Events

Pre-1600

• 660 BCE Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.

• 55 The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Empire, on the eve of his coming of age clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.

• 951 Guo Wei, a court official, leads a military coup and declares himself emperor of the new Later Zhou.

• 1144 Robert of Chester completes his translation from Arabic to Latin of the Liber de compositione alchemiae, marking the birth of Western alchemy.

• 1534 At the Convocation of Canterbury, the Catholic bishops comprising the Upper House of the Province of Canterbury agree to style Henry VIII supreme head of the English church and clergy "so far as the law of Christ allows".

• 1584 A naval expedition led by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa founds Nombre de Jesús, the first of two short-lived Spanish settlements in the Strait of Magellan.

• 1586 Sir Francis Drake with an English force captures and occupies the Spanish colonial port of Cartagena de Indias for two months, obtaining a ransom and booty.

1601–1900

• 1659 The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.

• 1794 First session of United States Senate opens to the public.

• 1808 Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.

• 1812 Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry is accused of "gerrymandering" for the first time.

• 1823 Carnival tragedy of 1823: About 110 boys are killed during a human crush at the Convent of the Minori Osservanti in Valletta, Malta.

• 1826 University College London is founded as University of London.

• 1829 Facing backlach of Treaty of Turkmenchay, Alexander Griboyedov, Russian Empire's Ambassador to Tehran, and all the other embassy staff, were massacred by an angry mob.

• 1840 Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.

• 1843 Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata receives its first performance in Milan, Italy.

• 1855 Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia.

• 1856 The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company and Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh, is deposed.

• 1858 Bernadette Soubirous's first vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary occurs in Lourdes, France.

• 1861 American Civil War: The United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.

• 1873 King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates, triggering the proclamation of the First Spanish Republic.

• 1889 The Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.

1901–present

• 1903 Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.

• 1906 Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.

• 1919 Friedrich Ebert (SPD) is elected President of Germany.

• 1929 The Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.

• 1933 LAPD Red Squad raid on John Reed Club art show in the U.S. results in the destruction of a dozen political artworks.

• 1937 The Flint sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers trade union.

• 1938 BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R. that coined the term "robot".

• 1942 World War II: Second day of the Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore.

• 1946 The New Testament of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the first significant challenge to the Authorized King James Version, is published.

• 1953 Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower denies all appeals for clemency for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

• 1953 Israeli-Soviet relations are severed.

• 1959 The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.

• 1963 The Beatles record their first album, Please Please Me.

• 1970 Japan launches Ohsumi, becoming the fourth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.

• 1971 Cold War: The Seabed Arms Control Treaty opens for signature, outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.

• 1978 Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314 crashes at the Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada with 42 deaths and seven survivors.

• 1979 The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

• 1990 Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.

• 1990 Buster Douglas, a 42:1 underdog, knocks out Mike Tyson in ten rounds at Tokyo to win boxing's world Heavyweight title.

• 1997 Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.

• 1999 Pluto crosses Neptune's orbit, ending a nearly 20-year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune's orbit again until 2231.

• 2000 Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-99 to conduct the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.

• 2001 A Dutch programmer launches the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star.

• 2008 Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.

• 2011 Arab Spring: The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 17 days of protests.

• 2013 The Vatican confirms that Pope Benedict XVI will resign the papacy as a result of his advanced age.

• 2013 Militants claiming to be from the Sultanate of Sulu invade Lahad Datu District, Sabah, Malaysia, beginning the Lahad Datu standoff.

• 2014 A military transport plane crashes in a mountainous area of Oum El Bouaghi Province in eastern Algeria, killing 77 people.

• 2015 A university student is murdered as she resists an attempted rape in Turkey, sparking nationwide protests and public outcry against harassment and violence against women.

• 2015 The European Space Agency's Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle is launched on a Vega rocket.

• 2016 A man shoots seven people dead at an education center in Jizan Province, Saudi Arabia.

• 2017 North Korea test fires a ballistic missile across the Sea of Japan.

• 2018 Saratov Airlines Flight 703 crashes near Moscow, Russia with 71 deaths and no survivors.

• 2020 COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization officially names the coronavirus outbreak as COVID-19, with the virus being designated SARS-CoV-2.

• 2024 2024 Finnish presidential election: Alexander Stubb is elected as the 13th president of Finland.

