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==Events==
* [[362]] – [[Athanasius of Alexandria|Athanasius]] returns to [[Alexandria]].
*[[1245]] – [[Thomas (bishop of Finland)|Thomas]], the first known [[Bishop of Finland]], is granted resignation after confessing to torture and [[forgery]].
*[[1440]] – The [[Prussian Confederation]] is formed.
*[[1613]] – [[Michael I of Russia|Mikhail I]] is unanimously elected [[Tsar]] by a [[Zemsky Sobor|national assembly]], beginning the [[Romanov dynasty]] of [[Imperial Russia]].
*[[1797]] – A force of 1,400 French soldiers [[Battle of Fishguard|invaded Britain]] at [[Fishguard]] in support of the [[Society of United Irishmen]]. They were defeated by 500 British reservists.
*[[1804]] – The first self-propelling [[steam locomotive]] makes its outing at the [[Penydarren Ironworks|Pen-y-Darren Ironworks]] in Wales.
*[[1808]] – Without a previous declaration of war, Russian troops cross the border to Sweden at Abborfors in eastern Finland, thus beginning the [[Finnish War]], in which Sweden will lose the eastern half of the country (i.e. Finland) to Russia.
*[[1828]] – Initial issue of the [[Cherokee Phoenix]] is the first periodical to use the [[Cherokee syllabary]] invented by [[Sequoyah]].
*[[1842]] – John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the [[sewing machine]].
*[[1848]] – [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] publish ''[[The Communist Manifesto]]''.
*[[1862]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Valverde]] is fought near [[Fort Craig]] in [[New Mexico Territory]].
*[[1866]] – [[Lucy Hobbs Taylor]] becomes the first American woman to graduate from dental school.
*[[1874]] – The ''[[Oakland Daily Tribune]]'' publishes its first edition.
*[[1878]] – The first [[telephone directory]] is issued in [[New Haven, Connecticut]].
*[[1885]] – The newly completed [[Washington Monument]] is dedicated.
*[[1896]] – An Englishman raised in Australia, [[Bob Fitzsimmons]], fought an Irishman, [[Peter Maher (boxer)|Peter Maher]], in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the [[1896 World Heavyweight Championship]] in [[boxing]].
*[[1913]] – [[Ioannina]] is incorporated into the [[Greek state]] after the [[Balkan Wars]].
*[[1916]] – [[World War I]]: In France, the [[Battle of Verdun]] begins.
*[[1918]] – The last [[Carolina parakeet]] dies in captivity at the [[Cincinnati Zoo]].
*[[1919]] – German socialist [[Kurt Eisner]] is [[assassination|assassinated]]. His death results in the establishment of the [[Bavarian Soviet Republic]] and parliament and government fleeing [[Munich]], Germany.
*[[1921]] – [[Constituent Assembly of Georgia|Constituent Assembly]] of the [[Democratic Republic of Georgia]] adopts the country's first constitution.
* 1921 – [[Rezā Shāh]] takes control of Tehran during a [[1921 Persian coup d'état|successful coup]].
*[[1925]] – ''[[The New Yorker]]'' publishes its first issue.
*[[1929]] – In the first battle of the [[Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong]] against the [[Nationalist government]] of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.{{sfnp|Fuller|1943|p=143}}
*[[1937]] – The [[League of Nations]] bans foreign national "[[Unlawful combatant|volunteers]]" in the [[Spanish Civil War]].
*[[1945]] – [[World War II]]: During the [[Battle of Iwo Jima]], Japanese [[kamikaze]] planes sink the escort carrier {{USS|Bismarck Sea|CVE-95|6}} and damage the {{USS|Saratoga|CV-3|6}}.
* 1945 – [[World War II]]: the [[Brazilian Expeditionary Force]] defeat the German forces in the [[Battle of Monte Castello]] on the [[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italian front]].
*[[1947]] – In New York City, [[Edwin Land]] demonstrates the first "[[instant camera]]", the [[Polaroid Land Camera]], to a meeting of the [[Optical Society of America]].
*[[1948]] – [[NASCAR]] is incorporated.
*[[1952]] – The British government, under [[Winston Churchill]], abolishes [[Identity document|identity cards]] in the UK to "set the people free".
* 1952 – The [[Bengali Language Movement]] protests occur at the [[University of Dhaka]] in [[East Pakistan]] (now [[Bangladesh]]).
*[[1958]] – The CND symbol, aka [[peace symbol]], commissioned by the [[Direct Action Committee]] in protest against the [[Atomic Weapons Research Establishment]], is designed and completed by [[Gerald Holtom]].
*[[1971]] – The [[Convention on Psychotropic Substances]] is signed at [[Vienna]].
*[[1972]] – United States President [[Richard Nixon]] visits the People's Republic of China to normalize [[Sino-American relations]].
* 1972 – The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] unmanned [[Spacecraft|spaceship]] [[Luna 20]] lands on the Moon.
*[[1973]] – Over the [[Sinai Desert]], Israeli [[fighter aircraft]] shoot down [[Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114]] jet killing 108 people.
*[[1974]] – The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the [[Suez Canal]] pursuant to a truce with [[Egypt]].
*[[1975]] – [[Watergate scandal]]: Former [[United States Attorney General]] [[John N. Mitchell]] and former [[White House]] aides [[H. R. Haldeman]] and [[John Ehrlichman]] are sentenced to prison.
*[[1995]] – [[Steve Fossett]] lands in [[Leader, Saskatchewan]], Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a [[hot air balloon|balloon]].
*[[2013]] – At least 17 people are killed and 119 injured following [[2013 Hyderabad blasts|several bombings]] in the [[India]]n city of [[Hyderabad]].
