilt, American railway magnate (d. 1938)
* 1856 –
Makar Yekmalyan
Makar Grigori Yekmalyan (also transliterated ''Ekmalian''; in Armenian Մակար Եկմալյան) (2 February 1856, Vagharshapat - 6 March 1905, Tiflis) was an Armenian composer.
Biography
Yekmalyan studied at the Echmiadzin seminary and later ...
, Armenian composer (d. 1905)
*
1857
Events January–March
* January 1 – The biggest Estonian newspaper, ''Postimees'', is established by Johann Voldemar Jannsen.
* January 7 – The partly French-owned London General Omnibus Company begins operating.
* Jan ...
–
Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher (d. 1918)
*
1860
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The discovery of a hypothetical planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France.
* January 10 – The Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts ...
–
Curtis Guild, Jr., American journalist and politician, 43rd
Governor of Massachusetts
The governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the chief executive officer of the government of Massachusetts. The governor is the head of the state cabinet and the commander-in-chief of the commonwealth's military forces.
Massachuset ...
(d. 1915)
*
1861 –
Solomon R. Guggenheim, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 Fifth Avenue on the corner of East 89th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It is the permanent home of a continuously exp ...
(d. 1949)
*
1862
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The United Kingdom annexes Lagos Island, in modern-day Nigeria.
* January 6 – French intervention in Mexico: French, Spanish and British forces arrive in Veracruz, Mexico.
* January ...
–
Émile Coste, French fencer (d. 1927)
* 1862 –
Cornelius McKane, American physician, educator, and hospital founder (d. 1912)
*
1866 –
Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and academic (d. 1927)
*
1873 –
Leo Fall, Austrian composer (d. 1925)
* 1873 –
Konstantin von Neurath, German politician and diplomat, 13th
German Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1956)
*
1875
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The Midland Railway of England abolishes the Second Class passenger category, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies follow Midland's lead during the rest of th ...
–
Fritz Kreisler
Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler (February 2, 1875 – January 29, 1962) was an Austrian-born American violinist and composer. One of the most noted violin masters of his day, and regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time, he was know ...
, Austrian-American violinist and composer (d. 1962)
*
1877
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed ''Empress of India'' by the ''Royal Titles Act 1876'', introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom .
* January 8 – Great ...
–
Frank L. Packard, Canadian author (d. 1942)
*
1878 –
Joe Lydon, American boxer (d. 1937)
*
1880 –
Frederick Lane
Frederick Claude Vivian Lane (2 February 1880 – 14 May 1969) was an Australian swimmer who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Lane, from Manly, New South Wales, was four years old when his brother saved him from drowning in Sydney Harbou ...
, Australian swimmer (d. 1969)
*
1881 –
Orval Overall
Orval Overall (February 2, 1881 – July 14, 1947) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was a member of the Chicago Cubs dynasty of the early 1900s, making eight appearances for the Cubs in the World Series, including five as the ...
, American baseball player and manager (d. 1947)
*
1882 –
Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (d. 1944)
* 1882 –
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the Modernism, modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important ...
, Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet (d. 1941)
*
1883
Events
January–March
* January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States.
* January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people.
* Janua ...
–
Johnston McCulley, American author and screenwriter, created ''
Zorro'' (d. 1958)
* 1883 –
Julia Nava de Ruisánchez, Mexican activist and writer (d. 1964)
*
1886 –
William Rose Benét, American poet and author (d. 1950)
*
1887 –
Ernst Hanfstaengl, German businessman (d. 1975)
*
1889 –
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general (d. 1952)
*
1890 –
Charles Correll, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1972)
*
1892 –
Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th
Yokozuna (d. 1959)
*
1893 –
Cornelius Lanczos
__NOTOC__
Cornelius (Cornel) Lanczos ( hu, Lánczos Kornél, ; born as Kornél Lőwy, until 1906: ''Löwy (Lőwy) Kornél''; February 2, 1893 – June 25, 1974) was a Hungarian-American and later Hungarian-Irish mathematician and physicist. Acco ...
, Hungarian mathematician and physicist (d. 1974)
* 1893 –
Raoul Riganti, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1970)
* 1893 –
Damdin Sükhbaatar, Mongolian soldier and politician (d. 1924)
*
1895 –
George Halas, American football player and coach (d. 1983)
* 1895 –
Robert Philipp, American painter (d. 1981)
* 1895 –
George Sutcliffe, Australian public servant (d. 1964)
*
1896 –
Kazimierz Kuratowski, Polish mathematician and logician (d. 1980)
*
1897 –
Howard Deering Johnson
Howard Deering Johnson (February 2, 1897 – June 20, 1972) was an American entrepreneur, businessman, and the founder of an American chain of restaurants and motels under one company of the same name, Howard Johnson's.
Early life
Howard Joh ...
, American businessman, founded
Howard Johnson's (d. 1972)
* 1897 –
Gertrude Blanch, Russian-American mathematician (d. 1996)
* 1900 –
Willie Kamm
William Edward Kamm (February 2, 1900 – December 21, 1988) was an American professional baseball player. He played as a third baseman in Major League Baseball from to . Kamm played most of his career for the Chicago White Sox before finishing ...
, American baseball player and manager (d. 1988)
1901–present
*
1901 –
Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-born American violinist and educator (d. 1987)
*
1902 –
Newbold Morris, American lawyer and politician (d. 1966)
* 1902 –
John Tonkin
John Trezise Tonkin AC (2 February 1902 – 20 October 1995), popularly known as "Honest John", was an Australian politician.
A member of the Labor Party, he served as a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for a record 44 ...
, Australian politician, 20th
Premier of Western Australia (d. 1995)
*
1904 –
Bozorg Alavi, Iranian author and activist (d. 1997)
*
1905 –
Ayn Rand, Russian-born American novelist and philosopher (d. 1982)
*
1908 –
Wes Ferrell, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
*
1909 –
Frank Albertson, American actor (d. 1964)
*
1911
A notable ongoing event was the race for the South Pole.
Events January
* January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia.
* ...
–
Jack Pizzey, Australian politician, 29th
Premier of Queensland (d. 1968)
*
1912
Events January
* January 1 – The Republic of China is established.
* January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens.
* January 6
** German geophysicist Alfred ...
–
Millvina Dean, English civil servant and cartographer (d. 2009)
* 1912 –
Burton Lane, American songwriter and composer (d. 1997)
*
1913 –
Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor and singer (d. 1985)
*
1914 –
Eric Kierans, Canadian economist and politician, 1st
Canadian Minister of Communications (d. 2004)
*
1915 –
Abba Eban, South African-Israeli politician and diplomat, 1st
Israel Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2002)
* 1915 –
Stan Leonard, Canadian golfer (d. 2005)
* 1915 –
Khushwant Singh, Indian journalist and author (d. 2014)
*
1916 –
Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet and author (d. 1985)
*
1917 –
Mary Ellis
Mary Ellis (born May Belle Elsas, June 15, 1897 – January 30, 2003) was an American actress and singer appearing on stage, radio, television and film, best known for her musical theatre roles, particularly in Ivor Novello works. After appear ...
, British World War II ferry pilot (d. 2018)
* 1917 –
Đỗ Mười, Vietnamese politician, 5th
Prime Minister of Vietnam (d. 2018)
*
1918
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide.
Events
Below, the events ...
–
Hella Haasse, Indonesian-Dutch author (d. 2011)
*
1919 –
Lisa Della Casa, Swiss soprano and actress (d. 2012)
* 1919 –
Georg Gawliczek
Georg Gawliczek (2 February 1919 – 4 September 1999) was a German football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, Kick (football), kicking a Football (ball), ball to score a Goal (sport), goal. Unqualifie ...
