February 2nd
February 2nd (also called Candlemas ) is the 33rd day of the Gregorian calendar , so there are 332 days (333 days in leap years) left until the end of the year.
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events
politics and world affairs
- 506: The Visigoth king Alaric II had the popular law codified in the Lex Romana Visigothorum and published it as the Breviarium Alaricianum , a collection of Roman law .
- 962: The Liudolfinger Otto I and his wife Adelheid are in Rome by Pope John XII. crowned emperor and empress. This event is now considered to be the founding date of the Holy Roman Empire , in which the Roman Empire continues in the sense of the Translatio imperii .
- 1033: Emperor Konrad II is crowned King of Burgundy . He bases his claim on a contract between his predecessor, Emperor Heinrich II , and the late Rudolf III. of Burgundy . However, resistance is raised by Odo II , Count of Blois , who is also laying claim to the throne.
- 1074: The Peace of Gerstungen provides for the demolition of castles on the edge of the Harz Mountains . King Henry IV thus gains a breather in the Saxon War in the face of a much larger Saxon army . But the following year he took up arms again.
- 1141: The First Battle of Lincoln takes place in the English Civil War over the succession of King Henry I. King Stephen is taken prisoner by the opposing troops who are loyal to Heinrich's daughter Matilda .
- 1303: King Albrecht I bestows market and town rights on the settlement of Hanau .
- 1348: The Teutonic Order prevails in the Battle of Strėva as part of the Lithuanian Wars against an army of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania that is twice as large.
- 1387: King John I of Portugal confirms the friendship treaty concluded between Portugal and England on May 9 of the previous year by marrying Philippa of Lancaster , sister of the later King Henry IV.
- 1421: The Chinese Emperor Zhu Di inaugurates the Forbidden City as the center of power.
- 1440: Duke Friedrich IV. of Austria, later Emperor Friedrich III. , elected Roman-German king.
- 1461: The Yorkist victory at the Battle of Mortimer's Cross over the Lancastrians under Owen Tudor and Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford , during the Wars of the Roses , paved the way for Edward, Earl of March 's coronation as King of England later that year .
- 1536: Spanish conquistador Pedro de Mendoza founds the city of Puerto de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre , present-day Buenos Aires .
- 1542: The Portuguese Cristóvão da Gama , with his expedition in support of the Christian Ethiopian Negus Gelawdewos , defeats a Muslim army of the Adal Sultanate at the Battle of Baçente .
- 1583: In Bonn, the Elector and Cologne Archbishop Gebhard I von Waldburg , who had converted to the Protestant faith , married the Countess Agnes von Mansfeld-Eisleben . The marriage sparks the Truchsessian War and prompts the Archbishop 's excommunication .
- 1653: The Dutch colony of Nieuw Amsterdam is granted city rights .
- 1709: Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk is recovered from the otherwise uninhabited island of Más a Tierra in the Juan Fernández Archipelago . His fate provides material for Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe .
- 1732: Prussia's King Friedrich Wilhelm I issues a patent of invitation addressed to the Protestants expelled from Salzburg , the so-called Salzburg exulants .
- 1797: After a nine-month siege in Mantua during the First Coalition War , the surrounded Austrian troops under the command of Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser surrender to the French army led by Napoleon Bonaparte .
- 1838: After the troops of conservative military José Rafael Carrera Turcios captured the capital of Guatemala with extreme brutality on January 13, the western provinces of Totonicapán , San Marcos , Huehuetenango , Quiché , Retalhuleu and Quetzaltenango seceded from Guatemala and merge to form the state of Los Altos with the capital Quetzaltenango . They form the sixth state of the Central American Federation .
- 1848: The end of the Mexican-American War brings the United States significant territorial gains in the West in the Peace Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo .
- 1852: The priest Martin Merino y Gomez tries to assassinate Queen Isabella of Spain . However, his attack with a dagger does not inflict her any serious injuries.
- 1918: The Council of People's Commissars, headed by Lenin , issues a Decree on the Separation of Church from State and School from Church in Soviet Russia .
- 1920: Estonia 's independence is recognized by Russia in the Peace of Dorpat after the nearly two-year Estonian War of Independence .
- 1943: German 6th Army units in the northern pocket surrender at the Battle of Stalingrad . A total of around 108,000 soldiers are taken prisoner by the Soviets .
- 1945: The Malta Conference , a meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff of the US and Britain in preparation for the Yalta Conference , comes to an end.
- 1971: The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands is formed, one of the first international conventions to protect the environment .
- 1982: Syrian troops under the President 's brother Rifaat al-Assad begin shelling the city of Hama , center of the anti-government Muslim Brotherhood . Between 20,000 and 30,000 people die in the Hama massacre .
- 1989: The Vienna MBFR negotiations on a troop reduction in Europe come to an end after 16 years without result.
- 1990: The Central Committee of the CPSU gives up the party's monopoly on power in the Soviet Union .
- 1990: In a parliamentary speech, South African President Frederik Willem de Klerk promises comprehensive reforms. Among other things, the two banned parties, the African National Congress and the Pan Africanist Congress , will be re-admitted, restrictions on press freedom and the state of emergency will be lifted, and the prospect of easing apartheid policy will be lifted.
- 1999: After winning the elections on December 6 of the previous year, Hugo Chávez is sworn in as President of Venezuela . His invitation to the former dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez caused irritation.
- 2003: The SPD suffers serious defeats in the state elections in Lower Saxony and Hesse . In Lower Saxony , she loses not only the absolute majority but also the government majority - Christian Wulff (CDU) becomes the new Prime Minister. In Hesse , the CDU under Prime Minister Roland Koch even wins an absolute majority for the first time.
business
- 1875: The sprocket wheel machine of the American Frank Stephen Baldwin is patented in the USA .
- 1914: In German East Africa , the Tanganyika Railway is completed, running from the coastal city of Dar es Salaam to Kigoma on Lake Tanganyika .
- 1998: The S&P 500 stock index , which includes 500 of the largest US companies, breaks through the 1,000 point mark for the first time.
