Shopping on line can be easy, simple and save you lots of money. It can also take a lot of your time, frustrate you, and result in unwanted purchases. Now the same can be said for regular high street shopping, but with the vast opportunity presented by the Internet it will pay you to spend a few minutes reading this and understanding how to better optimize your 15 February shopping experience:
1. Compare - without doubt the biggest advantage that the 15 February offers shoppers today is the ability to compare thousands of 15 February at a time. This is a great thing, but not necessarily all the time! Too much can be daunting at times so take advantage of the great comparison sites and where possible let them do the hard work for you.
2. Research - if it has been said it will be on the internet. Ignorance is no longer a justifiable reason for buying the wrong thing. Take the time to research in detail everything that you could possible want to know about
3. Testimonials - don't know anybody that has bought a 15 February? Wrong! If the 15 February is good the internet will let you know. Use the Internet as a friend and get testimonials before you buy.
4. Questions - Got a question about 15 February then search the Forums, FAQ's, Blogs etc. Don't be afraid to ask .....
5. Reputation - Never heard of the company selling 15 February? Don't worry, no reason why you should know every company in the world, but you know someone that does! Use the internet to find out what people are saying about 15 February and build up a picture of their reputation for sales, returns, customer service, delivery etc.
6. Returns - still worried that even after all of the above your 15 February wont be what you want? Check out the returns policy. There is so much competition now that someone, somewhere is bound to offer the terms that you are comfortable with.
7. Feedback - happy with your 15 February then let people know, after all you are depending on others people input in your buying decision, so why not give a little back.
8. Security - check for the yellow padlock on the 15 February site before you buy, and the s after http:/ /i.e. https:// = a secure site
9. Contact - got a question about 15 February, or want to leave a comment then check out the sites contact page. Reputable companies have them and respond.
10. Payment - ready to pay for your 15 February, then use your credit card or PayPal! Be aware of companies that don't accept them, there may be genuine reasons but given the huge amount of choice you have when buying online there is no reason at all not to buy via credit card or PayPal.
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Events
- 399 BC - The philosopher Socrates sentenced to death.
- 590 - Khosrau II crowned as king of Sassanid dynasty
- 1637 - Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1764 - The city of St. Louis, Missouri established.
- 1805 - Harmony Society officially formed.
- 1852 - Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, admits its first patient.
- 1862 - American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant attacks Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
- 1879 - Women's rights: United States President of the United States Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female lawyers to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
- 1891 - Allmänna Idrottsklubben was founded at Biblioteksgatan 8 in Stockholm by Isidor Behrens.
- 1898 - Spanish-American War: The USS Maine (ACR-1) explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing more than 260. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
- 1903 - Morris Michtom and his wife Rose introduce the first teddy bear in United States.
- 1906 - The Labour Party (UK) organized.
- 1933 - In Miami, Florida, Giuseppe Zangara attempts to assassinate President of the United States-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but instead shoots Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak, who dies of his wounds on March 6, 1933.
- 1942 - World War II: The Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Empire of Japanese forces, the United Kingdom General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 British Indian Army, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of Armed Forces of the United Kingdom-led military personnel in history. The Sook Ching massacre begins.
- 1944 - World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino, Italy begins.
- 1946 - ENIAC (for "Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer"), the first general-purpose electronic computer, unveiled at the University of Pennsylvania.
- 1950 - The Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China sign a mutual defense treaty.
- 1952 - George VI of the United Kingdom buried in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle at Windsor Castle.
- 1953 - Seventeen-year-old Tenley Albright becomes the first United States to win the world figure skating championship.
- 1961 - Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, with the entire US Figure Skating team, several coaches & family.
- 1965 - A new red-and-white maple leaf design is adopted as the flag of Canada, replacing the old Canadian Red Ensign banner.
- 1970 - A Dominican Republic McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashes into the sea during takeoff from Santo Domingo, killing 102.
- 1971 - Decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day.
- 1976 - The 1976 Constitution of Cuba is adopted by the national referendum.
- 1980 - TV ONE and TV 2 (New Zealand) (formerly South Pacific Television) under the newly formed Television New Zealand goes to air for the first time.
- 1982 - The drilling rig Ocean Ranger sinks during a storm off the coast of Newfoundland (island), killing 84 rig workers.
- 1989 - Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan: The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops had left Afghanistan.
- 1991 - The Visegrád group, establishing cooperation to move toward free market economy, signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland.
- 1994 - Russia annexed Tatarstan by integrating it into its so-called federation, start of War of Independence and War of Liberation
- 1995 - Criminal hacker: Kevin Mitnick is arrested by the FBI and charged with breaking into some of the United States' most secure computing.
