February 14

Events

• 748 - Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt.
• 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German languages.
• 1014 - Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry of Bavaria, King of Germany and of Italy, as Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1076 - Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1130 - Pope Innocent II is elected.
• 1349 - Several hundred Jews are burned to death by mobs while the remaining Jews are forcibly removed from Strasbourg.
• 1400 - Richard II of England dies, most probably from starvation, in Pontefract Castle, on the orders of Henry Bolingbroke.
• 1530 - Spanish conquistadores, led by Nuño de Guzmán, overthrow and execute Tangaxuan II, the last independent monarch of the Tarascan state in present-day central Mexico.
• 1556 - Thomas Cranmer is declared a heretic.
• 1556 - Coronation of Akbar.
• 1655 - The Mapuches launch coordinated attacks against the Spanish in Chile beginning the Mapuche uprising of 1655.
• 1778 - The United States flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to, commanded by John Paul Jones.
• 1779 - American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
• 1779 - James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
• 1797 - French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St. Vincent: John Jervis, and Horatio Nelson lead the British Royal Navy to victory over a Spanish fleet in action near Gibraltar.
• 1804 - Karađorđe leads the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire.
• 1831 - Ras Marye of Yejju marches into Tigray and defeats and kills Dejazmach Sabagadis in the Battle of Debre Abbay.
• 1835 - The original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, in the Latter Day Saint movement, is formed in Kirtland, Ohio.
• 1849 - In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.
• 1852 - Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, is founded in London.
• 1855 - Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.
• 1859 - Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state.
• 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
• 1879 - The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
• 1899 - Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
• 1900 - British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
• 1903 - The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established.
• 1912 - Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
• 1912 - The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
• 1919 - The Polish–Soviet War begins.
• 1920 - The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago.
• 1924 - The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation.
• 1929 - Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago.
• 1942 - Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore.
• 1943 - World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated.
• 1943 - World War II: Tunisia Campaign: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's Fifth Panzer Army launches a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.
• 1944 - World War II: In the Action of 14 February 1944, a Royal Navy submarine sinks a German-controlled Italian submarine in the Strait of Malacca.
• 1945 - World War II: On the first day of the bombing of Dresden, the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces begin fire-bombing Dresden.
• 1945 - World War II: Navigational error leads to the mistaken bombing of Prague, Czechoslovakia by an American squadron of B-17s assisting in the Soviet's Vistula–Oder Offensive.
• 1945 - World War II: Mostar is liberated by Yugoslav partisans
• 1945 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard the, officially beginning U.S.-Saudi diplomatic relations.
• 1946 - The Bank of England is nationalized.
• 1949 - The Knesset convenes for the first time.
• 1949 - The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
• 1961 - Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
• 1966 - Australian currency is decimalized.
• 1979 - In Kabul, Setami Milli militants kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police.
• 1983 - United American Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee collapses. Its president, Jake Butcher, is later convicted of fraud.
• 1989 - Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal disaster.
• 1989 - Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.
• 1990 - Ninety-two people are killed when Indian Airlines Flight 605 crashes in Bangalore, India.
• 1990 - The Voyager 1 spacecraft takes the photograph of planet Earth that later become famous as Pale Blue Dot.
• 1998 - An oil tanker train collides with a freight train in Yaoundé, Cameroon, spilling fuel oil. One person scavenging the oil created a massive explosion which killed 120.
• 2000 - The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.
• 2004 - In a suburb of Moscow, Russia, the roof of the Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 25 people, and wounding more than 100 others.
• 2005 - In Beirut, 23 people, including former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, are killed when the equivalent of around 1,000 kg of TNT is detonated while Hariri's motorcade drives through the city.
• 2005 - Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected al-Qaeda-linked militants that hit Makati, Davao City, and General Santos City, all in the Philippines.
• 2005 - YouTube is launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos.
• 2008 - Northern Illinois University shooting: A gunman opens fire in a lecture hall of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb County, Illinois, resulting in six fatalities and 21 injuries.
• 2011 - As a part of Arab Spring, the Bahraini uprising begins with a 'Day of Rage'.
• 2018 - Jacob Zuma resigns as President of South Africa.
• 2018 - A shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida is one of the deadliest school massacres with 17 fatalities and 15 injuries.