==Births==
* [[921]] – [[Abe no Seimei]], Japanese [[Astrology|astrologer]] (d. 1005)
*[[1397]] – [[Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy|Isabella of Portugal]] (d. 1471)
*[[1462]] – [[Joanna la Beltraneja]], princess of Castile (d. 1530)
*[[1484]] – [[Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg]] (d. 1535)
*[[1498]] – [[Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland]], English Earl (d. 1549)
*[[1541]] – [[Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg]] (d. 1599)
*[[1556]] – [[Sethus Calvisius]], German astronomer, composer, and theorist (d. 1615)
*[[1559]] – [[Nurhaci]], Manchu emperor (d. 1626)
*[[1609]] – [[Raimondo Montecuccoli]], Italian military commander (d. 1680)
*[[1621]] – [[Rebecca Nurse]], Massachusetts colonist, executed as a witch (d. 1692)
*[[1705]] – [[Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke]], English admiral and politician (d. 1781)
*[[1728]] – [[Peter III of Russia]] (d. 1762)
*[[1783]] – [[Catharina of Württemberg]] (d. 1835)
*[[1788]] – [[Francis Ronalds]], British scientist, inventor and engineer who was knighted for developing the first working [[electric telegraph]] (d. 1873)
*[[1791]] – [[Carl Czerny]], Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1857)
*[[1794]] – [[Antonio López de Santa Anna]], Mexican general and politician, 8th [[President of Mexico]] (d. 1876)
*[[1801]] – [[John Henry Newman]], English cardinal (d. 1890)
*[[1817]] – [[José Zorrilla]], Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1893)
*[[1821]] – [[Charles Scribner I]], American publisher, founded [[Charles Scribner's Sons]] (d. 1871)
*[[1836]] – [[Léo Delibes]], French pianist and composer (d. 1891)
*[[1844]] – [[Charles-Marie Widor]], French organist and composer (d. 1937)
*[[1860]] – [[Goscombe John]], Welsh-English sculptor and academic (d. 1952)
*[[1865]] – [[John Haden Badley]], English author and educator, founded the [[Bedales School]] (d. 1967)
*[[1867]] – [[Otto Hermann Kahn]], German banker and philanthropist (d. 1934)
*[[1875]] – [[Jeanne Calment]], French super-centenarian, oldest verified person ever (d. 1997)
*[[1878]] – [[Mirra Alfassa]], French-Indian spiritual leader (d. 1973)
*[[1881]] – [[Kenneth J. Alford]], English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (d. 1945)
*[[1885]] – [[Sacha Guitry]], Russian-French actor, director, and playwright (d. 1957)
*[[1887]] – [[Korechika Anami]], Japanese general and politician, 54th [[Ministry of War of Japan|Japanese Minister of War]] (d. 1945)
*[[1888]] – [[Clemence Dane]], English author and playwright (d. 1965)
*[[1892]] – [[Harry Stack Sullivan]], American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (d. 1949)
*[[1893]] – [[Celia Lovsky]], Austrian-American actress (d. 1979)
* 1893 – [[Andrés Segovia]], Spanish guitarist (d. 1987)
*[[1894]] – [[Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar]], Indian chemist and academic (d. 1955)
*[[1895]] – [[Henrik Dam]], Danish biochemist and physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1976)
*[[1896]] – [[Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'|Nirala]], Indian poet and author (d. 1961)
*[[1900]] – [[Jeanne Aubert]], French singer and actress (d. 1988) <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.histoire-vesinet.org/j-aubertbio.htm|title=Biographie de Jeanne Aubert (1900-1988)|last=|first=|date=|website=www.histoire-vesinet.org|access-date=2017-10-24}}</ref>
*[[1902]] – [[Arthur Nock]], English theologian and academic (d. 1963)
*[[1903]] – [[Anaïs Nin]], French-American essayist and memoirist (d. 1977)
* 1903 – [[Raymond Queneau]], French poet and author (d. 1976)
*[[1907]] – [[W. H. Auden]], English-American poet, playwright, and composer (d. 1973)
*[[1909]] – [[Hans Erni]], Swiss painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 2015)
*[[1910]] – [[Douglas Bader]], English captain and pilot (d. 1982)
*[[1912]] – [[Arline Judge]], American actress and singer (d. 1974)
*[[1914]] – [[Ilmari Juutilainen]], Finnish soldier and pilot (d. 1999)
* 1914 – [[Zachary Scott]], American actor (d. 1965)
* 1914 – [[Jean Tatlock]], American psychiatrist and physician (d. 1944)
*[[1915]] – [[Claudia Jones]], Trinidad-British journalist and activist (d. 1964)
* 1915 – [[Ann Sheridan]], American actress and singer (d. 1967)
* 1915 – [[Anton Vratuša]], Prime Minister of Slovenia (1978–1980) (d. 2017)
*[[1917]] – [[Lucille Bremer]], American actress and dancer (d. 1996)
* 1917 – [[Tadd Dameron]], American pianist and composer (d. 1965)
*[[1921]] – [[John Rawls]], American philosopher and academic (d. 2002)
* 1921 – [[Richard T. Whitcomb]], American aeronautical engineer (d. 2009)
*[[1924]] – [[Thelma Estrin]], American computer scientist and engineer (d. 2014)
* 1924 – [[Robert Mugabe]], Zimbabwean educator and politician, 2nd [[President of Zimbabwe]]
* 1924 – [[Dorothy Blum]], American computer scientist and cryptanalyst (d. 1980)
*[[1925]] – [[Sam Peckinpah]], American director and screenwriter (d. 1984)
* 1925 – [[Jack Ramsay]], American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2014)
*[[1927]] – [[Erma Bombeck]], American journalist and author (d. 1996)
* 1927 – [[Hubert de Givenchy]], French fashion designer, founded [[Givenchy]] (d. 2018)
*[[1929]] – [[Chespirito]], Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
*[[1933]] – [[Nina Simone]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2003)
*[[1934]] – [[Rue McClanahan]], American actress (d. 2010)
*[[1935]] – [[Richard A. Lupoff]], American author
*[[1936]] – [[Barbara Jordan]], American lawyer and politician (d. 1996)
*[[1937]] – [[Ron Clarke]], Australian runner and politician, [[Mayor of the Gold Coast]] (d. 2015)
* 1937 – [[Harald V of Norway]]
*[[1938]] – [[Bobby Charles]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
* 1938 – [[Kel Tremain]], New Zealand rugby player (d. 1992)
*[[1940]] – [[Peter Gethin]], English race car driver (d. 2011)
* 1940 – [[John Lewis (Georgia politician)|John Lewis]], American activist and politician
*[[1942]] – [[Tony Martin (professor)|Tony Martin]], Trinidadian-American historian and academic (d. 2013)
* 1942 – [[Margarethe von Trotta]], German actress, director, and screenwriter
*[[1943]] – [[David Geffen]], American businessman, co-founded [[DreamWorks]] and [[Geffen Records]]
*[[1945]] – [[Maurice Bembridge]], English golfer
*[[1946]] – [[Tyne Daly]], American actress and singer
* 1946 – [[Anthony Daniels]], English actor and producer
* 1946 – [[Alan Rickman]], English actor and director (d. 2016)
* 1946 – [[Bob Ryan]], American journalist and author
*[[1947]] – [[Johnny Echols]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1947 – [[Olympia Snowe]], American politician
*[[1948]] – [[Bill Slayback]], American baseball player and singer (d. 2015)
*[[1949]] – [[Frank Brunner]], American illustrator
* 1949 – [[Larry Drake]], American actor (d. 2016)
* 1949 – [[Jerry Harrison]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
* 1949 – [[Ronnie Hellström]], Swedish footballer
*[[1951]] – [[Vince Welnick]], American keyboard player (d. 2006)
*[[1952]] – [[Jean-Jacques Burnel]], English bass player, songwriter, and producer
* 1952 – [[Vitaly Churkin]], Russian diplomat, former [[Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations|Ambassador of Russia to the United Nations]] (d. 2017)
*[[1953]] – [[Christine Ebersole]], American actress and singer
* 1953 – [[William Petersen]], American actor and producer
*[[1954]] – [[Christina Rees (politician)|Christina Rees]], British politician
*[[1955]] – [[Kelsey Grammer]], American actor, singer, and producer
*[[1958]] – [[Jake Burns]], Northern Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1958 – [[Mary Chapin Carpenter]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1958 – [[Kim Coates]], Canadian actor
