Day of the year
February 14 is the 45th day of the year in theGregorian calendar ; 320 days remain until the end of the year (321 inleap years ).
It is observed in most countries asValentine's Day .[ 1]
1613 –Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Frederick V of the Palatinate atWhitehall Palace , London.[ 8] 1655 – TheMapuches launch coordinated attacks against theSpanish in Chile beginning theMapuche uprising of 1655 .[ 9] 1778 – TheUnited States flag is formally recognized by a foreignnaval vessel for the first time, when FrenchAdmiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute toUSS Ranger , commanded byJohn Paul Jones .1779 –American Revolutionary War : TheBattle of Kettle Creek is fought inGeorgia .1779 –James Cook is killed byNative Hawaiians nearKealakekua on theIsland of Hawaii . 1797 –French Revolutionary Wars :Battle of Cape St. Vincent :John Jervis, (later 1st Earl of St Vincent) andHoratio Nelson (later 1st Viscount Nelson) lead theBritish Royal Navy to victory over a Spanish fleet in action nearGibraltar .1804 –Karađorđe leads theFirst Serbian Uprising against theOttoman Empire .[ 10] 1831 – RasMarye of Yejju marches intoTigray and defeats and kills DejazmachSabagadis in theBattle of Debre Abbay .1835 – The originalQuorum of the Twelve Apostles , in theLatter Day Saint movement , is formed inKirtland, Ohio .1849 – In New York City,James Knox Polk becomes the first servingPresident of the United States to have his photograph taken.1852 –Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children , the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, is founded inLondon .1855 –Texas is linked bytelegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection betweenNew Orleans andMarshall, Texas .1859 –Oregon is admitted as the 33rdU.S. state .1876 –Alexander Graham Bell applies for apatent for thetelephone , as doesElisha Gray .1879 – TheWar of the Pacific breaks out when theChilean Army occupies theBolivian port city ofAntofagasta .1899 –Voting machines are approved by theU.S. Congress for use in federalelections .1900 – TheBritish Army begins theBattle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift theSiege of Ladysmith .1903 – TheUnited States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and theDepartment of Labor ).1912 –Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the lastcontiguous U.S. state .1912 – TheU.S. Navy commissions itsfirst class ofdiesel-powered submarines . 1918 – Russia adopts theGregorian calendar .[ 11] 1919 – ThePolish–Soviet War begins.1920 – TheLeague of Women Voters is founded inChicago .1924 – The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name toInternational Business Machines Corporation (IBM).1929 –Saint Valentine's Day Massacre : Seven people, six of themgangster rivals ofAl Capone 's gang, are murdered inChicago .1939 –World War II :German battleship Bismarck is launched.[ 12] 1942 – World War II:Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall ofSingapore .1943 – World War II:Rostov-on-Don , Russia is liberated.1943 – World War II:Tunisia Campaign : GeneralHans-Jürgen von Arnim 'sFifth Panzer Army launches acounter-attack againstAllied positions inTunisia . 1944 – World War II: In theaction of 14 February 1944 , aRoyal Navy submarine sinks a German-controlled ItalianRegia Marina submarine in theStrait of Malacca .1945 – World War II: On the first day of thebombing of Dresden , the BritishRoyal Air Force and theUnited States Army Air Forces beginfire-bombing Dresden .1945 – World War II: Navigational error leads to the mistakenbombing of Prague ,Czechoslovakia by aUnited States Army Air Forces squadron ofB-17s assisting in the SovietRed Army 'sVistula–Oder Offensive . 1945 – World War II:Mostar is liberated byYugoslav partisans 1945 – PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt meets KingIbn Saud ofSaudi Arabia aboard theUSS Quincy , officially beginningU.S.-Saudi diplomatic relations . 1946 – TheBank of England is nationalized.1947 – Theact abolishing allnoble ranks and relatedstyles comes into force inHungary .