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What happened in history on this day: February 9?
On February 9 in ...
- 1267 - Synod of Breslau orders Jews of Silesia to wear special caps.
- 1404 - Birth of Constantine XI Dragases last Byzantine Emperor.
- 1441 - Birth of Ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani] Turkish poet/author (Mahbub al-kulub).
- 1499 - France and Venice sign treaty against Milan.
- 1537 - Pope Paul III routes Cardinal Pole to England.
- 1540 - The first recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester).
- 1554 - Lady Jane Grey, deposed Queen of England, beheaded after 9 day rule at age 17.
- 1555 - John Hooper, deprived Bishop of Gloucester, burnt for heresy.
- 1574 - Louis of Nassau ends siege of Maastricht.
- 1578 - Birth of Giambattista Andreini Italian playwright/actor (L'adamo).
- 1579 - Birth of John Meursius [van Meurs], Dutch historian.
- 1583 - Jeseph Sanalbo Jewish convert in Rome, burned at stake.
- 1588 - Marquis of Santa Cruz Spanish Admiral, dies.
- 1602 - Birth of Franciscus van de Enden Flemish Jesuit/free thinker/tutor of Spinoza.
- 1607 - Birth of Abraham Megerle composer.
- 1617 - Hans Christoph Haiden composer, dies at age 44.
- 1621 - Alexander Ludovisi is elected Pope Gregory XV.
- 1640 - Murad IV sultan of Turkey (1623-40), dies in Baghdad at age 27.
- 1670 - Frederik III King of Denmark/Norway (1648-70), dies at age 60.
- 1674 - English re-conquer New York from Netherlands.
- 1675 - Gerard Dou Dutch painter, buried.
- 1682 - Thomas Otway's "Venice Preserved" premieres in London.
- 1708 - Birth of Egidio Romoaldo Duni composer (opéra-comique).
- 1735 - Birth of Adriaan Kluit Dutch historian.
- 1742 - British ex-premier Walpole becomes earl of Orford.
- 1744 - Battle at Toulon (French/Spanish versus English fleet of Admiral Matthews).
- 1751 - Henri F D'Aguesseau Chancellor of France (1717-50), dies at age 82.
- 1757 - British East Africa Company makes a treaty with Siraj-Ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal.
- 1772 - Birth of Frans Mikael Franzén Finnish-Swedish poet (Abo).
- 1773 - Birth of William Henry Harrison in Charles City County, Virginia; 9th US President (1841).
- 1775 - Birth of Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai Hungary, mathematician (parallel axiom).
- 1775 - English Parliament declares Massachusetts colony is in rebellion.
- 1783 - Birth of Vasili A Zjukovski; Russian folk poet/translator (Homer).
- 1788 - Austria declares war on Russia.
- 1799 - USS Constellation captures French frigate Insurgente off Nevis, West Indies.
- 1801 - France and Austrian sign Peace of Lunéville.
- 1811 - Death of Nevill Maskelyne; 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811).
- 1814 - Birth of Samuel Jones Tilden; philanthropist for New York Public Library.
- 1825 - House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th US President.
- 1826 - Birth of John Alexander Logan; Major General (Union volunteers) (dies 1886).
- 1830 - Birth of Abdül Aziz in Istanbul, Ottoman; 32nd sultan of Turkey (1861-76).
- 1831 - Birth of John M. Eckfeldt; US Mint Chief Coiner.
- 1846 - Birth of Wilhelm Maybach; German engineer, designer of first Mercedes car.
- 1849 - Roman Republic is declared.
- 1853 - Birth of Leander Starr Jameson; Prime Minister of South African Cape colony.
- 1854 - Birth of Edward Carson, first Baron Carson; lawyer/leader (Irish Unionist Party).
- 1857 - Birth of Johannes T de Visser; theologist/Dutch first minister of Education.
- 1861 - The Confederate States of America establishes its capital at Montgomery, Alabama, with Jefferson Davis as president.
- 1861 - Tennessee votes against secession.
- 1865 - Birth of Erich von Drygalski in Germany; geographer/glaciologist/Antarctic explorer.
- 1865 - Birth of Beatrice Patrick Campbell in England; actress (Pygmalion, Sean O'Casey's mistress).
- 1866 - Birth of George Ade; US journalist/playwright/humorist (Fables in Slang).
- 1867 - Birth of Natsume Sôseki AKA Natsume Kinnosuke; Japanese author (Kokoro).