- 2009: Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe forces the central bank to issue the fourth Zimbabwe dollar . One trillion of the third Zimbabwe dollar is given the value of 1 (fourth) Zimbabwe dollar in the currency reform .
science and technology
- 1106: The Great Comet of 1106 appears in the sky. The comet , a member of the Kreutz group , can be observed in Japan, Korea, China and Europe until mid-March of the same year.
- 1558: The High School in Jena , founded by Johann Friedrich I of Saxony , is promoted to the University of Jena by Emperor Ferdinand I in 1557 and begins teaching when it is opened.
- 1841: The British polar explorer James Clark Ross advances with the ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror , the latter commanded by Francis Crozier , to 78° 10' south latitude in the Antarctic , where they are prevented from progressing by an ice wall. This is the southernmost point that humans have reached for a long time.
- 1863: The Dutch African explorer and adventuress Alexine Tinne sets out from Khartoum to explore the Gazelle River together with the German explorer Baron Theodor von Heuglin , the botanist and physician Hermann Steudner , 65 bodyguards and 40 mules .
- 1913: New York's Grand Central Terminal is dedicated. Since then it has been the largest train station in the world.
- 1935: Leonard Keeler tests a lie detector for the first time in an experiment .
- 1945: The official first flight of the Horten H IX takes place in Oranienburg . As a flying wing construction , the aircraft is technically and conceptually far ahead of its time, but is no longer used in the final phase of the war.
- 1955: At the settlement of Tyuratam, the Soviet Union begins construction of a test site for ICBMs , which develops into the Baikonur Cosmodrome .
- 1964: The US probe Ranger 6 hits the moon . However, the planned close-ups of the satellite cannot be taken because the cameras cannot be activated before impact.
- 1974: The General Dynamics F-16 multirole fighter aircraft makes its maiden flight .
Culture
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- 1625: The premiere of the opera La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina ( The Liberation of Ruggiero from the Island of Alcina ) by Francesca Caccini takes place in the Villa Medici Poggio Imperiale in Florence . The work is considered to be the oldest opera composed by a woman.
- 1786: The world premiere of the operetta Die faithful Köhler by Justin Heinrich Knecht takes place in Biberach an der Riss .
- 1788: The premiere of the opera Andromeda by Johann Friedrich Reichardt takes place at the Royal Opera in Berlin .
- 1837: The Gregorian Etruscan Museum is founded by Pope Gregory XVI. established as part of the Vatican Museums .
- 1878: The New Court Theater in Dresden , designed by Gottfried Semper , is inaugurated.
- 1922: James Joyce 's novel Ulysses is published as a book in Paris
- 1932: Josef von Sternberg 's film Shanghai Express , starring Marlene Dietrich , premieres in New York .
society
- 2002: Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and Máxima Zorreguieta marry in Amsterdam .
- 2008: French President Nicolas Sarkozy and musician Carla Bruni marry.
religion
- 1013: The chaplain of Heinrich II. , Unwan from the Immedinger family, is consecrated by Archbishop Gero as Archbishop of Hamburg and Bishop of Bremen by order of the king and with rejection of the election of the cathedral chapter of Hamburg-Bremen in Magdeburg and thus follows the Libentius I , who died on January 4th, introduced the Institutiones Aquisgranenses in all the canons of his diocese .
- 1119: Guido, son of Count William of Burgundy, is elected Pope to succeed Gelasius II and takes the name of Calixtus II .
- 1831: Cardinal Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari is elected Pope after a 54-day conclave and takes the name Gregory XVI. on. He is the last pope to date who is not a bishop at the time of his election .
disasters
- 1998: On approach to Cagayan de Oro , a Cebu Pacific Douglas DC-9 with 104 people on board crashed into a mountain. There are no survivors.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1876: Eight baseball teams formed the National League in New York .
- 1893: The first alpine ski race in Central Europe is held in Mürzzuschlag , Austria, also on the initiative of innkeeper Toni Schruf .
- 1924: The International Ski Federation is founded in the winter sports resort of Chamonix .
- 1952: In Dortmund , the Westfalenhalle , which was rebuilt after being destroyed in the Second World War and is Europe's largest sports hall with 13,500 seats, is inaugurated by the German Federal President Theodor Heuss .
- 1991: In Passau , the German Judo Federation and the German Judo Federation of the former GDR unite while retaining the name Deutscher Judo-Bund .
- 2004: By beating the Russian Marat Mikhailovich Safin in the final of the Australian Open in Melbourne, the Swiss Roger Federer wins his second Grand Slam title and becomes the world number one in tennis for the first time .
- 2014: In Super Bowl XLVIII , the Seattle Seahawks win their first Super Bowl with a 43-8 win over the Denver Broncos .
- 2020: The Kansas City Chiefs win the Super Bowl for the first time in 50 years . They defeated the San Francisco 49ers 31-20 in Super Bowl LIV .
