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What happened in history on this day: February 22?
On February 22 in ...
- 606 - Sabinian ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 896 - Pope Formosa crowned king Arnulf of Karinthie/French emperor.
- 1071 - Arnulf III earl of Flanders/Hainault (Arnulf I), dies in battle.
- 1071 - Battle of Cassel-Robert I the Frisian defeats Arnulf III/I.
- 1076 - Godfried III with the Hump, duke of Lower Lorraine, murdered.
- 1078 - Johannes van Fécamp Italian mystic writer, dies.
- 1078 - John of Fécamp Italian mystic writer, dies.
- 1213 - Wibert of Gembloers benediction/writer/abbot of Gembloers, dies.
- 1281 - Simon de Brion elected Pope Martinus IV.
- 1288 - Girolamo Masci elected Pope Nicolas IV.
- 1300 - Pope Boniface VIII delegates degree.
- 1349 - Jews are expelled from Zurich Switzerland.
- 1371 - David II Bruce king of Scotland (1331-71), dies at age 46.
- 1403 - Birth of Charles VII king of France (1422-61), drove out English.
- 1440 - Birth of Ladislaus V Posthumus King of Hungary/Bohemia.
- 1455 - Birth of Johannes Reuchlin in Pforzheim, Germany; scholar of ancient Greek and Latin.
- 1478 - Hendrik Herp (Herpius/Harphius) writer (Spieghel volcomenheit), dies.
- 1495 - French King Charles VIII enters Naples to claim the crown.
- 1512 - Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America), dies at age 61.
- 1514 - Birth of Tahmasp I shah of Persia (1524-76)/author (Tazkire-i Shah).
- 1533 - Birth of Péter Bornemisza Hungarian vicar/author/publisher (Tragoedia).
- 1542 - Birth of Santino Garsi composer.
- 1561 - William of Orange appointed viceroy of Burgundy/Charolais.
- 1573 - Birth of Gemignano Capilupi composer.
- 1599 - Birth of Anthony Van Dyck Antwerp Belgium, painter.
- 1630 - Indians introduce pilgrims to popcorn, at Thanksgiving.
- 1632 - Galileo's 'Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems' is published.
- 1656 - New Amsterdam granted a Jewish burial site.
- 1674 - John Wilson composer, dies at age 78.
- 1684 - Birth of William Pulteney London, statesman (Earl of Bath).
- 1690 - Charles Le Brun classical painter (Academie de Peinture), dies at age 70.
- 1695 - Robert Southwell English poet, hanged for becoming a Catholic priest.
- 1705 - Birth of Peter Arctedius [Artedi], Swedish biologist.
- 1732 - Birth of George Washington in Virginia; first American President (1789-97).
- 1744 - Battle at Toulon English-French and Spanish fleet.
- 1746 - French troops conquer Brussels.
- 1746 - Jakobijnse troops vacate Aberdeen.
- 1749 - Birth of Johann Nikolaus Forkel musicologist/first biographer of Bach.
- 1770 - Christopher Snider 11, Boston, becomes first martyr of US Revolution.
- 1774 - English House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright.
- 1775 - First US joint stock company (to make cloth) offers shares at £10.
- 1775 - Jews expelled from outskirts of Warsaw Poland.
- 1778 - Birth of Rembrandt Peale; portrait/historical painter (Court of Death).
- 1784 - First US ship to trade with China, Empress of China, sails from New York.
- 1788 - Birth of Arthur Schopenhauer in Germany; philosopher (Great Pessimist).
- 1798 - Birth of Charles Mynn Thruston; US Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (dies 1873).
- 1819 - Spain renounces claims to Oregon Country, Florida (Adams-Onís Treaty).
- 1821 - Spain sells (east) Florida to United States for $5 million.
- 1822 - Birth of Adolf Kuszmaul; German physician (stomach pump, Kuszmaul disease).
- 1825 - Russia and Britain establish Alaska-Canada boundary.
- 1827 - Birth of James Barnet Fry; US Brevet Major General (US Army) (dies 1894).
- 1828 - Birth of Robert Alexander Cameron; US Brevet Major General (US volunteers) (dies 1894).
- 1828 - Russia and Persia sign Peace of Turkmantsjai.
- 1829 - Adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian General, dies at age 53.
- 1836 - Dutch garrison evacuates fort Du Bus in New Guinea.
- 1838 - Birth of Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen; discoverer of hydrogen in Sun.
- 1842 - Birth of Carl Rosa in Hamburg, Germany; founder (Rosa opera company).
- 1842 - Birth of Léon Vanderkindere; Belgian historian/mayor (Ukkel).
- 1843 - Birth of Affonso de Escragnolle Taunay; French/Brazilian writer (Inocencia).
- 1850 - Birth of Isaac L Rice; namesake of Columbia University's Rice stadium.
