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February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 332 days remain until the end of the year (333 in leap years).

Events[]

  • 506Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum), a collection of "Roman law".
  • 880Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King Louis III is defeated by the Norse Great Heathen Army at Lüneburg Heath in Saxony.
  • 962Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.
  • 1032Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor 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.
  • 1207Terra Mariana, comprising present-day Estonia and Latvia, is established.
  • 1461Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross is fought in Herefordshire, England.
  • 1536 – Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • 1542 – Portuguese forces under Cristóvão da Gama capture a Muslim-occupied hill fort in northern Ethiopia in the Battle of Baçente.
  • 1653New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.
  • 1709Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.
  • 1848Mexican–American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed.
  • 1848 – California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese immigrants arrives in San Francisco.
  • 1868 – Pro-Imperial forces captured Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burned it to the ground.
  • 1876 – The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
  • 1887 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
  • 1899 – The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
  • 1901 – Funeral of Queen Victoria.
  • 1913Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
  • 1920 – The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
  • 1920 – France occupies Memel.
  • 1922Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
  • 1925Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
  • 1933 – Working as maids, two sisters Christine and Léa Papin murder their employer's wife and daughter in Le Mans, France. The case is the subject of a number of French films and plays.
  • 1934 – The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
  • 1935Leonarde Keeler tests the first polygraph machine.
  • 1942 – The Osvald Group is responsible for the first, active event of anti-Nazi resistance in Norway, to protest the inauguration of Vidkun Quisling.
  • 1943World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end when Soviet troops accept the surrender of the last German troops in the city.
  • 1966 – Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
  • 1971Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
  • 1971 – The international Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands is signed in Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran.
  • 1972 – The British embassy in Dublin is destroyed in protest at Bloody Sunday.
  • 1976 – The Groundhog Day gale hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada.
  • 1980 – Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
  • 1982Hama massacre: The government of Syria attacks the town of Hama.
  • 1987 – After the 1986 People Power Revolution, the Philippines enacts a new constitution.
  • 1989Soviet war in Afghanistan: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul.
  • 1990Apartheid: F. W. de Klerk announces the unbanning of the African National Congress and promises to release Nelson Mandela.
  • 2000 – First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments.
  • 2004 – Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks.
  • 2007 – The worst flooding in Indonesia in 300 years begins.
  • 2012 – The ferry MV Rabaul Queen sinks off the coast of Papua New Guinea near the Finschhafen District, with an estimated 300 people missing.

Births[]

