A gunman opened fire into a crowded lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, killing five people and injuring twenty-one others.
The first of several bombings in Zahedan, Iran, killed 18 members of the Revolutionary Guards.
The video-sharing web site YouTube was founded by three former PayPal employees.
The online video platform YouTube was founded by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim.
Sri Temasek (pictured), the official residence of the prime minister of Singapore, was declared a national monument.
The NASA space probe Voyager 1 took Pale Blue Dot (detail pictured), a photograph of Earth from a record distance of 40.5 astronomical units (6.06 billion km; 3.76 billion mi).
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran issued a fatwa calling for the death of Salman Rushdie, the author of The Satanic Verses, a novel considered to be blasphemous by some Muslims.
48 people died when a fire broke out during a Valentine's Day dance at a Dublin nightclub.
Adolph Dubs, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan, was kidnapped by unknown agents and killed during a gun battle between Afghan police and the perpetrators.
Lawrencium, the radioactive synthetic element with atomic number 103, was first synthesized at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.
World War II: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's 5th Panzer Army launched a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.
The Singapore Naval Base, the cornerstone of the Singapore strategy, a British naval defence policy, was opened.
The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was renamed as International Business Machines (IBM), later growing into one of the world's largest companies by market capitalization.
The Battle of Bereza Kartuska, the first serious armed conflict of the Polish–Soviet War, took place near present-day Biaroza, Belarus.
World War I: Britain, France and Russia made the declaration of Sainte-Adresse, stating they would refuse to sign any peace tretay with the Central Powers that failed to ensure the political and economic independence of Belgium.
The animated film Gertie the Dinosaur was released, later greatly influencing future animators such as the Fleischer brothers and Walt Disney.
Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, once described as the second most quoted English-language play after Hamlet, premiered in London.
The Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, was founded in London.
Serb chieftains elected Đorđe Petrović as their leader and began an uprising against the Ottoman Empire.
American Revolutionary War: A militia of Patriots decisively defeated and scattered a Loyalist militia that was on its way to British-controlled Augusta, Georgia.
Native Hawaiians killed the English explorer Captain James Cook as he attempted to kidnap Kalaniʻōpuʻu, the ruling chief of the island of Hawaii.
Arauco War: The Mapuche carried out a series of coordinated attacks against Spanish settlements and forts in colonial Chile, beginning a ten-year period of warfare.
At least 22 people are killed in an attack on a village in Northwest Region, Cameroon.
Pulwama attack takes place in Lethpora in Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir, India in which 40 Central Reserve Police Force personnel and a suicide bomber were killed and 35 were injured.
Jacob Zuma resigns as President of South Africa.
A shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida is one of the deadliest school massacres with 17 fatalities and 17 injuries.
As a part of Arab Spring, the Bahraini uprising begins with a 'Day of Rage'.
Northern Illinois University shooting: A gunman opens fire in a lecture hall of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb County, Illinois, resulting in six fatalities (including the gunman) and 21 injuries.
In Beirut, 23 people, including former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, are killed when the equivalent of around 1,000 kg of TNT is detonated while Hariri's motorcade drives through the city.
Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected al-Qaeda-linked militants that hit Makati, Davao City, and General Santos, all in the Philippines.
YouTube is launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos.
In a suburb of Moscow, Russia, the roof of the Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 28 people, and wounding 193 others.
Iraq disarmament crisis: UNMOVIC Executive Chairman Hans Blix reports to the United Nations Security Council that disarmament inspectors have found no weapons of mass destruction in Ba'athist Iraq.
The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.
An oil tanker train collides with a freight train in Yaoundé, Cameroon, spilling fuel oil. One person scavenging the oil created a massive explosion which killed 120.
Ninety-two people are killed when Indian Airlines Flight 605 crashes in Bangalore, India.
The Voyager 1 spacecraft takes the photograph of planet Earth that later becomes famous as Pale Blue Dot.
Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal disaster.
Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.
United American Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee collapses. Its president, Jake Butcher, is later convicted of fraud.
In Kabul, Setami Milli militants kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police.
Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
First Indochina war - small French garrison at Đắk Đoa is overrun by the Viet Minh after a week's siege.
The Knesset (parliament of Israel) convenes for the first time.
The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
The act abolishing all noble ranks and related styles comes into force in Hungary.
The Bank of England is nationalized.
World War II: On the first day of the bombing of Dresden, the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces begin fire-bombing Dresden.
World War II: Navigational error leads to the mistaken bombing of Prague, Czechoslovakia by a United States Army Air Forces squadron of B-17s assisting in the Soviet Red Army's Vistula–Oder Offensive.
World War II: Mostar is liberated by Yugoslav partisans
President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard the USS Quincy, officially beginning U.S.-Saudi diplomatic relations.
World War II: In the action of 14 February 1944, a Royal Navy submarine sinks a German-controlled Italian Regia Marina submarine in the Strait of Malacca.
World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated.
World War II: Tunisia Campaign: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's Fifth Panzer Army launches a counter-attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.
World War II: Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore.
World War II: German battleship Bismarck is launched.
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago.
The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago.
The Polish–Soviet War begins.
Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar.
Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
The British Army begins the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state.
Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.
Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, is founded in London.
In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.
The original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, in the Latter Day Saint movement, is formed in Kirtland, Ohio.
Ras Marye of Yejju marches into Tigray and defeats and kills Dejazmach Sabagadis in the Battle of Debre Abbay.
Karađorđe leads the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire.
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St. Vincent: John Jervis, (later 1st Earl of St Vincent) and Horatio Nelson (later 1st Viscount Nelson) lead the British Royal Navy to victory over a Spanish fleet in action near Gibraltar.
American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
The United States flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
The Mapuches launch coordinated attacks against the Spanish in Chile beginning the Mapuche uprising of 1655.
Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Frederick V of the Palatinate at Whitehall Palace, London.
Having been declared a heretic and laicized by Pope Paul IV on 4 December 1555, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer is publicly defrocked at Christ Church Cathedral.
Coronation of Akbar as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
Spanish conquistadores, led by Nuño de Guzmán, overthrow and execute Tangaxuan II, the last independent monarch of the Tarascan state in present-day central Mexico.
Several hundred Jews are burned to death by mobs while the remaining Jews are forcibly removed from Strasbourg.
The troubled 1130 papal election exposes a rift within the College of Cardinals.
Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry of Bavaria, King of Germany and of Italy, as Holy Roman Emperor.
Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German languages.
Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt.
Gabriel Moreno, Venezuelan baseball player
Tyler Adams, American soccer player
Jaehyun, South Korean singer and actor
Breel Embolo, Swiss footballer
Nikolaj Ehlers, Danish ice hockey player
Poasa Faamausili, New Zealand rugby league player
Lucas Hernandez, French footballer
Jadeveon Clowney, American football player
Alberto Rosende, American actor and singer
Christian Eriksen, Danish footballer
Freddie Highmore, English actor
Petr Mrázek, Czech ice hockey player
Daniela Mona Lambin, Estonian footballer
Chris Babb, American basketball player
Brett Dier, Canadian actor
Bogdan Kiselevich, Russian ice hockey player
Sefa Yılmaz, German-Turkish footballer
Néstor Calderón, Mexican footballer
Adam Matuszczyk, Polish footballer
Emma Miskew, Canadian curler
Byron Mullens, American basketball player
Derek Norris, American baseball player
Brandon Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player
Jurij Tepeš, Slovenian ski jumper