- 1852 - Birth of Pieter K Pel; internist (Pel-Ebstein fever).
- 1854 - First meeting of the Republican Party, in Michigan.
- 1857 - Birth of Heinrich Hertz; physicist, first to broadcast and receive radio waves.
- 1857 - Birth of Robert Baden-Powell; founder (Boy Scouts, Girl Guides).
- 1860 - Shoe-making workers of Lynn, Mississippi, strike successfully for higher wages.
- 1862 - Birth of Karen Hulda Garborg[-Bergersen]; Norwegian playwright (Mot Solen/Eli).
- 1864 - Birth of Jules Renard in France; writer (Poil de Carotte).
- 1865 - Tennessee adopts a new constitution abolishing slavery.
- 1868 - Birth of Henri Polak; union leader/politician (Social-Democrat).
- 1870 - US naval commander Thomas Selfridge begins a survey of the Isthmus of Darien in Nicaragua, at Caledonia Bay, as potential site for a canal.
- 1872 - First national convention of the Prohibition Party (Columbus, Ohio).
- 1872 - Labor Reform Party forms at Columbus, Ohio.
- 1873 - Birth of Muhammad Iqbal; Dutch East Indies lawyer/poet/philosopher.
- 1875 - Charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at age 77.
- 1876 - Johns Hopkins University opens.
- 1878 - Greenback Labor Party forms (Toledo, Ohio).
- 1879 - First 5 and 10 cent store opened by Frank W Woolworth in Utica, New York.
- 1879 - Birth of Johannes Brønsted; Danish physical chemist (acid-base reactions).
- 1880 - In Yokohama, Japan, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake occurs.
- 1882 - Birth of Eric Gill in England; sculptor/engraver/typographer (Perpetua).
- 1882 - With 120 miles James Saunders wins New York City's 24-hour race and $100 prize.
- 1883 - Birth of Alfred Wikenhauser; German Roman Catholic exegetist (John-Apokalyps).
- 1883 - Birth of Marguerite Clark; voice of Snow White - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
- 1884 - Birth of Abraham "Abe" Attell; boxing hall of famer.
- 1886 - Birth of Hugo Ball; German playwright, co-founder of Flametti.
- 1887 - Birth of Mary Ellen Chase; educator/author (Windswept, 1959 Sarah Hale Award).
- 1887 - Union Labor Party organized in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- 1888 - John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans (Yonkers, New York).
- 1889 - Birth of Robin G Collingwood; English philosopher (Roman Britain).
- 1889 - US President Grover Cleveland signs bill to admit Dakotas, Montana and Washington state.
- 1891 - Birth of "Chico" Marx in New York City, New York, USA; actor/comedian (Marx Brothers, Animal Crackers).
- 1891 - Birth of Jan Wils in Holland; architect/designer (Amsterdam's Olympics Stadium).
- 1892 - Birth of David Dubinsky; labor leader (Freedom Award, 1969 Medal of Freedom).
- 1892 - Birth of Edna Saint Vincent Millay; poet/writer/feminist (Harp Weaver - Pulitzer Prize).
- 1895 - Birth of Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre; founder (Peruvian Aprista Party).
- 1896 - Birth of Edvin Wide in Sweden; 10km runner (Olympics-silver-1924).
- 1896 - Birth of Enid Markey in Dillon, Colorado, USA; actress (Aunt Violet - Bringing Up Buddy).
- 1896 - Birth of Paul Van Ostaijen; Flemish poet/writer/critic (Occupied City).
- 1896 - Death of Thomas Hughes in Brighton, England; politican/author of Tom Brown's Schooldays.
- 1898 - Birth of Anton de Kom; Surinam/Dutch worker's union leader/resistance fighter.
- 1899 - Birth of Dwight Frye in Salina, Kansas, USA; actor (Black Camel, Dracula, Frankenstein).
- 1900 - Battle at Wynne's Hill, South Africa (Boers versus British army).
- 1900 - Birth of Giorgios Seferis in Greece; poet (Nobel Prize 1963).
- 1900 - Birth of Luis Bruñel in Calanda, Spain; director (Tristana, Phantom of Liberty).
- 1900 - Birth of Sean O'Faolain [John Whelan] in Ireland; writer (Murder at Cobbler's Hulk).
- 1901 - Birth of Charles E Whittaker in Kansas, USA; US Supreme Court justice (1957-62).
- 1901 - Birth of Mildred Davis in Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Grandma's Boy).
- 1902 - Birth of Hanns Neupert; German piano builder/author (Das Klavichord).
- 1903 - Birth of Morley Callaghan in Canada; author (Toronto Star, Native Argosy).
- 1903 - Due to drought the US side of Niagara Falls runs short of water.
- 1903 - Frederick William Farrar, writer/dean (Canterbury 1895-1903), dies.
- 1903 - Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf, Austrian composer (Corregidor), dies at age 42.
