Russian statesman and politician Boris Nemtsov, an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin, was assassinated in central Moscow.
Violent riots, perceived to have been instigated by a train fire that killed 59 Hindu pilgrims, broke out in the Indian state of Gujarat, killing at least 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, over three days.
The multimedia franchise Pokémon was launched with the release of the video games Pocket Monsters Red and Green.
The Armenian community of Sumgait in Azerbaijan was the target of a violent pogrom (memorial pictured).
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, known for its performances of Gilbert and Sullivan's Savoy operas, gave its final performance.
The Sunday People revealed that James Humphreys, a notorious pornographer, had bribed a senior London police officer with a holiday to Cyprus and Beirut.
Two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots bombed the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate President Ngo Dinh Diem.
American biochemists Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discovered carbon-14, a radioactive isotope of carbon, which is now used extensively as the basis of the radiocarbon dating method to date archaeological and geological samples.
The Reichstag building, the seat of the German parliament in Berlin, was set on fire in a pivotal event in the establishment of the Nazi regime.
FC Bayern Munich, Germany's most successful football club, was founded.
The current flag of Japan was first adopted as a civil ensign for Japanese merchant ships.
Peninsular War: In the south of France, Spanish, British and Portuguese soldiers under the command of the Marquess of Wellington defeated French soldiers in the Battle of Orthez, causing the French to retreat east.
American Revolutionary War: A Patriot victory at the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge resulted in the arrests of 850 Loyalists over the following days.
Sweden signed the Treaty of Stolbovo to end the Ingrian War with Russia, making large territorial gains.
The Treaty of Berwick was signed, setting the terms under which an English fleet and army could enter Scotland to expel French troops defending the regency of Mary of Guise (pictured).
Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder downs Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman's Mig-21 in an aerial dogfight and captures him after conducting airstrikes in Jammu and Kashmir.
Russian politician Boris Nemtsov is assassinated in Moscow while out walking with his girlfriend.
A shooting takes place at a factory in Menznau, Switzerland, in which five people (including the perpetrator) are killed and five others injured.
An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggers a tsunami which strikes Hawaii shortly after.
Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari escapes from a detention center in Singapore, hiding in Johor, Malaysia until he was recaptured over a year later.
Chinese stock bubble of 2007: The Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest daily fall in ten years, following speculation about a crackdown on illegal share offerings and trading, and fears about accelerating inflation.
A bombing of a SuperFerry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines' worst terrorist attack kills more than 100 passengers.
Shoko Asahara, the leader of the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, is sentenced to death for masterminding the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack.
Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport causing minor injuries.
Godhra train burning: A Muslim mob torches a train returning from Ayodhya, killing 59 Hindu pilgrims.
Loganair Flight 670A crashes while attempting to make a water landing in the Firth of Forth in Scotland.
Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".
Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent pogrom.
The former Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee in protest of the federal government.
Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start performing artificially-induced abortions.
The Government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo.
Vietnam War: Two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots bomb the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President Ngô Đình Diệm.
The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.
The Holocaust: In Berlin, the Gestapo arrest 1,800 Jewish men with German wives, leading to the Rosenstrasse protest.
World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an Allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies.
Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14.
United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp. that the National Labor Relations Board has no authority to force an employer to rehire workers who engage in sit-down strikes.
Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire; Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility.
The Mäntsälä rebellion begins when members of the far-right Lapua Movement start shooting at the social democrats' event in Mäntsälä, Finland.
A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.
The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.
Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
The British Labour Party is founded.
Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that plays an important role in his election to the Presidency.
United States representative Daniel Sickles, after learning of an affair between his wife and Attorney General Philip Barton Key II, murders him in Washington, D.C.
The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
Argentine War of Independence: Manuel Belgrano raises the Flag of Argentina in the city of Rosario for the first time.
Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire.
Action of 27 February 1809: Captain Bernard Dubourdieu captures HMS Proserpine.
Pursuant to the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.
American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America.
American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after leading the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci.
Sweden and the Tsardom of Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea.
Henry IV is crowned King of France.
The Treaty of Berwick is signed by England and the Lords of the Congregation of Scotland, establishing the terms under which English armed forces were to be permitted in Scotland in order to expel occupying French troops.
Abaoji, chieftain of the Yila tribe, is named khagan of the Khitans.