Births

Pre-1600

• 1380 Poggio Bracciolini, Italian scholar and translator (died 1459)

• 1466 Elizabeth of York, Queen Consort of England (died 1503)

• 1535 Pope Gregory XIV (died 1591)

• 1568 Honoré d'Urfé, French author and playwright (died 1625)

1601–1900

• 1624 Ivan Ančić, Croatian Franciscan and religious writer (died 1685)

• 1649 William Carstares, Scottish minister and academic (died 1715)

• 1657 Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, French poet and playwright (died 1757)

• 1708 Egidio Duni, Italian composer (died 1775)

• 1764 Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet and playwright (died 1811)

• 1776 Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek politician, 1st Governor of Greece (died 1831)

• 1800 Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer and politician, invented the calotype (died 1877)

• 1802 Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (died 1880)

• 1805 Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, Native American-French Canadian explorer (died 1866)

• 1812 Alexander H. Stephens, American lawyer and politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America (died 1883)

• 1813 Otto Ludwig, German author, playwright, and critic (died 1865)

• 1821 Auguste Mariette, French archaeologist and scholar (died 1881)

• 1830 Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff, Prussian pianist and composer (died 1913)

• 1833 Melville Fuller, American lawyer and jurist, 8th Chief Justice of the United States (died 1910)

• 1839 Josiah Willard Gibbs, American physicist (died 1903)

• 1845 Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman soldier and politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (died 1936)

• 1847 Thomas Edison, American engineer and businessman, developed the light bulb and phonograph (died 1931)

• 1855 Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (died 1940)

• 1860 Rachilde, French author and playwright (died 1953)

• 1863 John F. Fitzgerald, American politician; Mayor of Boston (died 1950)

• 1864 Louis Bouveault, French chemist (died 1909)

• 1869 Helene Kröller-Müller, German-Dutch art collector and philanthropist, founded the Kröller-Müller Museum (died 1939)

• 1869 Else Lasker-Schüler, German poet and author (died 1945)

• 1874 Elsa Beskow, Swedish author and illustrator (died 1953)

• 1877 Aasa Helgesen, Norwegian midwife (died 1968)

• 1881 Carlo Carrà, Italian painter (died 1966)

• 1888 John Warren Davis, American educator, college administrator, and civil rights leader (died 1980)

• 1896 Claire Myers Owens, American author (died 1983)

• 1897 Emil Leon Post, Polish-American mathematician and logician (died 1954)

• 1898 Leo Szilard, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (died 1964)

• 1900 Ellen Broe, Danish nurse, pioneer in nursing education (died 1994)

• 1900 Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher and scholar (died 2002)

• 1900 Jōsei Toda, Japanese educator and activist (died 1958)

1901–present

• 1902 Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect, designed Radisson Blu Royal Hotel (died 1971)

• 1904 Keith Holyoake, New Zealand farmer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1983)

• 1904 Lucile Randon, French supercentenarian (died 2023)

• 1908 Philip Dunne, American screenwriter (died 1992)

• 1908 Vivian Fuchs, English explorer (died 1999)

• 1909 Max Baer, American boxer and actor (died 1959)

• 1909 Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1993)

• 1912 Rudolf Firkušný, Czech-American pianist and educator (died 1994)

• 1914 Matt Dennis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2002)

• 1914 Josh White, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1969)

• 1915 Patrick Leigh Fermor, English soldier, author, and scholar (died 2011)

• 1915 Richard Hamming, American mathematician and academic (died 1998)

• 1917 Sidney Sheldon, American author and screenwriter (died 2007)

• 1919 Eva Gabor, Hungarian-American actress (died 1995)

• 1920 Farouk of Egypt (died 1965)

• 1920 Daniel F. Galouye, American author (died 1976)

• 1920 Billy Halop, American actor (died 1976)

• 1920 Daniel James, Jr., American general and pilot (died 1978)

• 1921 Lloyd Bentsen, American politician, 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 2006)

• 1921 Ottavio Missoni, Italian hurdler and fashion designer, founded Missoni (died 2013)

• 1923 Antony Flew, English philosopher and academic (died 2010)

• 1924 Budge Patty, American tennis player (died 2021)

• 1925 Virginia E. Johnson, American psychologist and academic (died 2013)

• 1925 Kim Stanley, American actress (died 2001)

• 1926 Paul Bocuse, French chef (died 2018)

• 1926 Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor and producer (died 2010)

• 1930 Roy De Forest, American painter and academic (died 2007).