- 1904 - Birth of Peter Hurd in Roswell, New Mexico, USA; painter (Portrait of José Herrera).
- 1907 - First cabs with taxi meters begin operating in London, England.
- 1907 - Birth of Robert Young in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby M.D.).
- 1907 - Birth of Sheldon Leonard in New York City, New York, USA; actor/director (Danny Thomas Show, Big Eddie).
- 1908 - Birth of John Mills in England; actor (The Big Sleep, King Rat, War and Peace).
- 1908 - Birth of Rómulo Betancourt; President of Venezuela (1945-48, 1958-64).
- 1909 - Great White Fleet, first US fleet to circle the globe, returns to Virginia.
- 1912 - J Vedrines makes first airplane flight over 100 mph.
- 1912 - Richard Andree, German geographer (Andree's Handatlas), dies at age 76.
- 1913 - Mexican President Francisco Indalecio Madero is assassinated in military coup at age 39.
- 1913 - Mexican vice president José María Pino Suárez is assassinated in a military coup.
- 1915 - Birth of Dan Seymour in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (We the People, Sing it Again).
- 1915 - Birth of Gus Lesnevich; light heavyweight boxing champion (1947 fight of year).
- 1915 - Germany begins "unrestricted" submarine war.
- 1917 - Birth of Harmen van Rossum; civil servant/resistance fighter (WWII).
- 1917 - Birth of Jack Robertson; cricket player (superb England batsman only played 11 Tests).
- 1917 - German Navy torpedoes seven Dutch ships.
- 1918 - Birth of Charles O Finley; baseball team owner (Oakland Athletics).
- 1918 - Birth of Dominick George Pardo AKA Don Pardo in Westfield, Massachusetts, USA; TV announcer (Jeopardy, Saturday Night Live).
- 1918 - Birth of Robert Wadlow in Alton, Illinois, USA; tallest known human (2.72m, 8 feet 11.1 inches).
- 1918 - Birth of Sid Abel; NHL player (1948-49 Hart Trophy).
- 1918 - Germany claims Baltic states, Finland and Ukraine from Russia.
- 1920 - In Emeryville, New York, the first dog race track to employ an imitation rabbit opens.
- 1920 - Birth of Giulietta Masina in Italy; actress (La Strada, Swindle, White Sheik).
- 1923 - First successful chinchilla farm in US (Los Angeles, California).
- 1923 - The United States begins the first transcontinental air mail route.
- 1925 - Birth of Edward Gorey in Chicago, Illinois, USA; author/artist (The Curious Sofa).
- 1925 - Birth of Guy Mitchell [Albert George Cernick] in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor/singer (Red Garters, Three Redheads from Seattle).
- 1925 - Georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister, dies at age 72.
- 1926 - Birth of Bud Yorkin; producer (All in the Family, Emmy award 1959, 1960).
- 1927 - Birth of Donald May in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Adam - Edge of Night, Colt .45).
- 1928 - First solo England to Australia flight lands (Bert Hinkler pilot).
- 1928 - Birth of Bruce Forsyth in London, England; comedian/TV host (Generation Game).
- 1928 - Birth of Paul Dooley in Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA; actor (Sixteen Candles, Strange Brew, Wedding).
- 1929 - Birth of Marni Nixon; singer (for Audrey Hepburn, Natalie Wood and Deborah Kerr).
- 1929 - Birth of Ryne Duren; New York Yankees' near-sighted pitcher.
- 1930 - Birth of Allison Hayes in Washington, USA; actress (Attack of the 50 Foot Woman).
- 1930 - Birth of JPS van Neerven; Dutch economist/editor (Limbourg Daily).
- 1930 - Godfried van Daalen, Dutch General/governor of Atjeh, dies at age 66.
- 1932 - Birth of Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Massachusetts, 1962-).
- 1932 - Birth of Piper Laurie in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actress (Days of Wine and Roses, Carrie).
- 1932 - Purple Heart award re-instituted.
- 1933 - Birth of Katharine Lucy Mary in Worsley, England; Duchess of Kent.
- 1933 - Hermann Göring forms SA/SS-police, shoots 40-50.
- 1934 - Birth of George "Sparky" Anderson in South Dakota, USA; baseball manager (Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers).
- 1934 - Birth of Thomas Paul in Chicago, Illinois, USA; bass (New York City Opera 1963-70).
- 1935 - Airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House.
- 1935 - Birth of Ineke [R M] Haas-Berger; Dutch Member of Parliament (PvdA).
- 1936 - Johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes Digte), dies at age 74.
- 1937 - Birth of Joanna Russ; American sci-fi author (Hugo, Female Man, Alyx).
- 1937 - Birth of Tommy Aaron in Gainesville, Georgia, USA; PGA golfer (1973 Masters, 1969 Canadian Open).
- 1938 - Birth of Bobby Hendricks; American soul vocalist ("Itchy Twitchy Feeling").