* 1958 – [[Alan Trammell]], American baseball player, coach, and manager
*[[1959]] – [[José María Cano]], Spanish singer-songwriter and painter
*[[1960]] – [[Plamen Oresharski]], Bulgarian economist and politician, 52nd [[Prime Minister of Bulgaria]]
* 1960 – [[Steve Wynn (songwriter)|Steve Wynn]], American singer-songwriter
*[[1961]] – [[Christopher Atkins]], American actor and businessman
*[[1962]] – [[Chuck Palahniuk]], American novelist and journalist
* 1962 – [[David Foster Wallace]], American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2008)
*[[1963]] – [[William Baldwin]], American actor
* 1963 – [[Ranking Roger]], English singer-songwriter and musician
* 1963 – [[Greg Turner]], New Zealand golfer
*[[1964]] – [[Mark Kelly]], American captain, pilot, and astronaut
* 1964 – [[Scott Kelly (astronaut)|Scott Kelly]], American captain, pilot, and astronaut
*[[1965]] – [[Mark Ferguson (news presenter)|Mark Ferguson]], Australian journalist
*[[1967]] – [[Leroy Burrell]], American runner and coach
* 1967 – [[Sari Essayah]], Finnish athlete and politician
*[[1969]] – [[James Dean Bradfield]], Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Manic Street Preachers]])
* 1969 – [[Aunjanue Ellis]], American actress and producer
* 1969 – [[Petra Kronberger]], Austrian skier
* 1969 – [[Tony Meola]], American soccer player and manager
* 1969 – [[Cathy Richardson]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1970]] – [[Michael Slater]], Australian cricketer and sportscaster
* 1970 – [[Eric Wilson (bassist)|Eric Wilson]], American bass player and drummer
*[[1971]] – [[Pierre Fulke]], Swedish golfer
*[[1972]] – [[Seo Taiji]], South Korean singer-songwriter
*[[1973]] – [[Heri Joensen]], Faroese singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1973 – [[Brian Rolston]], American ice hockey player and coach
*[[1974]] – [[Iván Campo]], Spanish footballer
* 1974 – [[Roberto Heras]], Spanish cyclist
*[[1975]] – [[Scott Miller (swimmer)|Scott Miller]], Australian swimmer
*[[1976]] – [[Ryan Smyth]], Canadian ice hockey player
* 1976 – [[Michael McIntyre]], English comedian, actor and television presenter
*[[1977]] – [[Jonathan Safran Foer]], American novelist
* 1977 – [[Steve Francis]], American basketball player
* 1977 – [[Owen King]], American author
* 1977 – [[Kevin Rose]], American businessman and television host, founded [[Digg]]
*[[1978]] – [[Kumail Nanjiani]], Pakistani-American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and podcast host
*[[1979]] – [[Pascal Chimbonda]], Guadeloupean-French footballer
* 1979 – [[Shane Gibson (musician)|Shane Gibson]], American guitarist ([[stOrk]] and [[Jonathan Davis and the SFA]]) (d. 2014)
* 1979 – [[Jennifer Love Hewitt]], American actress and producer
* 1979 – [[Carly Colón]], Puerto Rican professional wrestler
* 1979 – [[Jordan Peele]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1980]] – [[Brad Fast]], Canadian ice hockey player
* 1980 – [[Tiziano Ferro]], Italian singer-songwriter and producer
* 1980 – [[Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck]], 5th [[King of Bhutan]]
* 1980 – [[Justin Roiland]], American animator, writer and voice actor
*[[1982]] – [[Andre Barrett]], American basketball player
* 1982 – [[Chantal Claret]], American singer-songwriter
* 1982 – [[Tebogo Jacko Magubane]], South African DJ and producer
*[[1983]] – [[Braylon Edwards]], American football player
* 1983 – [[Franklin Gutiérrez]], Venezuelan baseball player
* 1983 – [[Mélanie Laurent]], French actress
*[[1984]] – [[Andrew Ellis]], New Zealand rugby player
* 1984 – [[David Odonkor]], German footballer
* 1984 – [[Marco Paoloni]], Italian footballer
* 1984 – [[James Wisniewski]], American ice hockey player
*[[1985]] – [[Georgios Samaras]], Greek footballer
* 1985 – [[Jamaal Westerman]], American football player
*[[1986]] – [[Charlotte Church]], Welsh singer-songwriter and actress
*[[1987]] – [[Ellen Page]], Canadian actress
*[[1989]] – [[Corbin Bleu]], American actor, model, dancer, film producer and singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Corbin Bleu |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/film-and-television-biographies/corbin-bleu |website=Encyclopedia.com |accessdate=February 22, 2019}}</ref>
*[[1990]] – [[Mattias Tedenby]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mattias Tedenby Stats |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/t/tedenma01.html |website=Hockey-Reference.com |accessdate=February 22, 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1991]] – [[Joe Alwyn]], English actor<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/person/joe-alwyn|title=Joe Alwyn|work=[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]|location=UK|publisher=Condé Nast|accessdate=13 September 2017|archivedate=2018-01-08|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180108224236/http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/person/joe-alwyn|deadurl=no|df=}}</ref>
* 1991 – [[Riyad Mahrez]], Algerian footballer
* 1991 – [[Ji So-yun]], South Korean footballer
* 1991 – [[Devon Travis]], American baseball player
*[[1993]] – [[Steve Leo Beleck]], Cameroonian footballer
* 1993 – [[Davy Klaassen]], Dutch footballer
*[[1994]] – [[Tang Haochen]], Chinese tennis player
* 1994 – [[Charalampos Mavrias]], Greek footballer
*[[1996]] – [[Sophie Turner]], English actress
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==Deaths==
* [[4 AD]] – [[Gaius Caesar]], Roman [[Roman consul|consul]] and grandson of [[Augustus]] (b. 20 BC)
* [[675]] – [[Randoald of Grandval]], [[priory#Other prior and priories|prior]] of the [[Benedictine]] [[monastery]] of [[Grandval, Switzerland|Grandval]]
*[[1184]] – [[Minamoto no Yoshinaka]], Japanese [[List of shōguns|shōgun]] (b. 1154)
*[[1267]] – [[Baldwin of Ibelin, Seneschal of Cyprus]]
*[[1437]] – [[James I of Scotland]] (b. 1394; assassinated)<ref>{{cite book|author=Thomas WATERHOUSE (of Grantham.)|title=A genealogical account of the royal house of Stuart, Kings of Scotland, from the year 1043, to its union with the English Crown, ... also from that time to the commencement of the ... house of Brunswick; and down to the present period|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZqVVAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA44|year=1816|pages=44}}</ref>
*[[1471]] – [[Jan Rokycana]], Czech bishop and theologian (b. 1396)
*[[1513]] – [[Pope Julius II]] (b. 1443)
*[[1543]] – [[Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi]], Somalian general (b. 1507)
*[[1554]] – [[Hieronymus Bock]], German botanist and physician (b. 1498)
*[[1572]] – [[Cho Shik]], Korean poet and scholar (d. 1501)
*[[1590]] – [[Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick]], English nobleman and general (b. 1528)
*[[1595]] – [[Robert Southwell (Jesuit)|Robert Southwell]], English priest and poet (b. 1561)
*[[1677]] – [[Baruch Spinoza]], Dutch philosopher and scholar (b. 1632)
*[[1715]] – [[Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore]], English politician (b. 1637)
*[[1730]] – [[Pope Benedict XIII]] (b. 1649)
*[[1821]] – [[Georg Friedrich von Martens]], German jurist and diplomat (b. 1756)
*[[1824]] – [[Eugène de Beauharnais]], French general (b. 1781)
*1829 – [[Kittur Chennamma]], Indian queen and freedom fighter (b. 1778)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/printrelease.aspx?relid=148944|title=Rani Chennamma of Kitturu|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2019-02-21}}</ref>
*[[1846]] – [[Emperor Ninkō]] of Japan (b. 1800)
*[[1862]] – [[Justinus Kerner]], German poet and physician (b. 1786)
*[[1888]] – [[William Weston (Australian politician)|William Weston]], English-Australian politician, 3rd [[Premier of Tasmania]] (b. 1804)