, German footballer and manager (d. 1999)
*
1920
Events January
* January 1
** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20.
** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...
–
George Hardwick, English footballer and coach (d. 2004)
* 1920 –
John Russell, American Olympic equestrian (d. 2020)
* 1920 –
Arthur Willis, English footballer player-manager (d. 1987)
*
1922
Events
January
* January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes.
* January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...
–
Kunwar Digvijay Singh, Indian field hockey player (d. 1978)
* 1922 –
Robert Chef d'Hôtel, French athlete (d. 2019)
* 1922 –
James L. Usry, American politician, first
African-American
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ensl ...
mayor of
Atlantic City, New Jersey (d. 2002)
* 1922 –
Stoyanka Mutafova, Bulgarian actress (d. 2019)
*
1923 –
Jean Babilée, French dancer and choreographer (d. 2014)
* 1923 –
James Dickey, American poet and novelist (d. 1997)
* 1923 –
Svetozar Gligorić, Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster (d.2012)
* 1923 –
Bonita Granville, American actress and producer (d. 1988)
* 1923 –
Red Schoendienst, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2018)
* 1923 –
Liz Smith, American journalist and author (d. 2017)
* 1923 –
Clem Windsor, Australian rugby player and surgeon (d. 2007)
*
1924
Events
January
* January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
* January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hold ...
–
Elfi von Dassanowsky
Elfriede "Elfi" von Dassanowsky (February 2, 1924October 2, 2007) was an Austrian-born singer, pianist and film producer.
Early life
Elfi von Dassanowsky (also known as Elfi Dassanowsky or Elfriede Dassanowsky) was born Elfriede Maria Elisabe ...
, Austrian-American singer, pianist, producer (d. 2007)
* 1924 –
Sonny Stitt, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1982)
*
1925 –
Elaine Stritch, American actress and singer (d. 2014)
*
1926 –
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, French academic and politician, 20th
President of France
The president of France, officially the president of the French Republic (french: Président de la République française), is the executive head of state of France, and the commander-in-chief of the French Armed Forces. As the presidency i ...
(d. 2020)
*
1927 –
Stan Getz
Stanley Getz (February 2, 1927 – June 6, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist. Playing primarily the tenor saxophone, Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, with his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre ...
, American saxophonist (d. 1991)
* 1927 –
Doris Sams
Doris Jane Sams (February 2, 1927 – June 28, 2012), nicknamed "Sammye", was an American outfielder and pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at , 145 lbs., she batted and threw righ ...
, American baseball player (d. 2012)
*
1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhano ...
–
Ciriaco De Mita
Luigi Ciriaco De Mita (; 2 February 1928 – 26 May 2022) was an Italian politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy from April 1988 to July 1989.
A member of the Christian Democracy (DC), De Mita served as its secretary and leader from M ...
, 47th
Prime minister of Italy
The Prime Minister of Italy, officially the President of the Council of Ministers ( it, link=no, Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri), is the head of government of the Italian Republic. The office of president of the Council of Ministers is ...
(d. 2022)
* 1928 –
Jay Handlan, American basketball player and engineer (d. 2013)
* 1928 –
Tommy Harmer, English footballer and youth team coach (d. 2007)
*
1929 –
Sheila Matthews Allen, American actress and producer (d. 2013)
* 1929 –
George Band, English engineer and mountaineer (d. 2011)
* 1929 –
Věra Chytilová
Věra Chytilová (2 February 1929 – 12 March 2014) was an avant-garde Czech film director and pioneer of Czech cinema. Banned by the Czechoslovak government in the 1960s, she is best known for her Czech New Wave film, ''Sedmikrásky'' ('' ...
, Czech actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
* 1929 –
John Henry Holland, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2015)
* 1929 –
Waldemar Kmentt, Austrian operatic tenor (d. 2015)
*
1931 –
Dries van Agt, Dutch politician, diplomat and jurist,
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
* 1931 –
Les Dawson, English comedian and author (d. 1993)
* 1931 –
Glynn Edwards, Malaysian-English actor (d. 2018)
* 1931 –
John Paul Harney, Canadian educator and politician
* 1931 –
Judith Viorst, American journalist and author
*
1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hir ...
–
Arthur Lyman, American jazz vibraphone and marimba player (d. 2002)
* 1932 –
Robert Mandan, American actor (d. 2018)
*
1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...
–
M'el Dowd
Mary Ellen Dowd (February 2, 1933 – September 26, 2012) was an American stage, musical theatre and film actress, and singer, whose career spanned half a century. Beginning in Shakespeare roles and films in the 1950s, Dowd continued to perform on ...
, American actress and singer (d. 2012)
* 1933 –
Tony Jay, English-American actor (d. 2006)
* 1933 –
Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Cuban bassist and composer (d. 2009)
* 1933 –
Than Shwe
Than Shwe ( my, သန်းရွှေ, ; born 2 February 1933 or 3 May 1935) is a Burmese strongman politician who was the head of state of Myanmar from 1992 to 2011 as Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC).
During thi ...
, Burmese general and politician, 8th
Prime Minister of Burma
The prime minister of Myanmar is the head of government of Myanmar. The post was re-established in 2021 by the State Administration Council, the country's ruling military junta, to lead its nominally-civilian provisional government. The p ...
*
1934 –
Khalil Ullah Khan
Khalil Ullah Khan (known as Khalil; 2 February 1934 – 7 December 2014) was a Bangladeshi film and television actor. He earned Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in ''Gunda'' in 1976.
Early life and career
K ...
, Bangladeshi actor (d. 2014)
*
1935 –
Pete Brown, American golfer (d. 2015)
* 1935 –
Evgeny Velikhov
Evgeny Pavlovich Velikhov (born on February 2, 1935; in Russian: ''Евгений Павлович Велихов'') is a physicist and scientific leader in the Russian Federation. His scientific interests include plasma physics, lasers, control ...
, Russian physicist and academic
*
1936 –
Metin Oktay
Metin Oktay (2 February 1936 – 13 September 1991) nicknamed the Uncrowned King ( tr, Taçsız Kral) by Galatasaray fans, was a Turkish footballer and one of the most successful goal scorers in Turkey.
Early life
Metin Oktay was born in Ka ...
, Turkish footballer and manager (d. 1991)
*
1937 –
Don Buford, American baseball player and coach
* 1937 –
Eric Arturo Delvalle
Eric Arturo Delvalle Cohen-Henríquez (2 February 1937 – 2 October 2015) was a Panamanian politician. He served as Vice President under Nicolás Ardito Barletta. Following the disputed 1984 election, and after Barletta's forced resignation, ...
, Panamanian lawyer and politician,
President of Panama
This article lists the heads of state of Panama since the short-lived first independence from the Republic of New Granada in 1840 and the final separation from Colombia in 1903.
Free State of the Isthmus (1840–1841)
Republic of Panama ...
(d. 2015)
* 1937 –
Anthony Haden-Guest, British journalist, poet, and critic
* 1937 –
Remak Ramsay, American actor
* 1937 –
Tom Smothers, American comedian, actor, and activist
* 1937 –
Alexandra Strelchenko, Ukrainian actress and singer (d. 2019)
*
1938 –
Norman Fowler, English journalist and politician,
Secretary of State for Transport
* 1938 –
Gene MacLellan, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 1995)
*
1939 –
Jackie Burroughs, English-born Canadian actress (d. 2010)
* 1939 –
Mary-Dell Chilton, American chemist and inventor and one of the founders of modern plant
biotechnology
Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services. The term ''biotechnology'' was first used ...