• 2019 - Pulwama attack takes place in Lethpora in Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir, India in which 40 Central Reserve Police Force personnel and a suicide bomber were killed and 35 were injured.

  Births

• 1404 - Leon Battista Alberti, Italian painter, poet, and philosopher
• 1408 - John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel
• 1452 - Pandolfo Petrucci, tyrant of Siena
• 1468 - Johannes Werner, German priest and mathematician
• 1483 - Babur, Moghul emperor
• 1490 - Valentin Friedland, German scholar and educationist of the Reformation
• 1513 - Domenico Ferrabosco, Italian composer
• 1545 - Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara
• 1602 - Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer
• 1614 - John Wilkins, English bishop, academic and natural philosopher
• 1625 - Countess Palatine Maria Eufrosyne of Zweibrücken, Swedish princess
• 1628 - Valentine Greatrakes, Irish faith healer
• 1640 - Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
• 1670 - Rajaram Raj Bhonsle, third Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire
• 1679 - Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, German organist and composer
• 1692 - Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French author and playwright
• 1701 - Enrique Flórez, Spanish historian and author
• 1763 - Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general
• 1782 - Eleanora Atherton, English philanthropist
• 1784 - Heinrich Baermann, German clarinetist
• 1799 - Walenty Wańkowicz, Polish painter and illustrator
• 1800 - Emory Washburn, American historian, lawyer, and politician, 22nd Governor of Massachusetts
• 1808 - Michael Costa, Italian-English conductor and composer
• 1813 - Lydia Hamilton Smith, African-American businesswoman
• 1819 - Christopher Latham Sholes, American journalist and politician, invented the typewriter
• 1824 - Winfield Scott Hancock, American general and politician
• 1828 - Edmond François Valentin About, French journalist and author
• 1835 - Piet Paaltjens, Dutch minister and poet
• 1838 - Margaret E. Knight, American inventor
• 1846 - Julian Scott, American soldier and drummer, Medal of Honor recipient
• 1847 - Anna Howard Shaw, American physician, minister, and activist
• 1848 - Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic
• 1855 - Frank Harris, Irish author and journalist
• 1859 - George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., American engineer, inventor of the Ferris wheel
• 1860 - Eugen Schiffer, German lawyer and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany
• 1869 - Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist and meteorologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1878 - Julius Nieuwland, Belgian priest, chemist and academic
• 1882 - John Barrymore, American actor
• 1884 - Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish actor and director
• 1884 - Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet and playwright
• 1890 - Nina Hamnett, Welsh-English painter and author
• 1890 - Dick Richards Welsh international footballer, forward
• 1891 - Katherine Stinson, American aviator
• 1892 - Radola Gajda, Czech commander and politician
• 1894 - Jack Benny, American actor and producer
• 1895 - Wilhelm Burgdorf, German general
• 1895 - Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist
• 1898 - Bill Tilman, English mountaineer and explorer
• 1898 - Fritz Zwicky, Swiss-American physicist and astronomer
• 1900 - Jessica Dragonette, American singer
• 1903 - Stuart Erwin, American actor
• 1905 - Thelma Ritter, American actress and singer
• 1907 - Johnny Longden, English-American jockey and trainer
• 1911 - Willem Johan Kolff, Dutch physician and inventor
• 1912 - Tibor Sekelj, Hungarian lawyer, explorer, and author
• 1913 - Mel Allen, American sportscaster
• 1913 - Woody Hayes, American football player and coach
• 1913 - Jimmy Hoffa, American trade union leader
• 1913 - James Pike, American bishop
• 1916 - Marcel Bigeard, French general
• 1916 - Sally Gray, English actress and singer
• 1916 - Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese director and producer
• 1916 - Edward Platt, American actor
• 1917 - Herbert A. Hauptman, American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1921 - Hugh Downs, American journalist, game show host, and producer
• 1921 - Hazel McCallion, Canadian businesswoman and politician, 3rd Mayor of Mississauga
• 1923 - Jay Hebert, American golfer
• 1924 - Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma
• 1927 - Lois Maxwell, Canadian-Australian model and actress
• 1928 - William Allain, American soldier and politician, 58th Governor of Mississippi
• 1928 - Vicente T. Blaz, American general and politician
• 1929 - Vic Morrow, American actor and director
• 1931 - Bernie Geoffrion, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
• 1931 - Brian Kelly, American actor and director
• 1932 - Harriet Andersson, Swedish actress
• 1934 - Florence Henderson, American actress and singer
• 1935 - David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn, Scottish academic and diplomat, 27th Governor of Hong Kong
• 1936 - Anna German, Polish singer
• 1937 - John MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market, English politician, Secretary of State for Transport
• 1937 - Magic Sam, American singer and guitarist
• 1939 - Razzy Bailey, American country music singer-songwriter and musician
• 1939 - Blowfly, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1939 - Eugene Fama, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 - James Maynard, American businessman, co-founded Golden Corral
• 1941 - Donna Shalala, American academic and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
• 1941 - Paul Tsongas, American lawyer and politician
• 1942 - Michael Bloomberg, American businessman and politician, 108th Mayor of New York City
• 1942 - Andrew Robinson, American actor and director
• 1942 - Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican race car driver
• 1943 - Eric Andersen, American singer-songwriter
• 1943 - Maceo Parker, American saxophonist
• 1943 - Aaron Russo, American director and producer
• 1944 - Carl Bernstein, American journalist and author
• 1944 - Alan Parker, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1944 - Ronnie Peterson, Swedish race car driver
• 1945 - Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
• 1945 - Rod Masterson, American lieutenant and actor
• 1946 - Bernard Dowiyogo, Nauru politician, President of Nauru
• 1946 - Gregory Hines, American actor, singer, and dancer
• 1947 - Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 - Judd Gregg, American lawyer and politician, 76th Governor of New Hampshire
• 1948 - Kitten Natividad, Mexican-American actress and dancer
• 1948 - Pat O'Brien, American journalist and author
• 1948 - Wally Tax, Dutch singer-songwriter
• 1948 - Teller, American magician and actor
• 1950 - Roger Fisher, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1951 - Terry Gross, American radio host and producer
• 1951 - Kevin Keegan, English footballer and manager
• 1952 - Sushma Swaraj, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs
• 1954 - Jam Mohammad Yousaf, Pakistani politician, Chief Minister of Balochistan
• 1955 - Carol Kalish, American publisher
• 1956 - Howard Davis Jr., American boxer and trainer
• 1956 - Dave Dravecky, American baseball player
• 1956 - Katharina Fritsch, German sculptor and academic
• 1957 - Alan Hunter, American television host and actor
• 1957 - Soile Isokoski, Finnish soprano and actress
• 1957 - Alan Smith, English bishop
• 1958 - Grant Thomas, Australian footballer and coach
• 1959 - Renée Fleming, American soprano and actress
• 1960 - Philip Jones, English admiral
• 1960 - Jim Kelly, American football player and businessman
• 1960 - Meg Tilly, American actress and author
• 1963 - Enrico Colantoni, Canadian actor, director, and producer
• 1963 - John Marzano, American baseball player
• 1964 - Gianni Bugno, Italian cyclist and sportscaster
• 1966 - Petr Svoboda, Czech ice hockey player and agent
• 1967 - Stelios Haji-Ioannou, Greek-English businessman, founded easyJet
• 1967 - Manuela Maleeva, Bulgarian-Swiss tennis player
• 1967 - Mark Rutte, Dutch businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 1968 - Jules Asner, American model and television host
• 1968 - Chris Lewis, Guyanese-English cricketer
• 1968 - Scott McClellan, American civil servant and author, 25th White House Press Secretary
• 1969 - Meg Hillier, English journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
• 1970 - Giuseppe Guerini, Italian cyclist
• 1970 - Sean Hill, American ice hockey player
• 1970 - Simon Pegg, English actor, director, and producer
• 1971 - Kris Aquino, Filipino talk show host, actress, and producer
• 1971 - Gheorghe Mureșan, Romanian basketball player
• 1972 - Drew Bledsoe, American football player and coach
• 1972 - Musōyama Masashi, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1972 - Najwa Nimri, Spanish actress and singer
• 1972 - Jaan Tallinn, Estonian computer programmer, co-developed Skype