[ 13] 1949 – TheKnesset (parliament ofIsrael ) convenes for the first time.1949 – TheAsbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of theQuiet Revolution inQuebec . 1954 –First Indochina War - small French garrison atĐắk Đoa is overrun by theViet Minh after a week's siege.[ 14] 1961 –Discovery of the chemical elements : Element 103,Lawrencium , is first synthesized at theUniversity of California .1979 – InKabul ,Setami Milli militants kidnap the Americanambassador toAfghanistan ,Adolph Dubs who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police.1983 – United American Bank ofKnoxville, Tennessee collapses. Its president,Jake Butcher , is later convicted offraud .1989 –Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million to theIndian government for damages it caused in the1984 Bhopal disaster .1989 –Iranian leaderRuhollah Khomeini issues afatwa encouragingMuslims to killSalman Rushdie , author ofThe Satanic Verses 1990 – Ninety-two people are killed whenIndian Airlines Flight 605 crashes inBangalore , India.1990 – TheVoyager 1 Earth that later becomes famous asPale Blue Dot 1998 – An oil tanker train collides with afreight train inYaoundé , Cameroon, spillingfuel oil . One person scavenging the oil createda massive explosion which killed 120.2000 – The spacecraftNEAR Shoemaker 433 Eros , the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.2003 –Iraq disarmament crisis :UNMOVIC Executive ChairmanHans Blix reports to theUnited Nations Security Council that disarmament inspectors have found noweapons of mass destruction inBa'athist Iraq .[ 15] 2004 – In a suburb ofMoscow , Russia, the roof of theTransvaal water park collapses, killing more than 28 people, and wounding 193 others.2005 – InBeirut , 23 people, including formerPrime Minister Rafic Hariri , are killed when the equivalent of around 1,000 kg ofTNT is detonated while Hariri'smotorcade drives through the city.[ 16] 2005 – Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspectedal-Qaeda -linked militants that hitMakati ,Davao City , andGeneral Santos , all in the Philippines. 2005 –YouTube is launched by a group ofcollege students , eventually becoming the largestvideo sharing website in the world and a main source forviral videos . 2008 –Northern Illinois University shooting : A gunman opens fire in alecture hall ofNorthern Illinois University inDeKalb County, Illinois , resulting in six fatalities (including the gunman) and 21 injuries.2011 – As a part ofArab Spring , theBahraini uprising begins with a'Day of Rage' .2018 –Jacob Zuma resigns asPresident of South Africa .2018 –A shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School inParkland, Florida is one of thedeadliest school massacres with 17 fatalities and 17 injuries.[ 17] 2019 –Pulwama attack takes place inLethpora inPulwama district ,Jammu and Kashmir , India in which 40Central Reserve Police Force personnel and a suicide bomber were killed and 35 were injured.2020 - At least 22 people are killed in anattack on a village inNorthwest Region ,Cameroon .[ 18] 1404 –Leon Battista Alberti , Italian painter, poet, and philosopher (died 1472)1408 –John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel (died 1435)1452 –Pandolfo Petrucci , tyrant of Siena (died 1512)1468 –Johannes Werner , German priest and mathematician (died 1522)1483 –Babur , Moghul emperor (died 1530)1490 –Valentin Friedland , German scholar and educationist of the Reformation (died 1556)[ 19] 1513 –Domenico Ferrabosco , Italian composer (died 1573)1545 –Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara (died 1561)1602 –Francesco Cavalli , Italian composer (died 1676)[ 20] 1614 –John Wilkins , English bishop, academic and natural philosopher (died 1672)[ 21] [ 22] 1625 – Countess PalatineMaria Euphrosyne of Zweibrücken , Swedish princess (died 1687)[ 23] 1628 –Valentine Greatrakes , Irish faith healer (died 1683)[ 24] 1640 –Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (died 1693)[ 25] 1670 –Rajaram Raj Bhonsle , third Chhatrapati of theMaratha Confederacy (died 1700)[ 26] 1679 –Georg Friedrich Kauffmann , German organist and composer (died 1735)1692 –Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée , French author and playwright (died 1754)1701 –Enrique Flórez , Spanish historian and author (died 1773)1763 –Jean Victor Marie Moreau , French general (died 1813)1782 –Eleanora Atherton , English philanthropist (died 1870)[ 27] 1784 –Heinrich Baermann , German clarinetist (died 1847)1799 –Walenty Wańkowicz , Polish painter and illustrator (died 1842)1800 –Emory Washburn , American historian, lawyer, and politician, 22ndGovernor of Massachusetts (died 1877)1808 –Michael Costa , Italian-English conductor and composer (died 1884)1812 –Fernando Wood , American merchant and politician, 73rdMayor of New York City (died 1881)[ 28] 1813 –Lydia Hamilton Smith , African-American businesswoman (died 1884)[ 29] 1819 –Christopher Latham Sholes , American journalist and politician, invented thetypewriter (died 1890)1824 –Winfield Scott Hancock , American general and politician (died 1886)1828 –Edmond François Valentin About , French journalist and author (died 1885)1829 –Alfred Iverson Jr. , American Confederate Army officer (died 1911)[ 30] 1835 –Piet Paaltjens , Dutch minister and poet (died 1894)1838 –Margaret E. Knight , American inventor (died 1914)1846 –Julian Scott , American soldier and drummer,Medal of Honor recipient (died 1901)1847 –Anna Howard Shaw , American physician, minister, and activist (died 1919)1848 –Benjamin Baillaud , French astronomer and academic (died 1934)1855 –Frank Harris , Irish author and journalist (died 1931)1859 –George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. , American engineer, inventor of theFerris wheel (died 1896)1860 –Eugen Schiffer , German lawyer and politician,Vice-Chancellor of Germany (died 1954)1869 –Charles Thomson Rees Wilson , Scottish physicist and meteorologist,Nobel Prize laureate (died 1959)1878 –Julius Nieuwland , Belgian priest, chemist and academic (died 1936)1882 –John Barrymore , American actor (died 1942)1884 –Nils Olaf Chrisander , Swedish actor and director (died 1947)1884 –Kostas Varnalis , Greek poet and playwright (died 1974) 1888 –Chandrashekhar Agashe , Indian industrialist (died 1956)[ 31] 1890 –Nina Hamnett , Welsh-English painter and author (died 1956)1890 –Dick Richards , Welsh international footballer (died 1934)[ 32] 1891 –Katherine Stinson , American aviator (died 1977)1892 –Radola Gajda , Czech commander and politician (died 1948)1894 –Jack Benny , American actor and producer (died 1974)[ 33] 1895 –Wilhelm Burgdorf , German general (died 1945)1895 –Max Horkheimer , German philosopher and sociologist (died 1973) 1898 –Bill Tilman , English mountaineer and explorer (died 1977)1898 –Fritz Zwicky , Swiss-American physicist and astronomer (died 1974) 1900 –Jessica Dragonette , American singer (died 1980)[ 34] 1902 –Thelma Ritter , American actress and singer (died 1969)[ 35] 1903 –Stuart Erwin , American actor (died 1967)1907 –Johnny Longden , English-American jockey and trainer (died 2003)1911 –Willem Johan Kolff , Dutch physician and inventor (died 2009)1912 –Tibor Sekelj , Hungarian lawyer, explorer, and author (died 1988)1913 –Mel Allen , American sportscaster (died 1996)1913 –Woody Hayes , American football player and coach (died 1987)[ 35] 1913 –Jimmy Hoffa , American trade union leader (died 1975)[ 35] 1913 –James Pike , American bishop (died 1969) 1915 –Sally Gray , English actress and singer (died 2006)1916 –Marcel Bigeard , French general (died 2010)1916 –Masaki Kobayashi , Japanese director and producer (died 1996) 1916 –Edward Platt , American actor (died 1974) 1917 –Herbert A. Hauptman , American mathematician and academic,Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011)1921 –Hugh Downs , American journalist, game show host, and producer (died 2020)[ 35] 1921 –Hazel McCallion , Canadian businesswoman and politician, 3rdMayor of Mississauga (died 2023)[ 36] 1923 –Jay Hebert , American golfer (died 1997)1924 –Juan Ponce Enrile , Filipino politician and lawyer (died 2025)[ 37] [ 38] 1924 –Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (died 2017) 1927 –Lois Maxwell , Canadian-Australian model and actress (died 2007)1928 –William Allain , American lawyer and politician, 58thGovernor of