About 20,000 protestors marched in a civil rights demonstration in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States.
The Soviet nuclear-powered satellite Kosmos 954 burned up during atmospheric reentry, scattering radioactive debris across Canada's Northwest Territories.
Spanish transition to democracy: Neo-fascists attacked an office in Madrid, killing five people and injuring four others.
Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi was found in the jungles of Guam, where he had been hiding since the end of World War II.
Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launched Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese army and the Viet Cong.
Air India Flight 101, en route from Bombay to London, crashed into Mont Blanc in France, killing all 117 people on board.
Greek military aviators Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis performed the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
The University of Calcutta was established as the first modern university in the Indian subcontinent.
James W. Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill (reconstruction pictured) in Coloma, California, leading to the California gold rush.
King Henry VIII of England (pictured) suffered a serious accident while jousting, receiving injuries which may have caused his later obesity and erratic personality.
The Estates unanimously proclaimed 14-year-old Matthias Corvinus King of Hungary after being persuaded to do so by his uncle Michael Szilágyi.
The Fatimid Caliphate began their first invasion of Egypt, against the Abbasids, which eventually ended in failure.
Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Yopaat dedicated a 65-ton stele, the largest stone known to be quarried by the Maya civilization, at his city of Quiriguá.
Cassius Chaerea and disgruntled members of the Praetorian Guard murdered the Roman emperor Caligula, who was succeeded by his uncle Claudius.
Former doctor Larry Nassar is sentenced up to 175 years in prison after being found guilty of using his position to sexually abuse female gymnasts.
At least 35 are killed and 180 injured in a bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport.
Cyclone Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France, causing 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.
The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.
Japan launches Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States.
Notorious serial killer Ted Bundy, with over 30 known victims, is executed in the electric chair at the Florida State Prison.
About 20,000 protestors march in a civil rights demonstration in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States.
The Voyager 2 space probe makes its closest approach to Uranus.
Apple Computer places the Macintosh personal computer on sale in the United States.
Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
The Atocha massacre occurs in Madrid during the Spanish transition to democracy.
Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa.
Air India Flight 101 crashes into Mont Blanc.
Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.
Algerian War: Some units of European volunteers in Algiers stage an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police.
The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.
World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.
World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.
The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán, killing approximately 28,000 people.
Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company starts selling the first canned beer.
The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, changing the beginning and end of terms for all elected federal offices.
The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14 (New Style).
In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (later named Romania) is formed as a personal union under the rule of Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza.
The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully fledged university in South Asia.
California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento.
Slaves in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, stage a revolt, which is instrumental in ending slavery there 50 years later.
Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras are captured during the action of Picheuta.
During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763).
Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament.
Arauco War: Spanish and Mapuche authorities meet in the Parliament of Boroa renewing the fragile peace established at the parliaments of Quillín in 1641 and 1647.
King Henry VIII of England suffers an accident while jousting, leading to a brain injury that historians say may have influenced his later erratic behaviour and possible impotence.
Matthias Corvinus is elected King of Hungary.
The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV.
Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt.
Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula.