- 1870 - US President Ulysses Grant signs the bill establishing Federal Meteorological Service.
- 1871 - Birth of Franc S Finzgar; Slovenian clergyman/writer (Our Blood).
- 1871 - Birth of Howard T Ricketts; US pathologist (studied typhus fever).
- 1871 - Federal fish protection office authorized by US Congress.
- 1874 - Birth of Amy Lowell; US critic/Imagist poet (Patterns, Sword Blades and Poppy Seed).
- 1874 - Birth of Vsevolod Meyerhold; Russian theatrical producer/director/actor (Houligan).
- 1874 - Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France), dies at age 75.
- 1876 - Birth of Aloïs Walgrave; Flemish writer/pastor (Silent hours).
- 1876 - Birth of Martin Stixrud in Norway; figure skater (Olympics-bronze-1920).
- 1881 - Feodor M Dostoevski, Russian novelist (Crime and Punishment), dies at age 59.
- 1882 - Birth of Thomas Campbell; South African cricket wicketkeeper (5 Tests 1909-12).
- 1885 - First Japanese arrive in Hawaii.
- 1886 - President Grover Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle, Washington because of anti-Chinese violence.
- 1887 - Birth of Henry Zimmerman; baseball player (1912-batted .372 with 14 home runs).
- 1890 - Birth of Jacobus J P Oud; Dutch architect/co-founder (Stijl).
- 1891 - Birth of Pietro Nenni in Italy; socialist/minister of foreign affairs (1946-47).
- 1891 - Birth of Ronald Colman in England; actor (The Halls of Ivy radio and TV show, Tale of Two Cities (1947 Academy Award)), host (Favorite Story radio show).
- 1891 - Johan B Jongkind, Dutch/French painter (Winter View), dies at age 71.
- 1892 - Birth of Barend ter Haar; Dutch lawyer (Indonesian adat justice).
- 1892 - Birth of Peggy Wood in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (One Life to Live, Mama).
- 1892 - Death of John Jay Knox, US Comptroller of Currency.
- 1893 - Canal builder De Lesseps and others sentenced to prison for fraud.
- 1895 - First intercollegiate basketball game (Minnesota Agricultural beats Hamline, 9-3).
- 1895 - Volleyball is invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts, USA.
- 1897 - Birth of Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith; pioneer Australian aviator.
- 1900 - Dwight Davis establishes a new tennis trophy, the Davis Cup.
- 1901 - Birth of Brian Donlevy in Portadown, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom; actor (Barbary Coast, Glass Key, Wake Island, Dangerous Assignment).
- 1902 - Birth of Blanche Calloway; US vocalist/dancer (Twelve Clouds of Joy).
- 1902 - Birth of Chester H. Lauck in Allene, Arkansas, USA; actor (Lum & Abner radio show, Dreaming Out Loud, Two Weeks to Live).
- 1906 - Natal proclaims state of siege in Zulu uprising.
- 1906 - Paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at age 33 in Dayton, Ohio.
- 1907 - Birth of Aubrey "Dit" Clapper; NHL hall of famer (Boston Bruins).
- 1908 - Birth of Jackie Fields; US featherweight boxer (Olympics-gold-1924).
- 1909 - First US federal legislation prohibiting narcotics (opium).
- 1909 - First forestry school is incorporated at Kent, Ohio, USA.
- 1909 - Birth of Carmen Miranda [Maria do Carmo Miranda Da Cunha] Marco de Canavezes in Portugal; vocalist/actress (Copacabana, Date With Judy).
- 1909 - Birth of Dean Rusk; US Secretary of State (1961-69).
- 1909 - Birth of Heather Angel in Oxford, England; actress (Informer, Last of Mohicans).
- 1913 - Ten Day Tragedy of Mexico City; 3,000 die.
- 1913 - Birth of Leo van der Kar; masseur/businessman/founder (Sports funds).
- 1914 - Birth of Bill Justice in Ohio, USA; joined Disney studio 1937, animator, programmer, parade designer, Imagineer, designer of attractions at Disneyland, Walt Disney World, and Tokyo Disneyland, retired 1979, author of Justice for Disney (1992), named a Disney Legend 1996.
- 1914 - Birth of Ernest Tubb in Texas, USA; guitarist/singer ("I'm Walking the Floor over You").
- 1914 - Birth of Ralph Herman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; orchestra leader (Circus Time).