- 1938 - Birth of Ishmael Reed; American author (Last Days of Louisiana Red).
- 1939 - Birth of Steve Barber; pitcher (Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees).
- 1939 - Netherlands recognizes Franco-regime in Spain.
- 1940 - Birth of Chet Walker; NBA all-star forward (Chicago Bulls).
- 1940 - Birth of Johnson P Mlambo; South African leader (Pan-African Congress).
- 1940 - Birth of Julian Chagrin in London, England; mime/actor (Golddiggers).
- 1940 - Finnish troops vacate Koivisto island.
- 1940 - Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies writes to High Commissioner Stanley Bruce in London, England, suggesting it is vital that a German defeat include "soft" peace terms, foreseeing a possible new alignment of nations including Britain, France, Germany, and Italy against Russia.
- 1940 - German air force sinks two German destroyers, killing 578.
- 1941 - Arthur T "Bomber" Harris becomes British Air Marshal.
- 1941 - German assault on El Agheila, Libya.
- 1941 - I G Farben decides building Buna-Werke in Auschwitz Concentration Camp.
- 1941 - German SS begin rounding up Jews of Amsterdam.
- 1943 - Birth of David E Skaggs; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Colorado).
- 1943 - Birth of Dick Van Arsdale; NBA all-star (New York Knicks, Phoenix Suns).
- 1943 - Birth of Tom Van Arsdale; NBA all-star (Detroit, Cincinnati, Kansas City-Omaha, Philadelphia).
- 1943 - Christoph Probst, German resistance fighter (That Weisse Rose), dies.
- 1943 - Hans Scholl, German resistance fighter (White Rose), beheaded at age 24.
- 1943 - Sophie Scholl, German resistance fighter (Die Weisse Rose), beheaded.
- 1944 - Birth of E J Peaker in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; actress (That's Life).
- 1944 - Birth of Jonathan Demme in Baldwin, New York, USA; actor/director (Caged Heat, Swing Shift).
- 1944 - Birth of Ranjit Fernando; Sri Lankan cricket wicketkeeper (1975 World Cup).
- 1944 - US 8th Air Force bombs Enschede, Arnhem and Nijmegen by mistake/800+ die.
- 1945 - Arab League forms (Cairo, Egypt).
- 1945 - Birth of Oliver; singer ("Good Morning Starshine", "Jean").
- 1945 - British troops take Ramree Island, Burma.
- 1945 - Canadian third Division occupies Moyland.
- 1947 - Birth of John Bryant; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Texas, 1983-).
- 1948 - Arabs bomb attack in Jerusalem, 50 die.
- 1948 - Birth of Dennis Awtrey; NBA center (Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns).
- 1949 - Birth of Leslie Charleson in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; actress (Monica - General Hospital).
- 1949 - Birth of Nikki Lauda in Austria; Formula One auto racer (world champion 1975, 1977, 1984).
- 1949 - Russell Porter, actor (Betsy, Hanna's War, British Empire), dies.
- 1950 - Birth of Ellen Greene in Brooklyn, New York, USA; singer/actress (Little Shoppe of Horrors, One Fine Day).
- 1950 - Birth of Julie Walters in England; actress (Educating Rita, Prick Up Your Ears).
- 1950 - Birth of Julius Erving; ABA/NBA forward (Virginia Squirers, New York Nets, Philadelphia 76ers).
- 1950 - Birth of Sylvette "Miou-Miou" Hery in Paris, France; actress (Bottom Line, Menage, Dog Day, My Other Husband).
- 1951 - Birth of Harley O Staggers Junior; American politician (Representative-Democrat-West Virginia, 1983-).
- 1952 - Birth of James Philip Bagian in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; MDPE/astronaut (STS 29, STS 40).
- 1952 - Birth of Wayne John Levi in Little Falls, New York, USA; PGA golfer (1983 Buick Open).
- 1956 - First British soccer match at Kunstlicht: Portsmouth versus Newcastle United.
- 1956 - Birth of Amy Alcott in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; LPGA golfer (1983 Nabisco Dinah Shore, Vare Trophy 1980, 1983).
- 1956 - Elvis Presley's first hit in Billboard's top 10: "Heartbreak Hotel".
- 1956 - Paul Léautaud [Maurice Boissard], French writer (Petit ami), dies at age 84.
- 1957 - Harry Sothern, actor (Dr Huer - Buck Rogers), dies at age 72.
- 1957 - Jockey Ted Atkinson records his 3,500th win.
- 1958 - Australian swimmer Jon Konrads sets six world records in two days.
- 1958 - Birth of Kyle MacLachlan in Yakima, Washington, USA; actor (Blue Velvet, Dune, Twin Peaks, The Hidden).
- 1958 - Egypt and Syria form United Arab Republic (UAR).