• 1972 - Rob Thomas, American singer-songwriter
• 1973 - H. D. Ackerman, South African cricketer
• 1973 - Tyus Edney, American basketball player and coach
• 1973 - Steve McNair, American football player
• 1973 - Annalisa Buffa, Italian mathematician
• 1974 - Valentina Vezzali, Italian fencer and politician
• 1976 - Liv Kristine, Norwegian singer-songwriter
• 1976 - Rie Rasmussen, Danish model, film director, writer, photographer, and actress
• 1977 - Cadel Evans, Australian cyclist
• 1977 - Jim Jefferies, Australian comedian and actor
• 1977 - Darren Purse, English footballer
• 1977 - Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer
• 1977 - Anna Erschler, Russian mathematician
• 1977 - Robert J. Jackson Jr., American law professor
• 1978 - Richard Hamilton, American basketball player
• 1978 - Darius Songaila, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
• 1980 - Josh Senter, American screenwriter and producer
• 1980 - Michelle Ye, Hong Kong actress and producer
• 1981 - Matteo Brighi, Italian footballer
• 1981 - Randy de Puniet, French motorcycle racer
• 1981 - Brad Halsey, American baseball player
• 1982 - Marián Gáborík, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1982 - John Halls, English footballer and model
• 1982 - Lenka Tvarošková, Slovak tennis player
• 1983 - Callix Crabbe, Virgin Islander baseball player
• 1983 - Rocky Elsom, Australian rugby player
• 1983 - Bacary Sagna, French footballer
• 1985 - Karima Adebibe, English model and actress
• 1985 - Tyler Clippard, American baseball player
• 1985 - Heart Evangelista, Filipino singer and actress
• 1985 - Philippe Senderos, Swiss international footballer, centre back
• 1985 - Miki Yeung, Hong Kong singer and actress
• 1986 - Michael Ammermüller, German race car driver
• 1986 - Oliver Lee, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1986 - Gao Lin, Chinese footballer
• 1987 - Edinson Cavani, Uruguayan footballer
• 1987 - Tom Pyatt, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 - David Wheater, English footballer
• 1988 - Katie Boland, Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1988 - Ángel Di María, Argentinian footballer
• 1988 - Siim Liivik, Estonian ice hockey player
• 1988 - Asia Nitollano, American singer and dancer
• 1989 - Néstor Calderón, Mexican footballer
• 1989 - Adam Matuszczyk, Polish footballer
• 1989 - Emma Miskew, Canadian curler
• 1989 - Brandon Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 - Jurij Tepeš, Slovenian ski jumper
• 1989 - Kristian Thomas, English gymnast
• 1990 - Sefa Yılmaz, German-Turkish footballer
• 1991 - Daniela Mona Lambin, Estonian footballer
• 1991 - Chris Rowney, English footballer
• 1992 - Christian Eriksen, Danish footballer
• 1992 - Freddie Highmore, English actor
• 1993 - Jadeveon Clowney, American football player
• 1996 - Lucas Hernandez, French footballer

  Deaths

• 869 - Cyril, Greek missionary bishop
• 945 - Lian Chongyu, Chinese general
• 945 - Zhu Wenjin, Chinese emperor
• 1009 - Bruno of Querfurt, German missionary bishop
• 1010 - Fujiwara no Korechika, Japanese nobleman
• 1140 - Leo I, Armenian prince
• 1140 - Sobĕslav I, duke of Bohemia
• 1164 - Sviatoslav Olgovich, Kievan prince
• 1229 - Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson, king of the Isles
• 1317 - Margaret of France, queen of England
• 1400 - Richard II, king of England
• 1440 - Dietrich of Oldenburg, German nobleman
• 1489 - Nicolaus von Tüngen, prince-bishop of Warmia
• 1528 - Edzard I, German nobleman
• 1549 - Il Sodoma, Italian painter
• 1571 - Odet de Coligny, French cardinal
• 1676 - Abraham Bosse, French engraver and illustrator
• 1714 - Maria Luisa of Savoy, queen of Spain
• 1737 - Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot, English lawyer and politician Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
• 1744 - John Hadley, English mathematician, invented the octant
• 1779 - James Cook, English captain, cartographer, and explorer
• 1780 - William Blackstone, English jurist and politician
• 1782 - Singu Min, Burmese king
• 1808 - John Dickinson, American lawyer and politician 5th Governor of Delaware
• 1831 - Vicente Guerrero, Mexican general and politician, 2nd President of Mexico
• 1831 - Henry Maudslay, English engineer
• 1870 - St. John Richardson Liddell, American general
• 1881 - Fernando Wood, American merchant and politician, 73rd Mayor of New York City
• 1884 - Lydia Hamilton Smith, African-American businesswoman
• 1885 - Jules Vallès, French journalist and author
• 1891 - William Tecumseh Sherman, American general