- 1916 - Britain's military service act is enforced (conscription).
- 1916 - Jack Barrett, cricket player (two Tests for Australia 1890), dies.
- 1916 - American baseball's National League votes down a proposal by New York Giants, Boston Braves, and Chicago Cubs to increase club player limit from 21 to 22 (The Cincinnati Reds wanted to decrease to 20).
- 1917 - Francis Allan, cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Australia-England Test), dies.
- 1918 - Army chaplain school organized at Fort Monroe, Virginia.
- 1920 - International treaty recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard.
- 1921 - Birth of B M Ducat-Amos; Air Commandant/director (RAF Nursing Service).
- 1922 - Italian government of Bonomi falls.
- 1923 - Birth of Brendan Behan in Dublin, Ireland; author/poet (Hostage).
- 1923 - Birth of Kathryn Grayson in North Carolina, USA; vocalist/actress (Anchors Aweigh, Kiss Me Kate).
- 1923 - Birth of Norman E Shumway in Michigan, USA; pioneer cardiac transplant surgeon.
- 1923 - Soviet Aeroflot airlines is established.
- 1924 - Nakhichevan ASSR constituted within Azerbaijan SSR.
- 1924 - Nils Kj'r, Norwegian playwright (Det Lykkelige Valg), dies at age 53.
- 1925 - German Minister Stresemann proposes security treaty with France.
- 1926 - Birth of Garret FitzGerald; Prime Minister of Ireland.
- 1926 - Teaching theory of evolution is forbidden in Atlanta, Georgia, USA schools.
- 1927 - Birth of Donald Miller; CEO (Scottish Power).
- 1928 - Birth of Roger Mudd in Washington DC, USA; news anchor (CBS Weekend News, NBC Evening News).
- 1929 - Birth of Bill Barrett; American politician (Representative-Republican-Nebraska).
- 1929 - Birth of Lennox Butler; cricket player (one Test West Indies versus Australia 1955, 16 and 2-151).
- 1929 - Birth of Willem Kersters; Flemish composer (Parwati, Gospel Song).
- 1929 - A Protocol (Litvinov Pact) renouncing war as an instrument of national policy is signed by the Soviet Union, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, and Romania.
- 1932 - America enters Olympics two-man bobsled competition for first time.
- 1932 - Junnosuke Inouye, Japanese minister of Finance, is murdered.
- 1932 - US airship Columbia crashes during storm (Flushing, New York).
- 1933 - -63 degrees F (-53 degrees C), Moran, Wyoming (state record low).
- 1933 - Birth of Ronnie Claire Edwards in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; actress (Corabeth - The Waltons TV show, Eight Seconds, Sweet Bird of Youth).
- 1934 - -14.3 degrees F (-25.8 degrees C), coldest day in New York City, New York.
- 1934 - -51 degrees F (-46 degrees C), Vanderbilt, Michigan (state record low).
- 1934 - Balkan Entente alliance forms (Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, and Romania).
- 1934 - Birth of John A Ziegler Junior in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA; fourth NHL president (1977-92).
- 1935 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson.
- 1935 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee.
- 1936 - Birth of Clive Swift in Liverpool, England; actor (Frenzy, Passage to India).
- 1937 - Birth of Johnny Sayles; American vocalist ("You Made Me Wiggle").
- 1939 - Belgian Spaak government falls.
- 1939 - Birth of Barry Mann; singer ("Who put the Bomp").
- 1939 - Birth of Janet Suzman in South Africa; actress (Dry White Season, Nuns on the Run).
- 1940 - Birth of Brian Bennett in London, England; rock drummer (Shadows).
- 1940 - Joe Louis beats Arturo Godoy in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1941 - Birth of Sheila James Kuehl; actress (Zelda - The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis), politician.
- 1941 - British troops conquer El Agheila.
- 1941 - Nazi collaborators destroy pro-Jewish café Alcazar Amsterdam (Alcazar refused to hang "No Entry for Jews" signs in front of cafe).
- 1942 - Birth of Carole King [Klein], in Brooklyn, New York, USA; pianist/singer (Tapestry).
- 1942 - Birth of Peder Lunde Junior in Norway; yachtsman (Olympics-gold-1960).
- 1942 - In New York harbor, the USS Lafayette (formerly Normandie) is accidentally ignited by a welding torch during conversion for troopship use. While fighting the fire, too much water poured into the ship capsizes it, setting it on its side in the harbor.