Mississippi (died 2013)1928 –Vicente T. Blaz , American general and politician (died 2014) 1929 –Vic Morrow , American actor and director (died 1982)1931 –Brian Kelly , American actor and director (died 2005)1932 –Harriet Andersson , Swedish actress1933 –Nell Hall Williams , American quilter (died 2021)[ 39] 1934 –Florence Henderson , American actress and singer (died 2016)[ 35] 1935 –David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn , Scottish academic and diplomat, 27thGovernor of Hong Kong 1936 –Anna German , Polish singer (died 1982)1937 –John MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market , English politician,Secretary of State for Transport 1937 –Magic Sam , American singer and guitarist (died 1969)[ 40] 1939 –Razzy Bailey , American country music singer-songwriter and musician (died 2021)1939 –Blowfly , American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2016)[ 41] 1939 –Eugene Fama , American economist and academic,Nobel Prize laureate 1941 –Donna Shalala , American academic and politician, 18thUnited States Secretary of Health and Human Services 1941 –Paul Tsongas , American lawyer and politician (died 1997) 1942 –Michael Bloomberg , American businessman and politician, 108thMayor of New York City [ 35] 1942 –Andrew Robinson , American actor and director 1942 –Ricardo Rodríguez , Mexican racing driver (died 1962) 1943 –Maceo Parker , American saxophonist[ 42] 1944 –Carl Bernstein , American journalist and author[ 35] 1944 –Alan Parker , English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2020) 1944 –Ronnie Peterson , Swedish racing driver (died 1978)[ 43] 1945 –Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein 1945 –Rod Masterson , American lieutenant and actor (died 2013) 1946 –Bernard Dowiyogo , Nauru politician,President of Nauru (died 2003)1946 –Gregory Hines , American actor, singer, and dancer (died 2003)[ 35] 1947 –Tim Buckley , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1975)1947 –Judd Gregg , American lawyer and politician, 76thGovernor of New Hampshire 1947 –John Quayle , Australian rugby league player and administrator[ 44] 1947 –Phạm Tuân , Vietnamese aviator and cosmonaut[ 45] 1947 –Stephen A. Schwarzman , American businessman[ 46] 1948 –Mayra Gómez Kemp , Cuban-Spanish television host and actress (died 2024)[ 47] 1948 –Kitten Natividad , Mexican-American actress and dancer (died 2022) 1948 –Pat O'Brien , American journalist and author[ 48] 1948 –Wally Tax , Dutch singer-songwriter (died 2005) 1948 –Teller , American magician and actor[ 48] 1950 –Roger Fisher , American guitarist and songwriter1951 –Terry Gross , American radio host and producer[ 35] 1951 –Kevin Keegan , English footballer and manager 1952 –Sushma Swaraj , Indian lawyer and politician,Indian Minister of External Affairs (died 2019)1954 –Jam Mohammad Yousaf , Pakistani politician,Chief Minister of Balochistan (died 2013)1955 –Carol Kalish , American publisher (died 1991)1956 –Howard Davis Jr. , American boxer and trainer (died 2015)1956 –Dave Dravecky , American baseball player 1956 –Katharina Fritsch , German sculptor and academic 1957 –Soile Isokoski , Finnish soprano and actress1957 –Alan Smith , English bishop[ 49] 1957 –Ken Wahl , American actor[ 48] 1958 –Grant Thomas , Australian footballer and coach1959 –Renée Fleming , American soprano and actress[ 48] 1960 –Philip Jones , English admiral[ 50] 1960 –Jim Kelly , American football player and businessman 1960 –Meg Tilly , American actress and author[ 48] 1961 –D'Wayne Wiggins , American musical artist (died 2025)[ 51] 1962 –Sakina Jaffrey , American actress[ 48] 1963 –Enrico Colantoni , Canadian actor, director, and producer[ 48] 1964 –Gianni Bugno , Italian cyclist and sportscaster1964 –Zach Galligan , American actor[ 48] 1966 –Petr Svoboda , Czech ice hockey player and agent1967 –Stelios Haji-Ioannou , Greek-English businessman, foundedeasyJet 1967 –Calle Johansson , Swedish ice hockey player and coach[ 52] 1967 –Manuela Maleeva , Bulgarian-Swiss tennis player 1967 –Bernie Moreno , American politician and businessman[ 53] 1967 –Mark Rutte , Dutch businessman and