- 1958 - Indonesian air force bombs Padang, Sumatra/Menado, Celebes.
- 1958 - Michael Todd, film magnate, killed in a New Mexico air crash.
- 1959 - First Daytona 500 auto race; Lee Petty wins (135.521 MPH).
- 1959 - Birth of Susan Benjamin; actress (Tracy - Accidental Family).
- 1959 - Helen Parrish, actress (Hour Glass), dies of cancer at age 36.
- 1960 - Hubert Cuypers, composer/choir conductor (Missa Populi), dies at age 86.
- 1961 - Birth of Debbie Linden in Glasgow, Scotland; actress (Kenny Everett Show).
- 1961 - Birth of Don Van Spall; guitarist (Sleeze Beez).
- 1961 - Birth of Marla O'Hara in Gardena, California, USA; WPVA volleyball player (Santa Cruz-third-1991).
- 1961 - Birth of Mike Morris; NFL center (Minnesota Vikings).
- 1961 - George de las Cuevas Bustillo y Teheran, Chilean marquis, dies at age 75.
- 1962 - Birth of Lenda Murray in Detroit, Michigan, USA; body builder (four times Ms Olympia).
- 1962 - Birth of Steve Irwin; the Crocodile Hunter (dies 2006).
- 1962 - Birth of Lisa Jacquin; equestrian show jumper (Olympics-1996).
- 1962 - Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record with 34 free throw attempts.
- 1963 - Birth of Dave Besteman in Madison, Wisconsin, USA; speed skater (Olympics-1994).
- 1963 - Birth of Devon Malcolm; cricket player (in Jamaica England fast bowler 1989-95).
- 1963 - Birth of Vijay Singh in Lautoka, Fiji; PGA golfer (1993 Buick Classic).
- 1964 - Birth of Gigi Fernandez [Beatriz] in San Juan, Puerto Rico; US tennis star (Olympics-gold-1996, 1988 US Open Doubles).
- 1964 - Birth of James Wlcek in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Trent - Walker Texas Ranger, Linc - As the World Turns).
- 1964 - Edie Martin, actor (Titfield Thunderbolt), dies at age 84.
- 1965 - Birth of Chris Dudley; NBA center (New York Knicks, Portland Trail Blazers).
- 1965 - Birth of Joe Reekie in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals).
- 1965 - Birth of Pat LaFontaine in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; NHL center (Olympics-1984, New York Islanders, New York Rangers).
- 1965 - USSR launches Kosmos 57 into earth orbit (Voskhod Test).
- 1965 - The Royal Australian Mint opens in Canberra, Australia.
- 1965 - Death of Felix Frankfurter in Washington, D.C.; co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union (1920), Supreme Court justice (1939-1962), recipient of the Medal of Freedom (1963).
- 1966 - Birth of Brent Severyn in Vegreville, Alberta, Canada; NHL defenseman (New York Islanders).
- 1966 - Birth of Sheila Riggins in Trussville, Alabama, USA; Miss Alabama-America (1990).
- 1966 - Birth of Thorsten Kaye; soap actor (Patrick - One Life to Live, Silencers).
- 1966 - Paul de Keyser, Flemish philologist/folklorist, dies at age 74.
- 1966 - Soviets launch Kosmos 110 with Veterok and Ugolek, first two-dog crew.
- 1967 - 25,000 American and South Vietnamese troops launch Operation Junction City, offensive to smash Viet Cong stronghold near Cambodian border.
- 1967 - Birth of Marianne Ihalainen; ice hockey right wing (Finland, Olympics-1998).
- 1967 - Birth of Steve Broussard; NFL running back (Seattle Seahawks).
- 1967 - Fritz Erler, German politician (SDP), dies at age 53.
- 1967 - Joe Forte, actor (Horwitz - Life With Luigi), dies at age 70.
- 1967 - Sling-shot goal post and 6-feet wide border around field are standard in NFL.
- 1968 - Birth of Jayson Williams; NBA center (New Jersey Nets).
- 1968 - Birth of Jeri Ryan; actress (7 of 9 - Star Trek: Voyager).
- 1968 - Birth of Abeyratne Samarasekera in United Arab Emirates; cricket all-rounder (1996 World Cup).
- 1968 - Birth of Johanne Samarasekera in United Arab Emirates; cricket opening bowler (1996 World Cup).
- 1968 - Birth of Reggie Rivers; NFL running back (Denver Broncos).
- 1968 - Omer C F L Tulippe, Belgian geographer, dies at age 71.
- 1968 - Rock group Genesis release their first record "The Silent Sun".
- 1969 - First female US thoroughbred pari-mutuel jockey win (Barbara Jo Rubin).
- 1969 - Birth of Kahryn Tough in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; volleyball (Olympics-1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Leslie Spalding in Billings, Montana, USA; golfer (Montana Women's Amateur-1990, 1991).
