February 8

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February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 326 days remain until the end of the year (327 in leap years).

Events

• 421 – Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
• 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir.
• 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of Al Mansurah.
• 1347 – The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 ends with a power-sharing agreement between John VI Kantakouzenos and John V Palaiologos.
• 1575 – Universiteit Leiden is founded, and given the motto Praesidium Libertatis.
• 1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
• 1601 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebels against Queen Elizabeth I – the revolt is quickly crushed.
• 1693 – The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia is granted a charter by King William III and Queen Mary II.
• 1726 – The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia.
• 1807 – Battle of Eylau – Napoleon defeats Russians under General Bennigsen.
• 1817 – Las Heras crosses the Andes with an army to join San Martín and liberate Chile from Spain.
• 1837 – Richard Johnson becomes the first Vice President of the United States chosen by the United States Senate.
• 1855 – The Devil's Footprints mysteriously appear in southern Devon.
• 1856 – Barbu Dimitrie Ştirbei abolishes slavery in Wallachia.
• 1865 – In the United States, Delaware voters reject the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and vote to continue the practice of slavery. (Delaware finally ratifies the amendment on February 12, 1901.)
• 1879 – Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
• 1879 – The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked during a riot during a match in Sydney.
• 1885 – The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
• 1887 – The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
• 1904 – Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
• 1910 – The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
• 1915 – D.W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
• 1922 – President Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio in the White House.
• 1924 – Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
• 1942 – World War II: Japan invades Singapore.
• 1945 – World War II: The United Kingdom and Canada commence Operation Veritable to occupy the west bank of the Rhine.
• 1946 – The first portion of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the first serious challenge to the popularity of the Authorized King James Version, is published.
• 1948 – The formal creation of the Korean People's Army of North Korea is announced.
• 1949 – Cardinal Mindszenty of Hungary is sentenced for treason.
• 1950 – The Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, is established.
• 1952 – Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom.
• 1955 – The Government of Sindh, Pakistan, abolishes the Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000 km²) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.
• 1960 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issues an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name "Mountbatten-Windsor".
• 1960 – The first eight brass star plaques are installed in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• 1962 – Charonne massacre. Nine trade unionists are killed by French police at the instigation of Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Paris Prefecture of Police.
• 1963 – Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy administration.
• 1963 – The First full Color Television program in the World, publicly advertised, is broadcast in Mexico City by XHGC-TV, Channel 5, due to technical breakthrough advances made by Mexican Engineer Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena.
• 1963 – The regime of Prime Minister of Iraq, Brigadier General Abdul-Karim Qassem is overthrown by the Ba'ath Party.
• 1965 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean and explodes, killing everyone aboard.
• 1968 – American civil rights movement: The Orangeburg massacre: An attack on black students from South Carolina State University who are protesting racial segregation at the town's only bowling alley, leaves three or four dead in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
• 1969 – Allende meteorite falls near Pueblito de Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico.
• 1971 – The NASDAQ stock market index opens for the first time.
• 1971 – South Vietnamese ground troops launch an incursion into Laos to try to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail and stop communist infiltration.
• 1974 – After 84 days in space, the crew of Skylab 4, the last crew to visit American space station Skylab, returns to Earth.
• 1974 – Military coup in Upper Volta.
• 1978 – Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcast on radio for the first time.
• 1981 – Twenty-one association football spectators are trampled to death at Karaiskakis Stadium in Neo Faliro, Greece, after a football match between Olympiacos F.C. and AEK Athens FC.
• 1983 – The Melbourne dust storm hits Australia's second largest city. The result of the worst drought on record and a day of severe weather conditions, a 320 metres (1,050 ft) deep dust cloud envelops the city, turning day to night.
• 1986 – The Hinton train collision: 23 people are killed when a VIA Rail passenger train collides with a 118-car Canadian National freight train near the town of Hinton, Alberta, west of Edmonton. It is the worst rail accident in Canada until the Lac-Mégantic, Quebec derailment in 2013 which killed forty-seven people.
• 1993 – General Motors sues NBC after Dateline NBC allegedly rigs two crashes intended to demonstrate that some GM pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settles the lawsuit the next day.