*[[1891]] – [[James Timberlake]], American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1846)
*[[1919]] – [[Kurt Eisner]], German journalist and politician, [[Minister-President of Bavaria]] (b. 1867)
*[[1926]] – [[Heike Kamerlingh Onnes]], Dutch physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1853)
*[[1934]] – [[Augusto César Sandino]], Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)
*[[1938]] – [[George Ellery Hale]], American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
*[[1941]] – [[Frederick Banting]], Canadian physician and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1891)
*[[1944]] – [[Ferenc Szisz]], Hungarian-French race car driver (b. 1873)
*[[1945]] – [[Eric Liddell]], Scottish rugby player and runner (b. 1902)
*[[1946]] – [[José Streel]], Belgian journalist (b. 1911)
*[[1958]] – [[Duncan Edwards]], English footballer (b. 1936)
*[[1965]] – [[Malcolm X]], American minister and activist (b. 1925; assassinated)<ref>{{cite book |last=Marable |first=Manning |authorlink=Manning Marable |title=Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention |location=New York |publisher=Viking |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-670-02220-5 |title-link=Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention|pages=436-437}}</ref>
*[[1967]] – [[Charles Beaumont]], American author and screenwriter (b. 1929)
*[[1968]] – [[Howard Florey]], Australian pathologist and pharmacologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1898)
*[[1972]] – [[Zhang Guohua]], Chinese general and politician (b. 1914)
* 1972 – [[Bronislava Nijinska]], Russian-American dancer and choreographer (b. 1891)
* 1972 – [[Eugène Tisserant]], French cardinal (b. 1884)
*[[1974]] – [[Tim Horton]], Canadian ice hockey player and businessman, co-founded [[Tim Hortons]] (b. 1930)
*[[1980]] – [[Alfred Andersch]], German-Swiss author (b. 1914)
*[[1982]] – [[Gershom Scholem]], German-Israeli historian and philosopher (b. 1897)
*[[1984]] – [[Mikhail Sholokhov]], Russian novelist and short story writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1905)
*[[1985]] – [[Louis Hayward]], South African-American actor (b. 1909)
*[[1986]] – [[Helen Hooven Santmyer]], American novelist (b. 1895)
*[[1991]] – [[Dorothy Auchterlonie Green]], Australian poet, critic, and academic (b. 1915)
*[[1993]] – [[Inge Lehmann]], Danish seismologist and geophysicist (b. 1888)
*[[1994]] – [[Johannes Steinhoff]], German general and pilot (b. 1913)
*[[1996]] – [[Morton Gould]], American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1913)
*[[1999]] – [[Gertrude B. Elion]], American biochemist and pharmacologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1918)
* 1999 – [[Ilmari Juutilainen]], Finnish soldier and pilot (b. 1914)
* 1999 – [[Wilmer Mizell]], American baseball player and politician (b. 1930)
*[[2002]] – [[John Thaw]], English actor and producer (b. 1942)
*[[2004]] – [[John Charles]], Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1931)
*[[2005]] – [[Guillermo Cabrera Infante]], Cuban author, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1929)
* 2005 – [[Zdzisław Beksiński]], Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor (b. 1929)
*[[2008]] – [[Ben Chapman (actor)|Ben Chapman]], American actor (b. 1928)
*[[2011]] – [[Dwayne McDuffie]], American author and screenwriter, co-founded [[Milestone Media]] (b. 1962)
* 2011 – [[Bernard Nathanson]], American physician and activist (b. 1926)
*[[2012]] – [[H. M. Darmstandler]], American general (b. 1922)
*[[2013]] – [[Hasse Jeppson]], Swedish footballer (b. 1925)
*[[2014]] – [[Héctor Maestri]], Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1935)
* 2014 – [[Matthew Robinson (snowboarder)|Matthew Robinson]], Australian snowboarder (b. 1985)
* 2014 – [[Cornelius Schnauber]], German–American historian, playwright, and academic (b. 1939)
*[[2015]] – [[Aleksei Gubarev]], Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1931)
* 2015 – [[Sadeq Tabatabaei]], Iranian journalist and politician (b. 1943)<ref>[http://www.khabaronline.ir/%28X%281%29S%28enevwlaebei4um0plfivpywm%29%29/detail/401292/Politics/parties صادق طباطبایی درگذشت] {{fa icon}}</ref>
<ref>[https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fa&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=fa&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.saat24.com%2Ffa%2Fdoc%2Fnews%2F49616%2F%25D8%25B5%25D8%25A7%25D8%25AF%25D9%2582-%25D8%25B7%25D8%25A8%25D8%25A7%25D8%25B7%25D8%25A8%25D8%25A7%25DB%258C%25DB%258C-%25D8%25AF%25D8%25A7%25D8%25B1-%25D9%2581%25D8%25A7%25D9%2586%25DB%258C-%25D9%2588%25D8%25AF%25D8%25A7%25D8%25B9-%25DA%25AF%25D9%2581%25D8%25AA&edit-text=&act=url sadegh tabatabaei died]</ref>
* 2015 – [[Clark Terry]], American trumpet player, composer, and educator (b. 1920)
*[[2016]] – [[Eric Brown (pilot)|Eric Brown]], Scottish-English captain and pilot (b. 1919)
*[[2017]] – [[Jeanne Martin Cissé]], Guinean teacher and politician (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Freland|first1=François-Xavier|title=La Guinée endeuillée par la disparition de Jeanne Martin Cissé, figure de l’indépendance et des droits des femmes|url=http://www.jeuneafrique.com/405868/politique/guinee-endeuillee-disparition-de-jeanne-martin-cisse-figure-de-lindependance-droits-femmes/|work=Jeune Afrique|date=February 22, 2017|access-date=19 February 2019}}</ref>
*[[2018]] – [[Billy Graham]], American evangelist (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/21/rev-billy-graham-prominent-christian-evangelist-dead-at-99-fox-news-confirms.html|title=The Rev. Billy Graham, prominent Christian evangelist, dead at 99|date=February 21, 2018|publisher=Fox News|access-date=March 2, 2018}}</ref>
*[[2019]] – [[Stanley Donen]], American film director (b. 1924)<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/feb/23/stanley-donen-director-singin-in-the-rain-dies Stanley Donen, director of Singin' in the Rain, dies aged 94]</ref>
* 2019 – [[Peter Tork]], American musician and actor (b. 1942)<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/obituaries/peter-tork-dead.html Peter Tork, Court Jester of the Monkees, Is Dead at 77]</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*[[Armed Forces Day#South Africa|Armed Forces Day (South Africa)]]
*[[Flag flying days in Norway#Full staff|Birthday of King Harald V]] ([[Norway]])
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Felix of Hadrumetum]]
**[[Pepin of Landen]]
**[[Peter Damian]]
**[[Randoald of Grandval]]
**[[February 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Public holidays in Vanuatu|Father Lini Day]] ([[Vanuatu]])
*[[Language Movement Day]] ([[Bangladesh]])
**[[International Mother Language Day]] ([[UNESCO]])
*The first day of the [[Public holidays in Bhutan|Birth Anniversary of Fifth Druk Gyalpo]], celebrated until February 23. ([[Bhutan]])
*The first day of the [[Tagum City#Cultural activities and festivities|Musikahan Festival]], celebrated until February 27. ([[Tagum City]], [[Philippines]])
*[[Feralia]] ([[Ancient Rome]])
== References ==
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=== Works cited ===
*{{cite book
|last = Fuller
|first = Joseph V.
|title= Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1929, Volume II
|url= https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.78859/page/n1
|date= 1943
|publisher= [[United States Government Publishing Office]]
|location= [[Washington, D.C.]]
|isbn=
|ref=harv}}
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* {{NYT On this day|month=02|day=21}}
* [http://canadachannel.ca/todayincanadianhistory/index.php/February_21 Today in Canadian History]
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==Events==
* [[362]] – [[Athanasius of Alexandria|Athanasius]] returns to [[Alexandria]].