The University of Constantinople is founded by Emperor Theodosius II at the urging of his wife Aelia Eudocia.
Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity.
Johnny Davis, American basketball player
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Tomáš Souček, Czech footballer
Mike Matheson, Canadian ice hockey player
Alphonse Areola, French footballer
Meyers Leonard, American basketball player
Ioannis Potouridis, Greek footballer
Jonjo Shelvey, English footballer
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Adam Morgan, American baseball player
Lindsey Morgan, American actress
David Button, English footballer
Lloyd Rigby, English footballer
Dustin Jeffrey, Canadian ice hockey player
Iain Ramsay, Australian footballer
Valeriy Andriytsev, Ukrainian wrestler
Florence Kiplagat, Kenyan runner
Yovani Gallardo, Mexican baseball player
Daniel Gibson, American basketball player and coach
Jonathan Moreira, Brazilian footballer
Sandeep Singh, Indian field hockey player
Asami Abe, Japanese singer and actress
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Russian footballer
Vladislav Kulik, Ukrainian-Russian footballer
Thiago Neves, Brazilian footballer
James Augustine, American basketball player
Jumbo Díaz, Dominican baseball player
Akseli Kokkonen, Norwegian ski jumper
Aníbal Sánchez, Venezuelan baseball player
Lotta Schelin, Swedish footballer
Denard Span, American baseball player
Devin Harris, American basketball player
Kate Mara, American actress
Ali Bastian, English actress
Pat Richards, Australian rugby league player
Bruno Soares, Brazilian tennis player
Natalie Grandin, English-South African tennis player
Josh Groban, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
Élodie Ouédraogo, Belgian sprinter
Brandon Beemer, American actor
Chelsea Clinton, American journalist and academic
Bobby V, American singer-songwriter
James Beattie, English footballer and manager
Kakha Kaladze, Georgian footballer and politician
Emelie Öhrstig, Swedish skier and cyclist
Simone Di Pasquale, Italian ballet dancer
Ludovic Capelle, Belgian cyclist
Cornelia Ecker, Austrian politician
Tony Gonzalez, American football player
Sergei Semak, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager
Aitor González, Spanish racing driver
Prodromos Korkizoglou, Greek decathlete
Carte Goodwin, former United States senator from West Virginia
Peter Andre, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor
Richard Coyle, English actor
Sara Blakely, American businesswoman, founded Spanx
Derren Brown, English magician and painter
Roman Giertych, Polish lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
David Rikl, Czech-English tennis player
Rozonda Thomas, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
Kent Desormeaux, American jockey
Patricia Petibon, French soprano and actress
Juan E. Gilbert, American computer scientist, inventor, and academic
Matt Stairs, Canadian baseball player and sportscaster
Jony Ive, English-American industrial designer, former chief design officer of Apple
Dănuț Lupu, Romanian footballer
Baltasar Kormákur, Icelandic actor, director, and producer
Donal Logue, Canadian actor and director
Oliver Reck, German footballer and manager
Pedro Chaves, Portuguese racing driver
Noah Emmerich, American actor
Jeffrey Pasley, American educator and academic
Nasty Suicide, Finnish musician and pharmacist
Adam Baldwin, American actor
Grant Show, American actor
James Worthy, American basketball player and sportscaster
Andrés Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player
Johnny Van Zant, American singer-songwriter
Naas Botha, South African rugby player and sportscaster
Maggie Hassan, American politician, 81st Governor of New Hampshire
Danny Antonucci, Canadian animator, producer, and screenwriter
Kevin Curran, American screenwriter and television producer (died 2016)
Robert de Castella, Australian runner
Adrian Smith, English guitarist and songwriter
Timothy Spall, English actor
Meena Keshwar Kamal, Afghan activist, founded the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (died 1987)
Belus Prajoux, Chilean tennis player
Neal Schon, American rock guitarist and singer-songwriter
Gavin Esler, Scottish journalist and author
Ian Khama, English-Botswanan lieutenant and politician, 4th President of Botswana
Stelios Kouloglou, Greek journalist, author, director and politician
Dwight Jones, American basketball player (died 2016)
Carl A. Anderson, 13th Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus
Lee Atwater, American journalist, activist and political strategist (died 1991)
Walter de Silva, Italian car designer
Steve Harley, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)
Annabel Goldie, Scottish lawyer and politician
Julia Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger, English rabbi and politician
Mary Gibby, British botanist and professor (died 2024)
Debra Monk, American actress, singer, and writer
Alan Guth, American physicist and cosmologist