Entries of track and field world records are located under the respective discipline under Athletics .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1208: James I , King of Aragon, Count of Barcelona, King of Mallorca, King of Valencia and Lord of Montpellier
- 1286: Joan de Geneville , English noblewoman
- 1425: Eleanor , Queen of Navarre
- 1443: Elisabeth of Bavaria , Princess of Bavaria-Munich and Electress of Saxony
- 1457: Peter Martyr of Anghiera , Spanish historian and cartographer
- 1487: Johann Zápolya , Prince of Transylvania
- 1494: Bona Sforza , Italian Princess, Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania
- 1501: Theodor Fabricius , German theologian and reformer
- 1502: Damião de Góis , Portuguese diplomat and historian
- 1509: Jan van Leiden , itinerant Anabaptist preacher
- 1516: Girolamo Zanchi , Italian Reformed theologian, confessionalist and reformer
- 1518: Johannes Hommel , German Protestant theologian, mathematician and astronomer
- 1522: Lodovico Ferrari , Italian mathematician
- 1529: Reinhard Scheffer the Elder , German jurist and statesman
- 1545: Nikolaus von Reusner , German legal scholar
- 1552: Ernestus Hettenbach , German physicist and physician
- 1576: Alix Le Clerc , French nun and founder
- 1582: Erasmus Ungebaur , German legal scholar
- 1591: Nicolaus Bleyer , German composer and violinist
- 1593: Johannes Brandmüller , Swiss evangelical clergyman
- 1596: Jacob van Campen , Dutch builder, painter and architect
- 1596: Johann Adlzreiter von Tettenweis , German jurist and politician
- 1600: Gabriel Naudé , French scholar and librarian
- 1600: Nicolaus Zapf , German Lutheran theologian
- 1614: William Forbes , Scottish soldier in Swedish service
- 1616: Sébastien Bourdon , French painter
- 1617: Isaac de Portau , French musketeer, model for the character Porthos in Dumas' novel The Three Musketeers
- 1628: Michał Frencel , Sorbian minister and Bible translator
- 1634: Alfonso IV d'Este , Duke of Modena and Reggio
- 1641: Claude de la Colombière , French clergyman
- 1648: Samuel Strimesius , German physicist and Reformed theologian
- 1649: Benedict XIII. , Pope
- 1650: Nell Gwyn , English actress, mistress of King Charles II of England
- 1651: William Phips , English adventurer and governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
- 1659: Georg Ermel , German educator
- 1669: Louis Marchand , French organist and harpsichordist
- 1685: Amand von Buseck , prince-bishop in Fulda
- 1688: Ulrike I Eleonore , Queen of Sweden
- 1694: Hieronymus II Held , abbot of the Cistercian monastery in Ebrach
- 1700: Johann Christoph Gottsched , German scholar and writer
18th century
- 1701: Franz Karl Conradi , German legal scholar
- 1701: Louis Antoine de Gontaut-Biron , Duke of Biron and of Lauzun, Marshal of France
- 1710: Philipp Millauer , German master builder of the Rococo
- 1711: Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz-Rietberg , Austrian politician
- 1714: Gottfried August Homilius , German composer, cantor and organist
- 1717: Johann Andreas Heinemann , German organ builder
- 1718: Christoph Bauer , German Lutheran theologian
- 1723: Johann August von Arnim , Prussian district administrator
- 1730: Ernst Sylvius von Prittwitz , Prussian lieutenant general and adjutant general
- 1731: Emanuel Philibert von Waldstein-Wartenberg , German nobleman
- 1732: Franz Sales von Greiner , Austrian civil servant
- 1744: Willibrord van Os , Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
- 1753: Catherine Somer , Alsatian laundress, Duchess of Danzig
- 1754: Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord , French politician
- 1762: Girolamo Crescentini , Italian castrati soprano and composer
- 1765: Ray Greene , American politician
- 1766: William Townsend Aiton , English botanical gardener
- 1767: Heinrich Friedrich Link , German naturalist
- 1770: Johann Georg Oestreich , German organ builder
- 1772: Ferdinand Eßlair , Slavonian actor
- 1772: Christoph Martin , German jurist and university lecturer
- 1773: Vincenc Tuček , Czech composer
- 1774: Johann Christian Friedrich Patzig , German jurist and civil servant
- 1780: Johannes van den Bosch , Dutch lieutenant general
- 1782: James Chalmers , British print shop owner and newspaper publisher
- 1783: Carl Friedrich , Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- 1785: Isabella Colbran , Spanish opera singer
- 1786: Jacques Philippe Marie Binet , French mathematician
- 1786: Wilhelm Otto von Glasenapp , Imperial Russian lieutenant general
- 1788: Ludwig Kasimir von Auer , German officer
- 1789: Carl Alexander Heideloff , German architect and monument conservator
- 1790: William Elford Leach , British zoologist and marine biologist
- 1792: Carl Uhde , German merchant and collector
19th century
1801-1850
- 1805: Alphonse Gilbert , French composer and organist
- 1805: Johann Baptist Sonderland , German painter and etcher
- 1806: Johann Theodor Friedrich Avé-Lallemant , German music teacher, music critic and music writer
- 1810: Heinrich Kümmel , German sculptor
- 1813: Alexander von Pape , Royal Prussian Colonel-General of Infantry
- 1816: Michael Öchsner , Bavarian teacher, publicist and writer
- 1817: August Kramer , German inventor
- 1818: Joseph Weydemeyer , journalist, politician and Marxist revolutionary
- 1821: Wilhelm Ihne , German classical philologist and ancient historian
- 1825: Karl Racké , mayor of the city of Mainz
- 1826: Napoléon Alkan , French composer and music teacher
- 1827: Oswald Achenbach , German painter
- 1827: Ludwig Eichrodt , German writer
- 1829: Alfred Brehm , German zoologist and writer
- 1832: Timothy Attar , Ottoman bishop
- 1833: Arnold Bürkli , Swiss civil engineer
- 1834: Henrik Jørgen Huitfeldt-Kaas , Norwegian archivist, heraldist and genealogist
- 1835: Carlos Céleo Arias López , President of Honduras
- 1837: Max Zenger , German composer
- 1839: Wolfgang Helbig , German archaeologist
- 1840: Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray , French composer
- 1841: François-Alphonse Forel , Swiss physician and naturalist, founder of limnology
- 1842: Karl August Deinhard , German naval officer
- 1842: Carlos Walker Martínez , Chilean author and politician
- 1844: Marie Hankel , German Esperanto poet
- 1845: Josef Mauracher , Austrian organ builder
- 1845: Johann Puluj , Ukrainian physicist
- 1846: Wilhelm Steinhausen , German painter
- 1848: Ludwig Dill , German painter