• 1996 – The U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act.
• 1996 – The massive Internet collaboration "24 Hours in Cyberspace" takes place.

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• 2010 – A freak storm in the Hindukush mountains of Afghanistan triggers a series of at least 36 avalanches, burying over two miles of road, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 travelers.
• 2013 – A blizzard disrupts transportation and leaves hundreds of thousands of people without electricity in the Northeastern United States and parts of Canada.
• 2014 – A hotel fire in Medina, Saudi Arabia kills 15 Egyptian pilgrims with 130 also injured.

Births

• 120 – Vettius Valens, Greek astrologer (d. 175)
• 412 – Proclus, Greek philosopher (d. 485)
• 1191 – Yaroslav II of Vladimir (d. 1246)
• 1291 – Afonso IV of Portugal (d. 1357)
• 1405 – Constantine XI Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1453)
• 1487 – Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1550)
• 1552 – Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet and soldier (d. 1630)
• 1577 – Robert Burton, English scholar (d. 1640)
• 1612 – Samuel Butler, English poet (d. 1680)
• 1649 – Gabriel Daniel, French historian (d. 1728)
• 1685 – Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian (d. 1770)
• 1700 – Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist (d. 1782)
• 1708 – Václav Jan Kopřiva, Bohemian organist and composer (d. 1789)
• 1720 – Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1750)
• 1741 – André Grétry, Belgian-French composer (d. 1813)
• 1762 – Gia Long, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1820)
• 1764 – Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer (d. 1846)
• 1792 – Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (d. 1873)
• 1798 – Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia (d. 1849)
• 1804 – Richard Lemon Lander, English explorer (d. 1834)
• 1807 – Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, English sculptor (d. 1889)
• 1819 – John Ruskin, English author (d. 1900)
• 1820 – William Tecumseh Sherman, American general (d. 1891)
• 1822 – Maxime Du Camp, French photographer and journalist (d. 1894)
• 1825 – Henry Walter Bates, English explorer (d. 1892)
• 1828 – Jules Verne, French author (d. 1905)
• 1829 – Vital-Justin Grandin, French-Canadian bishop (d. 1902)
• 1834 – Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist (d. 1907)
• 1850 – Kate Chopin, American author (d. 1904)
• 1866 – Moses Gomberg, Russian-American chemist (d. 1947)
• 1878 – Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher (d. 1965)
• 1880 – Franz Marc, German painter (d. 1916)
• 1880 – Viktor Schwanneke, German actor and director (d. 1931)
• 1882 – Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant (d. 1908)
• 1883 – Joseph Schumpeter, Austrian economist (d. 1950)
• 1884 – Reginald Baker, Australian boxer, rugby player, and actor (d. 1953)
• 1886 – Charles Ruggles, American actor (d. 1970)
• 1888 – Edith Evans, English actress (d. 1976)
• 1890 – Claro M. Recto, Filipino jurist and politician (d. 1960)
• 1893 – Ba Maw, Burmese politician (d. 1977)
• 1894 – Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher and author (d. 1971)
• 1894 – King Vidor, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1982)
• 1897 – Zakir Hussain, Indian politician, 3rd president of India (d. 1969)
• 1899 – Lonnie Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1970)
• 1900 – Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Russian animator and director (d. 1987)
• 1902 – Demchugdongrub, Mongolian activist (d. 1966)
• 1903 – Greta Keller, Austrian-American singer and actress (d. 1977)
• 1903 – Aleksander Mitt, Estonian speed skater (d. 1942)
• 1906 – Chester Carlson, American physicist, invented Xerography (d. 1968)
• 1909 – Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian philanthropist (d. 2012)
• 1911 – Elizabeth Bishop, American poet (d. 1979)
• 1913 – Betty Field, American actress (d. 1973)
• 1913 – Danai Stratigopoulou, Greek singer (d. 2009)
• 1914 – Bill Finger, American screenwriter and author (d. 1974)
• 1915 – Georges Guétary, Egyptian-French singer, dancer, and actor (d. 1997)