*[[1245]] – [[Thomas (bishop of Finland)|Thomas]], the first known [[Bishop of Finland]], is granted resignation after confessing to torture and [[forgery]].
*[[1440]] – The [[Prussian Confederation]] is formed.
*[[1613]] – [[Michael I of Russia|Mikhail I]] is unanimously elected [[Tsar]] by a [[Zemsky Sobor|national assembly]], beginning the [[Romanov dynasty]] of [[Imperial Russia]].
*[[1797]] – A force of 1,400 French soldiers [[Battle of Fishguard|invaded Britain]] at [[Fishguard]] in support of the [[Society of United Irishmen]]. They were defeated by 500 British reservists.
*[[1804]] – The first self-propelling [[steam locomotive]] makes its outing at the [[Penydarren Ironworks|Pen-y-Darren Ironworks]] in Wales.
*[[1808]] – Without a previous declaration of war, Russian troops cross the border to Sweden at Abborfors in eastern Finland, thus beginning the [[Finnish War]], in which Sweden will lose the eastern half of the country (i.e. Finland) to Russia.
*[[1828]] – Initial issue of the [[Cherokee Phoenix]] is the first periodical to use the [[Cherokee syllabary]] invented by [[Sequoyah]].
*[[1842]] – John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the [[sewing machine]].
*[[1848]] – [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] publish ''[[The Communist Manifesto]]''.
*[[1862]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Valverde]] is fought near [[Fort Craig]] in [[New Mexico Territory]].
*[[1866]] – [[Lucy Hobbs Taylor]] becomes the first American woman to graduate from dental school.
*[[1874]] – The ''[[Oakland Daily Tribune]]'' publishes its first edition.
*[[1878]] – The first [[telephone directory]] is issued in [[New Haven, Connecticut]].
*[[1885]] – The newly completed [[Washington Monument]] is dedicated.
*[[1896]] – An Englishman raised in Australia, [[Bob Fitzsimmons]], fought an Irishman, [[Peter Maher (boxer)|Peter Maher]], in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the [[1896 World Heavyweight Championship]] in [[boxing]].
*[[1913]] – [[Ioannina]] is incorporated into the [[Greek state]] after the [[Balkan Wars]].
*[[1916]] – [[World War I]]: In France, the [[Battle of Verdun]] begins.
*[[1918]] – The last [[Carolina parakeet]] dies in captivity at the [[Cincinnati Zoo]].
*[[1919]] – German socialist [[Kurt Eisner]] is [[assassination|assassinated]]. His death results in the establishment of the [[Bavarian Soviet Republic]] and parliament and government fleeing [[Munich]], Germany.
*[[1921]] – [[Constituent Assembly of Georgia|Constituent Assembly]] of the [[Democratic Republic of Georgia]] adopts the country's first constitution.
* 1921 – [[Rezā Shāh]] takes control of Tehran during a [[1921 Persian coup d'état|successful coup]].
*[[1925]] – ''[[The New Yorker]]'' publishes its first issue.
*[[1929]] – In the first battle of the [[Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong]] against the [[Nationalist government]] of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.{{sfnp|Fuller|1943|p=143}}
*[[1937]] – The [[League of Nations]] bans foreign national "[[Unlawful combatant|volunteers]]" in the [[Spanish Civil War]].
*[[1945]] – [[World War II]]: During the [[Battle of Iwo Jima]], Japanese [[kamikaze]] planes sink the escort carrier {{USS|Bismarck Sea|CVE-95|6}} and damage the {{USS|Saratoga|CV-3|6}}.
* 1945 – [[World War II]]: the [[Brazilian Expeditionary Force]] defeat the German forces in the [[Battle of Monte Castello]] on the [[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italian front]].
*[[1947]] – In New York City, [[Edwin Land]] demonstrates the first "[[instant camera]]", the [[Polaroid Land Camera]], to a meeting of the [[Optical Society of America]].
*[[1948]] – [[NASCAR]] is incorporated.
*[[1952]] – The British government, under [[Winston Churchill]], abolishes [[Identity document|identity cards]] in the UK to "set the people free".
* 1952 – The [[Bengali Language Movement]] protests occur at the [[University of Dhaka]] in [[East Pakistan]] (now [[Bangladesh]]).
*[[1958]] – The CND symbol, aka [[peace symbol]], commissioned by the [[Direct Action Committee]] in protest against the [[Atomic Weapons Research Establishment]], is designed and completed by [[Gerald Holtom]].
*[[1971]] – The [[Convention on Psychotropic Substances]] is signed at [[Vienna]].
*[[1972]] – United States President [[Richard Nixon]] visits the People's Republic of China to normalize [[Sino-American relations]].
* 1972 – The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] unmanned [[Spacecraft|spaceship]] [[Luna 20]] lands on the Moon.
*[[1973]] – Over the [[Sinai Desert]], Israeli [[fighter aircraft]] shoot down [[Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114]] jet killing 108 people.
*[[1974]] – The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the [[Suez Canal]] pursuant to a truce with [[Egypt]].
*[[1975]] – [[Watergate scandal]]: Former [[United States Attorney General]] [[John N. Mitchell]] and former [[White House]] aides [[H. R. Haldeman]] and [[John Ehrlichman]] are sentenced to prison.
*[[1995]] – [[Steve Fossett]] lands in [[Leader, Saskatchewan]], Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a [[hot air balloon|balloon]].
*[[2013]] – At least 17 people are killed and 119 injured following [[2013 Hyderabad blasts|several bombings]] in the [[India]]n city of [[Hyderabad]].