- 1849: Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav , Slovak poet
- 1850: Otto Seeck , German ancient historian
1851-1900
- 1854: Hermann Weigand , German architect and local politician
- 1855: Fritz Rose , German colonial official and Imperial Commissioner in German New Guinea
- 1857: Jan Drozdowski , Polish pianist and music teacher
- 1857: Adolf Germann , Swiss politician
- 1857: Alexander Cameron Rutherford , Canadian politician
- 1859: Walther von Lüttwitz , German general
- 1860: August Gutzmer , German mathematician
- 1864: Margot Asquith , British novelist
- 1865: Hermann von Attems-Heiligenkreuz , kuk chamberlain and Austrian politician
- 1866: Hellmut von Gerlach , German politician and publicist
- 1869: Hugo Marquardsen , German officer and geographer
- 1871: Alexander Wassilko von Serecki , Imperial and Royal chamberlain and officer
- 1872: Tomé José de Barros Queirós , Portuguese politician, Minister of Finance, Prime Minister
- 1873: Leo Fall , German composer and conductor, representative of the operetta era
- 1873: Johan Paul van Limburg Stirum , Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
- 1873: Konstantin von Neurath , German diplomat and SS general, foreign minister, Reich protector and war criminal
- 1873: Maurice Tourneur , French screenwriter and director
- 1875: Fritz Kreisler , Austrian violinist and composer
- 1881: Alfredo Accorsi , Italian gymnast
- 1881: Ernst von Angerer , German physicist
- 1881: Gustav Herglotz , German mathematician and astronomer
- 1882: Candelario Huízar , Mexican composer
- 1882: James Joyce , Irish writer ( Ulysses , Finnegans Wake )
- 1882: Geoffrey O'Hara , Canadian singer and composer
- 1883: Mikhail Fabianovich Gnessin , Russian composer
- 1883: Adolf Helbok , Austrian historian and folklorist
- 1884: Theodor Arps , German naval officer
- 1884: Julius Deutsch , Austrian politician
- 1884: Szöke Szakall , Hungarian actor
- 1884: Józef Turczyński , Polish pianist and music teacher
- 1885: Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze , Soviet general
- 1885: Gostan Zarian , Armenian writer, poet and painter
- 1886: William Rose Benét , American poet and editor
- 1886: Frank Lloyd , British-American actor, director and producer
- 1886: Erhard Lommatzsch , German Romanist
- 1886: Julius Sporket , German pastor and missionary
- 1888: Johannes Eckert , Frankfurt original
- 1888: Irene Scharrer , British pianist
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- 1889: Jean de Lattre de Tassigny , French general
- 1891: Antonio Segni , Italian politician
- 1892: Cuno Hoffmeister , German astronomer and geophysicist
- 1893: Jeanne Dusseau , Canadian singer and music teacher
- 1893: Cornelius Lanczos , Hungarian mathematician and physicist
- 1893: Damdiny Sükhbaatar , Mongolian communist politician
- 1894: William Aitken , Scottish footballer and coach
- 1894: Maria Kasterska , Polish writer and literary scholar
- 1894: Clemens Plassmann , German banker
- 1895: Friedrich Jeckeln , German General of the SS, Waffen SS and Police, mass murderer and war criminal
- 1895: George Halas , American baseball and American football player, coach, and NFL team owner
- 1895: Hans Möbius , German archaeologist
- 1896: Kazimierz Kuratowski , Polish mathematician
- 1896: Balys Sruoga , Lithuanian poet, playwright, critic and literary scholar
- 1897: Willy Schootemeijer , Dutch composer and pianist
- 1898: Ossi Oswalda , German actress
- 1899: Wolfgang Gröbner , Austrian mathematician
- 1899: Heinrich Wehking , German farmer and politician, MdL, MP
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Jascha Heifetz , American-Russian musician
- 1901: Gerhard Hüsch , German opera singer
- 1901: Walter Vinson , American blues musician
- 1902: Elie Spivak , Canadian violinist and music teacher
- 1903: Karl Duncker , German psychologist, proponent of Gestalt theory
- 1903: Eugen Kogon , German publicist, sociologist and political scientist
- 1903: Bartel Leendert van der Waerden , Dutch mathematician
- 1904: Valery Pavlovich Chkalov , Soviet pilot
- 1905: Joan Morgan , British silent film actress and screenwriter
- 1905: Ayn Rand , Russian-American writer and philosopher
- 1906: LeRoy H. Anderson , American politician
- 1906: Felix Lützkendorf , German screenwriter
- 1906: Egidio Vagnozzi , Italian cardinal
- 1908: Pavel Šivic , Slovenian composer
- 1909: Hugo Launicke , German anti-Nazi resistance fighter, communist politician
- 1910: August Berlin (politician) , German SPD politician, MP
- 1911: Jussi Björling , Swedish singer
- 1911: Jean-Jacques Grunenwald , French organist, composer and music teacher
- 1912: Millvina Dean , British survivor of Titanic sinking
- 1912: Hans Leussink , German civil engineer, university lecturer, politician and federal minister
- 1913: Fred Apostoli , American middleweight boxer
- 1913: Masanobu Fukuoka , Japanese microbiologist and farmer
- 1914: Heiner Fleischmann , German motorcycle racer
- 1914: Nicolas-Roland Payen , French aviation pioneer, inventor of the delta wing
- 1915: Abba Eban , Israeli diplomat, minister and MP
- 1917: Đỗ Mười , Vietnamese politician
- 1917: Herman Feshbach , American physicist
- 1917: Karl Gass , German documentary film director
- 1918: Margit Åsberg-Albrechtsson , Swedish cross-country skier
- 1918: Rolf Recknagel , German writer and editor
- 1919: Hans Ausserwinkler , Austrian politician
- 1919: Lisa della Casa , Swiss opera and operetta singer
- 1919: Georg Gawliczek , German football player and coach
- 1920: George Hardwick , English football player and coach
- 1921: Klaus Friedrich , judge at the German Federal Social Court
- 1921: Adolf Riedl , German entrepreneur
- 1922: Shmuel Agmon , Israeli mathematician
- 1922: André David , French composer
- 1922: Ilse Jahn , German biologist
- 1923: Svetozar Gligorić , Serbian chess champion
- 1924: Eva Aschenbrenner , German author
- 1924: Elfi von Dassanowsky , Austrian singer, pianist and film producer
- 1924: Sonny Stitt , American saxophonist
- 1925: Raimondo D'Inzeo , Italian show jumper
- 1925: Günter Ebert , German writer and journalist
- 1925: Robert Kirby , American racing driver
- 1925: Elaine Stritch , American actress
1926-1950
- 1926: Miguel Obando Bravo , Archbishop of Managua and Cardinal
- 1926: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing , French politician, Minister of Finance, President of the Republic, MEP