Kristian Thomas, English gymnast
Katie Boland, Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter
Ángel Di María, Argentinian footballer
Siim Liivik, Estonian ice hockey player
Edinson Cavani, Uruguayan footballer
Tom Pyatt, Canadian ice hockey player
David Wheater, English footballer
Candice Wiggins, American basketball player
Michael Ammermüller, German racing driver
Oliver Lee, English actor, director, and screenwriter
Gao Lin, Chinese footballer
Tiffany Thornton, American actress and singer
Karima Adebibe, English model and actress
Tyler Clippard, American baseball player
Heart Evangelista, Filipino singer and actress
Philippe Senderos, Swiss footballer
Miki Yeung, Hong Kong singer and actress
Matt Barr, American actor
Callix Crabbe, Virgin Islander baseball player
Rocky Elsom, Australian rugby player
Bacary Sagna, French footballer
Marián Gáborík, Slovak ice hockey player
John Halls, English footballer and model
Lenka Tvarošková, Slovak tennis player
Matteo Brighi, Italian footballer
Randy de Puniet, French motorcycle racer
Brad Halsey, American baseball player (died 2014)
Kara Lawson, American basketball player and coach
Jared Lorenzen, American football player (died 2019)
Josh Senter, American screenwriter and producer
Michelle Ye, Hong Kong actress and producer
Danai Gurira, American-Zimbabwean actress
Richard Hamilton, American basketball player
Darius Songaila, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
Anna Erschler, Russian mathematician
Cadel Evans, Australian cyclist
Jim Jefferies, Australian comedian and actor
Darren Purse, English footballer
Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (died 2007)
Milan Hejduk, Czech-American ice hockey player
Liv Kristine, Norwegian singer-songwriter
Rie Rasmussen, Danish model, film director, writer, photographer, and actress
Viktor Kozlov, Russian ice hockey player and coach
Dámaso Marte, Dominican baseball player
Valentina Vezzali, Italian fencer and politician
H. D. Ackerman, South African cricketer
Annalisa Buffa, Italian mathematician
Tyus Edney, American basketball player and coach
Steve McNair, American football player (died 2009)
Drew Bledsoe, American football player and coach
Musōyama Masashi, Japanese sumo wrestler
Najwa Nimri, Spanish actress and singer
Jaan Tallinn, Estonian computer programmer, co-developed Skype
Rob Thomas, American singer-songwriter
Kris Aquino, Filipino talk show host, actress, and producer
Gheorghe Mureșan, Romanian basketball player
Giuseppe Guerini, Italian cyclist
Sean Hill, American ice hockey player
Simon Pegg, English actor, director, and producer
Takashi Saito, Japanese baseball player
Meg Hillier, English journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
Jules Asner, American model and television host
Chris Lewis, Guyanese-English cricketer
Scott McClellan, American civil servant and author, 25th White House Press Secretary
Stelios Haji-Ioannou, Greek-English businessman, founded easyJet
Calle Johansson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
Manuela Maleeva, Bulgarian-Swiss tennis player
Bernie Moreno, American politician and businessman
Mark Rutte, Dutch businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Petr Svoboda, Czech ice hockey player and agent
Gianni Bugno, Italian cyclist and sportscaster
Zach Galligan, American actor
Enrico Colantoni, Canadian actor, director, and producer
Sakina Jaffrey, American actress
D'Wayne Wiggins, American musical artist (died 2025)
Philip Jones, English admiral
Jim Kelly, American football player and businessman
Meg Tilly, American actress and author
Renée Fleming, American soprano and actress
Grant Thomas, Australian footballer and coach
Soile Isokoski, Finnish soprano and actress
Alan Smith, English bishop
Ken Wahl, American actor
Howard Davis Jr., American boxer and trainer (died 2015)
Dave Dravecky, American baseball player
Katharina Fritsch, German sculptor and academic
Carol Kalish, American publisher (died 1991)
Jam Mohammad Yousaf, Pakistani politician, Chief Minister of Balochistan (died 2013)
Sushma Swaraj, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (died 2019)
Terry Gross, American radio host and producer
Kevin Keegan, English footballer and manager
Roger Fisher, American guitarist and songwriter
Mayra Gómez Kemp, Cuban-Spanish television host and actress (died 2024)
Kitten Natividad, Mexican-American actress and dancer (died 2022)
Pat O'Brien, American journalist and author
Wally Tax, Dutch singer-songwriter (died 2005)
Teller, American magician and actor
Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1975)
Judd Gregg, American lawyer and politician, 76th Governor of New Hampshire