• 1894 - Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic
• 1901 - Edward Stafford, Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand
• 1910 - Giovanni Passannante, Italian anarchist
• 1922 - Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish lawyer and politician
• 1929 - Thomas Burke, American sprinter, coach, and lawyer
• 1930 - Thomas Mackenzie, Scottish-New Zealand cartographer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of New Zealand
• 1933 - Carl Correns, German botanist and geneticist
• 1942 - Adnan Saidi, Malayan lieutenant
• 1943 - Dora Gerson, German actress and singer
• 1943 - David Hilbert, Russian-German mathematician, physicist, and philosopher
• 1948 - Mordecai Brown, American baseball player and manager
• 1949 - Yusuf Salman Yusuf, Iraqi politician
• 1950 - Karl Guthe Jansky, American physicist and engineer
• 1952 - Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist
• 1958 - Abdur Rab Nishtar, Pakistani politician, 2nd Governor of Punjab
• 1959 - Baby Dodds, American drummer
• 1967 - Sig Ruman, German-American actor
• 1969 - Vito Genovese, Italian-American mob boss
• 1970 - Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer and coach
• 1974 - Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer and coach
• 1975 - Julian Huxley, English biologist and eugenicist, co-founded the World Wide Fund for Nature
• 1975 - P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist and playwright
• 1979 - Adolph Dubs, American lieutenant and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan
• 1983 - Lina Radke, German runner and coach
• 1986 - Edmund Rubbra, English composer and conductor
• 1987 - Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian pianist and composer
• 1988 - Frederick Loewe, German-American composer
• 1989 - James Bond, American ornithologist and zoologist
• 1989 - Vincent Crane, English pianist
• 1994 - Andrei Chikatilo, Soviet serial killer
• 1994 - Christopher Lasch, American historian and critic
• 1995 - Michael V. Gazzo, American actor and playwright
• 1995 - U Nu, Burmese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Burma
• 1996 - Bob Paisley, English footballer and manager
• 1999 - John Ehrlichman, American lawyer and politician, 12th White House Counsel
• 1999 - Buddy Knox, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 2002 - Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer and manager
• 2002 - Mick Tucker, English drummer
• 2003 - Johnny Longden, English jockey and trainer
• 2004 - Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist
• 2005 - Rafic Hariri, Lebanese businessman and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Lebanon
• 2006 - Lynden David Hall, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 2007 - Ryan Larkin, Canadian animator and director
• 2007 - Gareth Morris, English flute player and educator
• 2009 - Bernard Ashley, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Laura Ashley plc
• 2009 - Louie Bellson, American drummer and composer
• 2010 - Doug Fieger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 2010 - Dick Francis, Welsh jockey and author
• 2010 - Linnart Mäll, Estonian historian, orientalist, and translator
• 2011 - George Shearing, English-American pianist and composer
• 2012 - Mike Bernardo, South African boxer and martial artist
• 2012 - Tonmi Lillman, Finnish drummer and producer
• 2012 - Dory Previn, American singer-songwriter
• 2012 - Péter Rusorán, Hungarian swimmer, water polo player, and coach
• 2013 - Glenn Boyer, American historian and author
• 2013 - Ronald Dworkin, American philosopher and scholar
• 2014 - Tom Finney, English footballer
• 2014 - Chris Pearson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Yukon
• 2014 - Mike Stepovich, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Alaska Territory
• 2015 - Louis Jourdan, French-American actor and singer
• 2015 - Philip Levine, American poet and academic
• 2015 - Franjo Mihalić, Croatian-Serbian runner and coach
• 2016 - Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, English lieutenant, engineer, and politician
• 2016 - Steven Stucky, American composer and academic
• 2018 - Ruud Lubbers, Dutch politician and diplomat, Prime Minister and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• 2018 - Morgan Tsvangirai, 2nd Prime Minister of Zimbabwe.

  Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
• * Cyril and Methodius, patron saints of Europe
• * Manchan
• * Valentine
• * February 14
• Statehood Day
• Statehood Day
• Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
• Parents' Worship Day