- 1969 - Birth of Mark Chmura; NFL tight end (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31).
- 1969 - Birth of Shawn Jefferson; NFL wide receiver (San Diego Chargers, New England Patriots).
- 1970 - Birth of Adam Keefe; NBA forward (Utah Jazz).
- 1970 - Birth of Dominic Roussel in Hull, Quebec, Canada; NHL goalie (Winnipeg Jets).
- 1970 - Birth of Leo Stefan; hockey forward (Team Germany 1998).
- 1971 - Barry Macollum, actor (On the Waterfront), dies at age 81.
- 1971 - Birth of Barry Smith; 100 metre/200 metre runner.
- 1971 - Birth of Gilbert Brown; NFL defensive tackle (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31).
- 1971 - Birth of Jason Marshall in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada; NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks).
- 1971 - Birth of Lea Salonga in Manila, Philippines; singer/actress (Miss Saigon).
- 1971 - Birth of Lisa Fernandez in Lakewood, California, USA; softball pitcher (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Max Lane; NFL tackle (New England Patriots).
- 1971 - Birth of Mohammed Sylla; soccer player (Willem II, FC Martigues).
- 1971 - Birth of Rico Mack; WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals).
- 1971 - Lieutenant General Hafiz al-Assad becomes President of Syria.
- 1971 - Matt McHugh, actor (Taxi, Freaks, Barbary Coast), dies at age 77.
- 1972 - Birth of Christin Didier; Miss Montana-USA (1997).
- 1972 - Birth of Michael Chang in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA; tennis star (1989 French Open).
- 1972 - Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani becomes Amir and Prime Minister of Qatar.
- 1972 - US President Richard Nixon meets with Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai in Beijing.
- 1972 - Walter Sande, actor (Adventures of Tugboat Annie), dies at age 65.
- 1973 - Birth of James Christensen; NFL guard (Atlanta Falcons).
- 1973 - Birth of Kate Sage; Australian field hockey forward (Olympics-1996).
- 1973 - Birth of Kimberly Davies in Melbourne, Australia; actress (Baywatch).
- 1973 - Birth of Ntala Skinner in Sun Valley, Idaho, USA; biathlete (Olympics-1994).
- 1973 - Elizabeth Bowen, Anglo-Irish novelist (Cat Jumps), dies in London, England, at age 72.
- 1973 - Israeli fighter planes shoot down a civilian Libyan Arab Airlines Boeing 727 killing 108.
- 1973 - Katina Paxinou, actress (For Whom the Bell Tolls, Zita), dies at age 72.
- 1973 - US and China agree to establish liaison offices in Beijing and Washington DC.
- 1973 - Winthrop Rockefeller, US Governor (Arkansas), dies at age 60.
- 1974 - Birth of Aaron Gavey in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; NHL center (Tampa Bay Lightning).
- 1974 - Birth of Kyoko Nagatsuka in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan; tennis star (1996 Hobart).
- 1974 - Ethiopian police shoot at demonstrators.
- 1975 - Birth of Charles O'Bannon; NBA guard (Detroit Pistons).
- 1975 - Birth of Drew Barrymore in Los Angeles, California; actress (ET, Firestarter, Poison Ivy, Altered States).
- 1975 - Birth of Gregory Maddalone in Schenectady, New York, USA; dance skater (and Demkowski).
- 1976 - Angela Baddeley, actress (Mrs Kate Bridges - Upstairs, Downstairs), dies from pneumonia at age 71.
- 1976 - Florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies of a heart attack at age 32.
- 1976 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic.
- 1976 - Michael Polany, Hungarians/English chemist/sociologist, dies at age 84.
- 1977 - Birth of Melanie Schnell in Radstadt, Austria; tennis star (1994 semi Surabaya).
- 1977 - Edith Barrett, actress (Molly and Me, Ghost Ship), dies at age 64.
- 1977 - Jack O'Connor, cricket player (batted in four Tests for England 1929-30), dies.
- 1978 - Two tankers with propane gas explode killing 15 at Waverly, Tennessee.
- 1978 - Phyllis McGinley, US poetess (Pulitzer 1961), dies at age 72.
- 1978 - Birth of Jenny Frost; English singer (Atomic Kitten).
- 1979 - Billy Martin named manager of Oakland Athletics.
- 1979 - Birth of David Lopez in Queens, New York; actor (And God Created Women, Ghostwriter).
- 1979 - Cleveland (Ohio) Metroparks Zoo's Primate and Cat Building is dedicated.
- 1979 - Saint Lucia gains independence from Britain.
- 1980 - Alfred Andersch, German writer (Red Head), dies at age 66.
- 1980 - Richard Kallman, actor (Verboten, Hell Canyon Outlaws), dies at age 46.
- 1980 - The United States Olympic Hockey Team defeats the Soviet Union 4-3 in the semifinals of the XIII Olympic Winter Games. The Soviet team had been undefeated in Olympic hockey since 1968.