- 1926: Fritz Stern , American historian of German descent
- 1927: Stan Getz , American tenor saxophonist
- 1928: Ciriaco De Mita , Italian politician
- 1929: Reiner Bredemeyer , German composer
- 1929: Věra Chytilová , Czech director
- 1929: Bruce Kirby , Canadian regatta sailor and boat architect
- 1929: Silvio Mattioli , Swiss painter, sculptor, iron and steel sculptor
- 1929: Elías Valiña Sampedro , Spanish parish priest, initiator of the Camino de Santiago
- 1930: Yuri Derenikovich Apressyan , Russian linguist and lexicographer
- 1930: Miroslav Raichl , Czech composer and music teacher
- 1931: Dries van Agt , Dutch politician
- 1931: Walter Burkert , German classical scholar
- 1931: Ladislav Čepčianský , Czechoslovak canoeist
- 1931: Helmut Gestrich , German local politician
- 1931: Kalina Jędrusik , Polish singer and actress
- 1931: Hans Rampf , German ice hockey player and national coach
- 1932: Franz Kamphaus , German priest, Bishop of the Diocese of Limburg
- 1933: Horst Armbrust , German politician
- 1933: Than Shwe , Myanmar generalissimo, head of state
- 1934: Peter Ahrendt , German sailor
- 1934: Otar Iosseliani , Georgian-French film director
- 1935: Elga Andersen , German actress and singer
- 1935: Glenn Barber , American country music artist
- 1935: Rolf Dubs , Swiss business educator
- 1935: Marian Jochman , Polish athlete
- 1935: Michel Subor , French actor
- 1935: Mary Louise Wehman , American swimmer
- 1936: Hermann Ament , German prehistorian
- 1936: Wolfgang Wiester , German judge at the Federal Social Court
- 1937: Lea Ackermann , German nun and women's rights activist
- 1937: Martina Arroyo , American opera singer
- 1937: Toni Auer , German cyclist
- 1937: Tony Shelly , New Zealand automobile racer
- 1938: Bobby Cruz , Puerto Rican singer and composer
- 1938: Sergio Ortega , Chilean composer and pianist
- 1939: Karl-Åke Asph , Swedish cross-country skier
- 1939: Adolf Prokop , German football referee
- 1939: Charly Weiss , German drummer, actor and performance artist
- 1940: Thomas M. Disch , American science fiction writer
- 1941: Bolívar Echeverría , Ecuadorian-Mexican scientist, philosopher and writer
- 1941: Serge Tcherepnin , American composer
- 1942: Bo Hopkins , American actor
- 1942: Graham Nash , British musician and songwriter
- 1942: Ron Williams , German-American actor and singer, cabaret artist and presenter
- 1942: James Blood Ulmer , American jazz and blues guitarist
- 1942: Maria Duval , German pop singer
- 1943: Dieter Braun , German motorcycle racer
- 1943: Ulrich Frank , German voice actor and actor
- 1943: Paul Friedhoff , German businessman and politician, MP
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- 1943: Dieter Müller , German carom player and world champion
- 1945: Robert Atzorn , German actor
- 1945: Andreas Seyferth , German theater and television actor
- 1946: Isayas Afewerki , Eritrean President
- 1946: Alpha Oumar Konaré , President of Mali
- 1946: Whistling Jack Smith , British singer
- 1947: Wilfrid Adam , German politician
- 1947: Greg Antonacci , American film producer, screenwriter, director and actor
- 1947: Mike Brant , French singer
- 1947: Farrah Fawcett , American actress
- 1948: Remi Adefarasin , British cinematographer
- 1948: Al McKay , American musician
- 1948: Roger Williamson , British motor racing driver
- 1949: Lilo Friedrich , German entrepreneur, politician, MP
- 1949: Brent Spiner , American actor
- 1950: Barbara Sukowa , German actress
- 1950: Georg Salvamoser , German entrepreneur and solar energy pioneer
- 1950: Serafim Urechean , Moldovan politician and Mayor of Chișinău
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- 1951: Georg Markus , Austrian writer and journalist
- 1952: Jeffrey Archibald , New Zealand field hockey player
- 1952: Reinhard Häfner , German soccer player
- 1952: Ralph Merkle , German pioneer in asymmetric cryptosystems
- 1952: Carol Ann Susi , American film and theater actress
- 1952: Michael Wickmann , German local politician
- 1953: Duane Chapman , American bounty hunter
- 1953: Kim Merz , German pop singer
- 1953: Louis Sclavis , French clarinetist, saxophonist, composer and bandleader
- 1953: Gerhard Wägemann , German politician, MdL
- 1953: Wolfgang Wahlster , German computer scientist
- 1954: Christie Brinkley , American fashion model
- 1954: Hansi Hinterseer , Austrian ski racer and singer
- 1955: Dermot Ahern , Irish politician
- 1955: Leszek Engelking , Polish poet, writer, translator and literary scholar
- 1956: Jean-François Lamour , French fencer and Minister of Sport
- 1957: Matthias Assmann , German track and field athlete
- 1957: Saʿd al-Faqīh , Iraqi surgeon and reformer
- 1957: Rainer Wirz , German fencer
- 1958: Michel Marc Bouchard , Canadian playwright
- 1958: William Binnie , American entrepreneur and racing driver
- 1958: Franke Sloothaak , German-Dutch show jumper
- 1959: Hubertus von Hohenlohe , Austrian ski racer
- 1959: Hella von Sinnen , German television entertainer and comedian
- 1960: Uwe Backes , German political scientist
- 1961: Rinchinnyamyn Amardjargal , Prime Minister of Mongolia
- 1961: Lauren Lane , American actress
- 1961: Otmar Schmelzer , German cabaret artist and winemaker
- 1962: Sabine Bulthaup , German radio presenter, cabaret artist, actress and singer
- 1962: Mustapha Moussa , Algerian amateur boxer
- 1962: Anne-Flore Rey , French alpine skier
- 1963: Eva Cassidy , American singer
- 1963: Karin Dedler , German alpine skier
- 1963: Vigleik Storaas , Norwegian jazz pianist
- 1965: Alexander Rosenberg , German actor, voice actor and dialogue book author
- 1965: Thorsten Wolf , German actor, cabaret artist and theater manager
- 1965: Veronika Winter , German singer
- 1966: Markus Böker , German actor
- 1966: Andrei Eduardovich Chesnokov , Russian tennis player
- 1966: Kazuya Tsurumaki , Japanese director
- 1967: Catherine Flemming , German film actress
- 1968: Espen Bredesen , Norwegian ski jumper
- 1968: Roland Jankowsky , German actor
- 1969: João Aguardela , Portuguese singer and musician
- 1969: Dana International , Israeli pop singer
- 1969: Knut Kircher , German football referee
- 1969: Christian Ortner , Austrian historian
- 1970: Anton Hofreiter , German politician (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen)
- 1970: Günter Schlierkamp , German-American bodybuilder
- 1970: Erik ten Hag , Dutch football coach
- 1970: Jennifer Westfeldt , American actress, screenwriter and film producer.