* 1939 –
Dale T. Mortensen
Dale Thomas Mortensen (February 2, 1939 – January 9, 2014) was an American economist and winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Early life and education
Mortensen was born in Enterprise, Oregon. He received his BA in econom ...
, American economist and academic,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (d. 2014)
*
1940 –
Alan Caddy, English guitarist and producer (d. 2000)
* 1940 –
Thomas M. Disch
Thomas Michael Disch (February 2, 1940 – July 4, 2008) was an American science fiction author and poet. He won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book – previously called "Best Non-Fiction Book" – in 1999, and he had two other Hugo nominatio ...
, American author and poet (d. 2008)
* 1940 –
Wayne Fontes
Wayne Fontes (; born February 2, 1940) is a former American football coach and college and professional football player who was the head coach of the National Football League's Detroit Lions from 1988 to 1996. His 67 wins and 71 losses are each t ...
, American football player and coach
* 1940 –
David Jason, English actor, director, and producer
*
1941 –
Terry Biddlecombe
Terry Biddlecombe (2 February 1941 – 5 January 2014) was an English National Hunt racing jockey in the 1960s and 1970s. He was Champion Jockey in 1965, 1966 and 1969.
Biddlecombe was born in Hartpury, Gloucester on 2 February 1941. He rode ...
, English jockey (d. 2014)
*
1942 –
Bo Hopkins, American actor (d. 2022)
* 1942 –
Graham Nash, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*
1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in ...
–
Andrew Davis, English organist and conductor
* 1944 –
Geoffrey Hughes, English actor (d. 2012)
* 1944 –
Ursula Oppens, American pianist and educator
*
1945 –
John Eatwell, Baron Eatwell, English economist and academic
*
1946 –
John Armitt, English engineer and businessman
* 1946 –
Blake Clark
Blake Clark (born February 2, 1946) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He is best known as Chet Hunter on ''Boy Meets World'' and Harry "The Hardware Store Guy" on ''Home Improvement''. Clark has voiced Slinky Dog in the ''Toy Story'' f ...
, American comedian and actor
* 1946 –
Alpha Oumar Konaré
Alpha Oumar Konaré (born 2 February 1946) is a Malian politician, who served as President of Mali for two five-year terms from 1992 to 2002 and was Chairperson of the African Union Commission from 2003 to 2008.
Scholarly career
Alpha Oumar K ...
, Malian academic and politician, 3rd
President of Mali
* 1946 –
Constantine Papadakis
Constantine Papadakis (February 2, 1946 – April 5, 2009) was a Greek-American businessman and the president of Drexel University.
Academic career
Papadakis received his diploma in Civil engineering from the National Technical Universit ...
, Greek-American businessman and academic (d. 2009)
*
1947 –
Greg Antonacci
Gregory Gerald Antonacci (February 2, 1947 – September 20, 2017) was an American television actor, director, producer, and writer. He portrayed Johnny Torrio in ''Boardwalk Empire'' in every season, from 2010 to 2014, and as Phil Leotardo's r ...
, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2017)
* 1947 –
Farrah Fawcett, American actress and producer (d. 2009)
*
1948 –
Ina Garten
Ina Rosenberg Garten ( ; born February 2, 1948) is an American author, host of the Food Network program '' Barefoot Contessa'', and a former staff member of the Office of Management and Budget.
Among her dishes are ''cœur à la crème'', celery ...
, American chef and author
* 1948 –
Al McKay
AL, Al, Ål or al may stand for:
Arts and entertainment Fictional characters
* Al (''Aladdin'') or Aladdin, the main character in Disney's ''Aladdin'' media
* Al (''EastEnders''), a minor character in the British soap opera
* Al (''Fullmetal ...
, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
* 1948 –
Roger Williamson
Roger Williamson (2 February 1948 – 29 July 1973) was a British racing driver, a two time British Formula 3 champion, who died during his second Formula One race, the 1973 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort Circuit in the Netherlands.
Biography
...
, English race car driver (d. 1973)
*
1949 –
Duncan Bannatyne
Duncan Walker Bannatyne, (born 2 February 1949) is a Scottish entrepreneur, philanthropist, and author. His business interests include hotels, health clubs, spas, media, TV, and property. He is most famous for his appearance as a business an ...
, Scottish businessman and philanthropist
* 1949 –
Yasuko Namba, Japanese mountaineer (d. 1996)
* 1949 –
Brent Spiner
Brent Jay Spiner (; born February 2, 1949) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as the android Data on the television series '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', as well as four subsequent films. In 2019, he reprised the role for ...
, American actor and singer
* 1949 –
Ross Valory, American rock bass player and songwriter
*
1950 –
Osamu Kido, Japanese wrestler
* 1950 –
Libby Purves, British journalist and author
* 1950 –
Bárbara Rey, Spanish singer and actress
* 1950 –
Barbara Sukowa, German actress
* 1950 –
Genichiro Tenryu, Japanese wrestler
*
1951 –
Vangelis Alexandris
Evangelos "Vangelis" Alexandris ( el, Ευάγγελος "Βαγγέλης" Αλεξανδρής; born February 2, 1951) is a Greek professional basketball coach and a retired professional player. During his playing career, his nickname was "The Ti ...
, Greek basketball player and coach
* 1951 –
Ken Bruce, Scottish radio host
*
1952 –
John Cornyn, American lawyer and politician, 49th
Attorney General of Texas
* 1952 –
Park Geun-hye
Park Geun-hye (; ; often in English ; born 2 February 1952) is a South Korean politician who served as the 11th president of South Korea from 2013 to 2017, until she was impeached and convicted on related corruption charges.
Park was the fi ...
, South Korean politician, 11th
President of South Korea
The president of the Republic of Korea (), also known as the president of South Korea (often abbreviated to POTROK or POSK; ), is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Korea. The president leads the State Council, and ...
* 1952 –
Ralph Merkle, American computer scientist and academic
* 1952 –
Carol Ann Susi
Carol Ann Susi (February 2, 1952 – November 11, 2014) was an American actress whose career spanned 40 years. Her best known roles were probably her first and last; she debuted as the recurring character of semi-competent but likable intern Mo ...
, American actress (d. 2014)
*
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugosl ...
–
Duane Chapman, American bounty hunter
* 1953 –
Jerry Sisk, Jr., American gemologist, co-founded
Jewelry Television (d. 2013)
*
1954 –
Christie Brinkley, American actress, model, and businesswoman
* 1954 –
Hansi Hinterseer
Johann Ernst "Hansi" Hinterseer (born 2 February 1954) is an Austrian singer, actor, entertainer and former alpine skier.
Sports career
Hinterseer is the son of Ernst Hinterseer, who won a gold medal in slalom skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympic ...
, Austrian skier and actor
* 1954 –
Nelson Ne'e Nelson Ne'e (February 2, 1954 – c. March 13, 2013["Former MP dies"](_blank)
, ''Solomon St ...
, Solomon Islander politician (d. 2013)
* 1954 –
John Tudor, American baseball player
*
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangs ...
–
Leszek Engelking
Leszek Engelking (2 February 1955 – 22 October 2022) was a Polish poet, short story writer, novelist, translator, literary critic, essayist, Polish philologist, and literary academic, scholar, and lecturer.
Engelking translated a vast amount ...
, Polish poet and author (d. 2022)
* 1955 –
Bob Schreck, American author
* 1955 –
Michael Talbott
Michael Talbott (born February 2, 1955) is an American actor. He portrayed Detective Stanley Switek in the crime drama television series '' Miami Vice'' (1984–1989).
Early life
Michael was born on February 2, 1955, in Waverly, Iowa, to parents ...