  • 450Justin I, Byzantine emperor (d. 527)
  • 1208James I of Aragon (d. 1276)
  • 1455John, King of Denmark (d. 1513)
  • 1457Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, Italian-Spanish historian and author (d. 1526)
  • 1502Damião de Góis, Portuguese philosopher and historian (d. 1574)
  • 1506René de Birague, Italian-French cardinal and politician (d. 1583)
  • 1522Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1565)
  • 1600Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (d. 1653)
  • 1613Noël Chabanel, French missionary and saint (d. 1649)
  • 1621Johannes Schefferus, Swedish author and hymn-writer (d. 1679)
  • 1650Pope Benedict XIII (d. 1730)
  • 1650 – Nell Gwyn, English actress (d. 1687)
  • 1669Louis Marchand, French organist and composer (d. 1732)
  • 1695William Borlase, English geologist and archaeologist (d. 1772)
  • 1700Johann Christoph Gottsched, German author and critic (d. 1766)
  • 1711Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (d. 1794)
  • 1714Gottfried August Homilius, German organist and composer (d. 1785)
  • 1717Ernst Gideon von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (d. 1790)
  • 1754Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1838)
  • 1782Henri de Rigny, French admiral and politician, French Minister of War (d. 1835)
  • 1786Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1856)
  • 1802Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist and academic (d. 1887)
  • 1803Albert Sidney Johnston, American general (d. 1862)
  • 1829Alfred Brehm, German zoologist and illustrator (d. 1884)
  • 1829 – William Stanley, English engineer and philanthropist (d. 1909)
  • 1841François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and hydrologist (d. 1912)
  • 1842Julian Sochocki, Polish-Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1927)
  • 1849Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (d. 1921)
  • 1851José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican illustrator and engraver (d. 1913)
  • 1860Curtis Guild, Jr., American journalist and politician, 43rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1915)
  • 1861Solomon R. Guggenheim, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (d. 1949)
  • 1866Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and academic (d. 1927)
  • 1872Clara Butt, English singer (d. 1936)
  • 1873Leo Fall, Austrian composer (d. 1925)
  • 1873 – Konstantin von Neurath, German politician and diplomat, 13th German Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1956)
  • 1875Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (d. 1962)
  • 1881Orval Overall, American baseball player and manager (d. 1947)
  • 1882Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (d. 1944)
  • 1882 – James Joyce, Irish author and poet (d. 1941)
  • 1883Johnston McCulley, American author and screenwriter, created Zorro (d. 1958)
  • 1886William Rose Benét, American poet and author (d. 1950)
  • 1887Ernst Hanfstaengl, German businessman (d. 1975)
  • 1887 – Pat Sullivan, Australian-American animator and producer (d. 1933)
  • 1889Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general (d. 1952)
  • 1890Charles Correll, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1972)
  • 1892Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (d. 1959)
  • 1893Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician and physicist (d. 1974)
  • 1893 – Damdin Sükhbaatar, Mongolian soldier and politician (d. 1924)
  • 1895George Halas, American football player and coach (d. 1983)
  • 1895 – Robert Philipp, American painter (d. 1981)
  • 1896Kazimierz Kuratowski, Polish mathematician and logician (d. 1980)
  • 1897Howard Deering Johnson, American businessman, founded Howard Johnson's (d. 1972)
  • 1900Willie Kamm, American baseball player and manager (d. 1988)
  • 1901Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian violinist and educator (d. 1987)
  • 1902Newbold Morris, American lawyer and politician (d. 1966)
  • 1904Bozorg Alavi, Iranian author and activist (d. 1997)
  • 1905Ayn Rand, Russian-American author and philosopher (d. 1982)
  • 1908Wes Ferrell, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
  • 1909Frank Albertson, American actor (d. 1964)
  • 1912Burton Lane, American songwriter and composer (d. 1997)
  • 1914Eric Kierans, Canadian economist and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Communications (d. 2004)
  • 1915Abba 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)