John Quayle, Australian rugby league player and administrator
Phạm Tuân, Vietnamese aviator and cosmonaut
Bernard Dowiyogo, Nauru politician, President of Nauru (died 2003)
Gregory Hines, American actor, singer, and dancer (died 2003)
Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
Rod Masterson, American lieutenant and actor (died 2013)
Carl Bernstein, American journalist and author
Alan Parker, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2020)
Ronnie Peterson, Swedish racing driver (died 1978)
Maceo Parker, American saxophonist
Michael Bloomberg, American businessman and politician, 108th Mayor of New York City
Andrew Robinson, American actor and director
Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (died 1962)
Donna Shalala, American academic and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
Paul Tsongas, American lawyer and politician (died 1997)
Razzy Bailey, American country music singer-songwriter and musician (died 2021)
Blowfly, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2016)
Eugene Fama, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
John MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market, English politician, Secretary of State for Transport
Magic Sam, American singer and guitarist (died 1969)
Anna German, Polish singer (died 1982)
David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn, Scottish academic and diplomat, 27th Governor of Hong Kong
Florence Henderson, American actress and singer (died 2016)
Nell Hall Williams, American quilter (died 2021)
Harriet Andersson, Swedish actress
Brian Kelly, American actor and director (died 2005)
Vic Morrow, American actor and director (died 1982)
William Allain, American lawyer and politician, 58th Governor of Mississippi (died 2013)
Vicente T. Blaz, American general and politician (died 2014)
Lois Maxwell, Canadian-Australian model and actress (died 2007)
Juan Ponce Enrile, Filipino politician
Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (died 2017)
Jay Hebert, American golfer (died 1997)
Hugh Downs, American journalist, game show host, and producer (died 2020)
Hazel McCallion, Canadian businesswoman and politician, 3rd Mayor of Mississauga (died 2023)
Herbert A. Hauptman, American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011)
Marcel Bigeard, French general (died 2010)
Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese director and producer (died 1996)
Edward Platt, American actor (died 1974)
Sally Gray, English actress and singer (died 2006)
Mel Allen, American sportscaster (died 1996)
Woody Hayes, American football player and coach (died 1987)
Jimmy Hoffa, American trade union leader (died 1975)
James Pike, American bishop (died 1969)
Tibor Sekelj, Hungarian lawyer, explorer, and author (died 1988)
Willem Johan Kolff, Dutch physician and inventor (died 2009)
Johnny Longden, English-American jockey and trainer (died 2003)
Stuart Erwin, American actor (died 1967)
Thelma Ritter, American actress and singer (died 1969)
Jessica Dragonette, American singer (died 1980)
Bill Tilman, English mountaineer and explorer (died 1977)
Fritz Zwicky, Swiss-American physicist and astronomer (died 1974)
Wilhelm Burgdorf, German general (died 1945)
Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (died 1973)
Jack Benny, American actor and producer (died 1974)
Radola Gajda, Czech commander and politician (died 1948)
Katherine Stinson, American aviator (died 1977)
Nina Hamnett, Welsh-English painter and author (died 1956)
Dick Richards, Welsh international footballer (died 1934)
Chandrashekhar Agashe, Indian industrialist (died 1956)
Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish actor and director (died 1947)
Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet and playwright (died 1974)
John Barrymore, American actor (died 1942)
Julius Nieuwland, Belgian priest, chemist and academic (died 1936)
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist and meteorologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1959)
Eugen Schiffer, German lawyer and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (died 1954)
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., American engineer, inventor of the Ferris wheel (died 1896)
Frank Harris, Irish author and journalist (died 1931)
Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (died 1934)
Anna Howard Shaw, American physician, minister, and activist (died 1919)
Julian Scott, American soldier and drummer, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1901)
Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (died 1914)
Piet Paaltjens, Dutch minister and poet (died 1894)
Alfred Iverson Jr., American Confederate Army officer (died 1911)