- 1971: Marc Luy , German population scientist
- 1972: Cameron Johann , American film producer, actor
- 1973: Citizen Lars Dietrich , German musician and comedian
- 1973: Anna Jakubczak , Polish track and field athlete
- 1974: Radosław Kałużny , Polish footballer
- 1974: Khatuna Narimanidze , Georgian archer
- 1975: Todd Bertuzzi , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975: José Luis Cardoso , Spanish motorcycle racer
1976-2000
- 1976: Björn Harich , German lawyer and judge at the Federal Social Court
- 1977: Bibiana Aído , Spanish politician
- 1977: Martin Andresen , Norwegian football player and coach
- 1977: Martin Boquist , Swedish handball player
- 1977: Marc Bernaus , Andorran footballer
- 1977: Sebastian Ströbel , German actor
- 1977: Shakira , Colombian singer-songwriter
- 1977: Jessica Wahls , German pop singer
- 1978: Antje Mönning , German actress
- 1978: Bárbara Mori , Mexican actress
- 1978: Florian Wanner , German judoka
- 1979: Urmo Aava , Estonian rally driver
- 1979: Sandy Casar , French cyclist
- 1979: Fani Chalkia , Greek hurdler, Olympic champion
- 1979: Sir Colin , Swiss house DJ
- 1982: Mikhail Audsejeu , Belarusian weightlifter
- 1982: Han Ga-in , South Korean actress
- 1982: Dorcus Inzikuru , Ugandan track and field athlete
- 1982: Janine Partzsch , German soccer player
- 1982: Sebastian Winkler , German actor
- 1983: Anastasiya Semyonovna Davydova , Russian synchronized swimmer, Olympic champion
- 1983: Carolina Klüft , Swedish heptathlete
- 1983: Arsen Sergeyevich Pavlov , Russian militia leader
- 1984: Yusuf Barak , Afghan footballer
- 1984: Natia Natia , American Samoan footballer
- 1984: Kathleen Weiß , German volleyball player
- 1985: Massoud Azizi , Afghan track and field athlete
- 1985: Melody Gardot , American jazz singer and songwriter
- 1985: Dennis Oliech , Kenyan soccer player
- 1985: Silvestre Varela , Portuguese footballer
- 1986: Gemma Arterton , British actress
- 1986: André Kuhnert , German radio host and web video producer
- 1987: Gerard Piqué , Spanish footballer
- 1987: Jonathan Rea , British motorcycle racer
- 1988: Gülnäfis Ajtmuchambetowa , Kazakh taekwondoin
- 1988: Susanne Hartel , German soccer player
- 1988: Sarah Tkotsch , German actress
- 1989: Shane Archbold , New Zealand cyclist
- 1989: Ivan Perišić , Croatian footballer
- 1990: Telly Tellz , German rapper
- 1990: Matic Kramaršič , Slovenian ski jumper
- 1990: Cynthia Micas , German actress
- 1991: Florian Badstübner , German football referee
- 1992: Pascal Breier , German footballer
- 1992: Carlos Muñoz , Colombian racing driver
- 1994: Elseid Hysaj , Albanian footballer
- 1994: Borja López , Spanish footballer
- 1996: Dylan Authors , Canadian actor
- 1997: Cameron Borthwick-Jackson , English footballer
- 1998: Maxime Awoudja , German footballer
- 1998: Marijan Ćavar , Croatian footballer
- 1998: David Dekker , Dutch racing cyclist
- 1999: Christoph Ehlich , German footballer
- 1999: Edmond Tapsoba , Burkinabe footballer
Died
Before the 16th century
Vittorino da Feltre, by Joos van Wassenhove
- 619: Lawrence of Canterbury , second Archbishop of Canterbury
- 880: Brun , first Duke of Saxony
- 880: Markward of Hildesheim , Bishop of Hildesheim
- 880: Theodoric of Minden , Bishop of Minden
- 1093: Geoffroy de Montbray , Bishop of Coutances
- 1124: Bořivoj II , Czech duke
- 1200: Albrecht II of Cuyk , Bishop of Liège
- 1209: Alfonso II , Count of Provence
- 1211: Adelheid of Meissen , wife of King Ottokar I
- 1218: Constantine , Grand Duke of Vladimir
- 1250: Eric XI. , King of Sweden
- 1255: Gunzelin von Wolfenbüttel , member of the service team of the Welfs, imperial ministers
- 1294: Louis the Severe , Duke of Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine
- 1339: Jón Halldórsson , Bishop of Skálholt in Iceland
- 1345: Louis the Junker , son of Landgrave Otto I of Hesse
- 1348: Narimantas , prince of Polotsk and Pinsk
- 1353: Anna von der Pfalz , second wife of Emperor Charles IV.
- 1354: Walther II , abbot in Münsterschwarzach
- 1395: Poncello Orsini , cardinal
- 1432: Elisabetta Visconti , Duchess of Bavaria-Munich
- 1435: Joanna II , Queen of Naples and titular Queen of Jerusalem
- 1446: Vittorino da Feltre , Italian Renaissance humanist and teacher
- 1451: Hermann von Harras , Meissen field captain
- 1474: Wenceslas III. von Troppau , Duke of Troppau and Steinau
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- 1491: Martin Schongauer , German painter and engraver
16th to 18th centuries
- 1503: Martin Kabátník , Czech traveller, writer and member of the Brethren Union
- 1512: Hatuey , Cuban freedom fighter
- 1516: Juan Díaz de Solís , Spanish navigator and explorer
- 1517: Hermann Darsow , Lübeck merchant and councillor
- 1518: Christoph Beyer , German chronicler
- 1537: Johann Carion , German astrologer, mathematician and historian
- 1550: Francis Bryan , English nobleman and diplomat
- 1563: Hans Neusidler , German composer and lutenist
- 1575: John Parkhurst , Bishop of Norwich
- 1581: Johanna von Pfalz-Simmern , abbess at Marienberg Abbey
- 1587: François de Beaumont , French Protestant leader
- 1589: Andreas Dudith , Hungarian humanist and diplomat
- 1592: Ana de Mendoza y de la Cerda , Spanish-Portuguese lady-in-waiting and politician
- 1594: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina , Italian composer and innovator of sacred music
- 1597: Lucas van Valckenborch , Flemish painter
- 1602: David Peifer , Electoral Saxon chancellor
- 1621: Sebastiano Folli , Italian painter
- 1657: Nicole , Duchess of Lorraine
- 1660: Govaert Flinck , Dutch painter
- 1660: Gaston de Bourbon , Duke of Orléans
- 1668: Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra , Spanish painter and sculptor
- 1689: Georg Dientzenhofer , German master builder of the Baroque
- 1704: Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de L'Hospital , French mathematician
- 1708: Johann Ulrich Pregizer III. , Tübingen historian, rhetorician and jurist
- 1711: Wilhelm von Plettenberg , Land Commander of the Teutonic Order
- 1713: Marko Mesić , Croatian priest and freedom fighter
- 1716: Juan Domingo de Zuñiga y Fonseca , governor of the Spanish Netherlands
- 1721: Johann Tobias Gottfried Trost , Central German organ builder
- 1723: Antonio Maria Valsalva , Italian anatomist and surgeon
- 1727: Andreas Gärtner (Sorbian Handrij Zahrodnik ), electoral Saxon model master, scientist and inventor
- 1729: Pietro Baratta , Venetian sculptor
- 1734: Charles Calvert , British colonial governor of Maryland
- 1736: Gabriel Bergier , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university teacher
- 1743: Martino Bitti , Genoese violinist and composer
- 1746: Matthias Desubas (French Mathieu Majal ), French preacher and evangelical martyr
- 1750: Johann Graf , German composer
- 1754: Tilmann Joseph Godesberg , German priest and official in the Archdiocese of Cologne
- 1755: Anselm Christoph von Bonin , Prussian officer, governor of Magdeburg
- 1757: Beat Holzhalb , Swiss Pietist
- 1769: Clement XIII. , Pope
- 1789: Armand-Louis Couperin , French composer and musician
- 1789: Franz Huberti , German clergyman, educator and astronomer
- 1790: Friedrich Wolfgang Reiz , German classical scholar
- 1795: Ulrike Eleonore von Hessen-Philippsthal , Landgravine of Hessen-Philippsthal paraded
19th century
- 1804: George Walton , American politician, governor, US Senator
- 1825: Feodossi Fyodorovich Shchedrin , Russian sculptor and university teacher
- 1826: Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin , French writer, philosopher and gastronomy critic
- 1827: Theodor Gotthold Thienemann , German Lutheran theologian
- 1828: Carl Alberti , German civil servant
- 1829: Johann Adolph Heinlein , German jurist and mayor
- 1829: Wilhelm Christian Oettel , German Protestant clergyman and educator
- 1836: Laetitia Ramolino , wife of Carlo di Buonaparte and progenitor of the Bonaparte family
- 1837: Georg Ludwig Hartig , German forest scientist
- 1849: Mullah Husayn , Iranian religious leader of Babism, first letter of the living
- 1862: Rudolph Suhrlandt , German portrait painter
- 1866: Pamphile Léopold François Aimon , French composer
- 1872: Ludwig Simon , German officer, politician and revolutionary
- 1875: Ludwig Droste , German architect, master builder
- 1877: Alexander Pavlovich Bryullov , Russian architect and watercolourist
- 1884: Julius Köbner , German Baptist pastor, co-founder of German Baptist congregations
- 1884: Wendell Phillips , American abolitionist and politician
- 1886: Edmund Heusinger von Waldegg , German mechanical engineer and railway pioneer
- 1892: Ludwig Eichrodt , German writer
- 1893: Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ , Danish politician
- 1894: Hans Herzog , Swiss general
- 1898: Maria Katharina Kasper , German Catholic congregation founder
- 1899: Cherubino Patà , Swiss landscape and portrait painter
20th century
1901-1950
- 1903: Josef Enzensperger , German meteorologist and mountaineer
- 1907: Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev , Russian chemist
- 1908: Louis Brisson , French Catholic priest, founder of two congregations
- 1909: Anna Bachofner , Swiss writer
- 1909: Adolf Stoecker , German Protestant theologian and politician
- 1912: Josef Ettlinger , German journalist and literary historian
- 1913: Gustav de Laval , Franco-Swedish engineer
- 1915: Julius Arnold , German pathologist
- 1918: John L. Sullivan , United States world heavyweight boxing champion
- 1919: Xavier Leroux , French composer
- 1920: Pál Szinyei Merse , Hungarian painter
- 1921: Andrea Carlo Ferrari , Italian clergyman, Archbishop of Milan, cardinal
- 1924: Lucien Gautier , Swiss Protestant theologian and university teacher
- 1926: Karl von Weizsäcker , German politician, Prime Minister
- 1930: Carl Miller , German local politician in Magdeburg
- 1933: Gerhard Janensch , German sculptor and medalist
- 1934: Konrad Kain , Canadian mountaineer
- 1938: Friedrich Adler , Austrian writer
- 1940: Ernst Günther Burggaller , German officer, motorcycle and automobile racer
- 1940: Vsevolod Emilyevich Meyerhold , Russian director and actor
- 1940: Alexander Schlicke , German politician, State Minister, MdR, Reich Minister
- 1941: Johannes Schlaf , German playwright, narrator and translator
- 1942: Daniil Charms , Russian writer