Gidon Kremer, Latvian violinist and conductor
Sonia Manzano Vela, Ecuadorian writer
Ken Grimwood, American author (died 2003)
Graeme Pollock, South African cricketer and coach
Roger Scruton, English philosopher and writer (died 2020)
Mary Frann, American actress (died 1998)
Morten Lauridsen, American composer and conductor
Carlos Alberto Parreira, Brazilian footballer and manager
Jimmy Burns, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Robert H. Grubbs, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)
Charlayne Hunter-Gault, American journalist
Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, German footballer (died 2011)
Paddy Ashdown, British soldier and politician (died 2018)
Pierre Duchesne, Canadian lawyer and politician, 28th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
Howard Hesseman, American actor (died 2022)
Bill Hunter, Australian actor (died 2011)
Don McKinnon, English-New Zealand farmer and politician, 12th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
Peter Revson, American race car driver (died 1974)
Jake Thackray, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist (died 2002)
Barbara Babcock, American actress
Ron Barassi, Australian footballer and coach (died 2023)
Sonia Johnson, American feminist activist and author
Roger Mahony, American cardinal
Mirella Freni, Italian soprano and actress (died 2020)
Uri Shulevitz, American author and illustrator
Vincent Fourcade, French interior designer (died 1992)
N. Scott Momaday, American poet and writer (died 2024)
Ralph Nader, American lawyer, politician, and activist
Raymond Berry, American football player and coach
Malcolm Wallop, American politician (died 2011)
Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress and humanitarian (died 2011)
David Young, Baron Young of Graffham, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (died 2022)
Jovan Krkobabić, Serbian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia (died 2014)
Peter Stone, American screenwriter and producer (died 2003)
Paul von Ragué Schleyer, American chemist and academic (died 2014)
Joanne Woodward, American actress
Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2008)
Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer (died 2013)
Patricia Ward Hales, British tennis player (died 1985)
René Clemencic, Austrian composer, recorder player, harpsichordist, conductor and clavichord player (died 2022)
Aira Samulin, Finnish dancer and entrepreneur (died 2023)
Peter Whittle, English-New Zealand mathematician and theorist (died 2021)
David H. Hubel, Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
Kenneth Koch, American poet, playwright and professor (died 2002)
Pia Sebastiani, Argentine pianist and composer (died 2015)
Dexter Gordon, American saxophonist, composer, and actor (died 1990)
Hans Rookmaaker, Dutch historian, author, and scholar (died 1977)
Theodore Van Kirk, American soldier, pilot, and navigator (died 2014)
Reg Simpson, English cricketer (died 2013)
Chick Halbert, American basketball player (died 2013)
Johnny Pesky, American baseball player and manager (died 2012)
John Connally, American lieutenant and politician, 39th Governor of Texas and 61st United States Secretary of Treasury (died 1993)
Denis Whitaker, Canadian general, football player, and businessman (died 2001)
Paul Ricœur, French philosopher and academic (died 2005)
Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish soldier and politician, President of Poland (died 1989)
Irwin Shaw, American author and screenwriter (died 1984)
Lawrence Durrell, British author, poet, and playwright (died 1990)
Kusumagraj, Indian author, poet, and playwright (died 1999)
Oscar Heidenstam, English bodybuilder (died 1991)
Joan Bennett, American actress (died 1990)
Peter De Vries, American journalist and author (died 1993)
Kelly Johnson, American engineer, co-founded Skunk Works (died 1990)
Genrikh Kasparyan, Armenian chess player and composer (died 1995)
Mildred Bailey, American singer (died 1951)
Momčilo Đujić, Serbian-American priest and commander (died 1999)
Franchot Tone, American actor, singer, and producer (died 1968)
James T. Farrell, American author and poet (died 1979)
Yulii Borisovich Khariton, Russian physicist and academic (died 1996)
André Leducq, French cyclist (died 1980)
Reginald Gardiner, English-American actor and singer (died 1980)
Hans Rohrbach, German mathematician (died 1993)
Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Belarusian-American rabbi and philosopher (died 1993)
Lúcio Costa, French-Brazilian architect and engineer, designed Gustavo Capanema Palace (died 1998)
Gene Sarazen, American golfer and sportscaster (died 1999)
John Steinbeck, American journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968)
Marino Marini, Italian sculptor and academic (died 1980)
Kotama Okada, Japanese religious leader (died 1974)
Charles Best, American-Canadian physiologist and biochemist, co-discovered insulin (died 1978)