• 1918 – Freddie Blassie, American wrestler and manager (d. 2003)
• 1920 – Herbert Siegert, German footballer and manager
• 1921 – Barney Danson, Canadian politician (d. 2011)
• 1921 – Lana Turner, American actress (d. 1995)
• 1922 – Audrey Meadows, American actress (d. 1996)
• 1924 – Lisel Mueller, American poet
• 1925 – Jack Lemmon, American actor, singer, and director (d. 2001)
• 1926 – Neal Cassady, American author and poet (d. 1968)
• 1928 – Osian Ellis, Welsh harp player and composer
• 1928 – Jack Larson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1928 – Gene Lees, Canadian journalist and songwriter (d. 2010)
• 1929 – Claude Rich, French actor
• 1930 – James Deetz, American anthropologist (d. 2000)
• 1930 – Alejandro Rey, Argentinian actor (d. 1987)
• 1930 – Arlan Stangeland, American politician (d. 2013)
• 1931 – James Dean, American actor (d. 1955)
• 1932 – Cliff Allison, English race car driver (d. 2005)
• 1932 – Vladas Garastas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
• 1932 – Elspeth Howe, Baroness Howe of Idlicote, English politician
• 1932 – Jean Saunders, English author (d. 2011)
• 1932 – John Williams, American pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1933 – Elly Ameling, Dutch soprano
• 1933 – Uno Palu, Estonian decathlete
• 1935 – Council Cargle, American actor (d. 2013)
• 1936 – Larry Verne, American singer (d. 2013)
• 1937 – Manfred Krug, German actor and singer
• 1937 – Joe Raposo, American pianist and composer (d. 1989)
• 1939 – Ken Iman, American football player (d. 2010)
• 1939 – Jose Maria Sison, Filipino activist
• 1940 – Averil Cameron, English academic
• 1940 – Ted Koppel, American journalist
• 1941 – Nick Nolte, American actor
• 1941 – Tom Rush, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1941 – Jagjit Singh, Indian singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
• 1942 – Robert Klein, American comedian, actor, and singer
• 1942 – Terry Melcher, American singer-songwriter and producer (Bruce & Terry) (d. 2004)
• 1942 – Bob Munden, American target shooter (d. 2012)
• 1943 – Creed Bratton, American actor and singer (The Grass Roots)
• 1943 – Pirzada Qasim, Pakistani poet and academic
• 1944 – Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor (d. 2014)
• 1944 – Tony Minson, English virologist
• 1944 – Sebastião Salgado, Brazilian photographer
• 1948 – Lynda Lyon Block, American murderer (d. 2002)
• 1948 – Dan Seals, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (England Dan and John Ford Coley) (d. 2009)
• 1948 – Ron Tyson, American singer-songwriter (The Temptations)
• 1949 – Brooke Adams, American actress
• 1949 – Niels Arestrup, French actor
• 1950 – Cristina Ferrare, American model and actress
• 1951 – Z'EV, American poet and drummer
• 1951 – Sharman McDonald, Scottish actress, playwright, and screenwriter
• 1952 – Marinho Chagas, Brazilian footballer and coach (d. 2014)
• 1952 – Daisuke Gōri, Japanese actor (d. 2010)
• 1953 – Roger Clavet, Canadian politician
• 1953 – Mary Steenburgen, American actress
• 1955 – John Grisham, American lawyer and author
• 1955 – Jim Neidhart, American wrestler
• 1955 – Nancy Oliver, American playwright and screenwriter
• 1956 – Marques Johnson, American basketball player
• 1956 – Dave Meros, American bass player (Spock's Beard)
• 1956 – Kostas Triantafyllopoulos, Greek actor
• 1958 – Sherri Martel, American wrestler and manager (d. 2007)
• 1959 – Damir Maričić, Croatian footballer
• 1960 – Benigno Aquino III, Filipino politician, 15th President of the Philippines
• 1960 – Dino Ciccarelli, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1960 – Stuart Hamm, American bass player
• 1961 – Vince Neil, American singer-songwriter (Mötley Crüe)
• 1961 – Bruce Timm, American animator and producer
• 1962 – Misty Blue Simmes, American wrestler
• 1962 – Daniel Levy, English businessman
• 1963 – Mohammad Azharuddin, Indian cricketer
• 1963 – Joshua Kadison, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1964 – Robert Nebřenský, Czech actor and singer
• 1964 – Trinny Woodall, English fashion designer and author
• 1965 – Dicky Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer (Big Four)