- 1980 - Death of the Expressionist painter and writer, Oskar Kokoschka, in Villeneuve, Switzerland (born in Pöchlarn, Austria).
- 1980 - Afghanistan declares martial law.
- 1981 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Bent Tree Ladies Golf Classic.
- 1982 - Murray "the K" Kaufman, New York City disc jockey (The 5th Beatle), dies at age 60.
- 1983 - Romain Maes, Belgian bicyclist (Tour de France 1935), dies at age 70.
- 1983 - Vladimir Salnikov (USSR) sets 1500 metre freestyle swimming record.
- 1983 - Hindus kill 3000 Muslims in Assam, India.
- 1984 - David, spent most of his life in a plastic bubble, dies at age 12.
- 1984 - Death of Jessamyn West, American writer (born 1902).
- 1984 - Death of Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah, a Pakistani religious leader of Allo Mahar Shrif.
- 1984 - Brothers Anton and Peter Stastny score 8 points each for NHL Québec Nordiques.
- 1985 - Birth of Hameur Bouazza; Fulham F.C. football player.
- 1985 - Alexander Scourby, actor (Victory at Sea, Ransom), dies at age 71.
- 1987 - Andy Warhol, American pop artist/director/writer, dies from complications following gall bladder surgery at age 58 (born 1928).
- 1987 - Bruno Marie-Rose runs world record 200 metre indoor (20.36 seconds).
- 1987 - Death of David Susskind at age 66; host (Open End TV show, The David Susskind Show, producer (The Ages of Man, Death of a Salesman, Eleanor and Franklin, Blind Ambition, Circle Theatre, Dupont Show of the Month, Alice).
- 1987 - Glenway Wescott, US writer (Apartment in Athens), dies at age 85.
- 1988 - Bonnie Blair skates world record 500 metre (39.10 seconds).
- 1989 - CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 31st Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
- Record of the Year: Bobby McFerrin for "Don't Worry Be Happy";
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female: Tracy Chapman for "Fast Car";
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male: Bobby McFerrin for "Don't Worry Be Happy";
- Best Rock vocal Performance, Male: Robert Palmer for "Simply Irresistible";
- Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: U2 for "Desire".
- 1989 - First Spanish commercial on US network TV (Pepsi-Cola-CBS Grammy Award).
- 1989 - Joan Woodbury, actress (Super Sleuth, Northwest Trail), dies.
- 1989 - New York Lotto pays US$26.9 million to one winner (numbers are 1-5-12-19-44-50).
- 1989 - United Kingdom physicist Stephen Hawking calls US Strategic Defence Initiative a "deliberate fraud".
- 1989 - US authors demonstrate against Iranian death treats against Salman Rushdie, author of Satanic Verses.
- 1990 - CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 32nd Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
- Record of the Year: Bette Midler for "Wind Beneath My Wings";
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female: Bonnie Raitt for "Nick Of Time";
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male: Michael Bolton for "How Am I Supposed To Live Without You";
- Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male: Don Henley for "The End Of The Innocence";
- Best Hard Rock Performance: Living Colour for "Cult Of Personality";
- Best Metal Performance: Metallica for "One";
- Best Rap Performance: Young MC for "Bust A Move".
- 1990 - First day India versus New Zealand cricket at Auckland New Zealand 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps.
- 1990 - Stephen Burns, actor (Casey's Shadow), dies.
- 1991 - US President George H.W. Bush and US Gulf War allies give Iraq 24 hours to begin Kuwait withdrawal.
- 1991 - Kelli McCarty, 21, (Kansas), crowned 40th Miss USA.
- 1991 - Test Cricket debut of Sanath Jayasuriya, versus New Zealand at Hamilton.
- 1992 - Barry Diller resigns as CEO of Fox.
- 1992 - The NBC TV network airs the last Walter and Emily show.
- 1992 - Lisa Walters wins LPGA Itoki Hawaiian Ladies Open Golf Tournament.
- 1993 - Jean Lecanuet, French UDF-presidential candidate, dies at age 72.
- 1993 - Pieter A H Bos, Dutch lawyer/procureur-General (Aruba), dies at age 63.
- 1993 - Vinod Kambli scores 224 versus England at Bombay, 411 balls, 23 fours.
- 1994 - "Papa" John Creach, American jazz musician (Papa Blues), dies at age 76 (born 1917).
- 1994 - Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged with spying for the Soviet Union by the United States Department of Justice.
- 1995 - Death of Ed Flanders of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at age 60; actor (Dr. Westphal - St. Elsewhere (Emmy award 1983)).
- 1995 - Elfi Althoff-Jacobi, Austrian circus director, dies at age 80.
- 1995 - Lembarek Boumaarafi, Algerian murderer of President Boudiaf, dies.
