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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1249]] – [[André de Longjumeau|Andrew of Longjumeau]] is dispatched by [[Louis IX of France]] as his [[ambassador]] to meet with the [[Khagan]] of the [[Mongol Empire]]. *[[1270]] – The [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]] defeats the [[Livonian Order]] in the [[Battle of Karuse]]. ===1601–1900=== *[[1630]] – Dutch forces led by [[Hendrick Lonck]] [[Dutch invasions of Brazil#Invasion of Olinda and Recife (1630-1654)|capture]] [[Olinda]] in what was to become part of [[Dutch Brazil]]. *[[1646]] – [[Battle of Torrington]], Devon: The last major battle of the [[First English Civil War]]. *[[1699]] – First [[Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor|Leopoldine]] Diploma is issued by the [[Holy Roman Emperor]], recognizing the [[Greek Catholic]] clergy enjoyed the same privileges as [[Roman Catholic]] priests in the [[Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711)|Principality of Transylvania]]. *[[1742]] – [[Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington|Spencer Compton]], [[Earl of Wilmington]], becomes [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Dermot J. T. Englefield|author2=Janet Seaton|author3=Isobel White|title=Facts about the British prime ministers: a compilation of biographical and historical information|url=https://archive.org/details/factsaboutbritis0000engl|url-access=registration|year=1995|publisher=H.W. Wilson Co.|isbn=978-0-8242-0863-9|pages=[https://archive.org/details/factsaboutbritis0000engl/page/7 7]-9}}</ref> *[[1796]] – [[Colombo]] in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) falls to the British, completing their [[Invasion of Ceylon (1795)|invasion of Ceylon]].<ref>{{cite book | last = James | first = William | author-link = William James (naval historian) | year = 2002 | orig-year= 1827 | title = The Naval History of Great Britain, Volume 1, 1793–1796 | publisher = Conway Maritime Press | location = London | isbn = 0-85177-905-0 |page=371}}</ref> *[[1804]] – [[First Barbary War]]: [[Stephen Decatur]] leads a raid to burn the [[pirate]]-held frigate {{USS|Philadelphia|1799|6}}. *[[1862]] – [[American Civil War]]: General [[Ulysses S. Grant]] [[Battle of Fort Donelson|captures]] [[Fort Donelson]], [[Tennessee]]. *[[1866]] – [[Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire|Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington]] becomes British [[Secretary of State for War]]. *[[1881]] – The [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1). *[[1899]] – [[Iceland]]'s first football club, [[Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur]], is founded.<ref>{{cite book|author=David Felsch|title=Fußball in Island|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HQN_4jazfVAC&pg=PA4|date=5 March 2013|publisher=GRIN Verlag|isbn=978-3-656-38235-5|pages=4|access-date=17 February 2020|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801120505/https://books.google.com/books?id=HQN_4jazfVAC&pg=PA4|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1900]] – The [[Southern Cross expedition]] led by [[Carsten Borchgrevink]] achieved a new [[Farthest South]] of 78° 50'S, making the first landing at the [[Ross Ice Shelf|Great Ice Barrier]].<ref>{{cite book|author-link= Hugh Robert Mill|last=Mill|first= Hugh Robert|title= The Siege of the South Pole|publisher=[[Alston Rivers]]|location= London|year= 1905 |pages=402}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1918]] – The [[Council of Lithuania]] unanimously adopts the [[Act of Independence of Lithuania|Act of Independence]], declaring [[Lithuania]] an independent state.<ref>{{cite book|author=OECD|title=Investment Guides: Lithuania 1998|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4rWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA18|date=6 October 1998|publisher=OECD Publishing|isbn=978-92-64-16368-3|pages=18|access-date=17 February 2020|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801132439/https://books.google.com/books?id=F4rWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA18|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1923]] – [[Howard Carter]] unseals the [[burial chamber]] of [[Pharaoh]] [[Tutankhamun]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Christina Riggs|title=Photographing Tutankhamun: Archaeology, Ancient Egypt, and the Archive|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L5V9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PR11|date=27 December 2018|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-350-03854-7|pages=11|access-date=17 February 2020|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801133609/https://books.google.com/books?id=L5V9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PR11|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1930]] – The [[Romanian Football Federation]] joins [[FIFA]]. *[[1934]] – The [[Austrian Civil War]] ends with the defeat of the [[Social Democratic Party of Austria|Social Democrats]] and the [[Republikanischer Schutzbund]]. *[[1936]] – The Popular Front wins the [[1936 Spanish general election]]. *[[1937]] – [[Wallace H. Carothers]] receives a United States [[patent]] for [[nylon]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Norris McWhirter|author2=Moira F. Stowe|title=The Guinness book of answers: a handbook of general knowledge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aQ4TAQAAMAAJ|date=June 1980|publisher=Guinness Superlatives|isbn=978-0-85112-202-1|page=125|access-date=2020-02-17|archive-date=2016-06-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623223230/https://books.google.com/books?id=aQ4TAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1940]] – [[World War II]]: [[Altmark incident]]: The [[German tanker Altmark]] is boarded by sailors from the British [[destroyer]] {{HMS|Cossack}}. A total of 299 British prisoners are freed. *[[1942]] – World War II: In [[Athens]], the [[Greek People's Liberation Army]] is established<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rizospastis.gr/story.do?id=672517|title=Η ίδρυση του ΕΛΑΣ |date=February 25, 2001|website=ΡΙΖΟΣΠΑΣΤΗΣ | language=Greek |access-date=February 4, 2021|archive-date=February 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217150547/https://www.rizospastis.gr/story.do?id=672517|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1942 – World War II: [[Attack on Aruba]], first World War II German shots fired on a land based object in the Americas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lago-colony.com/WORLD_WAR_II/life_magazine.htm|title=LIFE Magazine, Vol 12, No 9, March 2 1942, Page 15|language=en|access-date=2022-02-16|archive-date=2016-09-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915103914/http://www.lago-colony.com/WORLD_WAR_II/life_magazine.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1943]] – World War II: In the early phases of the [[Third Battle of Kharkov]], [[Red Army]] troops re-enter the city. *[[1945]] – World War II: American forces [[Battle of Corregidor (1945)|land on]] [[Corregidor Island]] in the [[Philippines]]. * 1945 – The [[Alaska Equal Rights Act of 1945]], the first [[anti-discrimination law]] in the United States, was signed into law.