• 1965 – Miguel Pardeza, Spanish footballer
• 1966 – Ulrich Hesse-Lichtenberger, German author
• 1966 – Bruno Labbadia, German footballer
• 1966 – Sarah Montague, English journalist and radio host
• 1966 – Kirk Muller, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1966 – Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian footballer
• 1967 – Rachel Cusk, Canadian-English author
• 1968 – Gary Coleman, American actor (d. 2010)
• 1968 – Nasos Thanopoulos, Greek businessman
• 1969 – Mary Robinette Kowal, American puppeteer and author
• 1969 – Mary McCormack, American actress
• 1969 – Shiva Rose, American actress
• 1970 – John Filan, Australian footballer
• 1970 – Alonzo Mourning, American basketball player
• 1971 – Andre El Haddad, Lebanese footballer and referee
• 1971 – Mika Karppinen, Swedish-Finnish drummer (HIM and To Separate the Flesh from the Bones)
• 1971 – Andrus Veerpalu, Estonian skier
• 1971 – Aidy Boothroyd, English footballer and manager
• 1972 – Big Show, American wrestler and actor
• 1973 – Keith McDonald, American baseball player
• 1973 – Project Pat, American rapper
• 1974 – Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, French DJ and producer (Daft Punk)
• 1974 – Ulises de la Cruz, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1974 – Seth Green, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1974 – Kimbo Slice, Bahamian-American boxer, mixed martial artist, and actor
• 1974 – Chris Waitt, English singer and director
• 1976 – Sharon Duncan Brewster, English actress
• 1976 – Khaled Mashud, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1976 – Adam Piatt, American baseball player
• 1976 – Abi Titmuss, English model and actress
• 1976 – Nicolas Vouilloz, French race car driver
• 1977 – Barry Hall, Australian footballer
• 1977 – Bridgette Kerkove, American porn actress, director, and producer
• 1977 – Roman Kostomarov, Russian ice dancer
• 1977 – Yucef Merhi, Venezuelan-American poet and graphic designer
• 1977 – Jan Õun, Estonian footballer
• 1977 – Mathieu Turcotte, Canadian speed skater
• 1977 – Cara Wakelin, Australian-born Canadian model and actress
• 1979 – Aaron Cook, American baseball player
• 1979 – Josh Keaton, American actor and singer
• 1980 – Jaideep Ahlawat, Indian actor
• 1980 – Ralf Little, English footballer and actor
• 1980 – Cameron Muncey, Australian singer and guitarist (Jet)
• 1980 – Stephen Wright, English footballer
• 1981 – Sophie Choudry, English actress and singer
• 1981 – Myriam Montemayor Cruz, Mexican singer
• 1982 – Liam McIntyre, Australian actor
• 1982 – Erik Rhodes, American porn actor (d. 2012)
• 1982 – Sousuke Takaoka, Japanese actor
• 1982 – Danny Tamberelli, American actor
• 1983 – Jermaine Anderson, Canadian basketball player
• 1983 – Cory Jane, New Zealand rugby player
• 1983 – Elina Partõka, Estonian swimmer
• 1983 – Jim Verraros, American singer and actor
• 1984 – Manuel Osborne-Paradis, Canadian skier
• 1984 – Shelley Thompson, German footballer
• 1984 – Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Greek basketball player
• 1985 – Ben Anderson, New Zealand basketball player
• 1985 – Petra Cetkovská, Czech tennis player
• 1985 – Jeremy Davis, American bass player and songwriter (Paramore)
• 1985 – Thomas Gardner, American basketball player
• 1987 – Francisco Javier García, Spanish footballer
• 1987 – Carolina Kostner, Italian figure skater
• 1988 – Rucha Hasabnis, Indian actress
• 1988 – Keegan Meth, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1988 – Ryan Pinkston, American actor
• 1989 – Zac Guildford, New Zealand rugby player
• 1989 – Dani Harmer, English actress and singer
• 1989 – JaJuan Johnson, American basketball player
• 1989 – Courtney Vandersloot, American basketball player
• 1990 – Tran Thi Thuy Dung, Vietnamese model, Miss Vietnam 2008
• 1990 – Bethany Hamilton, American surfer
• 1991 – Aristides Soiledis, Greek footballer
• 1991 – Roberto Soriano, Italian footballer
• 1991 – Nam Woo-hyun, South Korean singer, dancer and actor (Infinite)
• 1992 – Carl Jenkinson, English-Finnish footballer
• 1994 – Nikki Yanofsky, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1995 – Ksenia Gaydarzhi, Russian tennis player