Princess Athena of Denmark
Johnny Orlando, Canadian singer and songwriter
Vitalie Damașcan, Moldovan footballer
Tristan Wirfs, American football player
Nirei Fukuzumi, Japanese race car driver
Dylan Everett, Canadian actor
Tommie Hoban, English footballer
Felitciano Zschusschen, Curaçao footballer
Zhan Beleniuk, Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler
Tatiana Kashirina, Russian weightlifter
Zack Kassian, Canadian ice hockey player
Zé Luís, Cape Verdean footballer
Li Xuerui, Chinese badminton player
Mao Abe, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
Serdar Kesimal, Turkish footballer
Gong Lijiao, Chinese shot putter
Whit Merrifield, American baseball player
José Quintana, Colombian baseball player
Ki Sung-yueng, South Korean footballer
Selina Jörg, German snowboarder
DaJuan Summers, American basketball player
Brian Cushing, American football player
Wayne Hennessey, Welsh footballer
Luis Suárez, Uruguayan footballer
Davide Valsecchi, Italian racing driver
Kia Vaughn, American-Czech basketball player
Guan Xin, Chinese basketball player
Cristiano Araújo, Brazilian singer-songwriter (died 2015)
Mischa Barton, English-American actress
Tyler Flowers, American baseball player
Vladislav Ivanov, Russian footballer
Michael Kightly, English footballer
Sean McVay, American football coach
Mohammad Bagheri Motamed, Iranian taekwondo practitioner
Ricky Ullman, Israeli-American actor
Fabiana Claudino, Brazilian volleyball player
Trey Gilder, American basketball player
Justin Baldoni, American actor, director, and producer
Emerse Faé, French-Ivorian footballer
Yotam Halperin, Israeli basketball player
Jung Jin-sun, South Korean fencer
Scott Kazmir, American baseball player
Paulo Sérgio, Portuguese footballer
Davide Biondini, Italian footballer
Wyatt Crockett, New Zealand rugby player
Evgeny Drattsev, Russian swimmer
Craig Horner, Australian actor and musician
Shaun Maloney, Scottish footballer
Scott Speed, American race car driver
Céline Deville, French footballer
Daveed Diggs, American actor, rapper and singer
Claudia Heill, Austrian judoka (died 2011)
Aitor Hernández, Spanish racing cyclist
Carrie Coon, American actress
Mario Eggimann, Swiss footballer
Zaur Hashimov, Azerbaijani footballer and manager
Elena Kolomina, Kazakhstani cross country skier
Jofre Mateu, Spanish footballer
Suzy, Portuguese singer
Tatyana Ali, American actress and singer
Leandro Desábato, Argentinian footballer
Busy Signal, Jamaican dancehall reggae artist
Nik Wallenda, American acrobat
Veerle Baetens, Belgian actress and singer
Mark Hildreth, Canadian actor and musician
Kristen Schaal, American actress, voice artist, comedian and writer
Andrija Gerić, Serbian volleyball player
Michelle Hunziker, Swiss-Dutch actress, model and singer
Shae-Lynn Bourne, Canadian ice dancer, coach, and choreographer
Cindy Pieters, Belgian cyclist
Gianluca Basile, Italian former professional basketball player
Rónald Gómez, Costa Rican footballer and manager
Reto Hug, Swiss triathlete
Henna Raita, Finnish alpine skier
Cyril Despres, French rally racer
Ed Helms, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Melissa Tkautz, Australian actress and singer
Rokia Traoré, Malian singer
Beth Hart, American singer-songwriter and musician
José Carlos Fernandez, Bolivian footballer
Roberto Bonano, Argentine footballer
Luke Egan, Australian surfer
Neil Johnson, Zimbabwean cricketer
Matthew Lillard, American actor
Yoo Ho-jeong, South Korean actress
Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva, Brazilian religious leader, Bishop of Montenegro
Fernando Escartín, Spanish cyclist
Tymerlan Huseynov, Ukrainian footballer
Antony Garrett Lisi, American theoretical physicist
Mary Lou Retton, American gymnast
Michael Kiske, German singer
Phil LaMarr, American actor and comedian
Julie Dreyfus, French actress
Karin Viard, French actress
Mike Awesome, American wrestler (died 2007)
Carlos Saldanha, Brazilian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Margaret Urlich, New Zealand singer-songwriter (died 2022)
Pagonis Vakalopoulos, Greek footballer and manager
Arnold Vanderlyde, Dutch boxer
Jorge Barrios, Uruguayan footballer
Guido Buchwald, German footballer and manager
Christa Kinshofer, German ski racer
Nastassja Kinski, German-American actress and producer
William Van Dijck, Belgian runner
Jack Neo, Singaporean filmmaker, director and actor
Akira Maeda, Japanese wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor
Michel Preud'homme, Belgian footballer and manager
Kim Eui-kon, Korean wrestler (died 2014)
Jools Holland, English singer-songwriter and pianist
Frank Ullrich, German biathlete
Mark Eaton, American basketball player and sportscaster (died 2021)