<ref name="Elizabeth Peratrovich"/> *[[1959]] – [[Fidel Castro]] becomes Premier of [[Cuba]] after dictator [[Fulgencio Batista]] was overthrown on [[January 1]]. *[[1960]] – The U.S. Navy submarine {{USS|Triton|SSRN-586|6}} begins [[Operation Sandblast]], setting sail from [[New London, Connecticut]], to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe. *[[1961]] – [[Explorer program]]: [[Explorer 9]] (S-56a) is launched. *[[1962]] – The [[Great Sheffield Gale]] impacts the [[United Kingdom]], killing nine people; the city of [[Sheffield]] is devastated, with 150,000 homes damaged.<ref name="rmets">{{cite web |last1=Eden |first1=Philip |title=The Sheffield Gale of 1962 |url=https://www.rmets.org/sites/default/files/hisnews1201.pdf |website=Royal Meteorological Society Newsletter |date=2012 |access-date=1 February 2022 |archive-date=21 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121220023/https://www.rmets.org/sites/default/files/hisnews1201.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1962 – [[North Sea flood of 1962|Flooding]] in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people. *[[1968]] – In [[Haleyville, Alabama]], the first [[9-1-1]] emergency telephone system goes into service. * 1968 – [[Civil Air Transport Flight 010]] crashes near [[Songshan Airport|Shongshan Airport]] in Taiwan, killing 21 of the 63 people on board and one more on the ground.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-92C B-1018 Taipei|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19680216-1|access-date=2022-02-15 |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|archive-date=2016-12-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223062907/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19680216-1|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1978]] – The first computer [[bulletin board system]] is created ([[CBBS]] in [[Chicago]]). *[[1983]] – The [[Ash Wednesday bushfires]] in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] and [[South Australia]] kill 75. *[[1985]] – [[Hezbollah]] is founded. *[[1986]] – The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] liner {{MS|Mikhail Lermontov||6}} runs aground in the [[Marlborough Sounds]], New Zealand. * 1986 – [[China Airlines Flight 2265]] crashes into the Pacific Ocean near [[Penghu Airport]] in [[Taiwan]], killing all 13 aboard.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19860216-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-281 B-1870 Magong Airport (MZG)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=Aviation Safety Network |language=en|access-date=2019-08-25|archive-date=2019-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223184854/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19860216-0|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Nicaragua]]n [[Contras]] leader [[Enrique Bermúdez]] is assassinated in [[Managua]]. *[[1996]] – A Chicago-bound [[Amtrak]] train, the ''[[Capitol Limited (Amtrak train)|Capitol Limited]]'', [[1996 Maryland train collision|collides]] with a [[MARC Train|MARC]] commuter train bound for Washington, D.C., killing 11 people.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kyriakos|first1=Marianne|last2=Miller|first2=Bill|title=MARC, Amtrak Trains Collide, Killing 12|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=February 17, 1996|accessdate=February 16, 2024|page=A1|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/library/marcwreck/main.htm}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[China Airlines Flight 676]] crashes into a road and residential area near [[Taoyuan International Airport|Chiang Kai-shek International Airport]] in [[Taiwan]], killing all 196 aboard and six more on the ground. *[[2000]] – [[Emery Worldwide Airlines Flight 17]] crashes near [[Sacramento Mather Airport]] in [[Rancho Cordova, California]], killing all three aboard.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-8-71F N8079U Sacramento-Mather Airport, CA (MHR)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20000216-0|access-date=2022-02-15 |publisher=Aviation Safety Network|archive-date=2022-01-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104125648/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20000216-0|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2005]] – The [[Kyoto Protocol]] comes into force, following its [[Ratification#Ratification of an international treaty|ratification]] by Russia. * 2005 – The [[National Hockey League]] [[2004–05 NHL lockout|cancels]] the entire 2004–05 regular season and playoffs. *[[2006]] – The last [[Mobile army surgical hospital (US)|Mobile army surgical hospital]] (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army. *[[2013]] – A [[February 2013 Quetta bombing|bomb blast]] at a market in [[Hazara Town]], [[Quetta|Quetta, Pakistan]] kills more than 80 people and injures 190 others. *[[2021]] – Five thousand people gathered in the town of [[Kherrata]], [[Bejaia Province]] to mark the second anniversary of the [[2019–21 Algerian protests|Hirak protest movement]]. Demonstrations had been suspended because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Algeria: Thousands take to the streets to relaunch protest movement |url=https://www.dw.com/en/algeria-thousands-take-to-the-streets-to-relaunch-protest-movement/a-56593206 |access-date=March 11, 2021 |publisher=Deutsche Welle |date=February 16, 2021 |archive-date=March 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303013601/https://www.dw.com/en/algeria-thousands-take-to-the-streets-to-relaunch-protest-movement/a-56593206 |url-status=live }}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1222]] – [[Nichiren]], founder of Nichiren Buddhism (died 1282)<ref>{{cite book|author=Diane Morgan|title=The Buddhist Experience in America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SqwzJt9XGpoC&pg=PA119|year=2004|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-32491-8|pages=119–|access-date=2018-10-11|archive-date=2020-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801120715/https://books.google.com/books?id=SqwzJt9XGpoC&pg=PA119|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1304]] – [[Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür]], Chinese emperor (died 1332) *[[1331]] – [[Coluccio Salutati]], Italian political leader (died 1406)<ref>{{cite book|author=George Sarton|title=Introduction to the History of Science ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a7SJBmN5p5kC|year=1947|publisher=Carnegie Institution of Washington|access-date=2018-10-11|archive-date=2020-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801123447/https://books.google.com/books?id=a7SJBmN5p5kC|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1419]] – [[John I, Duke of Cleves]] (died 1481) *[[1470]] – [[Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]] (died 1540)<ref name="Anderson1857">{{cite book|author=J. Anderson|title=Ladies of the Reformation|publisher=Blackie and Son|url=https://archive.org/details/ladiesofreformat01andeiala|year=1857|pages=[https://archive.org/details/ladiesofreformat01andeiala/page/117 117]}}</ref> *[[1471]] – [[Krishnadevaraya]], emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire (died 1529) *[[1497]] – [[Philip Melanchthon]], German astronomer, theologian, and academic (died 1560)<ref>{{cite book|author=H. Ashley Hall|title=Philip Melanchthon and the Cappadocians: A Reception of Greek Patristic Sources in the Sixteenth Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qz4TAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA75|date=12 March 2014|publisher=Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht|isbn=978-3-525-55067-0|pages=75–|access-date=11 October 2018|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801115926/https://books.google.com/books?id=qz4TAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA75|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1514]] – [[Georg Joachim Rheticus]], Austrian cartographer and instrument maker (died 1574)<ref>{{cite book|author=Nicolaus Copernicus|title=Three Treatises on Copernican Theory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2dxqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA4|date=17 October 2018|publisher=Courier Dover Publications|isbn=978-0-486-82775-9|pages=4–|access-date=11 October 2018|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801123551/https://books.google.com/books?id=2dxqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA4|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1519]] – [[Gaspard II de Coligny]], French admiral (died 1572) *[[1543]] – [[Kanō Eitoku]], Japanese painter and educator (died 1590) ===1601–1900=== *[[1620]] – [[Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg|Frederick William]], Elector of Brandenburg (died 1688) *[[1643]] – [[John Sharp (bishop)|John Sharp]], English archbishop (died 1714) *[[1698]] – [[Pierre Bouguer]], French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (died 1758) *[[1727]] – [[Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin]], Austrian botanist, chemist, and mycologist (died 1817) *[[1740]] – [[Giambattista Bodoni]], Italian publisher and engraver (died 1813) *[[1761]] – [[Jean-Charles Pichegru]], French general (died 1804)<ref>{{cite book|author=Grolier Incorporated|title=Academic American encyclopedia|url=https://archive.org/details/academicamericanv10grol|url-access=registration|year=1994|publisher=Grolier Incorporated|isbn=978-0-7172-2053-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/academicamericanv10grol/page/292 292]}}</ref> *[[1774]] – [[Pierre Rode]], French violinist and composer (died 1830) *[[1786]] – [[Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1786–1859)|Maria Pavlovna]], Russian Grand Duchess (died 1859) *[[1802]] – [[Phineas Quimby]], American mystic and philosopher (died 1866) *[[1804]] – [[Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold]], German physiologist and zoologist (died 1885) *[[1812]] – [[Henry Wilson]], American colonel and politician, 18th [[Vice President of the United States]] (died 1875) *[[1821]] – [[Heinrich Barth]], German explorer and scholar (died 1865)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Journal of the Linnean Society: Zoology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G1mZShPo2wkC&pg=PR53|year=1868|publisher=The Society|pages=53|access-date=2020-02-17|archive-date=2020-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801122834/https://books.google.com/books?id=G1mZShPo2wkC&pg=PR53|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1822]] – [[Francis Galton]], English biologist and statistician (died 1911) *[[1824]] – [[Peter Kosler]], Slovenian lawyer, geographer, and cartographer (died 1879) *[[1826]] – [[Joseph Victor von Scheffel]], German poet and author (died 1886) *[[1830]] – [[Lars Hertervig]], Norwegian painter (died 1902) *[[1831]] – [[Nikolai Leskov]], Russian author, playwright, and journalist (died 1895) *[[1834]] – [[Ernst Haeckel]], German biologist, physician, and philosopher (died 1919) *[[1838]] – [[Henry Adams]], American journalist, historian, and author (died 1918) *[[1841]] – [[Armand Guillaumin]], French painter (died 1927) *[[1843]] – [[Henry M. Leland]], American engineer and businessman, founded [[Cadillac]] and [[Lincoln (automobile)|Lincoln]] (died 1932) *[[1845]] – [[George Kennan (explorer)|George Kennan]], American journalist and explorer (died 1924) *[[1848]] – [[Hugo de Vries]], Dutch botanist, geneticist, and academic (died 1935) * 1848 – [[Octave Mirbeau]], French journalist, novelist, and playwright (died 1917) *[[1856]] – [[Ossian Everett Mills]], American academic, founded [[Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia]] (died 1920) *[[1866]] – [[Billy Hamilton (baseball, born 1866)|Billy Hamilton]], American baseball player and manager (died 1940) *[[1873]] – [[Radoje Domanović]], Serbian journalist and author (died 1908) *[[1876]] – [[G. M. Trevelyan]], English historian and academic (died 1962) *[[1877]] – [[Tom Crean (explorer)|Tom Crean]], Irish seaman and Antarctic explorer (died 1938)<ref name="Murphy">{{cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=David |title=Crean, Thomas ("Tom") |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/crean-thomas-tom-a2175 |website=Dictionary of Irish Biography |publisher=Royal Irish Academy |access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1878]] – [[Pamela Colman Smith]], English occultist and illustrator (died 1951) * 1878 – [[James Colosimo]], Italian-American mob boss (died 1920) *[[1884]] – [[Robert J. Flaherty]], American director and producer (died 1951) *[[1887]] – [[Kathleen Clifford]], American actress (died 1962) *[[1891]] – [[Hans F. K. Günther]], German eugenicist and academic (died 1968) *[[1893]] – [[Katharine Cornell]], American actress and producer (died 1974) *[[1896]] – [[Eugénie Blanchard]], French super-centenarian (died 2010) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Wayne King]], American singer-songwriter and conductor (died 1985) * 1901 – [[Chester Morris]], American actor (died 1970)<ref>{{cite book|author=Jan Onofrio|title=Pennsylvania Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0HqhGvQF4CQC&pg=RA1-PA189|date=1 January 1999|publisher=Somerset Publishers, Inc.|isbn=978-0-403-09950-4|pages=189|access-date=17 February 2020|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801120136/https://books.google.com/books?id=0HqhGvQF4CQC&pg=RA1-PA189|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1902]] – [[Cyril Vincent]], South African cricketer (died 1968) *[[1903]] – [[Edgar Bergen]], American ventriloquist and actor (died 1978) *[[1904]] – [[James Baskett]], American actor and singer (died 1948)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Feb. 16: Ice-T, John McEnroe |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/02/16/Famous-birthdays-for-Feb-16-Ice-T-John-McEnroe/7611676510686/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=15 February 2024 |date=16 February 2023}}</ref> * 1904 – [[George F. Kennan]], American historian and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union]] (died 2005) *[[1905]] – [[Henrietta Barnett (WRAF officer)|Henrietta Barnett]], English [[Women's Royal Air Force (World War II)|Women's Royal Air Force]] officer (died 1985)<ref>{{Cite ODNB|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-63949|title=Barnett, Dame (Mary) Henrietta (1905–1985), air force officer|last=Stone|first=Tessa|year=2004|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/63949|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8|access-date=2019-08-05}}</ref> *[[1906]] – [[Vera Menchik]], Russian-Czechoslovak-British chess player (died 1944) *[[1909]] – [[Hugh Beaumont]], American actor and director (died 1982)<ref>{{cite book|author=John Willis|title=Screen World 1968|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kq7KDU038mUC&pg=PA217|date=June 1983|publisher=Biblo & Tannen Publishers|isbn=978-0-8196-0309-8|pages=217|access-date=2020-02-17|archive-date=2020-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801120013/https://books.google.com/books?id=Kq7KDU038mUC&pg=PA217|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1909 – [[Richard McDonald]], American businessman, co-founded [[McDonald's]] (died 1998) *[[1914]] – [[Jimmy Wakely]], American country music singer-songwriter and actor (died 1982) *[[1916]] – [[Bill Doggett]], American pianist and composer (died 1996) *[[1919]] – [[Georges Ulmer]], Danish-French actor and composer (died 1989) *[[1920]] – [[Anna Mae Hays]], American general (died 2018) *[[1921]] – [[Jean Behra]], French race car driver (died 1959) * 1921 – [[John Galbraith Graham]], English priest and academic (died 2013) * 1921 – [[Vera-Ellen]], German-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 1981)<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1922]] – [[Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer]], German soldier and pilot (died 1950) *[[1923]] – [[Samuel Willenberg]], Polish-Israeli sculptor and painter (died 2016) *[[1925]] – [[Ed Emshwiller]], American illustrator and experiment film maker (died 1990)<ref>{{cite news|last=Ortiz|first=Luis|title=Ed Emshwiller: The Art of Things to Come|work=Illustration Magazine|date=February 2007|page=85}}</ref> *[[1926]] – [[Margot Frank]], German-Dutch [[holocaust]] victim (died 1945) * 1926 – [[John Schlesinger]], English actor and director (died 2003) *[[1927]] – [[June Brown]], English actress (died 2022)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Whitmore |first1=Greg |title=June Brown: a life in pictures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/gallery/2022/apr/04/june-brown-a-life-in-pictures |website=The Guardian |access-date=4 April 2022 |date=4 April 2022}}</ref> *[[1929]] – [[Gerhard Hanappi]], Austrian footballer and architect (died 1980) * 1929 – [[Peter Porter (poet)|Peter Porter]], Australian-English poet and educator (died 2010) *[[1931]] – [[Otis Blackwell]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2002) * 1931 – [[Bernie Geoffrion]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2006)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bernie Geoffrion |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/bernie-geoffrion-8446579 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> * 1931 – [[Ken Takakura]], Japanese actor and singer (died 2014) *[[1932]] – [[Ahmad Tejan Kabbah]], Sierra Leonean economist, lawyer, and politician, 3rd [[President of Sierra Leone]] (died 2014) * 1932 – [[Gretchen Wyler]], American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2007) *[[1934]] – [[August Coppola]], American author and academic (died 2009) * 1934 – [[Marlene Hagge]], American golfer (died 2023) *[[1935]] – [[Brian Bedford]], English-American actor and director (died 2016) *[[1934]] – [[Ken Brown (footballer)|Ken Brown]], English footballer and manager * 1935 – [[Sonny Bono]], American actor, singer, and politician (died 1998)<ref name="UPI"/> * 1935 – [[Stephen Gaskin]], American activist, co-founded [[The Farm (Tennessee)|The Farm]] (died 2014) * 1935 – [[Bradford Parkinson]], American colonel and engineer * 1935 – [[Kenneth Price]], American painter and sculptor (died 2012) *[[1936]] – [[Carl Icahn]], American businessman and investor<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1937]] – [[Paul Bailey (British writer)|Paul Bailey]], British novelist, critic, and biographer * 1937 – [[Valentin Bondarenko]], Soviet aviator and cosmonaut (died 1961)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |last2=Hall |first2=Rex |title=The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact |date=2009 |publisher=Springer |location=Berlin |isbn=9780387848235 |page=35 |lccn=2008935694}}</ref> * 1937 – [[Yuri Manin]], Russian-German mathematician and academic (died 2023) *[[1938]] – [[John Corigliano]], American composer and academic *[[1939]] – [[Adolfo Azcuna]], Filipino lawyer and judge *[[1940]] – [[Hannelore Schmatz]], German mountaineer (died 1979) *[[1941]] – [[Kim Jong Il]], North Korean commander and politician, 2nd [[List of leaders of North Korea|Supreme Leader of North Korea]] (died 2011)<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1942]] – [[Yang Jen-fu]], Taiwanese politician (died 2024)<ref>[https://news.ipcf.org.tw/137564 前立委楊仁福病逝享壽83歲 生前致力原民事務] {{in lang|zh}}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[Glyn Davies (British politician)|Glyn Davies]], Welsh farmer and politician * 1944 – [[Richard Ford]], American novelist and short story writer<ref name="UPI"/> * 1944 – [[António Mascarenhas Monteiro]], Cape Verdean politician, 2nd [[List of heads of state of Cape Verde|President of Cape Verde]] (died 2016) *[[1947]] – [[Jaroslav Kubera]], Czech politician (died 2020)<ref name="Šestinásobný primátor. Do čela Teplic opět usedne Kubera z ODS Domov">{{cite web|url=http://www.lidovky.cz/primatorem-teplic-se-poseste-stal-jaroslav-kubera-z-ods-pjh-/zpravy-domov.aspx?c=A141107_152154_ln_domov_sho|title=Šestinásobný primátor. Do čela Teplic opět usedne Kubera z ODS|date=7 November 2014|website=Lidovky.cz|access-date=20 July 2017|archive-date=31 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731070714/http://www.lidovky.cz/primatorem-teplic-se-poseste-stal-jaroslav-kubera-z-ods-pjh-/zpravy-domov.aspx?c=A141107_152154_ln_domov_sho|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1948]] – [[Kaiketsu Masateru]], Japanese sumo wrestler and coach (died 2014) *[[1950]] – [[Peter Hain]], Welsh politician, [[Secretary of State for Wales]] *[[1951]] – [[William Katt]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> *[[1952]] – [[James Ingram]], American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2019) * 1952 – [[Peter Kitchen]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.11v11.com/players/peter-kitchen-33281/|title=Peter Kitchen|website=11v11.com|access-date=11 February 2020|archive-date=31 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731040104/https://www.11v11.com/players/peter-kitchen-33281/|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1953]] – [[John Bradbury (drummer)|John Bradbury]], English musician, songwriter, and producer (died 2015) * 1953 – [[Lanny McDonald]], Canadian ice hockey player and manager * 1953 – [[Roberta Williams]], American video game designer, co-founded [[Sierra Entertainment]] *[[1954]] – [[Iain Banks]], Scottish author and playwright (died 2013)<ref>{{cite web |title=Iain Banks obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jun/09/iain-banks-dies-59-cancer |website=The Guardian |access-date=25 May 2020 |language=en |date=10 June 2013 |archive-date=10 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810170610/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jun/09/iain-banks-dies-59-cancer |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1954 – [[Margaux Hemingway]], American model and actress (died 1996)<ref name="UPI"/> * 1954 – [[Michael Holding]], Jamaican cricketer and sportscaster<ref name="18facts">{{cite web |last1=Rajendiran |first1=Veeran |title=18 facts about Michael Holding: The quickest of em' all |url=https://www.crictracker.com/18-facts-about-michael-holding-the-quickest-of-em-all/ |website=CricTracker |access-date=15 February 2021 |language=en |date=16 February 2016 |quote=1. Born On: Michael Anthony Holding was born on February 16, 1954, in Half Way Tree, neighborhood city of Kingston, Jamaica. |archive-date=21 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321163753/http://www.crictracker.com/18-facts-about-michael-holding-the-quickest-of-em-all/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1956]] – [[Vincent Ward (director)|Vincent Ward]], New Zealand director and screenwriter *[[1957]] – [[LeVar Burton]], American actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for February 16, 2023 includes celebrities Elizabeth Olsen, LeVar Burton |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/02/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-february-16-2023-includes-celebrities-elizabeth-olsen-levar-burton.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=15 February 2024 |date=16 February 2023}}</ref> *[[1958]] – [[Natalie Angier]], American author * 1958 – [[Ice-T]], American rapper and actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1958 – [[Oscar Schmidt]], Brazilian basketball player * 1958 – [[Herb Williams]], American basketball player and coach *[[1959]] – [[John McEnroe]], American tennis player and sportscaster<ref name="UPI"/> * 1959 – [[Kelly Tripucka]], American basketball player and sportscaster *[[1960]] – [[Pete Willis]], English guitarist and songwriter *[[1961]] – [[Niko Nirvi]], Finnish journalist<ref>Malin, Aarno: [https://suomenkuvalehti.fi/jutut/kulttuuri/niko-nirvi-on-suomalaisen-pelijournalismin-pioneeri-jonka-olemassaoloa-moni-ehti-epailla-kameran-karttamisesta-tuli-pakkomielle/ Niko Nirvi on suomalaisen pelijournalismin pioneeri, jonka olemassaoloa moni ehti epäillä – kameran karttamisesta tuli pakkomielle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216182122/https://suomenkuvalehti.fi/jutut/kulttuuri/niko-nirvi-on-suomalaisen-pelijournalismin-pioneeri-jonka-olemassaoloa-moni-ehti-epailla-kameran-karttamisesta-tuli-pakkomielle/ |date=2021-02-16 }}, ''[[Suomen Kuvalehti]]'' 16 February 2021. Accessed on 17 February 2021.</ref> * 1961 – [[Andy Taylor (guitarist)|Andy Taylor]], English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref name="AP"/> *[[1962]] – [[John Balance]], English singer-songwriter (died 2004) *[[1964]] – [[Bebeto]], Brazilian footballer and manager * 1964 – [[Christopher Eccleston]], English actor<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1965]] – [[Dave Lombardo]], Cuban-American musician and songwriter<ref name="AP"/> *[[1967]] – [[Keith Gretzky]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach *[[1968]] – [[Warren Ellis]], English author and screenwriter *[[1970]] – [[Angelo Peruzzi]], Italian footballer and manager *[[1971]] – [[Michael Avenatti]], American attorney and pundit<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Michael_Avenatti|title=Michael Avenatti|access-date=29 September 2018|archive-date=12 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712123823/http://racing-reference.info/driver/Michael_Avenatti|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1971 – [[Craig Laundy]], Australian politician *[[1972]] – [[Jerome Bettis]], American football player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BettJe00.htm|title=Jerome Bettis Stats|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=2021-02-15|archive-date=2021-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214155546/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BettJe00.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1972 – [[Zoran Čampara]], Bosnian football player * 1972 – [[Sarah Clarke]], American actress * 1972 – [[Naomi Nishida]], Japanese actress *[[1973]] – [[Cathy Freeman]], Australian sprinter *[[1974]] – [[Mahershala Ali]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1974 – [[José Dominguez]], Portuguese footballer and manager<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=2111|title=Jose Dominguez|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=11 February 2020|archive-date=31 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731141900/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=2111|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1976]] – [[Eric Byrnes]], American baseball player and sportscaster * 1976 – [[Kyo (musician)|Kyo]], Japanese singer-songwriter and producer *[[1977]] – [[Ian Clarke (computer scientist)|Ian Clarke]], Irish-American computer scientist, founded [[Freenet]] * 1977 – [[Ahman Green]], American football player * 1977 – [[Alexei Morozov]], Russian ice hockey player and executive<ref>{{cite web |title=Aleksey Morozov |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/aleksey-morozov-8462054 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1978]] – [[Tia Hellebaut]], Belgian high jumper and chemist * 1978 – [[Wasim Jaffer]], Indian cricketer * 1978 – [[John Tartaglia]], American actor, singer, and puppeteer *[[1979]] – [[Stéphane Dalmat]], French footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=17918|title=Stéphane Dalmat|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=11 February 2020|archive-date=31 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731140310/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=17918|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1979 – [[Eric Mun]], American-South Korean singer and actor * 1979 – [[Valentino Rossi]], Italian motorcycle racer *[[1980]] – [[Longineu W. Parsons III]], French-American musician and songwriter *[[1981]] – [[Jay Howard]], English race car driver * 1981 – [[Susanna Kallur]], Swedish sprint hurdler<ref>{{cite web |title=Susanna Kallur |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/sweden/susanna-kallur-14302070 |website=[[World Athletics]] |access-date=20 August 2021 |archive-date=20 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820010046/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/sweden/susanna-kallur-14302070 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1981 – [[Jerry Owens]], American baseball player * 1981 – [[Qyntel Woods]], American basketball player *[[1982]] – [[Manny Delcarmen]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Manny Delcarmen |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/manny-delcarmen-434668 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> * 1982 – [[Aleksandr Dmitrijev]], Estonian footballer * 1982 – [[Lupe Fiasco]], American rapper<ref name="AP"/> * 1982 – [[Rickie Lambert]], English footballer *[[1983]] – [[Agyness Deyn]], English model, actress, and singer * 1983 – [[Tuomo Ruutu]], Finnish ice hockey player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Tuomo Ruutu |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/tuomo-ruutu-8469462 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1984]] – [[Sofia Arvidsson]], Swedish tennis player * 1984 – [[Oussama Mellouli]], Tunisian swimmer<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lohn |first1=John |title=Historical Dictionary of Competitive Swimming |date=2010 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6775-8 |page=95 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RWLKhp7HEkMC&pg=PA95 |language=en |access-date=2020-09-23 |archive-date=2020-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213235440/https://books.google.com/books?id=RWLKhp7HEkMC&pg=PA95 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[Simon Francis (footballer)|Simon Francis]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Premier League - Simon Francis |url=https://the-premier-league.com/player/simon-francis/ |website=the-premier-league.com |access-date=14 April 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731055833/https://the-premier-league.com/player/simon-francis/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1985 – [[Stacy Lewis]], American golfer<ref>{{cite web |title=Women's British Open 2014: Stacy Lewis glad of Michelle Wie rivalry |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/28214346 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=14 April 2020 |language=en-gb |date=9 July 2014 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308133426/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/28214346 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1985 – [[Ron Vlaar]], Dutch footballer *[[1986]] – [[Diego Godín]], Uruguayan footballer * 1986 – [[Shawne Williams]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Shawne Williams |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/200761/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Luc Bourdon]], Canadian ice hockey player (died 2008) * 1987 – [[Theresa Goh]], Singaporean swimmer * 1987 – [[Tommy Milone]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tommy Milone |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/tommy-milone-543548 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Jon Ossoff]], American politician and filmmaker<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ossoff, Thomas Jonathan (Jon)|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/O000174|access-date=January 22, 2021|website=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Hasheem Thabeet]], Tanzanian basketball player *[[1988]] – [[Diego Capel]], Spanish footballer * 1988 – [[Denílson (footballer, born 1988)|Denílson]], Brazilian footballer * 1988 – [[Korbinian Holzer]], German ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Korbinian Holzer |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/korbinian-holzer-8473560 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Zhang Jike]], Chinese table tennis player * 1988 – [[Andrea Ranocchia]], Italian footballer * 1988 – [[Kim Soo-hyun]], South Korean actor and singer *[[1989]] – [[Elizabeth Olsen]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> *[[1990]] – [[The Weeknd]], Canadian singer-songwriter and producer<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rivera |first1=Joe |title=Who is The Weeknd? Super Bowl 55 halftime show performer's songs, lyrics & more to know |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/the-weeknd-songs-lyrics-super-bowl-halftime-show/bbt2m5plh8q216w2yb5jficq9 |access-date=8 February 2021 |work=[[Sporting News]] |date=7 February 2021 |language=en |quote=The Weeknd, real name Abel Tesfaye (born Feb. 16, 1990), is a Canadian alternative R&B singer-songwriter who rose to prominence in the early 2010s... |archive-date=8 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208022212/https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/the-weeknd-songs-lyrics-super-bowl-halftime-show/bbt2m5plh8q216w2yb5jficq9 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Sergio Canales]], Spanish footballer *[[1992]] – [[Nicolai Boilesen]], Danish footballer * 1992 – [[Zsófia Susányi]], Hungarian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tennis Abstract: Zsofia Susanyi Match Results, Splits, and Analysis |url=https://www.tennisabstract.com/cgi-bin/player-classic.cgi?p=ZsofiaSusanyi |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=tennisabstract.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Billie Jean King Cup Profile: Zsófia Susányi |url=https://www.billiejeankingcup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800283094 |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=billiejeankingcup.com |archive-date=2022-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021123349/https://www.billiejeankingcup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800283094 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Annika Beck]], German tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Annika Beck Stats | Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/316979/annika-beck/stats |website=Women's Tennis Association |access-date=25 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731124640/https://www.wtatennis.com/players/316979/annika-beck/stats |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1994 – [[Federico Bernardeschi]], Italian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Federico Bernardeschi Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/180956/federico-bernardeschi |website=ESPN |access-date=25 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=10 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510075609/https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/180956/federico-bernardeschi |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1994 – [[Ava Max]], American singer and songwriter<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ocnal.com/2019/04/ava-max-i-feel-albanian-my-parents.html|title=Ava Max: I feel Albanian. My parents taught me never to give up|author=Oculus News|date=3 April 2019|work=Music|publisher=Oculus News|access-date=3 April 2019|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308124214/https://www.ocnal.com/2019/04/ava-max-i-feel-albanian-my-parents.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Denzel Curry]], American rapper<ref>{{cite web |title=Denzel Curry |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/denzel-curry/631440154 |website=Apple Music |access-date=February 15, 2025}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Katy Dunne]], English tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tennis Katy Dunne - ESPN |url=http://m.espn.com/general/tennis/playercard?playerId=1844&src=desktop |website=m.espn.com |access-date=14 April 2020 |language=EN |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731124727/http://m.espn.com/general/tennis/playercard?playerId=1844&src=desktop |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1995 – [[Carina Witthöft]], German tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Carina Witthoeft Matches | Past Tournaments & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/317536/carina-witthoeft/matches |website=Women's Tennis Association |access-date=25 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731063412/https://www.wtatennis.com/players/317536/carina-witthoeft/matches |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Jordan Greenway]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jordan Greenway |url=https://www.nhl.com/sabres/player/jordan-greenway-8478413 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> * [[1998]] – [[An Hye-jin|An Hyejin]], South Korean volleyball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Volleyball Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 |url=https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/olympics-2020/players/151959 |website=volleyballworld.com |access-date=8 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105182926/https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/olympics-2020/players/151959 |archive-date=2022-11-05 |language=en}}</ref> * 1998 – [[Kim Su-ji (diver)|Kim Suji]], South Korean diver<ref>{{cite web |title=Suji KIM | Profile | World Aquatics Official |url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/athletes/1018175/suji-kim/profile |website=World Aquatics |access-date=8 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808101747/https://www.worldaquatics.com/athletes/1018175/suji-kim/profile |archive-date=2024-08-08 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Ignatius Ganago]], Cameroonian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Ignatius Ganago - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.com/football/ignatius-ganago_prs483455/person.shtml |publisher=Eurosport |access-date=29 October 2023}}</ref> * 1999 – [[Marie Ulven Ringheim]], Norwegian singer, songwriter and music producer<ref>{{cite news |title=Girl In Red's Real Name Was Inspired By Her Unrequited Love |url=https://hollywoodmask.com/lgbtiq/girl-in-red-real-name.html |access-date=18 February 2022 |work=Hollywood Mask |date=22 December 2020 |archive-date=18 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418135852/https://hollywoodmask.com/lgbtiq/girl-in-red-real-name.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Original Koffee|Koffee]], Jamaican singer, songwriter and rapper<ref>{{cite news |title=Koffee reveals the cutest baby pics for her birthday |url=https://www.loopjamaica.com/content/koffee-reveals-cutest-baby-pics-her-birthday |access-date=4 May 2021 |work=Loop News |date=16 Feb 2021 |archive-date=16 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216213831/http://www.loopjamaica.com/content/koffee-reveals-cutest-baby-pics-her-birthday |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2000 – [[Coby White]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Coby White |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629632/coby-white |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Yuki Naito]], Japanese tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yuki Naito | Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/326235/yuki-naito |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[549]] – [[Zhu Yi (Liang Dynasty)|Zhu Yi]], Chinese general (born 483) * [[902]] – [[Mary the Younger]], Byzantine saint (born 875) *[[1184]] – [[Richard of Dover]], Archbishop of Canterbury *[[1247]] – [[Henry Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia]] (born 1204) *[[1279]] – [[Afonso III of Portugal]] (born 1210) *[[1281]] – [[Gertrude of Hohenberg]], queen consort of Germany (born c. 1225) *[[1390]] – [[Rupert I, Elector Palatine]] (born 1309) *[[1391]] – [[John V Palaiologos]], Byzantine emperor (born 1332) *[[1531]] – [[Johannes Stöffler]], German mathematician and astronomer (born 1452) *[[1560]] – [[Jean du Bellay]], French cardinal and diplomat (born 1493) *[[1579]] – [[Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada]], Spanish explorer (born 1509) ===1601–1900=== *[[1645]] – [[Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1585–1645)|Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba]], Spanish general and politician, 24th [[Governor of the Duchy of Milan]] (born 1585) *[[1710]] – [[Esprit Fléchier]], French bishop and author (born 1632) *[[1721]] – [[James Craggs the Younger]], English politician, [[Secretary of State for the Southern Department]] (born 1686) *[[1754]] – [[Richard Mead]], English physician (born 1673) *[[1820]] – [[Georg Carl von Döbeln]], Swedish general (born 1758) *[[1862]] – [[William Pennington]], American lawyer and politician, 13th [[Governor of New Jersey]], 23rd [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] (born 1796) *[[1898]] – [[Thomas Bracken]], Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (born 1843) *[[1899]] – [[Félix Faure]], French merchant and politician, 7th [[President of France]] (born 1841) ===1901–present=== *[[1907]] – [[Giosuè Carducci]], Italian poet and educator, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1835) *[[1912]] – [[Nicholas of Japan]], Russian-Japanese monk and saint (born 1836) *[[1917]] – [[Octave Mirbeau]], French journalist, novelist, and playwright (born 1848) *[[1919]] – [[Vera Kholodnaya]], Ukrainian actress (born 1893) *[[1928]] – [[Eddie Foy Sr.]], American actor and dancer (born 1856)<ref>{{cite web |title=Eddie Foy | Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eddie-Foy |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 January 2020 |language=en |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731074901/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eddie-Foy |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1932]] – [[Ferdinand Buisson]], French academic and politician, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1841) * 1932 – [[Edgar Speyer]], American-English financier and philanthropist (born 1862) *[[1941]] – [[Frida Felser]], German opera singer and actress (born 1872)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ulrich|first1=Paul S.|title=Deutschsprachige Theater-Almanache und -Journale: Abbildungen (Personen, Stücke, Theater) / German-language Theater Almanacs and Journals: Illustrations (Persons, Plays, Theaters) (1772–1918) Band 1: Abbildungen (Personen A–M) / Illustrations (Persons A–M)|date=2024|publisher=Hollitzer Wissenschaftsverlag|isbn=9783990941362|page=161 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sNf8EAAAQBAJ|language=en, de}}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[Dadasaheb Phalke]], Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1870) *[[1957]] – [[Josef Hofmann]], Polish-American pianist and composer (born 1876) *[[1961]] – [[Dazzy Vance]], American baseball player (born 1891) *[[1964]] – [[James M. Canty]], American educator, school administrator, and businessperson (born 1865)<ref name="WVAH 2">{{cite web |url= http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5594495&Type=Death |title= Death Record Detail: James Munroe Canty |year= 2019 |publisher= West Virginia Archives and History, West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History |access-date= August 2, 2020 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20200802163938/http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5594495&Type=Death |archive-date= August 2, 2020 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref name="Charleston Daily Mail 1">{{cite news | title = Pioneer W.Va. Educator Dies | newspaper = [[Charleston Daily Mail]] | location = [[Charleston, West Virginia]] | date = February 17, 1964 | page = 5 | url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56283898/pioneer-wva-educator-dies/ | access-date = July 28, 2020 | via = [[Newspapers.com]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200729020313/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56283898/pioneer-wva-educator-dies/ | archive-date = July 29, 2020 | url-status = live }}</ref> *[[1967]] – [[Smiley Burnette]], American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1911) *[[1974]] – [[John Garand]], Canadian-American engineer, designed the [[M1 Garand|M1 Garand Rifle]] (born 1888) *[[1975]] – [[Morgan Taylor]], American hurdler and coach (born 1903) *[[1977]] – [[Janani Luwum]], bishop, Church of Uganda, martyr (born c.1922) * 1977 – [[Rózsa Péter]], Hungarian mathematician (born 1905) *[[1980]] – [[Erich Hückel]], German physicist and chemist (born 1895) *[[1984]] – [[M. A. G. Osmani]], Bangladeshi general (born 1918) *[[1988]] – [[Ye Shengtao]], Chinese writer, educator, and politician (born 1894)<ref>{{Cite web |title=1988年2月16日，教育家叶圣陶逝世 - 中国军网 |url=https://photo.81.cn/tsjs/2017-02/16/content_7490040.htm |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=photo.81.cn}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Keith Haring]], American painter and activist (born 1958) *[[1991]] – [[Enrique Bermúdez]], Nicaraguan lieutenant and engineer (born 1932) *[[1992]] – [[Angela Carter]], English novelist, short story writer (born 1940) * 1992 – [[Jânio Quadros]], Brazilian politician, 22nd [[President of Brazil]] (born 1917) * 1992 – [[Herman Wold]], Norwegian-Swedish economist and statistician (born 1908) *[[1996]] – [[Roberto Aizenberg]], Argentinian painter and sculptor (born 1922) * 1996 – [[Roger Bowen]], American actor and author (born 1932) * 1996 – [[Pat Brown]], American lawyer and politician, 32nd [[Governor of California]] (born 1905) * 1996 – [[Brownie McGhee]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1915) *[[1997]] – [[Chien-Shiung Wu]], Chinese-American physicist and academic (born 1912) *[[1998]] – [[Mary Amdur]], American [[Toxicology|toxicologist]] and [[public health]] researcher (born 1908) * 1998 – [[Sheu Yuan-dong]], Taiwanese politician (born 1927)<!-- Killed in the crash of China Airlines Flight 676. --><ref>{{Cite news|last=Gargan|first=Edward A.|date=1998-02-17|title=Over 200 Die as Taiwan Jet Crashes in Bad Weather (Published 1998)|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/17/world/over-200-die-as-taiwan-jet-crashes-in-bad-weather.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-14|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2019-05-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513111532/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/17/world/over-200-die-as-taiwan-jet-crashes-in-bad-weather.html}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Marceline Day]], American actress (born 1908) * 2000 – [[Lila Kedrova]], Russian-French actress and singer<!--NO YEAR OF BIRTH TO BE ADDED: UNCONFIRMABLE AND DUBIOUS --> * 2000 – [[Karsten Solheim]], Norwegian-American businessman, founded [[Ping (golf)|PING]] (born 1911) *[[2001]] – [[Howard W. Koch]], American director and producer (born 1916) * 2001 – [[William Masters]], American gynecologist and sexologist (born 1915) *[[2002]] – [[Walter Winterbottom]], English footballer and manager (born 1913) *[[2003]] – [[Rusty Magee]], American actor and composer (born 1955) *[[2004]] – [[Doris Troy]], American singer-songwriter (born 1937) *[[2006]] – [[Johnny Grunge]], American wrestler (born 1966) * 2006 – [[Ernie Stautner]], German-American football player and coach (born 1925) *[[2009]] – [[Stephen Kim Sou-hwan]], South Korean cardinal (born 1921) *[[2011]] – [[Len Lesser]], American actor (born 1922) * 2011 – [[Justinas Marcinkevičius]], Lithuanian poet and playwright (born 1930) *[[2012]] – [[Gary Carter]], American baseball player and coach (born 1954) * 2012 – [[Elyse Knox]], American model, actress, and fashion designer (born 1917) * 2012 – [[John Macionis]], American swimmer and lieutenant (born 1916) * 2012 – [[Anthony Shadid]], American journalist (born 1968) *[[2013]] – [[Colin Edwards (footballer)|Colin Edwards]], Guyanese footballer (born 1991) * 2013 – [[Grigory Pomerants]], Russian philosopher and author (born 1918) * 2013 – [[Tony Sheridan]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1940) *[[2014]] – [[Ken Farragut]], American football player (born 1928) * 2014 – [[Kralle Krawinkel]], German guitarist (born 1947) * 2014 – [[Michael Shea (author)|Michael Shea]], American author (born 1946) *[[2015]] – [[Lasse Braun]], Algerian-Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1936) * 2015 – [[Lesley Gore]], American singer-songwriter (born 1946) * 2015 – [[R. R. Patil]], Indian lawyer and politician, [[Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] (born 1957) * 2015 – [[Lorena Rojas]], Mexican actress and singer (born 1971) *[[2016]] – [[Boutros Boutros-Ghali]], Egyptian politician and diplomat, 6th [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]] (born 1922) *[[2019]] – [[Bruno Ganz]], Swiss actor (born 1941)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/bruno-ganz-downfall-actor-dead-795813/|title=Bruno Ganz, Swiss Actor Who Portrayed Hitler in 'Downfall,' Dead at 77|first1=Daniel|last1=Kreps|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=February 16, 2019|access-date=August 18, 2019|archive-date=February 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217120431/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/bruno-ganz-downfall-actor-dead-795813/|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Gustavo Noboa]], Ecuadorian politician, 42nd [[President of Ecuador]] (born 1937)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-16|title=Murió el expresidente Gustavo Noboa|url=https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/ecuador/murio-el-expresidente-gustavo-noboa-nota/|access-date=2021-12-09|website=El Universo|language=es|archive-date=2021-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217090338/https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/ecuador/murio-el-expresidente-gustavo-noboa-nota/|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Alexei Navalny]], Russian activist (born 1976) *[[2025]] – [[Viktor Antonov (art director)|Viktor Antonov]], Bulgarian artist (born 1972)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2025-02-16|title=Half-Life 2 and Dishonoured Artist Dies Aged 52|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/tributes-paid-after-death-of-half-life-2-and-dishonored-artist-viktor-antonov-aged-52|access-date=2025-02-16|website=IGN|language=en}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[feast day]]: **[[Abda of Edessa]] **[[Elias and companions]] **[[Juliana of Nicomedia]] ([[Catholic Church]]) **[[Onesimus]] **[[Charles Todd Quintard]] ([[Episcopal Church (USA)]]) **[[February 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Day of the Shining Star]] (Kim Jong Il's birthday) ([[North Korea]]) *[[Act of Independence of Lithuania|Restoration of Lithuania's Statehood Day]], celebrate the independence of Lithuania from Russia and Germany in 1918 ([[Lithuania]]) * [[Elizabeth Peratrovich|Elizabeth Peratrovich Day]] ([[Alaska]])<ref name="Elizabeth Peratrovich">{{cite web |title=Anti-discrimination Act of 1945 |url=https://archives.alaska.gov/education/peratrovich.html |publisher=Alaska State Archives |access-date=30 December 2020 |date=31 January 2020 |archive-date=25 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125211800/https://archives.alaska.gov/education/peratrovich.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/16 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=2|day=16}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/february/16 Historical Events on February 16] {{months}} [[Category:Days of February]]
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