• 1930 Mary Quant, British fashion designer (died 2023)

• 1932 Dennis Skinner, English miner and politician

• 1934 Mel Carnahan, American lawyer and politician, 51st Governor of Missouri (died 2000)

• 1934 Tina Louise, American actress and singer

• 1934 Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and politician, Military leader of Panama (died 2017)

• 1934 David Taylor, English veterinarian and television host (died 2013)

• 1935 Gene Vincent, American singer and guitarist (died 1971)

• 1936 Burt Reynolds, American actor and director (died 2018)

• 1937 Ian Gow, British politician (died 1990)

• 1937 Bill Lawry, Australian cricketer and sportscaster

• 1937 Eddie Shack, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2020)

• 1937 Phillip Walker, American singer and guitarist (died 2010)

• 1938 Bevan Congdon, New Zealand cricketer (died 2018)

• 1939 Gerry Goffin, American songwriter (died 2014)

• 1940 Calvin Fowler, American basketball player (died 2013)

• 1941 Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian pianist and composer (died 2024)

• 1942 Otis Clay, American singer-songwriter (died 2016)

• 1943 Joselito, Spanish singer and actor

• 1943 Alan Rubin, American trumpet player (died 2011)

• 1944 Mike Oxley, American lawyer and politician (died 2016)

• 1944 Joy Williams, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist

• 1945 Michael Scott, first CEO of Apple Inc.

• 1946 Ian Porterfield, Scottish footballer and manager (died 2007)

• 1947 Yukio Hatoyama, Japanese engineer and politician and Prime Minister of Japan

• 1947 Derek Shulman, Scottish singer-songwriter and producer

• 1949 James Silas, American basketball player

• 1951 Mike Leavitt, American politician, 14th Governor of Utah

• 1953 Philip Anglim, American actor

• 1953 Jeb Bush, American banker and politician, 43rd Governor of Florida

• 1953 Tom Veryzer, American baseball player (died 2014)

• 1954 Wesley Strick, American director and screenwriter

• 1956 Catherine Hickland, American actress

• 1956 Didier Lockwood, French violinist (died 2018)

• 1957 Tina Ambani, Indian actress and chairperson

• 1959 Roberto Moreno, Brazilian race car driver

• 1960 Richard Mastracchio, American engineer and astronaut

• 1961 Carey Lowell, American actress

• 1962 Tammy Baldwin, American lawyer and politician

• 1962 Diane Franklin, American actress

• 1962 Sheryl Crow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1964 Sarah Palin, American politician, 9th Governor of Alaska

• 1964 Ken Shamrock, American martial artist and wrestler

• 1965 Vicki Wilson, Australian netball player

• 1967 Ciro Ferrara, Italian footballer and manager

• 1968 Mo Willems, American author and illustrator

• 1969 Jennifer Aniston, American actress and producer

• 1969 Andreas Hilfiker, Swiss footballer

• 1969 John Salako, Nigerian-English footballer, manager, and sportscaster

• 1971 Damian Lewis, English actor

• 1972 Steve McManaman, English footballer

• 1972 Kelly Slater, American surfer

• 1973 Varg Vikernes, Norwegian guitarist and songwriter

• 1974 Nick Barmby, English footballer and manager

• 1974 D'Angelo, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2025)

• 1974 Alex Jones, American radio show host and conspiracy theorist

• 1974 Isaiah Mustafa, American actor and football player

• 1974 Jaroslav Špaček, Czech ice hockey player and coach

• 1975 Andy Lally, American race car driver

• 1975 Callum Thorp, Australian cricketer

• 1975 Jacque Vaughn, American basketball player and coach

• 1976 Tony Battie, American basketball player and sportscaster

• 1976 Bryce Salvador, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1977 Mike Shinoda, American musician and artist

• 1978 Roc Marciano, American rapper and record producer

• 1979 Brandy Norwood, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

• 1980 Matthew Lawrence, American actor and singer

• 1981 Kelly Rowland, American singer and actress

• 1982 Daryn Colledge, American football player

• 1982 Natalie Dormer, English actress

• 1982 Ľubomíra Kalinová, Slovak biathlete

• 1982 Neil Robertson, Australian snooker player

• 1983 Rafael van der Vaart, Dutch footballer

• 1984 Maarten Heisen, Dutch sprinter

• 1984 Marco Marcato, Italian cyclist

• 1984 Aubrey O'Day, American singer and reality television personality

• 1984 Maxime Talbot, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1984 Alando Tucker, American basketball player and coach

• 1985 Mike Richards, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1985 Šárka Strachová, Czech skier

• 1986 Gabriel Boric, Chilean politician, 36th President of Chile

• 1987 Luca Antonelli, Italian footballer

• 1987 Juanmi Callejón, Spanish footballer

• 1987 Brian Matusz, American baseball player (died 2025)

