Events

Pre-1600

• 1249 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 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 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.

• 1742 Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.

• 1796 Colombo in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) falls to the British, completing their invasion of Ceylon.

• 1804 First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate .

• 1862 American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.

• 1866 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.

• 1900 The Southern Cross expedition led by Carsten Borchgrevink achieves a new Farthest South of 78° 50'S, making the first landing at the Great Ice Barrier.

1901–present

• 1918 The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.

• 1923 Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.

• 1930 The Romanian Football Federation joins FIFA.

• 1934 The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republikanischer Schutzbund.

• 1934 The Commission of Government is officially sworn in; ending 79 years of responsible government in Newfoundland.

• 1936 The Popular Front wins the 1936 Spanish general election.

• 1937 Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.

• 1940 World War II: Altmark incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer . A total of 299 British prisoners are freed.

• 1942 World War II: In Athens, the Greek People's Liberation Army is established

• 1942 World War II: Attack on Aruba, first World War II German shots fired on a land based object in the Americas.

• 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 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.

• 1959 Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.

• 1960 The U.S. Navy submarine 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.

• 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 Shongshan Airport in Taiwan, killing 21 of the 63 people on board and one more on the ground.

• 1978 The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago).

• 1983 The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75.

• 1984 – Iran launches Operation Dawn 5, a major offensive during the Iran–Iraq War targeting the Basra–Baghdad highway, resulting in heavy casualties on both sides.

• 1985 Hezbollah is founded.

• 1986 The Soviet liner 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.

• 1991 Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua.

• 1996 A Chicago-bound Amtrak train, the Capitol Limited, collides with a MARC commuter train bound for Washington, D.C., killing 11 people.

• 1998 China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a road and residential area near 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.

• 2005 The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.

• 2005 The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004–05 regular season and playoffs.

• 2006 The last Mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.

• 2013 A bomb blast at a market in Hazara Town, 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 Hirak protest movement. Demonstrations had been suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.

Births

Pre-1600

• 1222 Nichiren, founder of Nichiren Buddhism (died 1282)

• 1304 Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür, Chinese emperor (died 1332)

• 1331 Coluccio Salutati, Italian political leader (died 1406)

• 1419 John I, Duke of Cleves (died 1481)

• 1470 Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1540)

• 1471 Krishnadevaraya, emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire (died 1529)

• 1497 Philip Melanchthon, German astronomer, theologian, and academic (died 1560)

• 1514 Georg Joachim Rheticus, Austrian cartographer and instrument maker (died 1574)

• 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 (died 1688)

• 1643 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)

• 1774 Pierre Rode, French violinist and composer (died 1830)

• 1786 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)

• 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 (died 1932)

• 1845 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, 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, Irish seaman and Antarctic explorer (died 1938)

• 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)

• 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)

• 1904 George F. Kennan, American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (died 2005)

• 1905 Henrietta Barnett, English Women's Royal Air Force officer (died 1985)

• 1906 Vera Menchik, Russian-Czechoslovak-British chess player (died 1944)

• 1909 Hugh Beaumont, American actor and director (died 1982)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 1929 Gerhard Hanappi, Austrian footballer and architect (died 1980)

• 1929 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)

• 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 Ken Brown, English footballer and manager

• 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)

• 1935 Sonny Bono, American actor, singer, and politician (died 1998)

• 1935 Stephen Gaskin, American activist, co-founded 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

• 1937 Paul Bailey, British novelist, critic, and biographer

• 1937 Valentin Bondarenko, Soviet aviator and cosmonaut (died 1961)

• 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 Supreme Leader of North Korea (died 2011)

• 1942 Yang Jen-fu, Taiwanese politician (died 2024)

• 1944 Glyn Davies, Welsh farmer and politician

• 1944 Richard Ford, American novelist and short story writer

• 1944 António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Cape Verdean politician, 2nd President of Cape Verde (died 2016)

• 1947 Jaroslav Kubera, Czech politician (died 2020)

• 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

• 1952 James Ingram, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2019)

• 1952 Peter Kitchen, English footballer

• 1953 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)

• 1954 Margaux Hemingway, American model and actress (died 1996)

• 1954 Michael Holding, Jamaican cricketer and sportscaster

• 1956 Vincent Ward, New Zealand director and screenwriter

• 1957 LeVar Burton, American actor, director, and producer

• 1958 Natalie Angier, American author

• 1958 Ice-T, American rapper and actor

• 1958 Oscar Schmidt, Brazilian basketball player (died 2026)