==Births==
* [[921]] – [[Abe no Seimei]], Japanese [[Astrology|astrologer]] (d. 1005)
*[[1397]] – [[Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy|Isabella of Portugal]] (d. 1471)
*[[1462]] – [[Joanna la Beltraneja]], princess of Castile (d. 1530)
*[[1484]] – [[Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg]] (d. 1535)
*[[1498]] – [[Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland]], English Earl (d. 1549)
*[[1541]] – [[Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg]] (d. 1599)
*[[1556]] – [[Sethus Calvisius]], German astronomer, composer, and theorist (d. 1615)
*[[1559]] – [[Nurhaci]], Manchu emperor (d. 1626)
*[[1609]] – [[Raimondo Montecuccoli]], Italian military commander (d. 1680)
*[[1621]] – [[Rebecca Nurse]], Massachusetts colonist, executed as a witch (d. 1692)
*[[1705]] – [[Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke]], English admiral and politician (d. 1781)
*[[1728]] – [[Peter III of Russia]] (d. 1762)
*[[1783]] – [[Catharina of Württemberg]] (d. 1835)
*[[1788]] – [[Francis Ronalds]], British scientist, inventor and engineer who was knighted for developing the first working [[electric telegraph]] (d. 1873)
*[[1791]] – [[Carl Czerny]], Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1857)
*[[1794]] – [[Antonio López de Santa Anna]], Mexican general and politician, 8th [[President of Mexico]] (d. 1876)
*[[1801]] – [[John Henry Newman]], English cardinal (d. 1890)
*[[1817]] – [[José Zorrilla]], Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1893)
*[[1821]] – [[Charles Scribner I]], American publisher, founded [[Charles Scribner's Sons]] (d. 1871)
*[[1836]] – [[Léo Delibes]], French pianist and composer (d. 1891)
*[[1844]] – [[Charles-Marie Widor]], French organist and composer (d. 1937)
*[[1860]] – [[Goscombe John]], Welsh-English sculptor and academic (d. 1952)
*[[1865]] – [[John Haden Badley]], English author and educator, founded the [[Bedales School]] (d. 1967)
*[[1867]] – [[Otto Hermann Kahn]], German banker and philanthropist (d. 1934)
*[[1875]] – [[Jeanne Calment]], French super-centenarian, oldest verified person ever (d. 1997)
*[[1878]] – [[Mirra Alfassa]], French-Indian spiritual leader (d. 1973)
*[[1881]] – [[Kenneth J. Alford]], English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (d. 1945)
*[[1885]] – [[Sacha Guitry]], Russian-French actor, director, and playwright (d. 1957)
*[[1887]] – [[Korechika Anami]], Japanese general and politician, 54th [[Ministry of War of Japan|Japanese Minister of War]] (d. 1945)
*[[1888]] – [[Clemence Dane]], English author and playwright (d. 1965)
*[[1892]] – [[Harry Stack Sullivan]], American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (d. 1949)
*[[1893]] – [[Celia Lovsky]], Austrian-American actress (d. 1979)
* 1893 – [[Andrés Segovia]], Spanish guitarist (d. 1987)
*[[1894]] – [[Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar]], Indian chemist and academic (d. 1955)
*[[1895]] – [[Henrik Dam]], Danish biochemist and physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1976)
*[[1896]] – [[Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'|Nirala]], Indian poet and author (d. 1961)
*[[1900]] – [[Jeanne Aubert]], French singer and actress (d. 1988) <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.histoire-vesinet.org/j-aubertbio.htm|title=Biographie de Jeanne Aubert (1900-1988)|last=|first=|date=|website=www.histoire-vesinet.org|access-date=2017-10-24}}</ref>
*[[1902]] – [[Arthur Nock]], English theologian and academic (d. 1963)
*[[1903]] – [[Anaïs Nin]], French-American essayist and memoirist (d. 1977)
* 1903 – [[Raymond Queneau]], French poet and author (d. 1976)
*[[1907]] – [[W. H. Auden]], English-American poet, playwright, and composer (d. 1973)
*[[1909]] – [[Hans Erni]], Swiss painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 2015)
*[[1910]] – [[Douglas Bader]], English captain and pilot (d. 1982)
*[[1912]] – [[Arline Judge]], American actress and singer (d. 1974)
*[[1914]] – [[Ilmari Juutilainen]], Finnish soldier and pilot (d. 1999)
* 1914 – [[Zachary Scott]], American actor (d. 1965)
* 1914 – [[Jean Tatlock]], American psychiatrist and physician (d. 1944)
*[[1915]] – [[Claudia Jones]], Trinidad-British journalist and activist (d. 1964)
* 1915 – [[Ann Sheridan]], American actress and singer (d. 1967)
* 1915 – [[Anton Vratuša]], Prime Minister of Slovenia (1978–1980) (d. 2017)
*[[1917]] – [[Lucille Bremer]], American actress and dancer (d. 1996)
* 1917 – [[Tadd Dameron]], American pianist and composer (d. 1965)
*[[1921]] – [[John Rawls]], American philosopher and academic (d. 2002)
* 1921 – [[Richard T. Whitcomb]], American aeronautical engineer (d. 2009)
*[[1924]] – [[Thelma Estrin]], American computer scientist and engineer (d. 2014)
* 1924 – [[Robert Mugabe]], Zimbabwean educator and politician, 2nd [[President of Zimbabwe]]
* 1924 – [[Dorothy Blum]], American computer scientist and cryptanalyst (d. 1980)
*[[1925]] – [[Sam Peckinpah]], American director and screenwriter (d. 1984)
* 1925 – [[Jack Ramsay]], American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2014)
*[[1927]] – [[Erma Bombeck]], American journalist and author (d. 1996)
* 1927 – [[Hubert de Givenchy]], French fashion designer, founded [[Givenchy]] (d. 2018)
*[[1929]] – [[Chespirito]], Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
*[[1933]] – [[Nina Simone]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2003)
*[[1934]] – [[Rue McClanahan]], American actress (d. 2010)
*[[1935]] – [[Richard A. Lupoff]], American author
*[[1936]] – [[Barbara Jordan]], American lawyer and politician (d. 1996)
*[[1937]] – [[Ron Clarke]], Australian runner and politician, [[Mayor of the Gold Coast]] (d. 2015)
* 1937 – [[Harald V of Norway]]
*[[1938]] – [[Bobby Charles]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
* 1938 – [[Kel Tremain]], New Zealand rugby player (d. 1992)
*[[1940]] – [[Peter Gethin]], English race car driver (d. 2011)
* 1940 – [[John Lewis (Georgia politician)|John Lewis]], American activist and politician
*[[1942]] – [[Tony Martin (professor)|Tony Martin]], Trinidadian-American historian and academic (d. 2013)
* 1942 – [[Margarethe von Trotta]], German actress, director, and screenwriter
*[[1943]] – [[David Geffen]], American businessman, co-founded [[DreamWorks]] and [[Geffen Records]]
*[[1945]] – [[Maurice Bembridge]], English golfer
*[[1946]] – [[Tyne Daly]], American actress and singer
* 1946 – [[Anthony Daniels]], English actor and producer
* 1946 – [[Alan Rickman]], English actor and director (d. 2016)
* 1946 – [[Bob Ryan]], American journalist and author
*[[1947]] – [[Johnny Echols]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1947 – [[Olympia Snowe]], American politician
*[[1948]] – [[Bill Slayback]], American baseball player and singer (d. 2015)
*[[1949]] – [[Frank Brunner]], American illustrator
* 1949 – [[Larry Drake]], American actor (d. 2016)
* 1949 – [[Jerry Harrison]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
* 1949 – [[Ronnie Hellström]], Swedish footballer
*[[1951]] – [[Vince Welnick]], American keyboard player (d. 2006)
*[[1952]] – [[Jean-Jacques Burnel]], English bass player, songwriter, and producer
* 1952 – [[Vitaly Churkin]], Russian diplomat, former [[Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations|Ambassador of Russia to the United Nations]] (d. 2017)
*[[1953]] – [[Christine Ebersole]], American actress and singer
* 1953 – [[William Petersen]], American actor and producer
*[[1954]] – [[Christina Rees (politician)|Christina Rees]], British politician
*[[1955]] – [[Kelsey Grammer]], American actor, singer, and producer