politician,Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1968 –Jules Asner , American model and television host1968 –Chris Lewis , Guyanese-English cricketer 1968 –Scott McClellan , American civil servant and author, 25thWhite House Press Secretary 1969 –Meg Hillier , English journalist and politician,Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 1970 –Giuseppe Guerini , Italian cyclist1970 –Sean Hill , American ice hockey player 1970 –Simon Pegg , English actor, director, and producer[ 48] 1970 –Takashi Saito , Japanese baseball player[ 54] 1971 –Kris Aquino , Filipino talk show host, actress, and producer1971 –Gheorghe Mureșan , Romanian basketball player 1972 –Drew Bledsoe , American football player and coach1972 –Musōyama Masashi , Japanese sumo wrestler 1972 –Najwa Nimri , Spanish actress and singer[ 55] 1972 –Jaan Tallinn , Estonian computer programmer, co-developedSkype 1972 –Rob Thomas , American singer-songwriter[ 48] 1973 –H. D. Ackerman , South African cricketer1973 –Annalisa Buffa , Italian mathematician 1973 –Tyus Edney , American basketball player and coach 1973 –Steve McNair , American football player (died 2009) 1974 –Valentina Vezzali , Italian fencer and politician1975 –Viktor Kozlov , Russian ice hockey player and coach[ 56] 1975 –Dámaso Marte , Dominican baseball player[ 57] 1976 –Milan Hejduk , Czech-American ice hockey player[ 58] 1976 –Liv Kristine , Norwegian singer-songwriter 1976 –Rie Rasmussen , Danish model, film director, writer, photographer, and actress 1977 –Anna Erschler , Russian mathematician1977 –Cadel Evans , Australian cyclist 1977 –Jim Jefferies , Australian comedian and actor 1977 –Darren Purse , English footballer 1977 –Elmer Symons , South African motorcycle racer (died 2007) 1978 –Danai Gurira , American-Zimbabwean actress[ 48] 1978 –Richard Hamilton , American basketball player1978 –Darius Songaila , Lithuanian basketball player and coach 1980 –Josh Senter , American screenwriter and producer1980 –Michelle Ye , Hong Kong actress and producer 1981 –Matteo Brighi , Italian footballer1981 –Randy de Puniet , French motorcycle racer 1981 –Brad Halsey , American baseball player (died 2014) 1981 –Kara Lawson , American basketball player and coach[ 59] 1981 –Jared Lorenzen , American football player (died 2019)[ 60] 1982 –Marián Gáborík , Slovak ice hockey player1982 –John Halls , English footballer and model 1982 –Lenka Tvarošková , Slovak tennis player 1983 –Callix Crabbe , Virgin Islander baseball player1983 –Rocky Elsom , Australian rugby player 1983 –Bacary Sagna , French footballer 1984 –Matt Barr , American actor[ 48] 1985 –Karima Adebibe , English model and actress1985 –Tyler Clippard , American baseball player 1985 –Heart Evangelista , Filipino singer and actress 1985 –Philippe Senderos , Swiss footballer[ 61] 1985 –Miki Yeung , Hong Kong singer and actress 1986 –Michael Ammermüller , German racing driver1986 –Oliver Lee , English actor, director, and screenwriter 1986 –Gao Lin , Chinese footballer 1986 –Tiffany Thornton , American actress and singer[ 48] 1987 –Edinson Cavani , Uruguayan footballer1987 –Tom Pyatt , Canadian ice hockey player 1987 –David Wheater , English footballer 1987 –Candice Wiggins , American basketball player[ 62] 1988 –Katie Boland , Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter1988 –Ángel Di María , Argentinian footballer 1988 –Siim Liivik , Estonian ice hockey player 1989 –Néstor Calderón , Mexican footballer1989 –Adam Matuszczyk , Polish footballer 1989 –Emma Miskew , Canadian curler[ 63] 1989 –Byron Mullens , American basketball player[ 64] 1989 –Derek Norris , American baseball player[ 65] 1989 –Brandon Sutter , Canadian ice hockey player 1989 –Jurij Tepeš , Slovenian ski jumper 1989 –Kristian Thomas , English gymnast[ 66] 1990 –Chris Babb , American basketball player[ 67] 1990 –Brett Dier , Canadian actor[ 48] 1990 –Bogdan Kiselevich , Russian ice hockey player[ 68] 1990 –Sefa Yılmaz , German-Turkish footballer 1991 –Daniela Mona Lambin , Estonian footballer[ 69] 1992 –Christian Eriksen , Danish footballer[ 70] 1992 –Freddie Highmore , English actor[ 48] 1992 –Petr Mrázek , Czech ice hockey player[ 71] 1993 –Jadeveon Clowney , American football player[ 72] 1993 –Alberto Rosende , American actor and singer[ 35] 1996 –Nikolaj Ehlers , Danish ice hockey player[ 73] 1996 –Poasa Faamausili , New Zealand rugby league player[ 74] 1996 –Lucas Hernandez , French footballer[ 75] 1997 –Jaehyun , South Korean singer and actor[ 76] 1997 –Breel Embolo , Swiss footballer[ 77] 1999 –Tyler Adams , American soccer player[ 78] 2000 –Gabriel Moreno , Venezuelan baseball player[ 79] 269 –Saint Valentine , Roman saint[ 80] 869 –Cyril , Greek missionary bishop and saint (born 827)945 –Lian Chongyu , Chinese general945 –Zhu Wenjin , Chinese emperor 1009 –Bruno of Querfurt , German missionary bishop1010 –Fujiwara no Korechika , Japanese nobleman (born 974)1140 –Leo I , Armenian prince1140 –Sobĕslav I , duke of Bohemia 1164 –Sviatoslav Olgovich , Kievan prince1229 –Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson , king of the Isles1317 –Margaret of France , queen of England1400 –Richard II , king of England (born 1367)1440 –Dietrich of Oldenburg , German nobleman1489 –Nicolaus von Tüngen , prince-bishop of Warmia1528 –Edzard I , German nobleman (born 1462)1549 –Il Sodoma , Italian painter (born 1477)1676 –Abraham Bosse , French engraver and illustrator (born 1602)1714 –Maria Luisa of Savoy , queen of Spain (born 1688)1737 –Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot , English lawyer and politicianLord Chancellor of Great Britain (born 1685)1744 –John Hadley , English mathematician, invented theoctant (born 1682)1755 –Isidro de Espinosa , Franciscan missionary from Spanish Texas (born 1679)[ 81] 1779 –James Cook , English captain, cartographer, and explorer (born 1728)1780 –William Blackstone , English jurist and politician (born 1723)1782 –Singu Min , Burmese king (born 1756)1808 –John Dickinson , American lawyer and politician 5thGovernor of Delaware (born 1732)1831 –Vicente Guerrero , Mexican general and politician, 2ndPresident of Mexico (born 1782)1831 –Henry Maudslay , English engineer (born 1771) 1870 –St. John Richardson Liddell , American general (born 1815)1881 –Fernando Wood , American merchant and politician, 73rdMayor of New York City (born 1812)1884 –Lydia Hamilton Smith , African-American businesswoman (born 1813)[ 29] 1885 –Jules Vallès , French journalist and author (born 1832)1891 –William Tecumseh Sherman , American general (born 1820)1894 –Eugène Charles Catalan , Belgian-French mathematician and academic (born 1814)1910 –Giovanni Passannante , Italian anarchist (born 1849)1922 –Heikki Ritavuori , Finnish lawyer and politician (born 1880; assassinated)[ 82] 1923 –Charles Henry Turner , American zoologist, educator, and comparative psychologist (born 1867)[ 83] 1924 –Amalie Andersen , Norwegian actress (born 1861)[ 84] 1929 –Thomas Burke , American sprinter, coach, and lawyer (born 1875)1930 –Thomas Mackenzie , Scottish-New Zealand cartographer and politician, 18thPrime Minister of New Zealand (born 1853)1933 –Carl Correns , German botanist and geneticist (born 1864)1937 –Erkki Melartin , Finnish composer (born 1875)[ 85] 1942 –Adnan Saidi , Malayan lieutenant (born 1915)1943 –Dora Gerson , German actress and singer (born 1899)1943 –David Hilbert , Russian-German mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (born 1862) 1948 –Mordecai Brown , American baseball player and manager (born 1876)1949 –Yusuf Salman Yusuf , Iraqi politician (born 1901)1950 –Karl Guthe Jansky , American physicist and engineer (born 1905)1952 –Maurice De Waele , Belgian cyclist (born 1896)1956 –Harold Edward Dahl , American pilot and mercenary (born 1909)[ 86] 1958 –Abdur Rab Nishtar , Pakistani politician, 2ndGovernor of Punjab (born 1899)1959 –Baby Dodds , American drummer (born 1898)1967 –Sig Ruman , German-American actor (born 1884)1969 –Vito Genovese , Italian-American mob boss (born 1897)1970 –Herbert Strudwick , English cricketer and coach (born 1880)1974 –Stewie Dempster , New Zealand cricketer and coach (born 1903)1975 –Julian Huxley , English biologist and eugenicist, co-founded theWorld Wide Fund for Nature (born 1887)1975 –P. G. Wodehouse , English novelist and playwright (born 1881) 