Marian Anderson, American singer (died 1993)
Miyagiyama Fukumatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler (died 1943)
William Demarest, American actor (died 1983)
David Sarnoff, American businessman, founded RCA (died 1971)
Mabel Keaton Staupers, American nurse and advocate (died 1989)
Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist and psychologist (died 1974)
Lotte Lehmann, German-American soprano and actress (died 1976)
Stephen McKenna, English novelist (died 1967)
Pyotr Nesterov, Russian captain, pilot, and engineer (died 1914)
Hugo Black, American captain, lawyer, politician, and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (died 1971)
Sveinn Björnsson, Danish-Icelandic lawyer and politician, 1st President of Iceland (died 1952)
L. E. J. Brouwer, Dutch mathematician, philosopher, and academic (died 1966)
Xenophon Kasdaglis, Greek-Egyptian tennis player (died 1943)
Alvan T. Fuller, American businessman and politician, 50th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1958)
Adela Verne, English pianist and composer (died 1952)
Joseph Grinnell, American zoologist and biologist (died 1939)
Vladimir Filatov, Russian-Ukrainian ophthalmologist and surgeon (died 1956)
Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, Romanian politician, Prime Minister of Romania (died 1950)
Alice Hamilton, American physician and academic (died 1970)
Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (died 1947)
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Swedish composer and critic (died 1942)
Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (died 1935)
Joaquín Sorolla, Spanish painter (died 1923)
George Herbert Mead, American sociologist and philosopher (died 1930)
Bertha Pappenheim, Austrian-German activist and author (died 1936)
Hubert Parry, English composer and historian (died 1918)
Ellen Terry, English actress (died 1928)
William Nicholson, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Victoria (died 1865)
Jean-Charles Cornay, French missionary and saint (died 1837)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet and educator (died 1882)
Edward Belcher, British naval officer, hydrographer, and explorer (died 1877)
Frederick Catherwood, British artist, architect and explorer (died 1854)
José Antonio Navarro, American merchant and politician (died 1871)
Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza, Chilean lawyer and politician, Chilean Minister of National Defense (died 1818)
Thomas Hazlehurst, English businessman, founded Hazlehurst & Sons (died 1842)
Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure, French lawyer and politician, 24th Prime Minister of France (died 1855)
Anders Sparrman, Swedish physician and activist (died 1820)
Louis-Jérôme Gohier, French politician, French Minister of Justice (died 1830)
Jean de Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de Boisgelin, French cardinal (died 1804)
Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (died 1767)
Constantine Mavrocordatos, Ottoman ruler (died 1769)
Lord Sidney Beauclerk, English politician (died 1744)
Pietro Gnocchi, Italian composer, director, historian, and geographer (died 1775)
Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł, Prussian-Lithuanian wife of Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (died 1695)
William Sherard, English botanist (died 1728)
Roche Braziliano, Dutch pirate (died 1671)
Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter (died 1654)
John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (died 1616)
Francis II, Duke of Lorraine (died 1632)
William Alabaster, English poet (died 1640)
Min Phalaung, Burmese monarch (died 1593)
João de Castro, Portuguese nobleman and fourth viceroy of Portuguese India (died 1548)
Ruprecht, Archbishop of Cologne (died 1480)
Alberto d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara (died 1393)
Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (died 337)
Boris Spassky, Russian chess grandmaster (born 1937)
Ng Man-tat, Hong Kong actor (born 1952)
France-Albert René, Seychellois politician, 2nd President of Seychelles (born 1935)
Steve Folkes, Australian rugby league player and coach (born 1959)
Yi Cheol-seung, South Korean lawyer and politician (born 1922)
James Z. Davis, American lawyer and judge (born 1943)
Boris Nemtsov, Russian academic and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (born 1959)
Leonard Nimoy, American actor (born 1931)
Julio César Strassera, Argentinian lawyer and jurist (born 1933)
Aaron Allston, American game designer and author (born 1960)
Terry Rand, American basketball player (born 1934)
Van Cliburn, American pianist (born 1934)
Ramon Dekkers, Dutch mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (born 1969)
Dale Robertson, American actor (born 1923)
Adolfo Zaldívar, Chilean lawyer and politician (born 1943)
Ma Jiyuan, Chinese general (born 1921)