• 1995 – Yao Jinnan, Chinese gymnast
• 1995 – Jordan Todosey, Canadian actress
• 1997 – Kathryn Newton, American actress
• 1998 – Šarlote Lēnmane, Latvian singer-songwriter

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Deaths

• 1204 – Alexios IV Angelos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1182)
• 1250 – Robert I, Count of Artois (b. 1216)
• 1250 – William II Longespée, English martyr (b. 1212)
• 1265 – Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler (b. 1217)
• 1296 – Przemysł II of Poland (b. 1257)
• 1572 – Cho Shik, Korean scholar and politician (b. 1501)
• 1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots (b. 1542)
• 1599 – Robert Rollock, Scottish educator (b. 1555)
• 1676 – Alexis of Russia (b. 1629)
• 1623 – Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire (b. 1546)
• 1696 – Ivan V of Russia (b. 1666)
• 1709 – Giuseppe Torelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1658)
• 1725 – Peter the Great, Russian emperor (b. 1672)
• 1749 – Jan van Huysum, Dutch painter (b. 1682)
• 1750 – Aaron Hill, English playwright (b. 1685)
• 1768 – George Dance the Elder, English architect, designed St Leonard's and St Botolph's Aldgate (b. 1695)
• 1772 – Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (b. 1719)
• 1847 – Theodor Valentin Volkmar, German politician, 1st Lord Mayor of Marburg (b. 1781)
• 1849 – François Habeneck, French violinist and conductor (b. 1781)
• 1849 – France Prešeren, Slovenian poet (b. 1800)
• 1856 – Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (b. 1773)
• 1907 – Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist (b. 1854)
• 1910 – Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)
• 1915 – François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 – George Formby, Sr., English actor (b. 1876)
• 1921 – Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1921 – Barrett Wendell, American academic and author (b. 1855)
• 1923 – Lilli Suburg, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1841)
• 1924 – Gee Jon, Chinese-American criminal (b. 1895)
• 1932 – Mad Dog Coll, Irish-American gangster (b. 1908)
• 1932 – Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 – Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish politician (b. 1864)
• 1936 – Charles Curtis, American politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)
• 1945 – Italo Santelli, Italian fencer (b. 1866)
• 1956 – Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager (b. 1862)
• 1957 – Walther Bothe, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1957 – John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)
• 1959 – Daniel Soubeyran, French rower (b. 1875)
• 1960 – J. L. Austin, English philosopher (b. 1911)
• 1960 – Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect and designer, designed the Red telephone box and Liverpool Cathedral (b. 1880)
• 1963 – George Dolenz, American actor (b. 1908)
• 1964 – Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist (b. 1888)
• 1965 – Wayne Estes, American basketball player (b. 1943)
• 1972 – Markos Vamvakaris, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1905)
• 1975 – Robert Robinson, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
• 1977 – Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer (b. 1901)
• 1979 – Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1980 – Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
• 1982 – John Hay Whitney, American financier (b. 1904)
• 1984 – Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer (b. 1903)
• 1985 – William Lyons, English businessman, co-founded Swallow Sidecar Company (b. 1901)
• 1985 – Marvin Miller, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1987 – Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1988 – Daisy Turner, American historian and author (b. 1883)
• 1990 – Del Shannon, American singer-songwriter (b. 1934)
• 1992 – Stanley Armour Dunham, American sergeant (b. 1918)
• 1992 – Denny Wright, English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1924)
• 1993 – Nagalingam Shanmugathasan, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1920)
• 1994 – Raymond Scott, American pianist and composer (b. 1908)