- 1942 - Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in US.
- 1942 - Japanese troops land near Makassar, South Celebes.
- 1942 - Philadelphia "Phillies" change nickname (temporarily) to "Phils".
- 1943 - Birth of Barbara Lewis; American vocalist ("Hello Stranger").
- 1943 - Birth of James King in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; basketball player (Olympics-gold-1968).
- 1943 - Birth of Joe Pesci in Newark, New Jersey, USA; actor (Half Nelson, Goodfellas, Pink Panther).
- 1943 - Birth of Jonny Nilsson in Sweden; 10km speed skater (Olympics-gold-1964).
- 1943 - Birth of Squire Fridell in Oakland, California, USA; actor (Rosetti and Ryan).
- 1943 - US President Franklin Roosevelt orders minimal 48 hour work week in war industry.
- 1943 - German riots at "plutocratenzoontjes", 1,200 in Vught Camp.
- 1943 - National League seeks buyer for Philadelphia Phillies, as owner Gerry Nugent falls in arrears.
- 1943 - Germans arrest Dutch sons of rich parents.
- 1944 - Birth of Alice Walker; US novelist (Color Purple, Meridian).
- 1944 - German submarines U-734 and U-238 sunk off Ireland.
- 1945 - Birth of Mia (Maria) Farrow in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Rosemary's Baby, Purple Rose of Cairo, Third Watch, Peyton Place).
- 1945 - George J L Maduro, resistance fighter (Madurodam), dies in Dachau.
- 1945 - Germany destroys Ruhrdammen.
- 1945 - Jan Bakker, resistance fighter, executed at age 26.
- 1946 - Soviet Premier Josef Stalin announces a new Five-Year Plan for the Soviet Union to guarantee the country's future security. Stalin blames World War I and II on the capitalistic world economy, due to the imbalance of raw materials and markets.
- 1946 - In London, England, a representative of the Soviet Union presents its reparations demands on Italy: the equivalent of US$100 million of industrial plants of northern Italy.
- 1946 - Greece demands Italian reparations of US$3 billion in sulphur, textiles and agricultural machinery, automobiles, and reconstruction equipment.
- 1946 - Birth of M J H Sterling; Vice-Chancellor (Brunel University).
- 1946 - Dutch Labor Party (Dutch Social Democratic Party) forms.
- 1947 - Birth of Joe Ely in Amarillo, Texas, USA; country vocalist (Honky Tonk Masquerade).
- 1947 - Birth of Major Harris; American rhythm and blues singer ("Love won't Let me wait").
- 1949 - Birth of Judith Light in Trenton, New Jersey, USA; actress (Angela - Who's The Boss?, One Life to Live, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Ugly Betty).
- 1950 - Birth of Lloyd Weldon Keasor in Pumphrey, Maryland, USA; wrestler (Olympics-silver-1976).
- 1951 - Birth of Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas; saxophonist (Kool and the Gang - "Celebration").
- 1951 - Birth of Jay Inslee; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Washington).
- 1951 - Birth of Penny Peyser in Irvington, New York, USA; actress (Rich Man Poor Man, Knots Landing).
- 1951 - Saint Louis Browns sign pitcher Satchel Paige, age 45.
- 1952 - Birth of Danny White; quarterback (Dallas Cowboys).
- 1953 - The Adventures of Superman TV series premieres in syndication.
- 1953 - Birth of Antonius GM "Toon" Agterberg; Dutch actor (Hunk).
- 1953 - Birth of Gary Franks; American politician (Representative-Republican-Connecticut).
- 1953 - General Walter Bedell Smith ends his term as fourth director of the American Central Intelligence Agency. Allen W Dulles becomes acting director.
- 1954 - Mario Scelba forms new government in Italy.
- 1955 - Birth of Charles Shaughnessy in London, England; actor (Maxwell Sheffield - The Nanny, Shane - Days of Our Lives).
- 1955 - Birth of James Jackson "Jm J" Bullock in Casper, Wyoming, USA; actor (Monroe - Too Close for Comfort).
- 1955 - Dutch second Chamber accepts crematory law.
- 1955 - US federations of trade unions merge into AFL/CIO.
- 1956 - Birth of Philip Jackson Ford Junior in North Carolina, USA; basketball player (Olympics-gold-1976).