Ade Edmondson, English comedian and musician
Agus Martowardojo, governor of Bank Indonesia
Jim Montgomery, American swimmer
Alan Sokal, American physicist and author
Lynda Weinman, American businesswoman and author
Jo Gartner, Austrian race car driver (died 1986)
Yuri Bashmet, Russian violinist, viola player, and conductor
Moon Jae-in, South Korean politician, 19th President of South Korea
Yakov Smirnoff, Ukrainian-American comedian and actor
Daniel Auteuil, French actor, director, and screenwriter
John Belushi, American actor and screenwriter (died 1982)
Bart Gordon, American lawyer
Nadezhda Ilyina, Russian athlete and mother of Russian tennis player Nadia Petrova (died 2013)
Rihoko Yoshida, Japanese voice actress
Michael Des Barres, the 26th Marquis Des Barres, English musician, actor, and DJ
Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian footballer (died 2012)
Michio Kaku, American physicist and academic
Masashi Ozaki, Japanese baseball player and golfer
Warren Zevon, American singer-songwriter (died 2003)
Michael Ontkean, Canadian actor
John Garamendi, American football player and politician, 1st United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior
Subhash Ghai, Indian director, producer and screenwriter
Eva Janko, Austrian javelin thrower
David Gerrold, American science fiction screenwriter and author
Gian-Franco Kasper, Swiss ski official (died 2021)
Barry Mealand, English footballer (died 2013)
Peter Struck, German lawyer and politician, 13th German Federal Minister of Defence (died 2012)
Sharon Tate, American model and actress (died 1969)
Tony Trimmer, English race car driver
Manuel Velázquez, Spanish footballer (died 2016)
Ingo Friedrich, German Member of the European Parliament
Gary Hart, American wrestler and manager (died 2008)
Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Aaron Neville, American singer
Dan Shechtman, Israeli chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Vito Acconci, American designer (died 2017)
Joachim Gauck, German pastor and politician, 11th President of Germany
Renate Garisch-Culmberger, German shot putter (died 2023)
Ray Stevens, American singer-songwriter and actor
Julius Hemphill, American saxophonist and composer (died 1995)
Trevor Edwards, Welsh footballer
Doug Kershaw, American fiddle player and singer
Shivabalayogi, Indian religious leader (died 1994)
Leonard Goldberg, American producer (died 2019)
Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish poet and dramatist (died 1976)
Kamran Baghirov, the 12th First Secretary of Azerbaijan Communist Party (died 2000)
Asim Ferhatović, Bosnian footballer (died 1987)
Éliane Radigue, French electronic music composer
Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician and academic (died 2012)
Ib Nørholm, Danish composer and organist (died 2019)
Terence Bayler, New Zealand actor (died 2016)
Mahmoud Farshchian, Iranian-Persian painter and academic (died 2025)
John Romita Sr., American comic book artist (died 2023)
Desmond Morris, English zoologist, ethologist, and painter
Michel Serrault, French actor (died 2007)
Paula Hawkins, American politician (died 2009)
Ruth Asawa, American sculptor (died 2013)
Georges Lautner, French director and screenwriter (died 2013)
Gus Mortson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2015)
Maria Tallchief, American ballerina and actress (died 2013)
Brian Bevan, Australian rugby league player (died 1991)
Karpoori Thakur, Indian politician, 11th Chief Minister of Bihar (died 1988)
Daniel Boulanger, French actor and screenwriter (died 2014)
Neil Franklin, English footballer (died 1996)
Jimmy Forrest, American saxophonist (died 1980)
Jerry Maren, American actor (died 2018)
Coleman Francis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1973)
Leon Kirchner, American composer and educator (died 2009)
Oral Roberts, American evangelist, founded Oral Roberts University and Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association (died 2009)
Gottfried von Einem, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1996)
Ernest Borgnine, American actor (died 2012)
Wilhelmus Demarteau, Dutch prelate of the Roman Catholic Church (died 2012)
Rafael Caldera, Venezuelan lawyer and politician, 65th President of Venezuela (died 2009)
Gene Mako, Hungarian-American tennis player and actor (died 2013)
Vítězslava Kaprálová, Czech composer and conductor (died 1940)
Robert Motherwell, American painter and academic (died 1991)
Norman Dello Joio, American organist and composer (died 2008)
Ray Stehr, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1983)
Frederick Ashworth, American admiral (died 2005)
Doris Haddock, American political activist (died 2010)