  • 1916Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet and author (d. 1985)
  • 1917Đỗ Mười, Vietnamese politician, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam
  • 1918Hella Haasse, Indonesian-Dutch author (d. 2011)
  • 1919Lisa Della Casa, Swiss soprano and actress (d. 2012)
  • 1919 – Georg Gawliczek, German footballer and manager (d. 1999)
  • 1922James L. Usry, American politician, first African-American mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey (d. 2002)
  • 1923Jean Babilée, French dancer and choreographer (d. 2014)
  • 1923 – James Dickey, American poet and author (d. 1997)
  • 1923 – Bonita Granville, American actress and producer (d. 1988)
  • 1923 – Red Schoendienst, American baseball player, coach, and manager
  • 1923 – Liz Smith, American journalist and author
  • 1924Sonny Stitt, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1982)
  • 1925Elaine Stritch, American actress and singer (d. 2014)
  • 1926Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, French academic and politician, 20th President of France
  • 1927Stan Getz, American saxophonist (d. 1991)
  • 1927 – Doris Sams, American baseball player (d. 2012)
  • 1928Jay Handlan, American basketball player and engineer (d. 2013)
  • 1928 – A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., American judge, author, and activist (d. 1998)
  • 1929George Band, English engineer and mountaineer (d. 2011)
  • 1929 – Věra Chytilová, Czech actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
  • 1929 – John Henry Holland, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2015)
  • 1931Dries van Agt, Dutch lawyer, jurist, and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
  • 1931 – Les Dawson, English comedian and author (d. 1993)
  • 1931 – John Paul Harney, Canadian educator and politician
  • 1931 – Judith Viorst, American journalist and author
  • 1932Robert Mandan, American actor
  • 1933M'el Dowd, American actress and singer (d. 2012)
  • 1933 – Tony Jay, English-American actor and singer (d. 2006)
  • 1933 – Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Cuban bassist and composer (d. 2009)
  • 1933 – Than Shwe, Burmese general and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Burma
  • 1935Evgeny Velikhov, Russian physicist and academic
  • 1936 – Metin Oktay, Turkish footballer and manager (d. 1991)
  • 1937Don Buford, American baseball player and coach
  • 1937 – Eric Arturo Delvalle, Panamanian lawyer and politician, President of Panama (d. 2015)
  • 1937 – Anthony Haden-Guest, British journalist, poet, and critic
  • 1937 – Tom Smothers, American comedian, actor, and activist
  • 1938Norman Fowler, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
  • 1938 – Gene MacLellan, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 1995)
  • 1939Mary-Dell Chilton, American chemist and inventor and one of the founders of modern plant biotechnology
  • 1939 – Dale T. Mortensen, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014)
  • 1940Alan Caddy, English guitarist and producer (d. 2000)
  • 1940 – Thomas M. Disch, American author and poet (d. 2008)
  • 1940 – Wayne Fontes, American football player and coach
  • 1940 – David Jason, English actor, director, and producer
  • 1942Graham Nash, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1944Andrew Davis, English organist and conductor
  • 1944 – Ursula Oppens, American pianist and educator
  • 1945John Eatwell, Baron Eatwell, English economist and academic
  • 1946John Armitt, English engineer and businessman
  • 1946 – Alpha Oumar Konaré, Malian academic and politician, 3rd President of Mali
  • 1946 – Constantine Papadakis, Greek-American businessman and academic (d. 2009)
  • 1947Greg Antonacci, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1947 – Farrah Fawcett, American actress and producer (d. 2009)
  • 1948Ina Garten, American chef and author
  • 1948 – Al McKay, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
  • 1948 – Roger Williamson, English race car driver (d. 1973)
  • 1949Duncan Bannatyne, Scottish businessman and philanthropist
  • 1949 – Yasuko Namba, Japanese mountaineer (d. 1996)
  • 1950Libby Purves, English journalist and author
  • 1950 – Genichiro Tenryu, Japanese wrestler
  • 1951Vangelis Alexandris, Greek basketball player and coach
  • 1952John Cornyn, American lawyer and politician, 49th Attorney General of Texas
  • 1952 – Rick Dufay, French-American guitarist and songwriter