Edmond François Valentin About, French journalist and author (died 1885)
Winfield Scott Hancock, American general and politician (died 1886)
Christopher Latham Sholes, American journalist and politician, invented the typewriter (died 1890)
Lydia Hamilton Smith, African-American businesswoman (died 1884)
Fernando Wood, American merchant and politician, 73rd Mayor of New York City (died 1881)
Michael Costa, Italian-English conductor and composer (died 1884)
Emory Washburn, American historian, lawyer, and politician, 22nd Governor of Massachusetts (died 1877)
Walenty Wańkowicz, Polish painter and illustrator (died 1842)
Heinrich Baermann, German clarinetist (died 1847)
Eleanora Atherton, English philanthropist (died 1870)
Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (died 1813)
Enrique Flórez, Spanish historian and author (died 1773)
Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French author and playwright (died 1754)
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, German organist and composer (died 1735)
Rajaram Raj Bhonsle, third Chhatrapati of the Maratha Confederacy (died 1700)
Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (died 1693)
Valentine Greatrakes, Irish faith healer (died 1683)
Countess Palatine Maria Euphrosyne of Zweibrücken, Swedish princess (died 1687)
John Wilkins, English bishop, academic and natural philosopher (died 1672)
Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (died 1676)
Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara (died 1561)
Domenico Ferrabosco, Italian composer (died 1573)
Valentin Friedland, German scholar and educationist of the Reformation (died 1556)
Babur, Moghul emperor (died 1530)
Johannes Werner, German priest and mathematician (died 1522)
Pandolfo Petrucci, tyrant of Siena (died 1512)
John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel (died 1435)
Leon Battista Alberti, Italian painter, poet, and philosopher (died 1472)
Carlos Menem, Argentine former president, lawyer, and statesman (born 1930)
William Meninger, American Trappist monk and a principal developer of Centering Prayer (born 1932)
Andrea Levy, English author (born 1956)
Ruud Lubbers, Dutch politician and diplomat, Prime Minister and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (born 1939)
Morgan Tsvangirai, 2nd Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (born 1952)
Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, English lieutenant, engineer, and politician (born 1928)
Steven Stucky, American composer and academic (born 1949)
Louis Jourdan, French-American actor and singer (born 1921)
Philip Levine, American poet and academic (born 1928)
Franjo Mihalić, Croatian-Serbian runner and coach (born 1920)
Tom Finney, English footballer (born 1922)
Chris Pearson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Yukon (born 1931)
Mike Stepovich, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Alaska Territory (born 1919)
Glenn Boyer, American historian and author (born 1924)
Ronald Dworkin, American philosopher and scholar (born 1931)
Mike Bernardo, South African boxer and martial artist (born 1969)
Tonmi Lillman, Finnish drummer and producer (born 1973)
Dory Previn, American singer-songwriter (born 1925)
Péter Rusorán, Hungarian swimmer, water polo player, and coach (born 1940)
George Shearing, English-American pianist and composer (born 1919)
Doug Fieger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1952)
Dick Francis, Welsh jockey and author (born 1920)
Linnart Mäll, Estonian historian, orientalist, and translator (born 1938)
Bernard Ashley, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Laura Ashley plc (born 1926)
Louie Bellson, American drummer and composer (born 1924)
Perry Lopez, American actor (born 1929)
Ryan Larkin, Canadian animator and director (born 1943)
Gareth Morris, English flute player and educator (born 1920)
Lynden David Hall, English singer-songwriter and producer (born 1974)
Rafic Hariri, Lebanese businessman and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Lebanon (born 1944; assassinated)
Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (born 1970)
Johnny Longden, English jockey and trainer (born 1907)
Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1922)
Mick Tucker, English drummer (born 1947)
John Ehrlichman, American lawyer and politician, 12th White House Counsel (born 1925)
Buddy Knox, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1933)
Peter Koch (wood scientist), American industrial engineer and wood scientist (born 1920)
Bob Paisley, English footballer and manager (born 1919)
Michael V. Gazzo, American actor and playwright (born 1923)
U Nu, Burmese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Burma (born 1907)