, American actor
* 1955 –
Kim Zimmer, American actress
*
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...
–
Adnan Oktar, Turkish cult leader
*
1957 –
Phil Barney
Phil Barney (real name : Philippe Baranès, born February 2, 1957, in Annaba, Algeria
)
, image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg
, map_caption =
, image_map2 =
, capital ...
, Algerian-French singer-songwriter
*
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
–
Michel Marc Bouchard, Canadian playwright
*
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 (K ...
–
Abraham Iyambo
Abraham Iyambo (2 February 1961 – 2 February 2013) was a Namibian politician. Iyambo was a member of the National Assembly of Namibia since 1995, serving as Minister of the Fisheries from 1997 to 2010 and as Minister of Education from 2010 u ...
, Namibian politician (d. 2013)
* 1961 –
Lauren Lane, American actress and academic
*
1962 –
Philippe Claudel, French author, director, and screenwriter
* 1962 –
Andy Fordham, English darts player (d. 2021)
* 1962 –
Paul Kilgus
Paul Nelson Kilgus (born February 2, 1962) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles, and St. Louis Cardinals.
Early li ...
, American baseball player
* 1962 –
Kate Raison
Katherine Raison (born 2 February 1962) is an Australian actress, best known for her roles on television, predominantly in soap operas,
Career
Raison starred in ''A Country Practice'' from 1987 to 1990 as Cathy Hayden, '' E Street'' from 199 ...
, Australian actress
* 1962 –
Michael T. Weiss
Michael Terry Weiss (born February 2, 1962) is an American actor known for his role as Jarod in the television series '' The Pretender''.
Early life
Michael Terry Weiss was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 2, 1962. His father was a steel i ...
, American actor
*
1963 –
Eva Cassidy, American singer and guitarist (d. 1996)
* 1963 –
Kjell Dahlin, Swedish ice hockey player
* 1963 –
Andrej Kiska, Slovak entrepreneur and philanthropist,
President of Slovakia
The president of the Slovak Republic ( sk, Prezident Slovenskej republiky) is the head of state of Slovakia and the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces. The president is directly elected by the people for five years, and can be elected fo ...
* 1963 –
Philip Laats, Belgian martial artist
* 1963 –
Stephen McGann
Stephen Vincent McGann (born 2 February 1963) is a British actor, best known for portraying Dr Patrick Turner in the BBC One medical period drama series ''Call the Midwife''. He is one of a family of acting brothers, the others being Joe, Pa ...
, English actor
* 1963 –
Vigleik Storaas
Vigleik Storaas (born 2 February 1963) is a Norwegian jazz pianist and composer, and the younger brother of composer and bassist Gaute Storaas. He is known from a series of album releases and collaborations with jazz musicians such as Norma Wins ...
, Norwegian pianist
*
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in for a full term ...
–
Carl Airey, English footballer
* 1965 –
Naoki Sano, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
*
1966 –
Andrei Chesnokov
Andrei Eduardovich Chesnokov (russian: Андрей Эдуардович Чесноков, links=no; born 2 February 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Russia.
Career
Chesnokov's highest singles ranking was World No. 9 in 1991. ...
, Russian tennis player and coach
* 1966 –
Robert DeLeo, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
* 1966 –
Adam Ferrara
Adam Ferrara is an American actor and comedian known for playing the role of Chief "Needles" Nelson on the FX series '' Rescue Me''. He was a co-host on the U.S. version of ''Top Gear'' and played NYPD Sgt. Frank Verelli opposite Edie Falco on ...
, American actor and comedian
* 1966 –
Michael Misick, Caicos Islander politician,
Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands
*
1967 –
Artūrs Irbe
Artūrs Irbe (born 2 February 1967) is a Latvian professional ice hockey coach and former goaltender. Born during the Soviet era, Irbe played for various Soviet league teams and the Soviet Union national team before moving to North America in ...
, Latvian ice hockey player and coach
* 1967 –
Laurent Nkunda
Laurent Nkunda (or Laurent Nkundabatware Mihigo (birth name), or Laurent Nkunda Batware, or as he prefers to be called The Chairman; born February 2, 1967) is a former General in the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and is ...
, Congolese general
*
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* J ...
–
Kenny Albert, American sportscaster
* 1968 –
Sean Elliott, American basketball player and sportscaster
* 1968 –
Scott Erickson, American baseball player and coach
*
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
–
Dana International, Israeli singer-songwriter
* 1969 –
Valeri Karpin
Valery Georgiyevich Karpin (russian: Валерий Георгиевич Карпин; born 2 February 1969) is a football manager and former player who manages FC Rostov and the Russian national team. He is a former midfielder, primarily a r ...
, Estonian-Russian footballer and manager
*
1970 –
Roar Strand
Roar Strand (born 2 February 1970) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, mostly for Rosenborg. Strand was capped 42 times for the Norway national team. He is the player with the fourth-highest number of appea ...
, Norwegian footballer
* 1970 –
Jennifer Westfeldt, American actress and singer
*
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses ( February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
J ...
–
Michelle Gayle, English singer-songwriter and actress
* 1971 –
Arly Jover, Spanish actress
* 1971 –
Isaac Kungwane, South African footballer and sportscaster (d. 2014)
* 1971 –
Rockwilder, American rapper and producer
* 1971 –
Hwang Seok-jeong
Hwang Seok-jeong (born February 2, 1971) is a South Korean actress. She has mostly played supporting roles in films and television series, notably '' Secret Love'' (2013), '' Misaeng: Incomplete Life'' (2014) and ''She Was Pretty
''She Was P ...
, South Korean actress
* 1971 –
Jason Taylor, Australian rugby league player and coach
*
1972 –
Melvin Mora
Melvin Mora Diaz (born February 2, 1972) is a Venezuelan-American former professional baseball infielder. He played for the New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles, Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB).
From his ...
, Venezuelan baseball player
* 1972 –
Aleksey Naumov, Russian footballer
* 1972 –
Hisashi Tonomura, Japanese musician
*
1973 –
Andrei Luzgin, Estonian tennis player and coach
* 1973 –
Aleksander Tammert
Aleksander Tammert (born 2 February 1973) is an Estonian discus thrower.
Athletics career
Tammert competed at the 2004 Olympics and originally finishing fourth, but as gold medal winner Róbert Fazekas was disqualified, Tammert received the ...
, Estonian discus thrower
* 1973 –
Marissa Jaret Winokur, American actress and singer
*
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
–
Todd Bertuzzi, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1975 –
Donald Driver
Donald Jerome Driver (born February 2, 1975) is a former American football wide receiver. After playing college football for Alcorn State University, Driver was picked by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round of the 1999 NFL Draft. He ...
, American football player
* 1975 –
Ieroklis Stoltidis, Greek footballer
*
1976 –
Ryan Farquhar
Ryan Alan Robert Farquhar (born 2 February 1976, Dungannon, Northern Ireland) is a professional motorcycle racer who primarily competes in road racing. Farquhar won the Dukes Road Racing Rankings four times. He won five races at the Cooksto ...
, Northern Irish motorcycle racer
* 1976 –
James Hickman, English swimmer
* 1976 –
Ana Roces, Filipino actress
*
1977 –
Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll ( , ; born 2 February 1977), professionally known by the mononym Shakira, is a Colombian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Barranquilla, she has been referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular ...
, Colombian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
* 1977 –
Libor Sionko, Czech footballer
*
1978 –
Adam Christopher
Adam Christopher McGechan (born 2 February 1978 in Auckland, New Zealand), who writes under the name Adam Christopher, is a New York Times Bestselling novelist. Born in New Zealand, he moved to North West England in 2006, where he lives with his ...