1976 –Gertrud Dorka , German archaeologist, prehistorian and museum director (born 1893)[ 87] 1976 –George Washington Bacon III , American soldier, CIA agent, andmercenary (born 1946)[ 88] 1976 –Charlie Christodoulou , British soldier and mercenary of theAngolan Civil War (born 1951)[ 89] 1979 –Adolph Dubs , American lieutenant and diplomat,United States Ambassador to Afghanistan (born 1920)[ 90] 1983 –Lina Radke , German runner and coach (born 1903)1986 –Edmund Rubbra , English composer and conductor (born 1901)1987 –Dmitry Kabalevsky , Russian pianist and composer (born 1904)1988 –Frederick Loewe , German-American composer (born 1901)1989 –James Bond , American ornithologist and zoologist (born 1900)1989 –Vincent Crane , English pianist (born 1943) 1994 –Andrei Chikatilo , Soviet serial killer (born 1936)1994 –Christopher Lasch , American historian and critic (born 1932) 1995 –Michael V. Gazzo , American actor and playwright (born 1923)1995 –U Nu , Burmese politician, 1stPrime Minister of Burma (born 1907) 1996 –Bob Paisley , English footballer and manager (born 1919)1998 –Peter Koch (wood scientist) , American industrial engineer and wood scientist (born 1920)[ 91] 1999 –John Ehrlichman , American lawyer and politician, 12thWhite House Counsel (born 1925)1999 –Buddy Knox , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1933) 2002 –Nándor Hidegkuti , Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1922)2002 –Mick Tucker , English drummer (born 1947) 2003 –Johnny Longden , English jockey and trainer (born 1907)2004 –Marco Pantani , Italian cyclist (born 1970)2005 –Rafic Hariri , Lebanese businessman and politician, 60thPrime Minister of Lebanon (born 1944;assassinated )[ 92] 2006 –Lynden David Hall , English singer-songwriter and producer (born 1974)2007 –Ryan Larkin , Canadian animator and director (born 1943)2007 –Gareth Morris , English flute player and educator (born 1920) 2008 –Perry Lopez , American actor (born 1929)[ 93] 2009 –Bernard Ashley , English engineer and businessman, co-foundedLaura Ashley plc (born 1926)2009 –Louie Bellson , American drummer and composer (born 1924) 2010 –Doug Fieger , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1952)2010 –Dick Francis , Welsh jockey and author (born 1920) 2010 –Linnart Mäll , Estonian historian, orientalist, and translator (born 1938) 2011 –George Shearing , English-American pianist and composer (born 1919)2012 –Mike Bernardo , South African boxer and martial artist (born 1969)2012 –Tonmi Lillman , Finnish drummer and producer (born 1973) 2012 –Dory Previn , American singer-songwriter (born 1925) 2012 –Péter Rusorán , Hungarian swimmer, water polo player, and coach (born 1940) 2013 –Glenn Boyer , American historian and author (born 1924)2013 –Ronald Dworkin , American philosopher and scholar (born 1931) 2014 –Tom Finney , English footballer (born 1922)2014 –Chris Pearson , Canadian lawyer and politician, 1stPremier of Yukon (born 1931) 2014 –Mike Stepovich , American lawyer and politician,Governor of Alaska Territory (born 1919) 2015 –Louis Jourdan , French-American actor and singer (born 1921)2015 –Philip Levine , American poet and academic (born 1928) 2015 –Franjo Mihalić , Croatian-Serbian runner and coach (born 1920) 2016 –Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury , English lieutenant, engineer, and politician (born 1928)2016 –Steven Stucky , American composer and academic (born 1949)[ 94] 2018 –Ruud Lubbers , Dutch politician and diplomat,Prime Minister andUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (born 1939)[ 95] 2018 –Morgan Tsvangirai , 2nd Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (born 1952)[ 96] 2019 –Andrea Levy , English author (born 1956)[ 97] 2021 –Carlos Menem , Argentine former president, lawyer, and statesman (born 1930)[ 98] 2021 –William Meninger , American Trappist monk and a principal developer ofCentering Prayer (born 1932)[ 99] Holidays and observances [ edit ] ^a b "Valentine's Day | Definition, History, & Traditions | Britannica" .www.britannica.com .Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. 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