  • 1952 – Park Geun-hye, South Korean politician, 11th President of South Korea
  • 1952 – Ralph Merkle, American computer scientist and academic
  • 1953Jerry Sisk, Jr., American gemologist, co-founded Jewelry Television (d. 2013)
  • 1954Christie Brinkley, American model and actress
  • 1954 – Hansi Hinterseer, Austrian skier and actor
  • 1954 – John Tudor, American baseball player
  • 1955Leszek Engelking, Polish poet and author
  • 1955 – Bob Schreck, American author
  • 1955 – Kim Zimmer, American actress
  • 1956Adnan Oktar, Turkish theorist and author
  • 1961Abraham Iyambo, Namibian politician (d. 2013)
  • 1962Philippe Claudel, French author, director, and screenwriter
  • 1962 – Luke Johnson, English businessman
  • 1963Eva Cassidy, American singer (d.1996)
  • 1963 – Kjell Dahlin, Swedish ice hockey player
  • 1963 – Andrej Kiska, Slovak entrepreneur and philanthropist, President of Slovakia
  • 1963 – Stephen McGann, English actor
  • 1964Diane Charlemagne, English singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
  • 1965Carl Airey, English footballer
  • 1965 – Naoki Sano, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
  • 1966Andrei Chesnokov, Russian tennis player and coach
  • 1966 – Robert DeLeo, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
  • 1966 – Michael Misick, Caicos Islander politician, Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands
  • 1967Artūrs Irbe, Latvian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1967 – Laurent Nkunda, Congolese general
  • 1968Sean Elliott, American basketball player and sportscaster
  • 1968 – Scott Erickson, American baseball player and coach
  • 1969Valeri Karpin, Estonian-Russian footballer and manager
  • 1970Jennifer Westfeldt, American actress, singer, and screenwriter
  • 1971Isaac Kungwane, South African footballer and sportscaster (d. 2014)
  • 1971 – Jason Taylor, Australian rugby player and coach
  • 1971 – Hwang Seok-jeong, South Korean actress
  • 1972Melvin Mora, Venezuelan baseball player
  • 1973Andrei Luzgin, Estonian tennis player and coach
  • 1973 – Marissa Jaret Winokur, American actress and singer
  • 1975Todd Bertuzzi, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1975 – Donald Driver, American football player
  • 1975 – Ieroklis Stoltidis, Greek footballer
  • 1976Ryan Farquhar, Northern Irish motorcycle racer
  • 1976 – James Hickman, English swimmer
  • 1976 – Ana Roces, Filipino actress
  • 1977Shakira, Colombian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
  • 1977 – Libor Sionko, Czech footballer
  • 1978Eden Espinosa, American actress and singer
  • 1978 – Annabel Ellwood, Australian tennis player
  • 1978 – Barry Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager
  • 1979Urmo Aava, Estonian race car driver
  • 1979 – Klaus Mainzer, German rugby player
  • 1980Angela Finger-Erben, German journalist
  • 1980 – Oleguer Presas, Spanish footballer
  • 1981Salem al-Hazmi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 (d. 2001)
  • 1981 – Emre Aydın, Turkish singer-songwriter
  • 1982Sergio Castaño Ortega, Spanish footballer
  • 1982 – Kelly Mazzante, American basketball player
  • 1982 – Kan Mi-youn, South Korean singer, model, and host
  • 1983Ronny Cedeño, Venezuelan baseball player
  • 1983 – Carolina Klüft, Swedish heptathlete and jumper
  • 1983 – Jordin Tootoo, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1983 – Vladimir Voskoboinikov, Estonian footballer
  • 1983 – Alex Westaway, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1984Brian Cage, American wrestler
  • 1984 – Rudi Wulf, New Zealand rugby player
  • 1985Silvestre Varela, Portuguese footballer
  • 1986Gemma Arterton, English actress and singer
  • 1987Anthony Fainga'a, Australian rugby player
  • 1987 – Saia Fainga'a, Australian rugby player
  • 1987 – Mimi Page, American singer-songwriter and composer
  • 1987 – Gerard Piqué, Spanish footballer
  • 1987 – Javon Ringer, American football player
  • 1987 – Jill Scott, English footballer
  • 1987 – Victoria Song, Chinese singer and actress (f(x})
  • 1988Zosia Mamet, American actress
  • 1989Southside, American record producer
  • 1991Nathan Delfouneso, English footballer
  • 1991 – Gregory Mertens, Belgian footballer (d. 2015)
  • 1992Joonas Tamm, Estonian footballer
  • 1993Jake Cassidy, Welsh footballer
  • 1993 – Ravel Morrison, English footballer
  • 1995Paul Digby, English footballer
  • 1995 – Aleksander Jagiełło, Polish footballer