, New Zealand writer
* 1978 –
Barry Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager
* 1978 –
Lee Ji-ah
Kim Sang-eun (; born August 6, 1978), known professionally as Lee Ji-ah, is a South Korean actress. She rose to fame with her role in the television drama'' The Legend'' (2007), and has since further participated in '' Beethoven Virus'' (2008), ...
, South Korean actress
* 1978 –
Faye White
Faye Deborah White, (born 2 February 1978) is an English former footballer who captained Arsenal Women in the FA Women's Super League and is the longest-serving female captain of England to date. Her Lionesses career spanned 15 years and f ...
, English footballer
*
1979 –
Urmo Aava, Estonian race car driver
* 1979 –
Fani Chalkia, Greek hurdler and sprinter
* 1979 –
Christine Lampard, Irish television host
* 1979 –
Shamita Shetty, Indian actress
* 1979 –
Irini Terzoglou
Iríni Terzóglou ( el, Ειρήνη Τερζόγλου, born February 2, 1979 in Serres, Kentriki Makedonia) is a Greek shot putter. Her personal best put is 19.10 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Trikala
Trikala ( el, Τρίκαλα; rup, Tr ...
, Greek shot putter
*
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – In ...
–
Teddy Hart, Canadian wrestler
* 1980 –
Zhang Jingchu
Zhang Jingchu (, born 2 February 1980) is a Chinese film actress. Zhang is best known for winning the China Film Media Award Best Actress award for the 2005 film ''Peacock'', which was shown at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Early li ...
, Chinese actress
* 1980 –
Oleguer Presas, Spanish footballer
*
1981 –
Emre Aydın, Turkish singer-songwriter
* 1981 –
Michelle Bass
Michelle Bass (born 2 February 1981) is an English glamour model and television personality turned singer and columnist.
She first came to fame as a contestant on the fifth series of the UK reality television show '' Big Brother''. Previousl ...
, English model and singer
* 1981 –
Salem al-Hazmi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of
American Airlines Flight 77 (d. 2001)
*
1982 –
Sergio Castaño Ortega, Spanish footballer
* 1982 –
Kelly Mazzante
Kelly Anne Mazzante (born February 2, 1982) is an American retired professional women's basketball player who last played for the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA. At the conclusion of her collegiate career, she was the all-time leading scorer in Big Te ...
, American basketball player
* 1982 –
Kan Mi-youn
Kan Mi-youn (born February 2, 1982) is a South Korean singer, actress, radio host, model, fashion designer, and businesswoman. Kan joined the South Korean girl group Baby V.O.X. in October 1997, which went on to become one of the most popular ...
, South Korean singer, model, and host
*
1983 –
Ronny Cedeño, Venezuelan baseball player
* 1983 –
Carolina Klüft, Swedish heptathlete and jumper
* 1983 –
Jordin Tootoo
Jordin John Kudluk Tootoo (; born February 2, 1983) is a Canadian former professional hockey player, who played for the Nashville Predators, Detroit Red Wings, New Jersey Devils and Chicago Blackhawks. Of Inuit, Ukrainian and English descent, ...
, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1983 –
Vladimir Voskoboinikov
Vladimir Voskoboinikov (born 2 February 1983) is a retired Estonian professional footballer who played as a centre forward.
Club career
Voskoboinikov began his career at Puuma in Estonia where he played from 1991 until 2000.
At the age of 18, ...
, Estonian footballer
* 1983 –
Alex Westaway, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
*
1984 –
, American wrestler
* 1984 –
Chin-Lung Hu
Chin-Lung Hu (born February 2, 1984, Chinese 胡金龍 ''Hú Jīnlóng'') is a Taiwanese professional baseball shortstop for the Fubon Guardians of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He previously played in Major League Baseball ...
, Taiwanese baseball player
* 1984 –
Mao Miyaji, Japanese actress
* 1984 –
Rudi Wulf
Rudi Wulf (born 2 February 1984) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for Lyon in the French Top 14. He previously played for Toulon and Castres Olympique.
Wulf has also played for North Harbour in the Air New Zealand Cup and the Auck ...
, New Zealand rugby player
*
1985 –
Masoud Azizi, Afghan sprinter
* 1985 –
Renn Kiriyama
is a Japanese stage and television actor from Yokohama. His debut role was as Bunta Marui in ''The Prince of Tennis'' musical '' Absolute King Rikkai feat. Rokkaku ~ First Service''. Kiriyama is also known for his role in Shotaro Hidari, the ma ...
, Japanese actor
* 1985 –
Kristo Saage, Estonian basketball player
* 1985 –
Silvestre Varela
Silvestre Manuel Gonçalves Varela (born 2 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for FC Porto B as a winger.
He represented mainly Porto during his career, amassing Primeira Liga totals of 268 matches and 47 goals o ...
, Portuguese footballer
*
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal en ...
–
Gemma Arterton, English actress and singer
* 1986 –
Miwa Asao, Japanese volleyball player
*
1987 –
Anthony Fainga'a
Anthony Fainga'a (born 2 February 1987) is an Australian former professional rugby union footballer. His usual position is centre.
Family and early life
Anthony Fainga'a was born in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, and started playing rugby leagu ...
, Australian rugby player
* 1987 –
Saia Fainga'a, Australian rugby player
* 1987 –
Faydee, Australian singer
* 1987 –
Athena Imperial
Athena Mae Duarte Imperial-Rodriguez (born 2 February 1987) is a Filipino news field reporter, communication researcher and beauty queen. She competed in the eleventh edition of the national Miss Philippines Earth beauty pageant where she eme ...
, Filipino journalist,
Miss Earth-Water 2011
* 1987 –
Mimi Page
Mimi Page (born February 2, 1987) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and composer.
Musical style
Page's original music blends ethereal vocals with piano-driven, atmospheric soundscapes. She attributes her ethereal sound to her u ...
, American singer-songwriter and composer
* 1987 –
Gerard Piqué
Gerard Piqué Bernabeu (, ; born 2 February 1987) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is considered one of the best defenders of his generation.
Initially a highly promising student at La Masia, Piqu ...
, Spanish footballer
* 1987 –
Javon Ringer, American football player
* 1987 –
Jill Scott, English footballer
* 1987 –
Martin Spanjers
Martin Brian Spanjers (born February 2, 1987) is an American actor. He played Rory Hennessy on the ABC sitcom ''8 Simple Rules'' from 2002 to 2005, for which he won a Young Artist Award in 2004, and as Justin in ''Good Luck Charlie'' (2010-2014). ...
, American actor and producer
*
1988 –
JuJu Chan, Hong Kong-born American actress, martial artist, model, singer, taekwondo athlete and writer
* 1988 –
Zosia Mamet, American actress
*
1989
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
–
Southside, American record producer
*
1991 –
Nathan Delfouneso
Nathan Abayomi Delfouneso (born 2 February 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for League One club Accrington Stanley.
Having graduated from Aston Villa's academy Delfouneso broke into their first team in 2008, ma ...
, English footballer
* 1991 –
Gregory Mertens
Gregory Mertens (2 February 1991 – 30 April 2015) was a Belgian professional football player. His usual position was central defender. He last played for Lokeren.
Career
Mertens moved from the reserves of K.A.A. Gent to the first team of Ce ...
, Belgian footballer (d. 2015)
* 1991 –
Shohei Nanba, Japanese actor
*
1992 –
Lammtarra
Lammtarra (2 February 1992 7 July 2014) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. He was undefeated in his career and won three Group One races in 1995, in which year he was voted the Cartier Three-Year-Old European Champi ...