*[[1958]] – [[Jake Burns]], Northern Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1958 – [[Mary Chapin Carpenter]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1958 – [[Kim Coates]], Canadian actor
* 1958 – [[Alan Trammell]], American baseball player, coach, and manager
*[[1959]] – [[José María Cano]], Spanish singer-songwriter and painter
*[[1960]] – [[Plamen Oresharski]], Bulgarian economist and politician, 52nd [[Prime Minister of Bulgaria]]
* 1960 – [[Steve Wynn (songwriter)|Steve Wynn]], American singer-songwriter
*[[1961]] – [[Christopher Atkins]], American actor and businessman
*[[1962]] – [[Chuck Palahniuk]], American novelist and journalist
* 1962 – [[David Foster Wallace]], American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2008)
*[[1963]] – [[William Baldwin]], American actor
* 1963 – [[Ranking Roger]], English singer-songwriter and musician
* 1963 – [[Greg Turner]], New Zealand golfer
*[[1964]] – [[Mark Kelly]], American captain, pilot, and astronaut
* 1964 – [[Scott Kelly (astronaut)|Scott Kelly]], American captain, pilot, and astronaut
*[[1965]] – [[Mark Ferguson (news presenter)|Mark Ferguson]], Australian journalist
*[[1967]] – [[Leroy Burrell]], American runner and coach
* 1967 – [[Sari Essayah]], Finnish athlete and politician
*[[1969]] – [[James Dean Bradfield]], Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Manic Street Preachers]])
* 1969 – [[Aunjanue Ellis]], American actress and producer
* 1969 – [[Petra Kronberger]], Austrian skier
* 1969 – [[Tony Meola]], American soccer player and manager
* 1969 – [[Cathy Richardson]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1970]] – [[Michael Slater]], Australian cricketer and sportscaster
* 1970 – [[Eric Wilson (bassist)|Eric Wilson]], American bass player and drummer
*[[1971]] – [[Pierre Fulke]], Swedish golfer
*[[1972]] – [[Seo Taiji]], South Korean singer-songwriter
*[[1973]] – [[Heri Joensen]], Faroese singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1973 – [[Brian Rolston]], American ice hockey player and coach
*[[1974]] – [[Iván Campo]], Spanish footballer
* 1974 – [[Roberto Heras]], Spanish cyclist
*[[1975]] – [[Scott Miller (swimmer)|Scott Miller]], Australian swimmer
*[[1976]] – [[Ryan Smyth]], Canadian ice hockey player
* 1976 – [[Michael McIntyre]], English comedian, actor and television presenter
*[[1977]] – [[Jonathan Safran Foer]], American novelist
* 1977 – [[Steve Francis]], American basketball player
* 1977 – [[Owen King]], American author
* 1977 – [[Kevin Rose]], American businessman and television host, founded [[Digg]]
*[[1978]] – [[Kumail Nanjiani]], Pakistani-American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and podcast host
*[[1979]] – [[Pascal Chimbonda]], Guadeloupean-French footballer
* 1979 – [[Shane Gibson (musician)|Shane Gibson]], American guitarist ([[stOrk]] and [[Jonathan Davis and the SFA]]) (d. 2014)
* 1979 – [[Jennifer Love Hewitt]], American actress and producer
* 1979 – [[Carly Colón]], Puerto Rican professional wrestler
* 1979 – [[Jordan Peele]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1980]] – [[Brad Fast]], Canadian ice hockey player
* 1980 – [[Tiziano Ferro]], Italian singer-songwriter and producer
* 1980 – [[Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck]], 5th [[King of Bhutan]]
* 1980 – [[Justin Roiland]], American animator, writer and voice actor
*[[1982]] – [[Andre Barrett]], American basketball player
* 1982 – [[Chantal Claret]], American singer-songwriter
* 1982 – [[Tebogo Jacko Magubane]], South African DJ and producer
*[[1983]] – [[Braylon Edwards]], American football player
* 1983 – [[Franklin Gutiérrez]], Venezuelan baseball player
* 1983 – [[Mélanie Laurent]], French actress
*[[1984]] – [[Andrew Ellis]], New Zealand rugby player
* 1984 – [[David Odonkor]], German footballer
* 1984 – [[Marco Paoloni]], Italian footballer
* 1984 – [[James Wisniewski]], American ice hockey player
*[[1985]] – [[Georgios Samaras]], Greek footballer
* 1985 – [[Jamaal Westerman]], American football player
*[[1986]] – [[Charlotte Church]], Welsh singer-songwriter and actress
*[[1987]] – [[Ellen Page]], Canadian actress
*[[1989]] – [[Corbin Bleu]], American actor, model, dancer, film producer and singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Corbin Bleu |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/film-and-television-biographies/corbin-bleu |website=Encyclopedia.com |accessdate=February 22, 2019}}</ref>
*[[1990]] – [[Mattias Tedenby]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mattias Tedenby Stats |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/t/tedenma01.html |website=Hockey-Reference.com |accessdate=February 22, 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1991]] – [[Joe Alwyn]], English actor<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/person/joe-alwyn|title=Joe Alwyn|work=[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]|location=UK|publisher=Condé Nast|accessdate=13 September 2017|archivedate=2018-01-08|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180108224236/http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/person/joe-alwyn|deadurl=no|df=}}</ref>
* 1991 – [[Riyad Mahrez]], Algerian footballer
* 1991 – [[Ji So-yun]], South Korean footballer
* 1991 – [[Devon Travis]], American baseball player
*[[1993]] – [[Steve Leo Beleck]], Cameroonian footballer
* 1993 – [[Davy Klaassen]], Dutch footballer
*[[1994]] – [[Tang Haochen]], Chinese tennis player
* 1994 – [[Charalampos Mavrias]], Greek footballer
*[[1996]] – [[Sophie Turner]], English actress
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==Deaths==
* [[4 AD]] – [[Gaius Caesar]], Roman [[Roman consul|consul]] and grandson of [[Augustus]] (b. 20 BC)
* [[675]] – [[Randoald of Grandval]], [[priory#Other prior and priories|prior]] of the [[Benedictine]] [[monastery]] of [[Grandval, Switzerland|Grandval]]
*[[1184]] – [[Minamoto no Yoshinaka]], Japanese [[List of shōguns|shōgun]] (b. 1154)
*[[1267]] – [[Baldwin of Ibelin, Seneschal of Cyprus]]
*[[1437]] – [[James I of Scotland]] (b. 1394; assassinated)<ref>{{cite book|author=Thomas WATERHOUSE (of Grantham.)|title=A genealogical account of the royal house of Stuart, Kings of Scotland, from the year 1043, to its union with the English Crown, ... also from that time to the commencement of the ... house of Brunswick; and down to the present period|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZqVVAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA44|year=1816|pages=44}}</ref>
*[[1471]] – [[Jan Rokycana]], Czech bishop and theologian (b. 1396)
*[[1513]] – [[Pope Julius II]] (b. 1443)
*[[1543]] – [[Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi]], Somalian general (b. 1507)
*[[1554]] – [[Hieronymus Bock]], German botanist and physician (b. 1498)
*[[1572]] – [[Cho Shik]], Korean poet and scholar (d. 1501)
*[[1590]] – [[Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick]], English nobleman and general (b. 1528)
*[[1595]] – [[Robert Southwell (Jesuit)|Robert Southwell]], English priest and poet (b. 1561)
*[[1677]] – [[Baruch Spinoza]], Dutch philosopher and scholar (b. 1632)
*[[1715]] – [[Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore]], English politician (b. 1637)
*[[1730]] – [[Pope Benedict XIII]] (b. 1649)
*[[1821]] – [[Georg Friedrich von Martens]], German jurist and diplomat (b. 1756)
*[[1824]] – [[Eugène de Beauharnais]], French general (b. 1781)
*1829 – [[Kittur Chennamma]], Indian queen and freedom fighter (b. 1778)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/printrelease.aspx?relid=148944|title=Rani Chennamma of Kitturu|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2019-02-21}}</ref>