Andrei Chikatilo, Soviet serial killer (born 1936)
Christopher Lasch, American historian and critic (born 1932)
James Bond, American ornithologist and zoologist (born 1900)
Vincent Crane, English pianist (born 1943)
Frederick Loewe, German-American composer (born 1901)
Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian pianist and composer (born 1904)
Edmund Rubbra, English composer and conductor (born 1901)
Lina Radke, German runner and coach (born 1903)
Adolph Dubs, American lieutenant and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan (born 1920)
Gertrud Dorka, German archaeologist, prehistorian and museum director (born 1893)
George Washington Bacon III, American soldier, CIA agent, and mercenary (born 1946)
Charlie Christodoulou, British soldier and mercenary of the Angolan Civil War (born 1951)
Julian Huxley, English biologist and eugenicist, co-founded the World Wide Fund for Nature (born 1887)
P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist and playwright (born 1881)
Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer and coach (born 1903)
Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer and coach (born 1880)
Vito Genovese, Italian-American mob boss (born 1897)
Sig Ruman, German-American actor (born 1884)
Baby Dodds, American drummer (born 1898)
Abdur Rab Nishtar, Pakistani politician, 2nd Governor of Punjab (born 1899)
Harold Edward Dahl, American pilot and mercenary (born 1909)
Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (born 1896)
Karl Guthe Jansky, American physicist and engineer (born 1905)
Yusuf Salman Yusuf, Iraqi politician (born 1901)
Mordecai Brown, American baseball player and manager (born 1876)
Dora Gerson, German actress and singer (born 1899)
David Hilbert, Russian-German mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (born 1862)
Adnan Saidi, Malayan lieutenant (born 1915)
Erkki Melartin, Finnish composer (born 1875)
Carl Correns, German botanist and geneticist (born 1864)
Thomas Mackenzie, Scottish-New Zealand cartographer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1853)
Thomas Burke, American sprinter, coach, and lawyer (born 1875)
Amalie Andersen, Norwegian actress (born 1861)
Charles Henry Turner, American zoologist, educator, and comparative psychologist (born 1867)
Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish lawyer and politician (born 1880; assassinated)
Giovanni Passannante, Italian anarchist (born 1849)
Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (born 1814)
William Tecumseh Sherman, American general (born 1820)
Jules Vallès, French journalist and author (born 1832)
Lydia Hamilton Smith, African-American businesswoman (born 1813)
Fernando Wood, American merchant and politician, 73rd Mayor of New York City (born 1812)
St. John Richardson Liddell, American general (born 1815)
Vicente Guerrero, Mexican general and politician, 2nd President of Mexico (born 1782)
Henry Maudslay, English engineer (born 1771)
John Dickinson, American lawyer and politician 5th Governor of Delaware (born 1732)
Singu Min, Burmese king (born 1756)
William Blackstone, English jurist and politician (born 1723)
James Cook, English captain, cartographer, and explorer (born 1728)
Isidro de Espinosa, Franciscan missionary from Spanish Texas (born 1679)
John Hadley, English mathematician, invented the octant (born 1682)
Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot, English lawyer and politician Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (born 1685)
Maria Luisa of Savoy, queen of Spain (born 1688)
Abraham Bosse, French engraver and illustrator (born 1602)
Il Sodoma, Italian painter (born 1477)
Edzard I, German nobleman (born 1462)
Nicolaus von Tüngen, prince-bishop of Warmia
Dietrich of Oldenburg, German nobleman
Richard II, king of England (born 1367)
Margaret of France, queen of England
Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson, king of the Isles
Sviatoslav Olgovich, Kievan prince
Leo I, Armenian prince
Sobĕslav I, duke of Bohemia
Fujiwara no Korechika, Japanese nobleman (born 974)
Bruno of Querfurt, German missionary bishop
Lian Chongyu, Chinese general
Zhu Wenjin, Chinese emperor
Cyril, Greek missionary bishop and saint (born 827)
Saint Valentine, Roman saint
Christian feast day: Cyril and Methodius, patron saints of Europe (Roman Catholic Church)
Christian feast day: Manchan
Christian feast day: Valentine (see also Valentine's Day)
Christian feast day: February 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Statehood Day (Arizona, United States)
Statehood Day (Oregon, United States)
Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (Armenian Apostolic Church)
Parents' Worship Day (parts of India)