- 1956 - R Lacoste follows Catroux as premier of Algeria.
- 1957 - Birth of Mohammed Valli Moosa; South African leader (UDF).
- 1957 - Miklós Horthy von Nagybanya, Hungarian Admiral/regent (1920-44), dies at age 88.
- 1958 - Birth of Alexander "Sandy" W B Lyle in Shrewsbury, England; PGA golfer (1988 Phoenix Open).
- 1960 - AFL and NFL agree verbally to a no-tampering pact.
- 1961 - Birth of John Kruk; US baseball first baseman (Philadelphia Phillies).
- 1961 - First performance of The Beatles music group at the Cavern Club in England.
- 1961 - Grigory Levenfish, International chess grandmaster from Russia, dies at age 70.
- 1961 - Joseph Ileo appointed premier of Congo.
- 1962 - Birth of Martin D Lascelles, grandson of English princess Mary.
- 1962 - Jamaica signs agreement to become independent.
- 1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1963 - First flight of Boeing 727 jet.
- 1963 - Birth of Bonnie Levin in Miami Beach, Florida, USA; WPVA volleyball player.
- 1963 - Birth of Madusa Miceli [Debra Ann] in Milan, Italy; wrestler (WCW).
- 1963 - Birth of Mike Rindel; cricket player (N Transvaal opening bat ODI ton versus Pakistan 1995).
- 1963 - Birth of Travis Tritt in Marietta, Georgia, USA; country vocalist ("Country Club").
- 1964 - First appearance of The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show (73.7 million viewers, about 40 percent of US population).
- 1964 - IX Olympic Winter Games close at Innsbruck, Austria.
- 1964 - Birth of Rachel Bolan; rocker (Skid Row).
- 1964 - Hanumant Singh scores 105 India versus England on debut at Delhi.
- 1964 - Death of Willie Bryant at age 55; singer and bandleader (Sugar Hill Times TV show (1949)).
- 1965 - Birth of David Brandon; NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons).
- 1965 - Birth of Lennox Lewis in London, England; Super heavyweight boxer (Olympics-gold-1988).
- 1965 - Birth of Julie Warner; actress (Nip/Tuck TV show, Hidden Howie, Family Law).
- 1966 - Birth of James "Rachel" Bolan in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA; rocker (Skid Row - "Psycho Love").
- 1966 - Death of Sophie Tucker at age 79 of lung and kidney disease; burlesque entertainer (Ed Sullivan Show TV show, The Good Life TV show).
- 1967 - Birth of Kate Golden in Beaumont, Texas, USA; LPGA golfer (1992 Ping/Welch-5th).
- 1967 - Birth of Stevon Moore; NFL safety (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens).
- 1967 - Birth of Todd Pratt; US baseball catcher (Philadelphia Phillies).
- 1967 - In Colombia, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurs. 98 people killed and widespread property damage was sustained. Hundreds of landslides occur on the slopes of the two Cordilleras facing the Magdalena Valley.
- 1968 - Barbara Everest, actress (Inquest, Madeleine), dies at age 77.
- 1968 - Birth of Derek Strong; NBA forward (Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic).
- 1968 - Birth of Marcus Meloan in Agana, Guam; Canadian Tour golfer (1992 US Amateur Champion).
- 1968 - Birth of Paul Claxton in Vidalia, Georgia, USA; Nike golfer (NIKE Central Georgia Open-38th).
- 1968 - Frederik M baron van Asbeck, lawyer (League of Nations), dies at age 78.
- 1968 - Rotterdam metro is opened by Princess Beatrix.
- 1969 - Birth of Jeff Pahukoa; NFL guard/tackle (Atlanta Falcons).
- 1969 - Birth of Jimmy Smith; NFL wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars).
- 1969 - Birth of Peta Edebone; Australian softball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Thomas Brandl in Bad Tolz, Germany; hockey forward (Team Germany 1998).
- 1969 - Birth of Todd Lyght; US football quarterback (Saint Louis Rams).
- 1969 - Manuel Plaza Reyes, Chilean marathon runner (Olympics-gold 1928), dies at age 68.
- 1969 - World's largest airplane, Boeing 747, makes first commercial flight.
- 1969 - Death of George Hayes AKA Gabby Hayes at age 83 from a heart ailment; actor (The Gabby Hayes Show TV show, Albuquerque movie, Colorado movie).