, American race horse (d. 2014)
* 1992 –
Joonas Tamm
Joonas Tamm (born 2 February 1992) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga I club FCSB and the Estonia national team. Tamm has won the Estonian Footballer of the Year in 2022.
Club career Tulevik
Tamm started ...
, Estonian footballer
*
1993 –
Ravel Morrison
Ravel Ryan Morrison (born 2 February 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club D.C. United. Born in England, he represents the Jamaica national team.
Morrison began his career with Manchester Unit ...
, English footballer
* 1993 –
Bobby Decordova-Reid, English born Jamaican international footballer
*
1994
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...
–
Caterina Bosetti, Italian volleyball player
*
1995 –
Paul Digby, English footballer
* 1995 –
Aleksander Jagiełło, Polish footballer
* 1995 –
Arfa Karim, Pakistani student and computer prodigy (d. 2012)
*
1996 –
Harry Winks
Harry Billy Winks (born 2 February 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a central or defensive midfielder for Serie A club Sampdoria, on loan from Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. He has represented England at int ...
, English international footballer
*
1998 –
Shiho Katō
is a Japanese singer, model, and radio personality. She is a member of Japanese idol group Hinatazaka46, represented by Sony Music Records, as well as an exclusive model for the fashion magazine ''CanCam''.
Career Music
Katō's musical car ...
, Japanese idol
*
2000 –
Munetaka Murakami
is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Amateur career
Munetaka started playing baseball at five years of age. He entered Kyushū Gakuin Integrated High School where he ...
, Japanese baseball player
Deaths
Pre-1600
*
619 –
Laurence of Canterbury
Laurence (died 2 February 619) was the second Archbishop of Canterbury, serving from about 604 to 619. He was a member of the Gregorian mission sent from Italy to England to Christianise the Anglo-Saxons from their native Anglo-Saxon paganism ...
, English archbishop and saint
*
880 –
Bruno
Bruno may refer to:
People and fictional characters
*Bruno (name), including lists of people and fictional characters with either the given name or surname
* Bruno, Duke of Saxony (died 880)
* Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologne, ...
, duke of
Saxony
Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a ...
*
1124 –
Bořivoj II, Duke of Bohemia
Bořivoj II (c. 1064 – 2 February 1124) was the duke of Bohemia from 25 December 1100 until May 1107 and from December 1117 until 16 August 1120. He was the younger half-brother and successor of Bretislaus II. His father was Vratislav II of B ...
(b. 1064)
*
1218 –
Konstantin of Rostov (b. 1186)
*
1237 –
Joan, Lady of Wales
Joan, Lady of Wales and Lady of Snowdon, also known by her Welsh name often written as Siwan (said, approximately /''sɪuːan''/) (/92 – February 1237) was the illegitimate daughter of King John of England, and was the wife of Llywelyn the Gre ...
*
1250 –
Eric XI of Sweden (b. 1216)
*
1294
Year 1294 ( MCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events
Asia
* February 18 – Kublai Khan dies; by this time the separation of the four khanates of the Mongol Empire ...
–
Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1229)
*
1347 –
Thomas Bek, Bishop of Lincoln
Thomas Bek (also spelled Beck) (1282 – 2 February 1347) was the Bishop of Lincoln from 1341 until his death. He was a member of the same family as Antony Bek, Bishop of Durham, and Thomas Bek, Bishop of St David's
Thomas Bek, Beck, or ...
, was the bishop of Lincoln (b. 1282)
*
1348
Year 1348 ( MCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1348th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 348th year of the 2nd millennium, the 48t ...
–
Narymunt, Prince of Pinsk
*
1416 –
Racek Kobyla of Dvorce
*
1435
Year 1435 ( MCDXXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1435th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 435th year of the 2nd millennium, the 35th y ...
–
Joan II of Naples
Joanna II (25 June 1371 – 2 February 1435) was reigning Queen of Naples from 1414 to her death, upon which the Capetian House of Anjou became extinct. As a mere formality, she used the title of Queen of Jerusalem, Sicily, and Hungary.
Earl ...
, Queen of Naples (b. 1371)
*
1446 –
Vittorino da Feltre
Vittorino da Feltre (1378February 2, 1446) was an Italian humanist and teacher. He was born in Feltre, Belluno, Republic of Venice and died in Mantua. His real name was Vittorino Rambaldoni. It was in Vittorino that the Renaissance idea of the com ...
, Italian humanist (b. 1378)
*
1448
Year 1448 ( MCDXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 6 – Christopher of Bavaria, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, dies with ...
–
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Egyptian jurist and scholar (b. 1372)
*
1461 –
Owen Tudor, Welsh founder of the Tudor dynasty (b. c. 1400)
*
1512 –
Hatuey, Caribbean tribal chief
*
1529
__NOTOC__
Year 1529 ( MDXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* February 2 – The Örebro Synod provides the theological foundation of th ...
–
Baldassare Castiglione
Baldassare Castiglione, Count of Casatico (; 6 December 1478 – 2 February 1529),Dates of birth and death, and cause of the latter, fro, ''Italica'', Rai International online. was an Italian courtier, diplomat, soldier and a prominent Renaissanc ...
, Italian soldier and diplomat (b. 1478)
*
1580 –
Bessho Nagaharu
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Sengoku period. He was the eldest son of Bessho Yasuharu.
In 1578 Oda Nobunaga called on his retainers to attack the Mōri clan. Nagaharu almost decided to allied with the Oda clan, but after hearing that the l ...
, Japanese daimyō (b. 1558)
*
1594
Events
January–June
* March 21 – Henry IV enters his capital of Paris for the first time.
* April 17 – Hyacinth of Poland is canonized.
* May
** Uprising in Banat of Serbs against Ottoman rule ends with the public ...
–
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer and educator (b. 1525)
1601–1900
*
1648 –
George Abbot, English author and politician (b. 1603)
*
1660
Events
January–March
* January 1
** At daybreak, English Army Colonel George Monck, with two brigades of troops from his Scottish occupational force, fords the River Tweed at Coldstream in Scotland to cross the border into Englan ...
–
Gaston, Duke of Orléans (b. 1608)
* 1660 –
Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (b. 1615)
*
1661
Events
January–March
* January 6 – The Fifth Monarchists, led by Thomas Venner, unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London; George Monck's regiment defeats them.
* January 29 – The Rokeby baronets, a British ...
–
Lucas Holstenius, German geographer and historian (b. 1596)
*
1675
Events
January–March
* January 5 – Franco-Dutch War – Battle of Turckheim: The French defeat Austria and Brandenburg.
* January 29 – John Sassamon, an English-educated Native American Christian, dies at A ...
–
Ivan Belostenec, Croatian linguist and lexicographer (b. 1594)
*
1688 –
Abraham Duquesne
Abraham Duquesne, marquis du Bouchet (2 February 1688) was a French naval officer, who also saw service as an admiral in the Swedish navy. He was born in Dieppe, a seaport, in 1610, and was a Huguenot. He was the son of a naval officer and ther ...
, French admiral (b. 1610)
*
1704 –
Guillaume de l'Hôpital, French mathematician and academic (b. 1661)
*
1712
In the Swedish calendar it began as a leap year starting on Monday and remained so until Thursday, February 29. By adding a second leap day (Friday, February 30) Sweden reverted to the Julian calendar and the rest of the year (from Saturda ...
–
Martin Lister, English physician and geologist (b. 1639)
*
1714 –
John Sharp, English archbishop (b. 1643)
*
1723 –
Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist and physician (b. 1666)
*
1768
Events
January–March
* January 9 – Philip Astley stages the first modern circus, with acrobats on galloping horses, in London.