Martin Lings, English author and scholar (died 2005)
Ester Šimerová-Martinčeková, Slovak painter (died 2005)
Maurice Couve de Murville, French soldier and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1999)
Jean Daetwyler, Swiss composer and musician (died 1994)
Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu, fourth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (died 1979)
Wilfred Jackson, American animator and composer (died 1988)
J. Howard Marshall, American lawyer and businessman (died 1995)
Harry Calder, South African cricketer (died 1995)
Cassandre, French painter (died 1968)
Edward Turner, English engineer (died 1973)
René Guillot, French writer (died 1969)
Hoyt Vandenberg, U.S. Air Force general (died 1954)
Paul Fejos, Hungarian-born American director (died 1963)
Eugen Roth, German poet and songwriter (died 1976)
Franz Aigner, Austrian weightlifter (died 1970)
Walter Model, German field marshal (died 1945)
Victor Eftimiu, Romanian poet and playwright (died 1972)
Charles Hawes, American historian and author (died 1923)
Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke, German general of paratroop forces during World War II (died 1968)
Vicki Baum, Austrian author and screenwriter (died 1960)
Ernst Heinkel, German engineer and businessman, founded the Heinkel Aircraft Manufacturing Company (died 1958)
Jean-Henri Humbert, French botanist (died 1967)
Henry King, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1982)
Marjory Stephenson, British biochemist (died 1948)
Harold D. Babcock, American astronomer (died 1968)
Ödön Bodor, Hungarian athlete (died 1927)
Dmitry Ushakov, Russian philologist and lexicographer (died 1942)
Yuly Aykhenvald, Russian literary critic (died 1928)
Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (died 1943)
Morris Travers, English chemist and academic (died 1961)
Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic, Czech poet, writer and literary critic (died 1951)
Thomas Jaggar, American volcanologist (died 1953)
Herbert Kilpin, English footballer (died 1916)
Helena Maud Brown Cobb, American educator and missionary (died 1922)
Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1920)
Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and activist (died 1936)
Gaetano Giardino, Italian soldier and Marshal of Italy (died 1935)
August Adler, Czech and Austrian mathematician (died 1923)
Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (died 1937)
Constance Naden, English poet and philosopher (died 1889)
Friedrich Grünanger, Transylvanian Hungarian-German architect (died 1929)
Sigbert Josef Maria Ganser, German psychiatrist (died 1931)
Hermann Ebbinghaus, German psychologist (died 1909)
Vasily Surikov, Russian painter (died 1916)
Josip Stadler, Croatian archbishop (died 1918)
Signe Rink, Greenland-born Danish writer and ethnologist (died 1909)
Yechiel Michel Epstein, Rabbi and posek (died 1908)
Ferdinand Cohn, German biologist (died 1898)
Wilhelm Henzen, German philologist and epigraphist (died 1887)
Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, French Crown Princess (died 1858)
John Colenso, British mathematician (died 1883)
Delphine de Girardin, French author (died 1855)
Christian Ludwig Brehm, German pastor and ornithologist (died 1864)
E. T. A. Hoffmann, German jurist, author, and composer (died 1822)
Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French-Ukrainian general and politician (died 1831)
Louis Klein, French general (died 1845)
Andrew Ellicott, American soldier and surveyor (died 1820)
Charles James Fox, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (died 1806)
Gustav III of Sweden (died 1792)
Jean Nicolas Houchard, French General of the French Revolution (died 1793)
Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright and financier (died 1799)
Frederick the Great, Prussian king (died 1786)
Dom Bédos de Celles, French monk and organist (died 1779)
Farinelli, Italian castrato singer (died 1782)
Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, German noble (died 1737)
Christian Wolff, German philosopher and academic (died 1754)
Thomas Tanner, English bishop (died 1735)
Margrave Albert Frederick of Brandenburg-Schwedt, German Lieutenant General (died 1731)
William Congreve, English playwright and poet (died 1729)
John Vanbrugh, English architect and dramatist (died 1726)
Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and politician, Lord Chamberlain of Great Britain (died 1706)
Yamazaki Ansai, Japanese philosopher (died 1682)
Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland, English politician (died 1666)
Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Austrian Archduchess (died 1578)
Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (died 1476)
Richard de Bury, English bishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (died 1345)
Hadrian, Roman emperor (died 138)
Iris Cummings, American swimmer and aviator (born 1920)
Rosemary Bryant Mariner, American United States Naval Aviator (born 1953)
Mark E. Smith, British singer-songwriter (born 1957)
Helena Kmieć, Polish Roman Catholic missionary (born 1991)
Butch Trucks, American drummer (born 1947)
Fredrik Barth, German-Norwegian anthropologist and academic (born 1928)
Marvin Minsky, American computer scientist and academic (born 1927)
Henry Worsley, English colonel and explorer (born 1960)
Otto Carius, German lieutenant and pharmacist (born 1922)
Shulamit Aloni, Israeli lawyer and politician, 11th Israeli Minister of Education (born 1928)
Rafael Pineda Ponce, Honduran academic and politician (born 1930)
Bernd Eichinger, German director and producer (born 1949)
Pernell Roberts, American actor (born 1928)
Usha Narayanan, Burmese-born First Lady of India (born 1922)
Krystyna Feldman, Polish actress (born 1916)
İsmail Cem İpekçi, Turkish journalist and politician, 45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1940)
Guadalupe Larriva, Ecuadorian academic and politician (born 1956)
Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican-American soldier (born 1891)
Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician (born 1930)
Leônidas, Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1913)
Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman (born 1921)
Elie Hobeika, Lebanese commander and politician (born 1956)
Gaffar Okkan, Turkish police chief (born 1952)
Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and conductor (born 1908)
Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and jurist, 32nd United States Solicitor General (born 1908)
Uğur Mumcu, Turkish investigative journalist (born 1942)
Ken Darby, American composer and conductor (born 1909)
Jack Schaefer, American journalist and author (born 1907)
Madge Bellamy, American actress (born 1899)
Ted Bundy, American serial killer (born 1946)
Werner Fenchel, German-Danish mathematician and academic (born 1905)
L. Ron Hubbard, American religious leader and author, founded the Church of Scientology (born 1911)
Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (born 1921)
George Cukor, American director and producer (born 1899)
Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian general and politician, 56th President of Bolivia (born 1918)
Larry Fine, American comedian (born 1902)
J. Carrol Naish, American actor (born 1896)
Bill W., American activist, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (born 1895)
Caresse Crosby, American fashion designer and publisher, co-founded the Black Sun Press (born 1891)
Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist and academic (born 1909)
Winston Churchill, English statesman, soldier, and writer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1874)
André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (born 1885)
Stanley Lord, English naval captain (born 1877)
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Turkish author, poet, and scholar (born 1901)
Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (born 1884)
Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (born 1886)
Morris Alexander, South African politician (born 1877)
John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (born 1858)
Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (born 1867)
Percy French, Irish songwriter, entertainer and artist (born 1854)
Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (born 1884)
Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1849)
Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (born 1812)
James Collinson, English painter (born 1825)
Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (born 1796)
George Rooke, English admiral and politician (born 1650)
Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer and theorist (born 1588)
Jörg Jenatsch, Swiss pastor and politician (born 1596)
Samuel Argall, English captain and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (born 1572)
Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (born 1529)
Franciabigio, Florentine painter (born 1482)
Conrad Paumann, German organist and composer (born 1410)
Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English commander (born 1306)
Alfonso IV of Aragon (born 1299)
David IV of Georgia (born 1073)
Eckard II, Margrave of Meissen (born c. 985)
Liu Jishu, general of the Tang Dynasty
Pope Stephen IV (born 770)
Caligula, Roman emperor (born 12)
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