- 1970 - Birth of Glenn McGrath; cricket player (New South Wales and Australian fast bowler 1993-).
- 1971 - Apollo 14 returns to Earth.
- 1971 - Birth of Gonzalo Floyd; Canadian Football League defensive end (Hamilton Tiger Cats).
- 1971 - Birth of Jason Mathews; NFL tackle (Indianapolis Colts).
- 1971 - Birth of Jim Miller; NFL quarterback (Pittsburgh Steelers, Atlanta Falcons, Jacksonville Jaguars).
- 1971 - Birth of Ken Felder; US baseball outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers).
- 1971 - Birth of Pat O'Neill; NFL punter/place kicker (New England Patriots).
- 1971 - Birth of Sharon Case in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actress (Sharon Collins - The Young and the Restless).
- 1971 - Probably first gay theme TV episode - All in the Family.
- 1971 - In San Fernando, California, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake occurs. The earthquake lasts about 60 seconds, kills 65, injures more than 2,000, and causes property damage estimated at $505 million.
- 1971 - Leroy "Satchel" Paige becomes first negro-league player elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1972 - Birth of Jason George; actor (Michael Bourre - Sunset Beach, What About Brian, Off Centre).
- 1972 - Birth of Norbert Rosza; Hungarian swimmer (100 metre freestyle record).
- 1972 - British government declares state of emergency after month-long miners' strike.
- 1973 - Birth of Amber Valletta in Phoenix, Arizona, USA; model (Face, House of Style, Bazaar).
- 1973 - Max Yasgur, owner of Woodstock-festival farmland, dies at age 53.
- 1974 - Birth of Brad Maynard; punter (New York Giants).
- 1974 - Birth of John Wallace; NBA forward (Toronto Raptors).
- 1974 - Birth of Orlando Bobo; guard (Minnesota Vikings).
- 1974 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill.
- 1974 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Junior.
- 1975 - Constant Burniaux, Belgian art historian (L'amour Vivre), dies at age 82.
- 1975 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Naples Lely Golf Classic.
- 1975 - Soyuz 17 returns to Earth.
- 1976 - Oscar Charleston selected to baseball's Hall of Fame.
- 1976 - Death of Percy Faith at age 67 of cancer; orchestra conductor, arranger and composer ("Song from the Moulin Rouge" (1953), "Theme From a Summer Place" 1960 Grammy award).
- 1976 - Birth of Charlie Day; actor-producer (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia).
- 1977 - Birth of A.J. Buckley; actor (CSI: NY).
- 1977 - Denys Amiel, French dramatist/playwright (Le mouton noir), dies at age 92.
- 1977 - Death of Gaus, an orangutan who lived to be 59.
- 1977 - Sergei Ilyushin Russian, airplane builder (Ilyushin), dies at age 82.
- 1979 - C I J Smith, cricket all-rounder (5 Tests for England 1935-37), dies.
- 1979 - Nigeria amends constitution.
- 1979 - Death of Dennis Gabor, Hungarian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1900).
- 1980 - The late New York Yankees' catcher Thurman Munson is inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame of Kent State University.
- 1980 - Rick Barry, Houston Rockets, is first in NBA to score eight 3-point goals in a game.
- 1981 - Death of William John Clifton Haley Junior AKA Bill Haley of a heart attack or brain tumor at age 55, found dead, fully clothed on his bed at his home in Harlington, Texas, USA; rock and roll music pioneer (Bill Haley and His Comets, "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock").
- 1981 - Polish Prime Minister Józef Pinkowski resigns and is replaced by General Wojciech Jaruzelski.
- 1982 - Japan Airlines Flight 350 crashes in Tokyo Bay due to thrust reversal on approach to Tokyo International Airport, killing 24 people among the 174 people on board.
- 1982 - 34th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-2 at Washington.
- 1983 - Belgium buys 44 F-16 fighter jets.
- 1984 - Yuri Andropov, General Secretary of Soviet Communist Party (1982-84), dies at age 69 (born 1914).
- 1984 - Birth of Han Geng; Chinese singer in Korea (Super Junior).
- 1985 - Birth of David Gallagher; American actor (Seventh Heaven).
- 1985 - U.S. drug agent Enrique Camarena is kidnapped and murdered in Mexico (his body is discovered March 5).
- 1986 - 36th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 139-132 at Dallas, Texas.
- 1986 - Halley's Comet reaches 30th perihelion (closest approach to Sun).