* February 11 – Samuel Adams's circular letter is issued by the Massachusetts House ...
–
Robert Smith, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1689)
*
1769
Events
January–March
* February 2 – Pope Clement XIII dies, the night before preparing an order to dissolve the Jesuits.Denis De Lucca, ''Jesuits and Fortifications: The Contribution of the Jesuits to Military Architecture ...
–
Pope Clement XIII
Pope Clement XIII ( la, Clemens XIII; it, Clemente XIII; 7 March 1693 – 2 February 1769), born Carlo della Torre di Rezzonico, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 July 1758 to his death in February 1769 ...
(b. 1693)
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1798 –
Ferdinand Ashmall
Ferdinand Ashmall (9 January 1695 – 2 February 1798) was an English centenarian and Catholic priest for the Catholic Church in England and Wales.
Biography
He was born on 9 January 1695 in Elwick, County Durham to Thomas Ashmall and Mary Ad ...
, English centenarian, Catholic priest, died in 73rd year of his ministry (b. 1695)
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1802 –
Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip
Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, PC, FRS (15 December 1713 – 2 February 1802) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons for 53 years from 1741 to 1794 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Mendip. He held a number of pol ...
, English politician,
Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1713)
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1804
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Haiti gains independence from France, and becomes the first black republic, having the only successful slave revolt ever.
* February 4 – The Sokoto Caliphate is founded in West Africa.
* Febru ...
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George Walton, American lawyer and politician,
Governor of Georgia (b. 1749)
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1831 –
Vincenzo Dimech
Vincenzo Dimech (29 June 1768 – 2 February 1831) was a Maltese sculptor. He is best known for his religious sculptures, which include the titular statues of Gudja and Floriana. He also sculpted monuments or architectural features in Valletta ...
, Maltese sculptor (b. 1768)
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1836 –
Letizia Ramolino, Italian noblewoman (b. 1750)
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1861 –
Théophane Vénard, French Catholic missionary (b. 1829)
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1881 –
Henry Parker, English-Australian politician, 3rd
Premier of New South Wales
The premier of New South Wales is the head of government in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Government of New South Wales follows the Westminster Parliamentary System, with a Parliament of New South Wales acting as the legislatur ...
(b. 1808)
1901–present
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1904 –
Ernest Cashel, American-Canadian criminal (b. 1882)
* 1904 –
William Collins Whitney
William Collins Whitney (July 5, 1841February 2, 1904) was an American political leader and financier and a prominent descendant of the John Whitney family. He served as Secretary of the Navy in the first administration of President Grover Cl ...
, American financier and politician, 31st
United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1841)
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1905 –
Henri Germain
Henri Germain (1824–1905) was a French banker and politician.
Early life
Henri Germain was born on 19 February 1824 in Lyon.Jacques-Marie VaslinHenri Germain, prudent banquier du Crédit lyonnais ''Le Monde'', August 15, 2013 His father, ...
, French banker and politician, founded
Le Crédit Lyonnais (b. 1824)
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1907 –
Dmitri Mendeleev
Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (sometimes transliterated as Mendeleyev or Mendeleef) ( ; russian: links=no, Дмитрий Иванович Менделеев, tr. , ; 8 February Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates">O.S._27_January.html" ;"title="O ...
, Russian chemist and academic (b. 1834)
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1909 –
Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1829)
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1913 –
Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer (b. 1845)
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1918
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide.
Events
Below, the events ...
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John L. Sullivan
John Lawrence Sullivan (October 15, 1858 – February 2, 1918), known simply as John L. among his admirers, and dubbed the "Boston Strong Boy" by the press, was an American boxer recognized as the first heavyweight champion of gloved boxing, ...
, American boxer (b. 1858)
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1919 –
Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian lieutenant (b. 1894)
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1925 –
Antti Aarne, Finnish historian and academic (b. 1867)
* 1925 –
Jaap Eden
Jacobus Johannes "Jaap" Eden (; 19 October 1873 – 2 February 1925) was a Dutch athlete. He is the only male athlete to win world championships in both speed skating and bicycle racing.
Early life
Jaap Eden was born in Groningen to Johannes E ...
, Dutch speed skater and cyclist (b. 1873)
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1926 –
Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general and politician (b. 1848)
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1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hir ...
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Agha Petros, Assyrian general and politician (b. 1880)
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1939 –
Amanda McKittrick Ros, Irish author and poet (d. 1860)
* 1939 –
Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player (b. 1879)
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1942 –
Ado Birk
Ado Birk (; also known as ''Aadu Birk'', ''Aado Birk'' or ''Avdei Birk''; – 2 February 1942), was an Estonian politician who was the Estonian Prime Minister for three days, from 28 July 1920 to 30 July 1920.
Biography
Ado Birk was born ...
, Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd
Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1883)
* 1942 –
Daniil Kharms, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1905)
* 1942 –
Hugh D. McIntosh, Australian businessman (b. 1876)
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1945 –
Alfred Delp
Alfred Delp (, 15 September 1907 – 2 February 1945) was a German Jesuit priest and philosopher of the German Resistance. A member of the inner Kreisau Circle resistance group, he is considered a significant figure in Catholic resistance ...
, German priest and philosopher (b. 1907)
* 1945 –
Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, German economist and politician (b. 1884)
* 1945 –
Johannes Popitz
Johannes Popitz (2 December 1884 – 2 February 1945) was a Prussian finance minister and a member of the German Resistance against the government of Nazi Germany. He was the father of Heinrich Popitz, an important German sociologist.
Life ...
, German lawyer and politician (b. 1884)
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1948 –
Thomas W. Lamont
Thomas William Lamont Jr. (September 30, 1870 – February 2, 1948) was an American banker.
Early life
Lamont was born in Claverack, New York. His parents were Thomas Lamont, a Methodist minister, and Caroline Deuel Jayne. Since his father was ...
, American banker and philanthropist (b. 1870)
* 1948 –
Bevil Rudd, South African runner and journalist (b. 1894)
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1950 –
Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician and academic (b. 1873)
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1952 –
Callistratus of Georgia, Georgian patriarch (b. 1866)
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1954 –
Hella Wuolijoki
Hella Wuolijoki (née Ella Marie Murrik; 22 July 1886 – 2 February 1954), also known by the pen name Juhani Tervapää, was an Estonian-born Finnish writer known for her ''Niskavuori'' series.Wuolijoki, Hella. Eesti Entsüklopeedia 10. Estonian ...
, Estonian-Finnish author and politician (b. 1886)
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1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...
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Charley Grapewin, American actor (b. 1869)
* 1956 –
Truxtun Hare
Thomas Truxtun Hare (October 12, 1878 – February 2, 1956) was an American Olympic medalist who competed in track and field and the hammer throw. He also played football with the University of Pennsylvania and was selected first-team All- ...
, American football player and hammer thrower (b. 1878)
* 1956 –
Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (b. 1876)
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1957 –
Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1890)
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1962 –
Shlomo Hestrin, Canadian-Israeli biochemist and academic (b. 1914)
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1966 –
Hacı Ömer Sabancı
Hacı Ömer Sabancı (1 January 1906 – 2 February 1966) was a Turkish entrepreneur, who founded a number of companies, which later formed the second largest industrial and financial conglomerate of Turkey, the Sabancı Holding. He initiat ...
, Turkish businessman (b. 1906)
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1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* J ...
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Tullio Serafin, Italian conductor and director (b. 1878)
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1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
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Boris Karloff
William Henry Pratt (23 November 1887 – 2 February 1969), better known by his stage name Boris Karloff (), was an English actor. His portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in the horror film ''Frankenstein'' (1931) (his 82nd film) established ...