*[[1846]] – [[Emperor Ninkō]] of Japan (b. 1800)
*[[1862]] – [[Justinus Kerner]], German poet and physician (b. 1786)
*[[1888]] – [[William Weston (Australian politician)|William Weston]], English-Australian politician, 3rd [[Premier of Tasmania]] (b. 1804)
*[[1891]] – [[James Timberlake]], American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1846)
*[[1919]] – [[Kurt Eisner]], German journalist and politician, [[Minister-President of Bavaria]] (b. 1867)
*[[1926]] – [[Heike Kamerlingh Onnes]], Dutch physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1853)
*[[1934]] – [[Augusto César Sandino]], Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)
*[[1938]] – [[George Ellery Hale]], American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
*[[1941]] – [[Frederick Banting]], Canadian physician and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1891)
*[[1944]] – [[Ferenc Szisz]], Hungarian-French race car driver (b. 1873)
*[[1945]] – [[Eric Liddell]], Scottish rugby player and runner (b. 1902)
*[[1946]] – [[José Streel]], Belgian journalist (b. 1911)
*[[1958]] – [[Duncan Edwards]], English footballer (b. 1936)
*[[1965]] – [[Malcolm X]], American minister and activist (b. 1925; assassinated)<ref>{{cite book |last=Marable |first=Manning |authorlink=Manning Marable |title=Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention |location=New York |publisher=Viking |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-670-02220-5 |title-link=Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention|pages=436-437}}</ref>
*[[1967]] – [[Charles Beaumont]], American author and screenwriter (b. 1929)
*[[1968]] – [[Howard Florey]], Australian pathologist and pharmacologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1898)
*[[1972]] – [[Zhang Guohua]], Chinese general and politician (b. 1914)
* 1972 – [[Bronislava Nijinska]], Russian-American dancer and choreographer (b. 1891)
* 1972 – [[Eugène Tisserant]], French cardinal (b. 1884)
*[[1974]] – [[Tim Horton]], Canadian ice hockey player and businessman, co-founded [[Tim Hortons]] (b. 1930)
*[[1980]] – [[Alfred Andersch]], German-Swiss author (b. 1914)
*[[1982]] – [[Gershom Scholem]], German-Israeli historian and philosopher (b. 1897)
*[[1984]] – [[Mikhail Sholokhov]], Russian novelist and short story writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1905)
*[[1985]] – [[Louis Hayward]], South African-American actor (b. 1909)
*[[1986]] – [[Helen Hooven Santmyer]], American novelist (b. 1895)
*[[1991]] – [[Dorothy Auchterlonie Green]], Australian poet, critic, and academic (b. 1915)
*[[1993]] – [[Inge Lehmann]], Danish seismologist and geophysicist (b. 1888)
*[[1994]] – [[Johannes Steinhoff]], German general and pilot (b. 1913)
*[[1996]] – [[Morton Gould]], American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1913)
*[[1999]] – [[Gertrude B. Elion]], American biochemist and pharmacologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1918)
* 1999 – [[Ilmari Juutilainen]], Finnish soldier and pilot (b. 1914)
* 1999 – [[Wilmer Mizell]], American baseball player and politician (b. 1930)
*[[2002]] – [[John Thaw]], English actor and producer (b. 1942)
*[[2004]] – [[John Charles]], Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1931)
*[[2005]] – [[Guillermo Cabrera Infante]], Cuban author, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1929)
* 2005 – [[Zdzisław Beksiński]], Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor (b. 1929)
*[[2008]] – [[Ben Chapman (actor)|Ben Chapman]], American actor (b. 1928)
*[[2011]] – [[Dwayne McDuffie]], American author and screenwriter, co-founded [[Milestone Media]] (b. 1962)
* 2011 – [[Bernard Nathanson]], American physician and activist (b. 1926)
*[[2012]] – [[H. M. Darmstandler]], American general (b. 1922)
*[[2013]] – [[Hasse Jeppson]], Swedish footballer (b. 1925)
*[[2014]] – [[Héctor Maestri]], Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1935)
* 2014 – [[Matthew Robinson (snowboarder)|Matthew Robinson]], Australian snowboarder (b. 1985)
* 2014 – [[Cornelius Schnauber]], German–American historian, playwright, and academic (b. 1939)
*[[2015]] – [[Aleksei Gubarev]], Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1931)
* 2015 – [[Sadeq Tabatabaei]], Iranian journalist and politician (b. 1943)<ref>[http://www.khabaronline.ir/%28X%281%29S%28enevwlaebei4um0plfivpywm%29%29/detail/401292/Politics/parties صادق طباطبایی درگذشت] {{fa icon}}</ref>
* 2015 – [[Clark Terry]], American trumpet player, composer, and educator (b. 1920)
*[[2016]] – [[Eric Brown (pilot)|Eric Brown]], Scottish-English captain and pilot (b. 1919)
*[[2017]] – [[Jeanne Martin Cissé]], Guinean teacher and politician (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Freland|first1=François-Xavier|title=La Guinée endeuillée par la disparition de Jeanne Martin Cissé, figure de l’indépendance et des droits des femmes|url=http://www.jeuneafrique.com/405868/politique/guinee-endeuillee-disparition-de-jeanne-martin-cisse-figure-de-lindependance-droits-femmes/|work=Jeune Afrique|date=February 22, 2017|access-date=19 February 2019}}</ref>
*[[2018]] – [[Billy Graham]], American evangelist (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/21/rev-billy-graham-prominent-christian-evangelist-dead-at-99-fox-news-confirms.html|title=The Rev. Billy Graham, prominent Christian evangelist, dead at 99|date=February 21, 2018|publisher=Fox News|access-date=March 2, 2018}}</ref>
*[[2019]] – [[Stanley Donen]], American film director (b. 1924)<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/feb/23/stanley-donen-director-singin-in-the-rain-dies Stanley Donen, director of Singin' in the Rain, dies aged 94]</ref>
* 2019 – [[Peter Tork]], American musician and actor (b. 1942)<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/obituaries/peter-tork-dead.html Peter Tork, Court Jester of the Monkees, Is Dead at 77]</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*[[Armed Forces Day#South Africa|Armed Forces Day (South Africa)]]
*[[Flag flying days in Norway#Full staff|Birthday of King Harald V]] ([[Norway]])
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Felix of Hadrumetum]]
**[[Pepin of Landen]]
**[[Peter Damian]]
**[[Randoald of Grandval]]
**[[February 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Public holidays in Vanuatu|Father Lini Day]] ([[Vanuatu]])
*[[Language Movement Day]] ([[Bangladesh]])
**[[International Mother Language Day]] ([[UNESCO]])
*The first day of the [[Public holidays in Bhutan|Birth Anniversary of Fifth Druk Gyalpo]], celebrated until February 23. ([[Bhutan]])
*The first day of the [[Tagum City#Cultural activities and festivities|Musikahan Festival]], celebrated until February 27. ([[Tagum City]], [[Philippines]])
*[[Feralia]] ([[Ancient Rome]])
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
=== Works cited ===
*{{cite book
|last = Fuller
|first = Joseph V.
|title= Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1929, Volume II
|url= https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.78859/page/n1
|date= 1943
|publisher= [[United States Government Publishing Office]]
|location= [[Washington, D.C.]]
|isbn=
|ref=harv}}
==External links==
{{commons}}
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/21 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=02|day=21}}
* [http://canadachannel.ca/todayincanadianhistory/index.php/February_21 Today in Canadian History]
{{months}}
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