- 1986 - Haydar Bakr al-Attas appointed President of South Yemen.
- 1986 - Marvin Johnson wins record third time, light heavyweight boxing title.
- 1986 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic.
- 1986 - West German team swims world record 4x200 metre freestyle (7:05.17).
- 1986 - Mohinder Amarnath becomes the first batsman dismissed for handling the ball in One Day International cricket.
- 1987 - Former US national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide.
- 1987 - Brownsville, Texas is deluged with seven inches of rain in just two hours; flooding in some parts of the city is worse than that caused by Hurricane Beulah in 1967.
- 1988 - 39th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-5 (overtime) at Saint Louis, Missouri.
- 1988 - New Hampshire begins a NCAA record 32-game losing streak at home (ends February 1991).
- 1989 - Kevin Johnson (Phoenix Suns) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games.
- 1989 - Michael Manley's Socialist Party wins Jamaica parliamentary election.
- 1989 - Death of Osamu Tezuka, Japanese Manga artist (Astroboy) (born 1928).
- 1990 - Birth of Camille Winbush; actress (Secret Life of the American Teenager, The Bernie Mac Show).
- 1990 - The Bradys return to TV for six episodes on CBS TV.
- 1990 - Doina Melinte runs world indoor record 1.5km (4:00:27) and mile (4:17:13).
- 1990 - Galileo flies by Venus.
- 1990 - Namibia's constitution ratified.
- 1991 - Johann Olav Koss skates world record 5km (6:41.73).
- 1991 - Terry Norris knocks down Sugar Ray Leonard twice and beats him.
- 1991 - Lithuanians vote by huge majority to restore pre-World War II independence.
- 1991 - Wally Joyner wins record $2.1 million salary arbitration.
- 1992 - 42nd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 153-113 at Orlando.
- 1992 - Fastest yodeler-22 tones/15 falsetto in one second by Thomas School of Germany.
- 1992 - Heike Henkel high jumps female indoor world record (2.07 metres).
- 1992 - Jani Sievinen swims world record 400 metre medley (4:07.10).
- 1992 - Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Phar-Mor Golf Tournament at Hamlin Inverrary.
- 1993 - Army of opium king Khun Sa kills 60 in northeast Burma.
- 1993 - David Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service), dies at age 54.
- 1993 - Death of Kate Wilkinson at age 76 of cancer; actress (Guiding Light TV show, Clara - Another World TV show).
- 1993 - Nasrullah Mansoor, Afghan guerilla leader/governor of Paktia, dies.
- 1994 - Arnold Smith, British first Secretary-General of Commonwealth (1965-75), dies at age 79.
- 1994 - Israeli minister Shimon Perez signs accord with Palestinian Liberation Organization's Arafat.
- 1994 - Jarmila Novotna, Czechoslovakia/US soprano (Madame Butterfly), dies at age 86.
- 1994 - Louis Kaufman, US violinist/conductor (Gone With the Wind), dies at age 88.
- 1994 - The Vance-Owen Peace plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina is announced.
- 1994 - Death of Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1934).
- 1994 - FOX airs the 100th episode of TV show Beverly Hills 90210.
- 1995 - Death of David Wayne AKA Wayne Mcmeekan of lung cancer at age 81; actor (Batman TV show, Dallas TV show, House Calls TV show, St. Elsewhere TV show, Ellery Queen TV show, Matt Houston TV show, Disneyland TV show).
- 1995 - Irina Privalova runs female world record 50 metre (5.96 seconds).
- 1995 - J William Fulbright, American politician (Senator-Democrat-Arkansas)/anti-Vietnam War, dies at age 89.
- 1995 - Dr. Bernard A. Harris, Junior and Michael Foale become the first African American and Briton, respectively, to walk in space (mission STS-63).
- 1996 - Adolf Galland, German general (Luftwaffe), dies at age 83.
- 1996 - Discovery of the element Ununbium.
- 1996 - Gerald Savory, actor playwright/TV producer (3 Weeks), dies at age 86.
- 1996 - Death of Adolf Galland in Oberwinter, Germany; fighter pilot in World War II, shot down over 100 Allied planes.
- 1997 - 47th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-120 at Cleveland.
- 1997 - Barry Evans, actor (Dr Upton - Doctor in the House), dies at age 53.
- 1997 - Fox TV cartoon series The Simpsons airs 167th episode in the USA, making it the longest-running animated series in cartoon history (beating record-holder The Flintstones).