Deaths[]

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Govert Flinck

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Pope Clement XIII

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Jaap Eden

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Carl Friedrich Goerdeler

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Boris Karloff

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Sid Vicious

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Gene Kelly

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Philip Seymour Hoffman

  • 619Laurence of Canterbury, English archbishop and saint
  • 1124Bořivoj II, Duke of Bohemia (b. 1064)
  • 1218Konstantin of Rostov (b. 1186)
  • 1250Eric XI of Sweden (b. 1216)
  • 1294Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1229)
  • 1448Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Egyptian jurist and scholar (b. 1372)
  • 1512Hatuey, Caribbean tribal chief
  • 1529Baldassare Castiglione, Italian soldier and diplomat (b. 1478)
  • 1580Bessho Nagaharu, Japanese daimyo (b. 1558)
  • 1594Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer and educator (b. 1525)
  • 1648George Abbot, English author and politician (b. 1603)
  • 1660Gaston, Duke of Orléans (b. 1608)
  • 1660 – Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (b. 1615)
  • 1661Lucas Holstenius, German geographer and historian (b. 1596)
  • 1675Ivan Belostenec, Croatian linguist and lexicographer (b. 1594)
  • 1688Abraham Duquesne, French admiral (b. 1610)
  • 1704Guillaume de l'Hôpital, French mathematician and academic (b. 1661)
  • 1712Martin Lister, English physician and geologist (b. 1639)
  • 1714John Sharp, English archbishop (b. 1643)
  • 1723Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist and physician (b. 1666)
  • 1768Robert Smith, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1689)
  • 1769Pope Clement XIII (b. 1693)
  • 1802Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, English politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1713)
  • 1804George Walton, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Georgia (b. 1749)
  • 1904Ernest Cashel, American-Canadian criminal (b. 1882)
  • 1904 – William Collins Whitney, American financier and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1841)
  • 1905Henri Germain, French banker and politician, founded Le Crédit Lyonnais (b. 1824)
  • 1907Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and academic (b. 1834)
  • 1909Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1829)
  • 1913Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer (b. 1845)
  • 1918John L. Sullivan, American boxer (b. 1858)
  • 1919Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian lieutenant (b. 1894)
  • 1925Antti Aarne, Finnish historian and academic (b. 1867)
  • 1925 – Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and cyclist (b. 1873)
  • 1926Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general and politician (b. 1848)
  • 1932Agha Petros, Assyrian general and politician (b. 1880)
  • 1939Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player (b. 1879)
  • 1942Ado Birk, 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)
  • 1945Alfred Delp, German priest and philosopher (b. 1907)
  • 1945 – Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, German economist and politician (b. 1884)
  • 1945 – Johannes Popitz, German lawyer and politician (b. 1884)
  • 1948Thomas W. Lamont, American banker and philanthropist (b. 1870)
  • 1948 – Bevil Rudd, South African runner and journalist (b. 1894)
  • 1950Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician and academic (b. 1873)
  • 1952Callistratus of Georgia, Georgian patriarch (b. 1866)
  • 1954Hella Wuolijoki, Estonian-Finnish author and politician (b. 1886)
  • 1956Charley Grapewin, American actor and singer (b. 1869)
  • 1956 – Truxtun Hare, American football player and hammer thrower (b. 1878)
  • 1956 – Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (b. 1876)
  • 1957Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1890)
  • 1962Shlomo Hestrin, Canadian-Israeli biochemist and academic (b. 1914)
  • 1968Tullio Serafin, Italian conductor and director (b. 1878)
  • 1969Boris Karloff, English actor (b. 1887)
  • 1970Lawrence Gray, American actor (b. 1898)
  • 1970 – Bertrand Russell, English mathematician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
  • 1972Natalie Clifford Barney, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876)
  • 1973Hendrik Elias, Belgian academic and politician, 9th Mayor of Ghent (b. 1902)
  • 1974Imre Lakatos, Hungarian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1922)
  • 1975Gustave Lanctot, Canadian historian and academic (b. 1883)
  • 1979Jim Burke, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1930)
  • 1979Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player (b. 1957)
  • 1980William Howard Stein, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
  • 1983Sam Chatmon, American singer and guitarist (b. 1897)
  • 1987Carlos José Castilho, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1927)
  • 1987 – Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist and screenwriter (b. 1922)
  • 1988Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
  • 1989Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater and coach (b. 1951)
  • 1989 – Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand minister and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Finance (b. 1901)
  • 1990Paul Ariste, Estonian linguist and academic (b. 1905)
  • 1990 – Joe Erskine, Welsh boxer (b. 1934)
  • 1992Bert Parks, American actor, singer, television personality; Miss America telecast presenter (b. 1914)
  • 1993François Reichenbach, French director and screenwriter (b. 1921)
  • 1995Thomas Hayward, American tenor and actor (b. 1917)
  • 1995 – Fred Perry, English-Australian tennis player (b. 1909)
  • 1995 – Donald Pleasence, English-French actor (b. 1919)
  • 1996Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, dancer, and director (b. 1912)
  • 1997Sanford Meisner, American actor and coach (b. 1904)
  • 1998Haroun Tazieff, German-French geologist and cinematographer (b. 1914)
  • 1999David McComb, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1962)
  • 2002Paul Baloff, American singer-songwriter (b. 1960)
  • 2002 – Claude Brown, American author (b. 1937)
  • 2003Lou Harrison, American composer and educator (b. 1917)
  • 2004Bernard McEveety, American director and producer (b. 1924)
  • 2005Max Schmeling, German boxer (b. 1905)
  • 2007Billy Henderson, American singer (b. 1939)
  • 2007 – Eric Von Schmidt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1931)
  • 2008Barry Morse, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1918)
  • 2008 – Katoucha Niane, Guinean model and author (b. 1960)
  • 2011Edward Amy, Canadian general (b. 1918)
  • 2011 – Margaret John, Welsh actress (b. 1926)
  • 2012Frederick 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)
  • 2013Abraham Iyambo, Namibian politician (b. 1961)
  • 2013 – 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)
  • 2014Gerd Albrecht, German conductor (b. 1935)
  • 2014 – 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 – Werner Husemann, German soldier and pilot (b. 1919)
  • 2015Joseph Alfidi, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1949)
  • 2015 – Dave Bergman, American baseball player (b. 1953)
  • 2015 – The Jacka, American rapper and producer (b. 1977)
  • 2015 – Andriy Kuzmenko, Ukrainian singer-songwriter (b. 1968)
  • 2015 – Molade Okoya-Thomas, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1935)
  • 2016Bob Elliott, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
  • 2016 – Marcus Turner, New Zealand singer-songwriter and television host (b. 1956)

Holidays and observances[]

  • Anniversary of Treaty of Tartu (Estonia)
  • Christian Feast Day:
    • Cornelius the Centurion
    • February 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Constitution Day (Philippines)
  • 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:
    • Bun Day (Iceland)
    • Fastelavn (Denmark/Norway)
    • Nickanan Night (Cornwall)
    • Rosenmontag (Germany)
  • Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple or Candlemas (Western Christianity), and its related observances:
    • A quarter day in the Christian calendar (due to Candlemas). (Scotland)
    • Celebration of Yemanja (Candomblé)
    • Le Jour des Crêpes (France)
    • Our Lady of Navigators (Brazil)
    • Our Lady of the Candles (Filipino Catholics)
    • Virgin of Candelaria (Tenerife, Spain)
  • Groundhog Day (United States and Canada), and its related observances:
  • Inventor's Day (Thailand)
  • World Wetlands Day (International)

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