- 1996 - Disney launches the Disney.com web site on the Internet. Primary purpose of the site is to provide travel info on Disneyland and Walt Disney World, and to promote Disney merchandise.
- 1996 - STS 75 (Columbia 19), launches into orbit.
- 1997 - Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open.
- 1997 - Austin Andrew Wright, sculptor, dies at age 85.
- 1997 - Frank Launder, director/scriptwriter, dies at age 91.
- 1997 - In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly had been successfully cloned, and was born in July 1996.
- 1998 - King and I closes at Neil Simon Theater in New York City after 781 performances.
- 1998 - XVIII Olympic Winter Games close at Nagano, Japan.
- 1998 - One third of the Tower block "Palace II" collapses in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- 1998 - Jose Maria de Areilza, Spanish minister of foreign affairs (1975-76), dies.
- 1998 - Sandy Hume, correspondent (Fox News), commits suicide at age 28.
- 1998 - Death of Abraham Alexander Ribicoff, American Democratic Party politician (born 1910).
- 1999 - Moderate Iraqi Shiite cleric Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr is assassinated.
- 2001 - CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
- Record of the Year: U2 for "Beautiful Day";
- Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: Macy Gray for "I Try";
- Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: Sting for "She Walks This Earth (Soberana Rosa)";
- Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Steely Dan for "Cousin Dupree";
- Best Dance Recording: Baha Men for "Who Let The Dogs Out";
- Best Female Rock Vocal Performance: Sheryl Crow for "There Goes The Neighborhood";
- Best Male Rock Vocal Performance: Lenny Kravitz for "Again".
- 2002 - Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.
- 2002 - A Norwegian-facilitated ceasefire begins in Sri Lanka.
- 2003 - In his first fight after losing to Lennox Lewis, Mike Tyson beats Clifford Etienne by first round knock-out in a fight held at The Pyramid in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
- 2004 - Home Box Office airs the final episode of TV show Sex and the City in the US after its six-season run.
- 2005 - More than 500 people are killed and over 1,000 injured after entire villages are flattened in an earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale in the Zarand region of Kerman province in southern Iran.
- 2006 - A bomb heavily damages the Al Askari Mosque, a Shiite holy site in Samarra, Iraq.
- 2006 - Over 53.1 million British pounds is stolen during the Securitas depot robbery, the largest ever cash robbery in the United Kingdom.
- 2006 - The one billionth song is purchased from the Apple iTunes Store.
- 2007 - A large fire causes 26 fatalities in the Regi care center in Alsunga, Latvia.
- 2007 - In Banchola village, Rajasthan, India, three people are killed and four injured when a meteorite falls from the sky and hits them.
- 2008 - In a court in Yunan, China, four men plead guilty to producing fake receipts valued at 1.05 trillion yuan (US$147 billion), the largest scam in China since 1949.
- 2008 - Former building society Northern Rock is the first bank in Europe to be taken into state control, due to the U.S. subprime mortgage financial crisis.
- 2008 - No survivors are found after a rescue helicopter discovers the wreckage of Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518 just northeast of Mérida, Venezuela. The commercial plane had 46 people on board, including crew.
- 2009 - An explosion in a coking coal mine in China kills 74 miners in Shanxi province.
- 2009 - Canada's Lotto 6/49 lottery top prize of CDN$50.3 million is won by holders of four winning tickets. The prize is the second-biggest jackpot in Canadian lottery history.
- 2009 - In Los Angeles, California, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences holds its Oscar awards ceremony.
- Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
- Best Director: Slumdog Millionaire
- Best Actress: Kate Winslet for The Reader
- Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz for Wicky Cristina Barcelona
- Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight
- Best Actor: Sean Penn for Milk
- Best Cinematography: Slumdog Millionaire
- Best Sound Mixing: Slumdog Millionaire
- Best Film Editing: Slumdog Millionaire
- Best Original Score: Slumdog Millionaire
- Best Song: Slumdog Millionaire
- Best Screenwriter: Dustin Lance Black for Milk
- Best Foreign-language Film: Departures.
- 2009 - Toronto-based Laddie Dennis, the first woman to appear on Canadian television, dies at age 88.
- 2010 - A copy of the first comic book featuring Superman, Action Comics No. 1 from 1938, sells for US$1 million, on auction site ComicConnect.com, a record for a comic sale.
- 2014 - The Ukrainian parliament votes to remove President Viktor Yanukovych from office, replacing him with Oleksandr Turchynov, after days of civil unrest left around 100 people dead in Kiev, Ukraine.
- 2021 - Luca Attanasio, the Italian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is murdered near Goma.
- 2022 - U.S. Soccer settles class-action lawsuit demanding equal pay by the country's women's national soccer team, for $24 million.
- 2022 - Death of Mark Lanegan at age 57 in Killarney, Ireland; musician (Screaming Trees band, Queens of the Stone Age band).
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