- 1997 - Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Diet Dr Pepper National Pro-Am.
- 1997 - Mark O'Meara wins Buick golf invitational.
- 1997 - Scotty Bowman is first NHL coach to win 1,000 games.
- 1998 - Failed assassination attempt on Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze.
- 2001 - Derek Jeter and the New York Yankees finalize a $189 million, 10-year contract, making Jeter the second highest paid player in the history of the sport.
- 2001 - The submarine USS Greeneville strikes and sinks the Japanese fishing vessel Ehime-Maru near Hawaii.
- 2001 - Death of Herbert Simon, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916).
- 2002 - A cargo ship carrying over 815,000 litres of fuel oil runs aground near the north island port of Gisborne, New Zealand, sending an oil slick drifting to shore, rivers, and beaches.
- 2002 - The Irish pound expires as valid currency.
- 2002 - Death of Princess Margaret Rose of the United Kingdom, from a third stroke (born 1930).
- 2002 - (to February 24) The XIX Olympic Winter Games are held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
- 2003 - The Cricket World Cup begins in South Africa.
- 2003 - BBC Choice closes for the final time at 12:30 am, replaced by BBC Three at 7 pm.
- 2005 - An ETA car bomb injures 31 people at a conference centre in Madrid, Spain.
- 2006 - Bengie Molina signs a US$5 million, one-year contract with the Toronto Blue Jays, with a $7.5 million option for 2007.
- 2007 - Bolivian President Evo Morales nationalizes the Vinto tin smelter, claiming the smelter was fraudulently taken from the Bolivian people in 1999.
- 2007 - Death of Ian Richardson at age 72 after a heart attack; film and TV actor (Francis Urquhart - House of Cards TV mini-series (1990), To Play the King TV mini-series (1993), The Final Cut TV mini-series (1995)).
- 2007 - Death of Alejandro Finisterre, Spanish poet, editor, and inventor of table football (born 1919).
- 2008 - In Oceanside, New York, Philip Weiss Auctions conducts the auction of the Newport Collection of US inverted center error stamps. Some highlights:
- US 1918 24-cent Jenny airmail stamp, inverted center: US$271,200;
- US 1869 15-cent Landing of Columbus stamp, inverted center, unused without gum, one of three known unused: US$757,100;
- US 1869 24-cent Declaration of Independence stamp, inverted center, unused without gum, one of four known unused: US$1.27 million, a new record for a single US stamp;
- US 1869 30-cent Shield, Eagle, and Flags stamp, one of seven known unused: US$248,600.
- 2008 - Death of Murlidhar Devidas "Baba" Amte, champion of lepers and the handicapped in India, at age 93.
- 2009 - New York Yankees' baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez admits to having used performance-enhancing steroids earlier in his career, over a three-year period from 2001 to 2003 with the Texas Rangers.
- 2009 - Egyptian archaeologists find 22 mummies and eight wooden and stone sarcophagi in a burial chamber at the Saqqara site, dating back 2,600 to 4,000 years.
- 2009 - At Plumpton, England, jockey Tony McCoy, riding Restless D'Artaix, records his 3,000th career horse racing win.
- 2009 - Death of Eluana Englaro, Italian patient in right-to-die case (born 1970).
- 2010 - Death of Francine Irving Neff; US Treasurer (1974-77).
- 2012 - Disney Cruise Line takes possession of the Disney Fantasy cruise ship from the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany.
- 2018 - (to February 25) The 2018 Winter Olympics are held in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
- 2021 - A joint WHO-China investigation into the source of the outbreak concludes. Investigators deem a Wuhan laboratory leak to be "extremely unlikely", with a "natural reservoir" in bats being a more likely origin.
- 2021 - The United Arab Emirates' uncrewed Hope spacecraft becomes the first Arabian mission successfully to enter orbit around Mars.
- 2021 - Death of Armando Corea AKA Chick Corea at age 79; American pianist (Miles Davis), composer, pioneer of jazz fusion (Return to Forever band, "Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy" song (1973), "Spain" song (1973), 23 Grammy awards).
- 2022 - Death of Ian McDonald; musician (King Crimson, Foreigner).
- 2022 - Death of Jeremy Giambi at age 47 of suicide in Claremont, California, USA; baseball player (Major League Baseball), actor (Moneyball movie (2011)).
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