• 1996 – Del Ennis, American baseball player (b. 1925)
• 1997 – Robert Ridgely American actor (b. 1931)
• 1998 – Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1998 – Enoch Powell, English soldier and politician (b. 1912)
• 1998 – Rocke Robertson, Canadian physician and academic (b. 1912)
• 1998 – Julian Simon, American economist and author (b. 1932)
• 1999 – Denise Leblanc-Bantey, Canadian politician (b. 1949)
• 1999 – Iris Murdoch, Irish author (b. 1919)
• 2000 – Sid Abel, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1918)
• 2000 – Bob Collins, American radio host (b. 1942)
• 2000 – Derrick Thomas, American football player (b. 1967)
• 2001 – Ivo Caprino, Norwegian director (b. 1920)
• 2001 – Rousas John Rushdoony, American historian and theologian (b. 1916)
• 2002 – Ong Teng Cheong, Singaporean politician, 5th President of Singapore (b. 1936)
• 2002 – Joachim Hoffmann, German historian (b. 1930)
• 2004 – Cem Karaca, Turkish guitarist (b. 1945)
• 2004 – Julius Schwartz, American editor (b. 1915)
• 2005 – Keith Knudsen, American singer-songwriter and drummer (The Doobie Brothers and Southern Pacific) (b. 1948)
• 2005 – Jimmy Smith, American organist (b. 1925)
• 2006 – Elton Dean, English saxophonist (Soft Machine) (b. 1945)
• 2006 – Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer (b. 1914)
• 2007 – Anna Nicole Smith, American model and actress (b. 1967)
• 2007 – Ian Stevenson, Canadian-American psychiatrist (b. 1918)
• 2008 – Frank J. Dixon, American immunologist and academic (b. 1920)
• 2008 – Chua Ek Kay, Singaporean painter (b. 1947)
• 2008 – Phyllis Whitney, American author (b. 1903)
• 2009 – Marian Cozma, Romanian handball player (b. 1982)
• 2010 – John Murtha, American politician (b. 1932)
• 2011 – Tony Malinosky, American baseball player (b. 1909)
• 2012 – Wando, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
• 2012 – Phil Bruns, American actor (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Dennis Callahan, American politician (b. 1941)
• 2012 – Laurie Main, Australian-American actor (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Gunther Plaut, German-Canadian rabbi and author (b. 1912)
• 2012 – Jimmy Sabater, Sr., American singer and timbales player (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Luis Alberto Spinetta, Argentinean singer-songwriter (Almendra, Pescado Rabioso, and Invisible) (b. 1950)
• 2013 – Ralph Braun, American businessman (b. 1940)
• 2013 – Chris Brinker, American director and producer (b. 1970)
• 2013 – Giovanni Cheli, Italian cardinal (b. 1918)
• 2013 – James DePreist, American conductor (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Patricia Hughes, English radio host (b. 1923)
• 2013 – György Kézdy, Hungarian actor (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Lyle Lahey, American journalist, cartoonist, and author (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Ian Lister, Scottish footballer (b. 1948)
• 2013 – Alan Sharp, Scottish-American screenwriter and author (b. 1934)
• 2013 – Jim Sweeney, American football player and coach (b. 1929)
• 2014 – Ernst Bakker, Dutch politician (b. 1946)
• 2014 – Dick Berk, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1939)
• 2014 – Els Borst, Dutch physician and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1932)
• 2014 – Finbarr Dwyer, Irish accordion player (b. 1946)
• 2014 – Nancy Holt, American sculptor and painter (b. 1938)
• 2014 – Keith Hughes, American basketball player (b. 1968)
• 2014 – Richard Peirse, English air marshal (b. 1931)
• 2014 – Maicon Pereira de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer (b. 1988)
• 2014 – Abe Woodson, American football player and minister (b. 1934)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Cuthmann of Steyning
  • Jerome Emiliani
  • Josephine Bakhita
  • Juventius of Pavia
  • Meingold of Huy
  • Stephen of Muret
  • February 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Earliest day on which Feast of Orthodoxy can fall, while March 14 is the latest; celebrated 42 days before Easter. (Orthodoxy)
• Nirvana Day (Mahayana Buddhism)
• Prešeren Day (Slovenia)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada