February 2 Events 506 - Alaric II , eighth king of the Visigoths promulgates the Breviary of Alaric , a collection of "Roman law". 880 - Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King Louis III of France is defeated by the Norse Great Heathen Army at Lüneburg Heath in Saxony . 962 - Translatio imperii : Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor , the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years. 1032 - Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes king of Burgundy . 1141 - The Battle of Lincoln , at which Stephen, King of England is defeated and captured by the allies of Empress Matilda . 1207 - Terra Mariana , eventually comprising present-day Latvia and Estonia , is established. 1438 - Nine leaders of the Transylvanian peasant revolt are executed at Torda . 1461 - Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross is fought in Herefordshire , England. 1536 - Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina . 1645 - Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Inverlochy . 1653 - New Amsterdam is incorporated. 1709 - Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring Daniel Defoe's adventure book Robinson Crusoe . 1848 - Mexican–American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed. 1850 - Brigham Young declares war on Timpanogos in the Battle at Fort Utah . 1868 - Pro-Imperial forces captured Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burned it to the ground. 1876 - The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed. 1887 - In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed. 1899 - The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra , between Sydney and Melbourne. 1901 - Funeral of Queen Victoria . 1909 - The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States. 1913 - Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City . 1920 - The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia . 1922 - Ulysses by James Joyce is published. 1925 - Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race. 1934 - The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated. 1935 - Leonarde Keeler administers polygraph tests to two murder suspects, the first time polygraph evidence was admitted in U.S. courts. 1942 - The Osvald Group is responsible for the first, active event of anti-Nazi resistance in Norway, to protest the inauguration of Vidkun Quisling . 1943 - World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end when Soviet troops accept the surrender of the last organized German troops in the city. 1959 - Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances . 1966 - Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 . 1971 - Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda . 1971 - The international Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands is signed in Ramsar, Mazandaran , Iran . 1980 - Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation. 1982 - Hama massacre: The government of Syria attacks the town of Hama. 1987 - After the 1986 People Power Revolution , the Philippines enacts a new constitution . 1989 - Soviet–Afghan War: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul . 1990 - Apartheid: F. W. de Klerk announces the unbanning of the African National Congress and promises to release Nelson Mandela . 2000 - First digital cinema projection in Europe realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments . 2002 - Wedding of Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, and Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti 2004 - Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks . 2005 - The Government of Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act . This legislation would become law on July 20 , 2005 , legalizing same-sex marriage . 2007 - Police officer Filippo Raciti is killed when a clash breaks out in the Sicily derby between Catania and Palermo, in the Serie A , the top flight of Italian football. This event led to major changes in stadium regulations in Italy. 2012 - The ferry MV Rabaul Queen sinks off the coast of Papua New Guinea near the Finschhafen District , with an estimated 146-165 dead.Births 1208 - James I of Aragon 1282 - Maud Chaworth , Countess of Leicester. 1425 - Eleanor of Navarre , Queen regnant of Navarre 1443 - Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony 1455 - John, King of Denmark 1457 - Peter Martyr d'Anghiera , Italian-Spanish historian and author 1467 - Columba of Rieti , Italian Dominican sister 1494 - Bona Sforza , queen of Sigismund I of Poland 1502 - Damião de Góis , Portuguese philosopher and historian 1506 - René de Birague , Italian-French cardinal and politician 1509 - John of Leiden , Dutch Anabaptist leader 1522 - Lodovico Ferrari , Italian mathematician and academic 1536 - Piotr Skarga , Polish writer 1551 - Nicolaus Reimers , German astronomer 1576 - Alix Le Clerc , French Canoness Regular and foundress 1585 - Judith Quiney , William Shakespeare's youngest daughter 1585 - Hamnet Shakespeare , William Shakespeare's only son 1588 - Georg II of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl , German nobleman 1600 - Gabriel Naudé , French librarian and scholar 1611 - Ulrik of Denmark , Danish prince-bishop 1613 - Noël Chabanel , French missionary and saint 1621 - Johannes Schefferus , Swedish author and hymn-writer 1650 - Pope Benedict XIII 1650 - Nell Gwyn , English actress, mistress of King Charles II of England 1651 - William Phips , Royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay 1669 - Louis Marchand , French organist and composer 1677 - Jean-Baptiste Morin , French composer 1695 - William Borlase , English geologist and archaeologist 1695 - François de Chevert , French general 1700 - Johann Christoph Gottsched , German author and critic 1711 - Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg 1714 - Gottfried August Homilius , German organist and composer 1717 - Ernst Gideon von Laudon , Austrian field marshal 1754 - Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord , French general and politician, Prime Minister of France 1782 - Henri de Rigny , French admiral and politician, French Minister of War 1786 - Jacques Philippe Marie Binet , French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer 1802 - Jean-Baptiste Boussingault , French chemist and academic 1803 - Albert Sidney Johnston , American general 1829 - Alfred Brehm , German zoologist and illustrator 1829 - William Stanley , English engineer and philanthropist 1841 - François-Alphonse Forel , Swiss limnologist and hydrologist 1842 - Julian Sochocki , Polish-Russian mathematician and academic 1849 - Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav , Slovak poet and playwright 1851 - José Guadalupe Posada , Mexican illustrator and engraver 1856 - Frederick William Vanderbilt , American railway magnate 1856 - Makar Yekmalyan , Armenian composer 1857 - Jan Drozdowski , Polish pianist and music teacher 1860 - Curtis Guild, Jr., American journalist and politician, 43rd Governor of Massachusetts 1861 - Solomon R. Guggenheim, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1862 - Émile Coste , French fencer 1862 - Cornelius McKane , American physician, educator, and hospital founder 1866 - Enrique Simonet , Spanish painter and academic 1873 - Leo Fall , Austrian composer 1873 - Konstantin von Neurath , German politician and diplomat, 13th German Minister of Foreign Affairs 1875 - Fritz Kreisler , Austrian-American violinist and composer 1877 - Frank L. Packard, Canadian author 1878 - Joe Lydon , American boxer 1880 - Frederick Lane , Australian swimmer 1881 - Orval Overall , American baseball player and manager 1882 - Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark 1882 - James Joyce, Irish novelist, short story writer , and poet 1883 - Johnston McCulley , American author and screenwriter, created Zorro 1883 - Julia Nava de Ruisánchez , Mexican activist and writer 1886 - William Rose Benét , American poet and author 1887 - Ernst Hanfstaengl , German businessman 1889 - Jean de Lattre de Tassigny , French general 1890 - Charles Correll , American actor and screenwriter 1892 - Tochigiyama Moriya , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna 1893 - Cornelius Lanczos , Hungarian mathematician and physicist 1893 - Raoul Riganti , Argentinian race car driver 1893 - Damdin Sükhbaatar , Mongolian soldier and politician 1895 - George Halas , American football player and coach 1895 - Robert Philipp , American painter 1895 - George Sutcliffe , Australian public servant 1896 - Kazimierz Kuratowski , Polish mathematician and logician 1897 - Howard Deering Johnson , American businessman, founded Howard Johnson's 1897 - Gertrude Blanch , Russian-American mathematician 1900 - Anni Frind , German lyric soprano 1900 - Willie Kamm , American baseball player and manager 1901 - Jascha Heifetz , Lithuanian-born American violinist and educator 1902 - Newbold Morris , American lawyer and politician 1902 - John Tonkin , Australian politician, 20th Premier of Western Australia 1904 - Bozorg Alavi , Iranian author and activist 1905 - Ayn Rand , Russian-born American novelist and philosopher 1908 - Wes Ferrell , American baseball player and manager 1909 - Frank Albertson , American actor 1911 - Jack Pizzey , Australian politician, 29th Premier of Queensland 1912 - Millvina Dean , English civil servant and cartographer 1912 - Burton Lane , American songwriter and composer 1913 - Poul Reichhardt , Danish actor and singer 1914 - Eric Kierans , Canadian economist and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Communications 1915 - Abba Eban , South African-Israeli politician and diplomat, 1st Israel Ambassador to the United Nations 1915 - Stan Leonard , Canadian golfer 1915 - Khushwant Singh , Indian journalist and author 1916 - Xuân Diệu , Vietnamese poet and author 1917 - Mary Ellis , British World War II ferry pilot 1917 - Đỗ Mười , Vietnamese politician, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam 1918 - Hella Haasse , Indonesian-Dutch author 1919 - Lisa Della Casa , Swiss soprano and actress 1919 - Georg Gawliczek , German footballer and manager 1920 - George Hardwick , English footballer and coach 1920 - John Russell , American Olympic equestrian 1920 - Arthur Willis , English footballer, full-back, player-manager 1922 - Kunwar Digvijay Singh , Indian field hockey player 1922 - Robert Chef d'Hôtel , French athlete 1922 - James L. Usry, American politician, first African-American mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey 1922 - Stoyanka Mutafova , Bulgarian actress 1923 - Jean Babilée , French dancer and choreographer 1923 - James Dickey , American poet and novelist 1923 - Svetozar Gligorić , Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster 1923 - Bonita Granville , American actress and producer 1923 - Red Schoendienst , American baseball player, coach, and manager 1923 - Liz Smith , American journalist and author 1923 - Clem Windsor , Australian rugby player and surgeon 1924 - Elfi von Dassanowsky , Austrian-American singer, pianist, producer 1924 - Sonny Stitt , American saxophonist and composer 1925 - Elaine Stritch , American actress and singer 1926 - Valéry Giscard d'Estaing , French academic and politician, 20th President of France 1927 - Stan Getz , American saxophonist 1927 - Doris Sams , American baseball player 1928 - Ciriaco De Mita , 47th Prime minister of Italy 1928 - Jay Handlan , American basketball player and engineer 1928 - Tommy Harmer , English footballer, inside forward, youth team coach 1929 - Sheila Matthews Allen , American actress and producer 1929 - George Band , English engineer and mountaineer 1929 - Věra Chytilová , Czech actress, director, and screenwriter 1929 - John Henry Holland , American computer scientist and academic 1929 - Waldemar Kmentt , Austrian operatic tenor 1931 - Dries van Agt , Dutch politician, diplomat and jurist, Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1931 - Les Dawson , English comedian and author 1931 - Glynn Edwards , Malaysian-English actor 1931 - John Paul Harney , Canadian educator and politician 1931 - Judith Viorst , American journalist and author 1932 - Arthur Lyman , American jazz vibraphone and marimba player 1932 - Robert Mandan , American actor 1933 - M'el Dowd , American actress and singer 1933 - Tony Jay , English-American actor 1933 - Orlando "Cachaíto" López , Cuban bassist and composer 1933 - Than Shwe , Burmese general and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Burma 1935 - Pete Brown , American golfer 1935 - Evgeny Velikhov , Russian physicist and academic 1936 - Duane Jones , American actor 1936 - Metin Oktay , Turkish footballer and manager 1937 - Don Buford , American baseball player and coach 1937 - Eric Arturo Delvalle , Panamanian lawyer and politician, President of Panama 1937 - Anthony Haden-Guest , British journalist, poet, and critic 1937 - Remak Ramsay , American actor 1937 - Tom Smothers , American comedian, actor, and activist 1937 - Alexandra Strelchenko , Russian Singer 1938 - Norman Fowler , English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport 1938 - Gene MacLellan , Canadian singer-songwriter 1939 - Jackie Burroughs , English-born Canadian actress 1939 - Mary-Dell Chilton , American chemist and inventor and one of the founders of modern plant biotechnology 1939 - Dale T. Mortensen, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1940 - Alan Caddy , English guitarist and producer 1940 - Thomas M. Disch, American author and poet 1940 - Wayne Fontes , American football player and coach 1940 - David Jason , English actor, director, and producer 1941 - Terry Biddlecombe , English jockey 1942 - Bo Hopkins , American actor 1942 - Graham Nash , English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1944 - Andrew Davis , English organist and conductor 1944 - Geoffrey Hughes , English actor 1944 - Ursula Oppens , American pianist and educator 1945 - John Eatwell, Baron Eatwell , English economist and academic 1946 - John Armitt , English engineer and businessman 1946 - Alpha Oumar Konaré , Malian academic and politician, 3rd President of Mali 1946 - Constantine Papadakis , Greek-American businessman and academic 1947 - Greg Antonacci , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1947 - Farrah Fawcett , American actress and producer 1948 - Ina Garten , American chef and author 1948 - Al McKay , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer 1948 - Roger Williamson , English race car driver 1949 - Duncan Bannatyne , Scottish businessman and philanthropist 1949 - Yasuko Namba , Japanese mountaineer 1949 - Brent Spiner , American actor and singer 1949 - Ross Valory , American rock bass player and songwriter 1950 - Osamu Kido , Japanese wrestler 1950 - Libby Purves , British journalist and author 1950 - Barbara Sukowa , German actress 1950 - Genichiro Tenryu , Japanese wrestler 1951 - Vangelis Alexandris , Greek basketball player and coach 1951 - Ken Bruce , Scottish radio host 1952 - John Cornyn , American lawyer and politician, 49th Attorney General of Texas 1952 - Rick Dufay , French-American guitarist and songwriter 1952 - Park Geun-hye , South Korean politician, 11th President of South Korea 1952 - Ralph Merkle , American computer scientist and academic 1952 - Carol Ann Susi , American actress 1953 - Duane Chapman , American bounty hunter 1953 - Jerry Sisk, Jr., American gemologist, co-founded Jewelry Television 1954 - Christie Brinkley , American actress, model, and businesswoman 1954 - Hansi Hinterseer , Austrian skier and actor 1954 - Nelson Ne'e , Solomon Islander politician 1954 - John Tudor , American baseball player 1955 - Leszek Engelking , Polish poet and author 1955 - Bob Schreck , American author 1955 - Michael Talbott , American actor 1955 - Kim Zimmer , American actress 1956 - Adnan Oktar , Turkish theorist and author 1957 - Phil Barney , Algerian-French singer-songwriter 1958 - Michel Marc Bouchard , Canadian playwright 1961 - Abraham Iyambo , Namibian politician 1961 - Lauren Lane , American actress and academic 1962 - Philippe Claudel , French author, director, and screenwriter 1962 - Andy Fordham , English darts player 1962 - Paul Kilgus , American baseball player 1962 - Kate Raison , Australian actress 1962 - Michael T. Weiss, American actor 1963 - Eva Cassidy , American singer and guitarist 1963 - Kjell Dahlin , Swedish ice hockey player 1963 - Andrej Kiska , Slovak entrepreneur and philanthropist, President of Slovakia 1963 - Philip Laats , Belgian martial artist 1963 - Vigleik Storaas , Norwegian pianist 1965 - Carl Airey , English footballer 1965 - Naoki Sano , Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist 1966 - Andrei Chesnokov , Russian tennis player and coach 1966 - Robert DeLeo , American bass player, songwriter, and producer 1966 - Adam Ferrara , American actor and comedian 1966 - Michael Misick , Caicos Islander politician, Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands 1967 - Artūrs Irbe , Latvian ice hockey player and coach 1967 - Laurent Nkunda , Congolese general 1968 - Sean Elliott , American basketball player and sportscaster 1968 - Scott Erickson , American baseball player and coach 1969 - Dana International , Israeli singer-songwriter 1969 - Valeri Karpin , Estonian-Russian footballer and manager 1970 - Roar Strand , Norwegian footballer 1970 - Jennifer Westfeldt , American actress and singer 1971 - Michelle Gayle , English singer-songwriter and actress 1971 - Arly Jover , Spanish actress 1971 - Isaac Kungwane , South African footballer and sportscaster 1971 - Jason Taylor , Australian rugby league player and coach 1971 - Hwang Seok-jeong , South Korean actress 1972 - Melvin Mora , Venezuelan baseball player 1972 - Aleksey Naumov , Russian footballer 1973 - Andrei Luzgin , Estonian tennis player and coach 1973 - Aleksander Tammert , Estonian discus thrower 1973 - Marissa Jaret Winokur , American actress and singer 1975 - Todd Bertuzzi , Canadian ice hockey player 1975 - Donald Driver , American football player 1975 - Ieroklis Stoltidis , Greek footballer 1976 - Ryan Farquhar , Northern Irish motorcycle racer 1976 - James Hickman , English swimmer 1976 - Ana Roces , Filipino actress 1977 - Shakira , Colombian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress 1977 - Libor Sionko , Czech footballer 1978 - Adam Christopher , New Zealand writer 1978 - Eden Espinosa , American actress and singer 1978 - Annabel Ellwood , Australian tennis player 1978 - Barry Ferguson , Scottish footballer and manager 1978 - Rich Sommer , American actor 1978 - Faye White , English footballer 1979 - Urmo Aava , Estonian race car driver 1979 - Fani Chalkia , Greek hurdler and sprinter 1979 - Christine Lampard , Irish television host 1979 - Klaus Mainzer , German rugby player 1979 - Shamita Shetty , Indian actress 1979 - Irini Terzoglou , Greek shot putter 1980 - Angela Finger-Erben , German journalist 1980 - Teddy Hart , Canadian wrestler 1980 - Oleguer Presas , Spanish footballer 1981 - Emre Aydın , Turkish singer-songwriter 1981 - Michelle Bass , English model and singer 1981 - Salem al-Hazmi , Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 1982 - Sergio Castaño Ortega , Spanish footballer 1982 - Kelly Mazzante , American basketball player 1982 - Kan Mi-youn , South Korean singer, model, and host 1983 - Ronny Cedeño , Venezuelan baseball player 1983 - Carolina Klüft , Swedish heptathlete and jumper 1983 - Jordin Tootoo , Canadian ice hockey player 1983 - Vladimir Voskoboinikov , Estonian footballer 1983 - Alex Westaway , English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1984 - Brian Cage , American wrestler 1984 - Mao Miyaji , Japanese actress 1984 - Rudi Wulf , New Zealand rugby player 1985 - Masoud Azizi , Afghan sprinter 1985 - Renn Kiriyama , Japanese actor 1985 - Kristo Saage , Estonian basketball player 1985 - Silvestre Varela , Portuguese footballer 1986 - Gemma Arterton , English actress and singer 1986 - Miwa Asao , Japanese volleyball player 1987 - Anthony Fainga'a , Australian rugby player 1987 - Saia Fainga'a , Australian rugby player 1987 - Faydee , Australian singer 1987 - Athena Imperial , Filipino journalist, Miss Earth-Water 2011 1987 - Mimi Page , American singer-songwriter and composer 1987 - Gerard Piqué , Spanish footballer 1987 - Javon Ringer , American football player 1987 - Jill Scott , English footballer 1987 - Victoria Song , Chinese singer and actress 1987 - Martin Spanjers , American actor and producer 1988 - Zosia Mamet , American actress 1989 - Harrison Smith , American football player 1989 - Southside , American record producer 1991 - Nathan Delfouneso , English footballer 1991 - Gregory Mertens , Belgian footballer 1991 - Shohei Nanba , Japanese actor 1992 - Lammtarra , American race horse 1992 - Joonas Tamm , Estonian footballer 1993 - Ravel Morrison , English footballer 1993 - Bobby Decordova-Reid , English born Jamaican international footballer, forward 1995 - Paul Digby , English footballer 1995 - Aleksander Jagiełło , Polish footballer 1995 - Arfa Karim , Pakistani student and computer prodigy 1996 - Harry Winks , English international footballer, midfielderDeaths 619 - Laurence of Canterbury , English archbishop and saint 880 - Bruno , duke of Saxony 1124 - Bořivoj II, Duke of Bohemia 1218 - Konstantin of Rostov 1237 - Joan, Lady of Wales 1250 - Eric XI of Sweden 1294 - Louis II, Duke of Bavaria 1347 - Thomas Bek, Bishop of Lincoln , was the bishop of Lincoln 1348 - Narymunt , Prince of Pinsk 1435 - Joan II of Naples , Queen of Naples 1446 - Vittorino da Feltre , Italian humanist 1448 - Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani , Egyptian jurist and scholar 1461 - Owen Tudor , Welsh founder of the Tudor dynasty 1512 - Hatuey , Caribbean tribal chief 1529 - Baldassare Castiglione , Italian soldier and diplomat 1580 - Bessho Nagaharu , Japanese daimyō 1594 - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina , Italian composer and educator 1648 - George Abbot , English author and politician 1660 - Gaston, Duke of Orléans 1660 - Govert Flinck , Dutch painter 1661 - Lucas Holstenius , German geographer and historian 1675 - Ivan Belostenec , Croatian linguist and lexicographer 1688 - Abraham Duquesne , French admiral 1704 - Guillaume de l'Hôpital , French mathematician and academic 1712 - Martin Lister , English physician and geologist 1714 - John Sharp , English archbishop 1723 - Antonio Maria Valsalva , Italian anatomist and physician 1768 - Robert Smith , English mathematician and theorist 1769 - Pope Clement XIII 1802 - Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip , English politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies 1804 - George Walton , American lawyer and politician, Governor of Georgia 1831 - Vincenzo Dimech , Maltese sculptor 1836 - Letizia Ramolino , Italian noblewoman 1861 - Théophane Vénard , French Catholic missionary 1881 - Henry Parker , English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of New South Wales 1904 - Ernest Cashel , American-Canadian criminal 1904 - William Collins Whitney , American financier and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Navy 1905 - Henri Germain , French banker and politician, founded Le Crédit Lyonnais 1907 - Dmitri Mendeleev , Russian chemist and academic 1909 - Carlo Acton , Italian pianist and composer 1913 - Gustaf de Laval , Swedish engineer 1918 - John L. Sullivan, American boxer 1919 - Julius Kuperjanov , Estonian lieutenant 1925 - Antti Aarne , Finnish historian and academic 1925 - Jaap Eden , Dutch speed skater and cyclist 1926 - Vladimir Sukhomlinov , Russian general and politician 1932 - Agha Petros , Assyrian general and politician 1939 - Bernhard Gregory , Estonian-German chess player 1942 - Ado Birk , Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia 1942 - Daniil Kharms , Russian poet and playwright 1942 - Hugh D. McIntosh, Australian businessman 1945 - Alfred Delp , German priest and philosopher 1945 - Carl Friedrich Goerdeler , German economist and politician 1945 - Johannes Popitz , German lawyer and politician 1948 - Thomas W. Lamont, American banker and philanthropist 1948 - Bevil Rudd , South African runner and journalist 1950 - Constantin Carathéodory , Greek mathematician and academic 1952 - Callistratus of Georgia , Georgian patriarch 1954 - Hella Wuolijoki , Estonian-Finnish author and politician 1956 - Charley Grapewin , American actor 1956 - Truxtun Hare , American football player and hammer thrower 1956 - Pyotr Konchalovsky , Russian painter 1957 - Grigory Landsberg , Russian physicist and academic 1962 - Shlomo Hestrin , Canadian-Israeli biochemist and academic 1966 - Hacı Ömer Sabancı , Turkish businessman 1968 - Tullio Serafin , Italian conductor and director 1969 - Boris Karloff , English actor 1970 - Lawrence Gray , American actor 1970 - Bertrand Russell , English mathematician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate 1972 - Natalie Clifford Barney , American author, poet, and playwright 1973 - Hendrik Elias , Belgian academic and politician, 9th Mayor of Ghent 1974 - Imre Lakatos , Hungarian-English mathematician and philosopher 1975 - Gustave Lanctot , Canadian historian and academic 1979 - Jim Burke , Australian cricketer 1979 - Sid Vicious , English singer and bass player 1980 - William Howard Stein , American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1982 - Paul Desruisseaux , Canadian lawyer and politician 1983 - Sam Chatmon , American singer and guitarist 1986 - Anita Cobby , Australian murder victim 1986 - Gino Hernandez , American wrestler 1987 - Carlos José Castilho , Brazilian footballer and manager 1987 - Alistair MacLean , Scottish novelist and screenwriter 1988 - Marcel Bozzuffi , French actor, director, and screenwriter 1989 - Ondrej Nepela , Slovak figure skater and coach 1989 - Arnold Nordmeyer , New Zealand minister and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Finance 1990 - Paul Ariste , Estonian linguist and academic 1990 - Joe Erskine , Welsh boxer 1992 - Bert Parks , American actor, singer, television personality; Miss America telecast presenter 1993 - François Reichenbach , French director and screenwriter 1994 - Marija Gimbutas , Lithuanian-American archeologist 1995 - Thomas Hayward , American tenor and actor 1995 - Fred Perry , English-Australian tennis player 1995 - Donald Pleasence , English-French actor 1996 - Gene Kelly , American actor, singer, dancer, and director 1997 - Erich Eliskases , Austrian chess player 1997 - Sanford Meisner , American actor and coach 1998 - Haroun Tazieff , German-French geologist and cinematographer 1999 - David McComb , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist 2002 - Paul Baloff , American singer-songwriter 2002 - Claude Brown , American author 2003 - Lou Harrison , American composer and educator 2004 - Bernard McEveety , American director and producer 2005 - Birgitte Federspiel , Danish actress 2005 - Max Schmeling , German boxer 2007 - Vijay Arora , Indian actor 2007 - Billy Henderson , American singer 2007 - Joe Hunter , American pianist 2007 - Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer 2007 - Eric Von Schmidt , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 2007 - Masao Takemoto , Japanese gymnast 2008 - Barry Morse , Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter 2008 - Katoucha Niane , Guinean model and author 2011 - Edward Amy , Canadian general 2011 - Defne Joy Foster , Turkish actress 2011 - Margaret John , Welsh actress 2012 - Joyce Barkhouse , Canadian author 2012 - Frederick William Danker , American lexicographer and scholar 2012 - George Esper , American journalist and academic 2012 - Dorothy Gilman , American author 2012 - James F. Lloyd, American pilot and politician 2013 - Abraham Iyambo, Namibian politician 2013 - John Kerr , American actor and lawyer 2013 - Chris Kyle , American soldier and sniper 2013 - Lino Oviedo , Paraguayan general and politician 2013 - Pepper Paire , American baseball player 2013 - P. Shanmugam, Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Puducherry 2013 - Walt Sweeney , American football player 2013 - Guy F. Tozzoli, American architect 2014 - Gerd Albrecht , German conductor 2014 - Tommy Aquino , American motorcycle racer 2014 - Nicholas Brooks , English historian 2014 - Eduardo Coutinho , Brazilian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 2014 - Philip Seymour Hoffman , American actor, director, and producer 2014 - Luis Raúl , Puerto Rican comedian and actor 2014 - Bunny Rugs , Jamaican singer 2014 - Nigel Walker , English footballer 2015 - Joseph Alfidi , American pianist, composer, and conductor 2015 - Dave Bergman , American baseball player 2015 - Andriy Kuzmenko , Ukrainian singer-songwriter and actor 2015 - Molade Okoya-Thomas , Nigerian businessman and philanthropist 2015 - Stewart Stern , American screenwriter 2015 - The Jacka , American rapper and producer 2016 - Bob Elliott , American comedian, actor, and screenwriterHolidays and observances Anniversary of Treaty of Tartu Christian Feast Day: * Adalbard * Cornelius the Centurion * Martyrs of Ebsdorf * February 2 Constitution Day Day of Youth Earliest day on which Shrove Monday can fall, while March 8 is the latest; celebrated on Monday before Ash Wednesday , and its related observances: * Bun Day * Fastelavn * Nickanan Night * Rosenmontag Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple or Candlemas , and its related observances: * A quarter day in the Christian calendar . * Celebration of Yemanja or Our Lady of Navigators * Le Jour des Crêpes * Our Lady of the Candles * Virgin of Candelaria Groundhog Day, and its related observances: * Marmot Day Inventor's Day Trader's Day Victory of the Battle of Stalingrad World Wetlands Day
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