Tina Strobos, Dutch physician and psychiatrist (born 1920)
Helga Vlahović, Croatian journalist and producer (born 1945)
Frank Buckles, American soldier (born 1901)
Necmettin Erbakan, Turkish engineer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1926)
Duke Snider, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (born 1926)
Gary Winick, American director and producer (born 1961)
Nanaji Deshmukh, Indian educator and activist (born 1916)
William F. Buckley, Jr., American author and journalist, founded the National Review (born 1925)
Myron Cope, American journalist and sportscaster (born 1929)
Ivan Rebroff, German vocalist of Russian descent with four and a half octave range (born 1931)
Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven, German general (born 1914)
Otis Chandler, American publisher (born 1927)
Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American general and author (born 1908)
Linda Smith, English comedian and author (born 1958)
Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historian and academic (born 1928)
Paul Sweezy, American economist and journalist (born 1910)
John Lanchbery, English-Australian composer and conductor (born 1923)
Fred Rogers, American minister and television host (born 1928)
Spike Milligan, Irish soldier, actor, comedian, and author (born 1918)
Horace Tapscott, American pianist and composer (born 1934)
George H. Hitchings, American pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)
J. T. Walsh, American actor (born 1943)
Lillian Gish, American actress (born 1893)
S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-American linguist and politician (born 1906)
Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)
Bill Holman, American cartoonist (born 1903)
Franciszek Blachnicki, Polish priest (born 1921)
Jacques Plante, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1929)
Ray Ellington, English singer and drummer (born 1916)
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., American politician and diplomat, 3rd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (born 1902)
J. Pat O'Malley, English-American actor and singer (born 1904)
George Tobias, American actor (born 1901)
John Dickson Carr, American author and playwright (born 1905)
Bill Everett, American author and illustrator (born 1917)
Marius Barbeau, Canadian ethnographer and academic (born 1883)
Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (born 1942)
Orry-Kelly, Australian-American costume designer (born 1897)
Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha (born 1888)
Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (born 1859)
Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (born 1867)
Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (born 1862)
Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (born 1852)
Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1849)
Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (born 1906)
Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (born 1871)
Harry "Breaker" Morant, English-Australian lieutenant (born 1864)
Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer and businessman, founded Louis Vuitton (born 1821)
Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (born 1833)
Nicholas Biddle, American banker and politician (born 1786)
Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1750)
Count of St. Germain, European adventurer (born 1710)
John Arbuthnot, Scottish physician and polymath (born 1667)
Samuel Parris, English-American minister (born 1653)
Sir William Villiers, 3rd Baronet, English politician (born 1645)
John Evelyn, English gardener and author (born 1620)
Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (born 1625)
Henry Dunster, English-American clergyman and academic (born 1609)
Pau Claris, Catalan lawyer, clergyman and President of the Generalitat, founder of the Catalan Republic (born 1586)
Johann Faber of Heilbronn, controversial Catholic preacher (born 1504)
Kunigunde of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, German Noblewoman (born 1524)
William VIII of Montferrat (born 1420)
Prince Vasily I of Moscow (born 1371)
Eleanor of Castile, queen consort of Navarre (born c. 1363)
Robert of Melun, English theologian and bishop
Theophylact, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (born 917)
Conrad the Elder, Frankish nobleman
Pepin of Landen, Frankish lord (born 580)
Christian feast day: Anne Line
Christian feast day: Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
Christian feast day: George Herbert (Anglicanism)
Christian feast day: Gregory of Narek
Christian feast day: Honorina
Christian feast day: Leander
Christian feast day: February 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Doctors' Day (Vietnam)
Independence Day (Dominican Republic), celebrates the first independence of Dominican Republic from Haiti in 1844.
Majuba Day (some Afrikaners in South Africa)
Marathi Language Day (Maharashtra, India)
World NGO Day