• 1958 Herb Williams, American basketball player and coach

• 1959 John McEnroe, American tennis player and sportscaster

• 1959 Kelly Tripucka, American basketball player and sportscaster

• 1960 Pete Willis, English guitarist and songwriter

• 1961 Niko Nirvi, Finnish journalist

• 1961 Andy Taylor, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1962 John Balance, English singer-songwriter (died 2004)

• 1964 Bebeto, Brazilian footballer and manager

• 1964 Christopher Eccleston, English actor

• 1965 Dave Lombardo, Cuban-American musician and songwriter

• 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

• 1971 Craig Laundy, Australian politician

• 1972 Jerome Bettis, American football player

• 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

• 1974 José Dominguez, Portuguese footballer and manager

• 1976 Eric Byrnes, American baseball player and sportscaster

• 1976 Kyo, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer

• 1977 Ian Clarke, Irish-American computer scientist, founded Hyphanet

• 1977 Ahman Green, American football player

• 1977 Alexei Morozov, Russian ice hockey player and executive

• 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

• 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

• 1981 Jerry Owens, American baseball player

• 1981 Qyntel Woods, American basketball player

• 1982 Manny Delcarmen, American baseball player

• 1982 Aleksandr Dmitrijev, Estonian footballer

• 1982 Lupe Fiasco, American rapper

• 1982 Rickie Lambert, English footballer

• 1983 Agyness Deyn, English model, actress, and singer

• 1983 Tuomo Ruutu, Finnish ice hockey player and coach

• 1984 Sofia Arvidsson, Swedish tennis player

• 1984 Oussama Mellouli, Tunisian swimmer

• 1985 Simon Francis, English footballer

• 1985 Stacy Lewis, American golfer

• 1985 Ron Vlaar, Dutch footballer

• 1986 Diego Godín, Uruguayan footballer

• 1986 Shawne Williams, American basketball player

• 1987 Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2008)

• 1987 Theresa Goh, Singaporean swimmer

• 1987 Tommy Milone, American baseball player

• 1987 Jon Ossoff, American politician and filmmaker

• 1987 Hasheem Thabeet, Tanzanian basketball player

• 1988 Diego Capel, Spanish footballer

• 1988 Denílson, Brazilian footballer

• 1988 Korbinian Holzer, German ice hockey player

• 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

• 1990 The Weeknd, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer

• 1991 Sergio Canales, Spanish footballer

• 1992 Nicolai Boilesen, Danish footballer

• 1992 Zsófia Susányi, Hungarian tennis player

• 1994 Annika Beck, German tennis player

• 1994 Federico Bernardeschi, Italian footballer

• 1994 Ava Max, American singer and songwriter

• 1995 Denzel Curry, American rapper

• 1995 Katy Dunne, English tennis player

• 1995 Carina Witthöft, German tennis player

• 1997 Jordan Greenway, American ice hockey player

• 1998 An Hyejin, South Korean volleyball player

• 1998 Kim Suji, South Korean diver

• 1999 Ignatius Ganago, Cameroonian footballer

• 1999 Marie Ulven Ringheim, Norwegian singer, songwriter and music producer

• 2000 Koffee, Jamaican singer, songwriter and rapper

• 2000 Coby White, American basketball player

• 2000 Carlos Yulo, Filipino artistic gymnast

• 2001 Yuki Naito, Japanese tennis player

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 549 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, 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 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)

• 1932 Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, 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)

• 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)

• 1967 Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1911)

• 1974 John Garand, Canadian-American engineer, designed the 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)

• 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 toxicologist and public health researcher (born 1908)

• 1998 Sheu Yuan-dong, Taiwanese politician (born 1927)

• 2000 Marceline Day, American actress (born 1908)

• 2000 Lila Kedrova, Russian-French actress and singer

• 2000 Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-American businessman, founded 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, 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, 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)

• 2021 Gustavo Noboa, Ecuadorian politician, 42nd President of Ecuador (born 1937)

• 2024 Alexei Navalny, Russian activist (born 1976)

• 2025 Viktor Antonov, Bulgarian artist (born 1972)

• 2026 Billy Steinberg, American songwriter (born 1950)

• 2026 Frederick Wiseman, American filmmaker (born 1930)

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)

• Restoration of Lithuania's Statehood Day, celebrate the independence of Lithuania from Russia and Germany in 1918 (Lithuania)

• Elizabeth Peratrovich Day (Alaska)

References

External links

• BBC: On This Day

• Historical Events on February 16