, English actor (b. 1887)
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1970 – Lawrence Gray, American actor (b. 1898)
* 1970 – Bertrand Russell, English mathematician and philosopher, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
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1972 – Natalie Clifford Barney, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876)
*
1973 – Hendrik Elias, Belgian academic and politician, 9th List of mayors of Ghent, Mayor of Ghent (b. 1902)
*1974 – Imre Lakatos, Hungarian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1922)
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1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
– Gustave Lanctot, Canadian historian and academic (b. 1883)
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1979 – Jim Burke (cricketer), Jim Burke, Australian cricketer (b. 1930)
* 1979 – Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player (b. 1957)
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1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – In ...
– William Howard Stein, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
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1982 – Paul Desruisseaux, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1905)
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1983 – Sam Chatmon, American singer and guitarist (b. 1897)
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1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal en ...
– Murder of Anita Cobby, Anita Cobby, Australian murder victim (b. 1959)
* 1986 – Gino Hernandez, American wrestler (b. 1957)
*
1987 – Carlos José Castilho, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1927)
* 1987 – Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist and screenwriter (b. 1922)
*
1988 – Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
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1989
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
– Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater and coach (b. 1951)
* 1989 – Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand minister and politician, 30th Minister of Finance (New Zealand), New Zealand Minister of Finance (b. 1901)
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1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...
– Paul Ariste, Estonian linguist and academic (b. 1905)
* 1990 – Joe Erskine (Welsh boxer), Joe Erskine, Welsh boxer (b. 1934)
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1992 – Bert Parks, American actor, singer, television personality; Miss America telecast presenter (b. 1914)
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1993 – François Reichenbach, French director and screenwriter (b. 1921)
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1994
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...
– Marija Gimbutas, Lithuanian-American archeologist (b. 1921)
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1995 – Thomas Hayward (tenor), Thomas Hayward, American tenor and actor (b. 1917)
* 1995 – Fred Perry, English tennis player (b. 1909)
* 1995 – Donald Pleasence, English-French actor (b. 1919)
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1996 – Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, dancer, and director (b. 1912)
*1997 – Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player (b. 1913)
* 1997 – Sanford Meisner, American actor and coach (b. 1904)
*
1998 – Haroun Tazieff, German-French geologist and cinematographer (b. 1914)
*1999 – David McComb, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1962)
*2002 – Paul Baloff, American singer-songwriter (b. 1960)
* 2002 – Claude Brown, American author (b. 1937)
*2003 – Lou Harrison, American composer and educator (b. 1917)
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2004 – Bernard McEveety, American director and producer (b. 1924)
*
2005 – Birgitte Federspiel, Danish actress (b. 1925)
* 2005 – Max Schmeling, German boxer (b. 1905)
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2007 – Vijay Arora, Indian actor (b. 1944)
* 2007 – Billy Henderson (American singer), Billy Henderson, American singer (b. 1939)
* 2007 – Joe Hunter (musician), Joe Hunter, American pianist (b. 1927)
* 2007 –
Filippo Raciti
On 2 February 2007, football violence occurred between football supporters and the police in Catania, Sicily, Italy. The clashes occurred during and after the Serie A match between the Catania and Palermo football clubs, also known as the Sicil ...
, Italian police officer (b. 1967)
* 2007 – Eric Von Schmidt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1931)
* 2007 – Masao Takemoto, Japanese gymnast (b. 1919)
*2008 – Barry Morse, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1918)
* 2008 – Katoucha Niane, Guinean model and author (b. 1960)
*2011 – Edward Amy, Canadian general (b. 1918)
* 2011 – Defne Joy Foster, Turkish actress (b. 1975)
* 2011 – Margaret John, Welsh actress (b. 1926)
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2012 – Joyce Barkhouse, Canadian author (b. 1913)
* 2012 – Frederick William Danker, American lexicographer and scholar (b. 1920)
* 2012 – George Esper, American journalist and academic (b. 1932)
* 2012 – Dorothy Gilman, American author (b. 1923)
* 2012 – James F. Lloyd, American pilot and politician (b. 1922)
*2013 –
Abraham Iyambo
Abraham Iyambo (2 February 1961 – 2 February 2013) was a Namibian politician. Iyambo was a member of the National Assembly of Namibia since 1995, serving as Minister of the Fisheries from 1997 to 2010 and as Minister of Education from 2010 u ...
, Namibian politician (b. 1961)
* 2013 – John Kerr (actor), John Kerr, American actor and lawyer (b. 1931)
* 2013 – Chris Kyle, American soldier and sniper (b. 1974)
* 2013 – Lino Oviedo, Paraguayan general and politician (b. 1943)
* 2013 – Pepper Paire, American baseball player (b. 1924)
* 2013 – P. Shanmugam, Indian politician, 13th List of Chief Ministers of Puducherry, Chief Minister of Puducherry (b. 1927)
* 2013 – Walt Sweeney, American football player (b. 1941)
* 2013 – Guy F. Tozzoli, American architect (b. 1922)
*2014 – Gerd Albrecht, German conductor (b. 1935)
* 2014 – Tommy Aquino, American motorcycle racer (b. 1992)
* 2014 – Nicholas Brooks (historian), Nicholas Brooks, English historian (b. 1941)
* 2014 – Eduardo Coutinho, Brazilian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1933)
* 2014 – Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1967)
* 2014 – Luis Raúl, Puerto Rican comedian and actor (b. 1962)
* 2014 – Bunny Rugs, Jamaican singer (b. 1948)
* 2014 – Nigel Walker (footballer), Nigel Walker, English footballer (b. 1959)
*2015 – Joseph Alfidi, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1949)
* 2015 – Dave Bergman, American baseball player (b. 1953)
* 2015 – Andriy Kuzmenko, Ukrainian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1968)
* 2015 – Molade Okoya-Thomas, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1935)
* 2015 – Stewart Stern, American screenwriter (b. 1922)
* 2015 – The Jacka, American rapper and producer (b. 1977)
*2016 – Bob Elliott (comedian), Bob Elliott, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
*2020 – Bernard Ebbers, Canadian businessman, the co-founder and CEO of WorldCom (b. 1941)
*2021 – Captain Tom Moore, Captain Sir Tom Moore, British Army officer and charity campaigner (b. 1920)
Holidays and observances
*
Groundhog Day
* Public holidays in Estonia, Anniversary of Treaty of Tartu (
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, an ...
)
* Christian Feast Day:
** Adalbard
** Cornelius the Centurion
** Martyrs of Ebsdorf
** February 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
* Public holidays in the Philippines#Other Holidays declared in the Philippines, Constitution Day (
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
)
* Public holidays in Azerbaijan, Day of Youth (Azerbaijan)
* Earliest day on which Shrove Monday can fall, while March 8 is the latest; celebrated on Monday before Ash Wednesday (Christianity), and its related observances:
** Public holidays in Iceland, Bun Day (Iceland)
** Fastelavn (Denmark/Norway)
** Nickanan Night (Cornwall)
** Rosenmontag (Germany)
* Candlemas, Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple or Candlemas (Western Christianity), and its related observances:
** A quarter day in the Christian liturgical calendar (due to Candlemas). (Scotland)
** Celebration of Yemanja#Brazil, Yemanja or Our Lady of Navigators (Candomblé)
** Crêpe, Le Jour des Crêpes (France)
** Our Lady of the Candles (Catholic Church in the Philippines, Filipino Catholics)
** Virgin of Candelaria (Tenerife, Spain)
* Days of Military Honour, Victory of the Battle of Stalingrad (Russia)
*World Wetlands Day
References
External links
BBC: On This Day*
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