- 1942: Hugh D. McIntosh , Australian sports promoter, newspaper publisher and theater entrepreneur
- 1945: Alfred Delp , German Jesuit and resistance fighter against Nazism
- 1945: Carl Friedrich Goerdeler , German jurist, politician and resistance fighter against National Socialism
- 1945: Joseph Hunt , American tennis player
- 1945: Gerhard Korte , German mine operator, businessman and chairman of the German potash syndicate
- 1945: Johannes Popitz , German jurist, politician, Prussian finance minister, Reich minister and resistance fighter
- 1945: Friedrich Schirmer , German local politician
- 1946: Curt von Ulrich , German politician, SS officer, Upper President of the Prussian Province of Saxony
- 1947: Ernst Diehl , German classical scholar
- 1947: Willibald Hentschel , German writer
- 1948: Hildegard Maria of Bavaria , Bavarian princess
- 1948: Bevil Rudd , South African track and field athlete and Olympic gold medalist
- 1950: Elisabeth Brönner , German politician and member of the Weimar National Assembly
- 1950: Constantin Carathéodory , Greek-German mathematician
1951-2000
- 1953: Gustav Strube , American composer
- 1954: Theodor Rogalski , Romanian composer
- 1955: Oswald Avery , Canadian physician and founder of molecular genetics
- 1957: Valery Larbaud , French writer and literary critic
- 1958: Albert Debrunner , Swiss classics scholar and linguist
- 1958: Kurt Hickethier , German physician
- 1959: Alexander Rueb , Dutch chess official, President of FIDE
- 1961: Karl Appelbaum , German politician
- 1961: Victor Danielsen , Faroese missionary of the Plymouth Brothers and Bible translator
- 1961: Joseph Orbeli , Armenian orientalist
- 1961: Anna May Wong , Chinese-American film actress
- 1962: Gottfried von Freiberg , Austrian horn player
- 1964: Carl Buchheister , German painter
- 1967: Wilhelm Buddenberg , German painter
- 1968: Heinrich Ambrosius , German businessman and politician
- 1968: Tullio Serafin , Italian conductor
- 1969: Boris Karloff , British film actor
- 1969: Giovanni Martinelli , Italian opera singer (tenor)
- 1970: Rafael Emilio Arté , Dominican musician and music educator
- 1970: Bertrand Russell , British mathematician and philosopher
- 1972: Natalie Clifford Barney , American founder of a literary salon
- 1973: Max Brauer , German local politician, First Mayor of Hamburg
- 1974: Jean Absil , Belgian composer and professor
- 1974: Marieluise Fleißer , German writer
- 1974: Imre Lakatos , Hungarian mathematician, physicist and philosopher of science
- 1975: Paul Bromme , German journalist, politician, MP and resistance fighter against National Socialism
- 1975: Karl Maron , German communist politician, Minister of the Interior of the GDR
- 1975: Bryan Wynter , British painter
- 1977: Hans Hügelkamp , German educator, university lecturer and university director
- 1979: Sid Vicious , British punk musician, bassist
- 1980: Joseph Fontanet , French politician
- 1980: William Howard Stein , American biochemist and Nobel laureate
- 1981: Hugh Joseph Addonizio , American politician
- 1981: Richard Muckermann , German politician, MdL, MP
- 1983: Sam Chatmon , American blues musician
- 1984: Josef Kamper , Austrian motorcycle racer
- 1985: Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux , Canadian composer
- 1987: Yakov Borisovich Estrin , Russian chess player
- 1987: Alfred Lion , German-US record producer
- 1987: Alistair MacLean , British writer
- 1988: Solomon , British pianist
- 1989: Ondrej Nepela , Slovak figure skater and figure skating coach
- 1990: Paul Ariste , Estonian linguist
- 1990: Mel Lewis , American jazz musician
- 1993: Charles Vincent Aubrun , French Romance scholar and Hispanist
- 1993: Michael Klein , Romanian footballer
- 1993: Helmut Schoeck , Austro-German sociologist
- 1994: Marija Gimbutas , Lithuanian archaeologist
- 1995: Donald Pleasence , British actor
- 1995: Fred Perry , British table tennis and tennis player
- 1996: Gene Kelly , American actor and dancer
- 1997: Erich Eliskases , Austrian and Argentine chess champion
- 1997: Martin Mußgnug , German lawyer and politician
- 1998: Raymond Bernard Cattell , British-American psychologist
- 1999: Mohammad Taghi Massoudieh , Iranian ethnomusicologist and composer
- 1999: August Neuburger , German lawyer, politician, MP
- 1999: Anne Spoerry , French-Kenyan doctor and pilot
21st century
- 2003: Lou Harrison , American composer
- 2004: Alan Bullock , British historian
- 2004: Hans Jakob Schudel , Swiss chess official and chess player
- 2005: Yvon DesRochers , Canadian sports official
- 2005: Christoph Eidens , German jazz vibraphonist
- 2005: Georg W. Költzsch , German museum director
- 2005: Eike Reuter , German church musician, State Church Music Director of Thuringia
- 2005: Max Schmeling , German heavyweight boxer and world boxing champion
- 2005: Wulf-Paul Werner , German local politician
- 2006: Lo Hartog van Banda , Dutch comics scenario writer and author
- 2007: Vijay Arora , Indian film actor
- 2007: Eric Von Schmidt , American painter, illustrator, folk, blues singer, and singer-songwriter
- 2008: Gustavo Arriola , American comic artist
- 2008: Earl Butz , American politician
- 2008: Heinrich Dahlinger , German handball player
- 2008: Joshua Lederberg , American molecular biologist
- 2008: Barry Morse , British actor
- 2012: Edgar Bessen , German actor
- 2013: Mario Hernández , Puerto Rican musician and composer
- 2013: Chris Kyle , American sniper
- 2014: Gerd Albrecht , German conductor
- 2014: Philip Seymour Hoffman , American actor
- 2015: Ben Wettervogel , German meteorologist
- 2017: Hans-Hubert Hatje , President of the German Life Saving Society e. V. (DLRG)
- 2018: Dennis Edwards , American singer
- 2020: Mike Hoare , Irish mercenary and author
- 2020: Mike Moore , New Zealand politician
- 2021: Reginald Ford , Guyanese boxer
- 2021: Millie Hughes-Fulford , American biochemist and astronaut
- 2021: Tom Moore , British military officer and fundraiser
holidays and commemorations
- Church commemorations
- Presentation of the Lord (Anglican, Evangelical, Catholic, Orthodox)
- St. Burkard (protestant, catholic)
- St. Hadeloga of Kitzingen (Catholic)
- State holidays and commemorations
- US : Groundhog Day
- World Wetlands Day ( UNO ) (since 1997)
The list of commemoration and action days contains further entries .
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