• 1987 Jan Smeekens, Dutch speed skater

• 1987 Ellen van Dijk, Dutch cyclist

• 1988 Vlad Moldoveanu, Romanian basketball player

• 1990 Javier Aquino, Mexican footballer

• 1990 Q'orianka Kilcher, German-American actress

• 1990 Hwang Chan-sung, South Korean singer and actor

• 1991 Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, Canadian football player and medical doctor

• 1991 Nikola Mirotic, Spanish basketball player

• 1992 Lasse Norman Hansen, Danish track and road cyclist

• 1992 Taylor Lautner, American actor

• 1992 Jake Matthews, American football player

• 1993 Ben McLemore, American basketball player

• 1994 Dansby Swanson, American baseball player

• 1995 Milan Škriniar, Slovak footballer

• 1995 Rick Karsdorp, Dutch footballer

• 1996 Daniil Medvedev, Russian tennis player

• 1996 Jonathan Tah, German footballer

• 1996 Lucas Torreira, Uruguayan footballer

• 1997 Damien Harris, American football player

• 1997 Mike Hughes, American football player

• 1997 Hubert Hurkacz, Polish tennis player

• 1997 Rosé, New Zealand-South Korean singer and dancer

• 1997 Zavier Simpson, American basketball player

• 1998 Trent Frederic, American ice hockey player

• 1998 Josh Jacobs, American football player

• 1998 Khalid, American singer and songwriter

• 2000 Nassir Little, American basketball player

• 2001 Bryan Gil, Spanish footballer

• 2002 Liam Lawson, New Zealand racing driver

Deaths

Pre-1600

• AD 55 Britannicus, Roman son of Claudius (born 41)

• 244 Gordian III, Roman emperor (born 225)

• 641 Heraclius, Byzantine emperor (born 575)

• 731 Pope Gregory II (born 669)

• 824 Pope Paschal I

• 1141 Hugh of Saint Victor, German philosopher and theologian (born 1096)

• 1503 Elizabeth of York, Queen Consort of England (born 1466)

1601–1900

• 1626 Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (born 1548)

• 1650 René Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher (born 1596)

• 1755 Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist, playwright, and critic (born 1675)

• 1763 William Shenstone, English poet and gardener (born 1714)

• 1768 George Dance the Elder, English architect, designed St Leonard's and St Botolph's Aldgate (born 1695)

• 1795 Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer (born 1740)

• 1811 Juan Sánchez Ramírez, leader of the troops that fought against the French rule of Santo Domingo's colony between 1808 and 1809 (born 1762)

• 1829 Alexander Griboyedov, Russian poet, playwright, and composer (born 1795)

• 1854 Magdalene Osenbroch, Norwegian actress (born 1830)

• 1862 Elizabeth Siddal, English poet and artist's model (born 1829)

• 1868 Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (born 1819)

• 1898 Félix María Zuloaga, Mexican general and unconstitutional interim president (born 1813)

1901–present

• 1901 Milan I of Serbia (born 1855)

• 1905 Mary Pitman Ailau, high chiefess of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi

• 1917 Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician and epidemiologist (born 1872)

• 1918 Alexey Kaledin, Russian general (born 1861)

• 1931 Charles Algernon Parsons, English-Irish engineer, invented the steam turbine (born 1854)

• 1938 Kalle Korhonen, Finnish politician (born 1878)

• 1940 John Buchan, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, Governor General of Canada (born 1875)

• 1940 Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (born 1855)

• 1942 Jamnalal Bajaj, Indian businessman and philanthropist (born 1884)

• 1947 Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler and coach (born 1884)

• 1948 Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director and screenwriter (born 1898)

• 1949 Axel Munthe, Swedish doctor (born 1857)

• 1958 Ernest Jones, Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst (born 1879)

• 1963 John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1872)

• 1963 Sylvia Plath, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (born 1932)

• 1967 A. J. Muste, Dutch-American minister and activist (born 1885)

• 1968 Howard Lindsay, American playwright (born 1889)

• 1973 J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907)

• 1975 Richard Ratsimandrava, Malagasy colonel and politician, President of Madagascar (born 1931)

• 1976 Lee J. Cobb, American actor (born 1911)

• 1976 Alexander Lippisch, German pilot and engineer (born 1894)

• 1977 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th President of India (born 1905)

• 1977 Louis Beel, Dutch academic and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1902)

• 1978 James Bryant Conant, American chemist and academic (born 1893)

• 1978 Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)

• 1982 Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (born 1912)

• 1985 Henry Hathaway, American actor, director, and producer (born 1898)

• 1986 Frank Herbert, American journalist and author (born 1920)

• 1986 Evelio Javier, Filipino politician (born 1942)

• 1989 George O'Hanlon, American actor and voice artist (born 1912)

• 1991 Dude Martin, American country singer, bandleader, radio and television host (born 1915)

• 1993 Robert W. Holley, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1922)

• 1994 Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (born 1946)

• 1994 Sorrell Booke, American actor and director (born 1930)

• 1994 William Conrad, American actor, director, and producer (born 1920)

• 1994 Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-Swiss philosopher and academic (born 1924)

• 1996 Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet and author (born 1930)

• 2000 Lord Kitchner, Trinidadian singer (born 1922)

• 2000 Roger Vadim, French director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928)

• 2002 Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player and coach (born 1910)

• 2002 Barry Foster, English actor (born 1931)

• 2004 Tony Pope, American voice actor (born 1947)

• 2004 Shirley Strickland, Australian runner (born 1925)

• 2005 Jack L. Chalker, American author (born 1944)

• 2006 Wendy Barnes, British overseas radio broadcaster (born 1916)

• 2006 Peter Benchley, American author and screenwriter (born 1940)

• 2006 Ken Fletcher, Australian tennis player (born 1940)

• 2006 Jackie Pallo, English wrestler and actor (born 1926)

• 2006 Matilda, American chicken and stage magician, oldest known chicken (h. 1990)

• 2008 Tom Lantos, American lawyer and politician (born 1928)

• 2008 Frank Piasecki, American engineer (born 1919)

• 2009 Estelle Bennett, American singer (born 1941)

• 2009 Willem Johan Kolff, Dutch-American physician and academic (born 1911)

• 2010 Heward Grafftey, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1928)

• 2010 Alexander McQueen, English fashion designer, founder of his eponymous brand (born 1969)

• 2011 Chuck Tanner, American baseball player and manager (born 1928)

• 2012 Siri Bjerke, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of the Environment (born 1958)

• 2012 Aharon Davidi, Israeli general (born 1927)

• 2012 Whitney Houston, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (born 1963)

• 2013 Rick Huxley, English bass player (born 1940)

• 2014 Alice Babs, Swedish singer and actress (born 1924)

• 2014 Tito Canepa, Dominican-American painter (born 1916)

• 2014 Fernando González Pacheco, Colombian journalist and actor (born 1932)

• 2015 Roger Hanin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1925)

• 2015 Bob Simon, American journalist (born 1941)

• 2015 Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball player and coach (born 1930)

• 2016 Kevin Randleman, American mixed martial artist and wrestler (born 1971)

• 2016 Zeng Xuelin, Thai-Chinese footballer and manager (born 1929)

• 2017 Fab Melo, Brazilian basketball player (born 1990)

• 2017 Jaap Rijks, Dutch Olympian (born 1919)

• 2017 Trish Doan, Korean-Canadian musician (born 1985)

• 2018 Vic Damone, American singer, songwriter and actor (born 1928)

• 2018 Asma Jahangir, Pakistani human-rights lawyer and social activist (born 1952)

• 2018 Jan Maxwell, American stage and television actress (born 1956)

• 2018 Qazi Wajid, Pakistani drama actor, writer and artist (born 1930)

• 2023 Donald Spoto, American biographer (born 1941)

• 2024 Allen J. Bard, American chemist (born 1933)

• 2024 Kelvin Kiptum, African long-distance runner(born 1999)

• 2025 Betsy Arakawa, American classical pianist (born 1959)

• 2025 Moses Lim, Singaporean actor (born 1949)

• 2026 James Van Der Beek, American actor (born 1977)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

• Blaise Eastern Orthodox liturgics

• Cædmon, first recorded Christian poet in England, (Anglicanism)

• Gobnait

• Gregory II

• Lazarus of Milan

• Peter of Jesus Maldonado

• Soteris

• February 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• European 112 Day (European Union)

• Armed Forces Day (Liberia)

• Evelio Javier Day (Panay Island, the Philippines)

Feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes (Catholic Church), and its related observance

• World Day of the Sick (Roman Catholic Church)

• Inventors' Day (United States)

• National Foundation Day (Japan)

• Youth Day (Cameroon)

• International Day of Women and Girls in Science (UN Women)

Footnotes

Works cited

References

External links

• BBC: On This Day

• Historical Events on February 11