- 1996 - Mortar attack on the US Embassy in Athens.
- 1996 - At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, a Long March 3 rocket, carrying an Intelsat 708, crashed into a rural village after liftoff, killing many people.
carrying the Intelsat 708 satellite begins to deviate from its course immediately after launch in these images from the report of the Cox Commission, which investigated the disaster for the
U.S. Congress.
- 1998 - Dale Earnhardt wins the Daytona 500 after 20 years of disappointment.
- 1999 - Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the terrorism organization Kurdistan Workers Party, is arrested in Kenya by Turkey agents.
- 2000 - Indian Point nuclear power plant II nuclear power plant in New York State vents a small amount of radioactive steam when a steam generator fails.
- 2002 - At the Tri-State Crematory in La Fayette, Georgia, investigators find uncremated bodies disposed of in the woods and buildings on the crematorium's property. The discovery reveals one of the worst incidents of abuse in the funeral service industry.
- 2003 - February 15, 2003 anti-war protest occur in over 600 cities worldwide. Estimates from 8,000,000-30,000,000 people took part, making this the largest peace demonstration in history of the world.
Births
- 1458 - Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)
- 1471 - Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503)
- 1564 - Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and physicist (d. 1642)
- 1571 - Michael Praetorius, German composer (d. 1621)
- 1620 - François Charpentier, French archaeologist (d. 1702)
- 1705 - Charles-André van Loo, French painter (d. 1765)
- 1710 - King Louis XV of France (d. 1774)
- 1725 - Abraham Clark, American founding father (d. 1794)
- 1739 - Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (d. 1813)
- 1759 - Friedrich August Wolf, German archaeologist (d. 1824)
- 1809 - Cyrus McCormick, American inventor (d. 1884)
- 1809 - André Dumont, Belgian geologist (d. 1857)
- 1812 - Charles Lewis Tiffany, American jeweler (d. 1902)
- 1815 - Constantin von Tischendorf, German Biblical scholar (d. 1874)
- 1820 - Susan B. Anthony, American feminist and suffragist (d. 1906)
- 1825 - Carter Harrison, Sr., Mayor of Chicago (d. 1893)
- 1835 - Demetrius Vikelas, Greek author, president of the International Olympic Committee (d. 1908)
- 1841 - Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles, President of Brazil (d. 1913)
- 1845 - Elihu Root, American statesman and diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1937)
- 1847 - Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer (d. 1927)
- 1856 - Emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist (d. 1926)
- 1861 - Charles Edouard Guillaume, French physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1938)
- 1873 - Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1964)
- 1874 - Sir Ernest Shackleton, British polar explorer (d. 1922)
- 1883 - Sax Rohmer, English author (d. 1959)
- 1892 - James Forrestal, United States Secretary of Defense (d. 1949)
- 1893 - Walter Donaldson, American songwriter (d. 1947)
- 1895 - Earl Thomson, Canadian athlete (d. 1971)
- 1896 - Arthur Shields, Irish actor (d. 1970)
- 1898 - Totò, Italian actor, writer, and composer (d. 1967)
- 1898 - Allen Woodring, American runner (d. 1982)
- 1899 - Georges Auric, French composer (d. 1983)
- 1899 - Gale Sondergaard, American actress (d. 1985)
- 1904 - Antonin Magne, French cyclist (d. 1983)
- 1905 - Harold Arlen, American composer (d. 1986)
- 1907 - Jean Langlais, French composer and organist (d. 1991)
- 1907 - Cesar Romero, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1908 - Sarto Fournier, Quebec politician (d. 1980)
- 1909 - Miep Gies, Dutch biographer of Anne Frank
- 1909 - Guillermo Gorostiza Paredes, Spanish footballer (d. 1966)
- 1911 - Leonard Woodcock, labor union official, ambassador to China (d. 2001)
- 1913 - Erich Eliskases, Austrian-born chess player (d. 1997)
- 1914 - Hale Boggs, American politician (d. 1972)
- 1914 - Kevin McCarthy (actor), American actor
- 1916 - Mary Jane Croft, American actress (d. 1999)
- 1918 - Allan Arbus, American actor
- 1918 - Hank Locklin, American country music singer and songwriter
- 1921 - Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian, thinker and writer
- 1922 - John Bayard Anderson, American politician
- 1923 - Yelena Bonner, Russian human rights activist, widow of physicist Andrei Sakharov
- 1927 - Harvey Korman, American actor and comedian
- 1929 - Graham Hill, British two-time Formula One World Champion (d. 1975)
- 1929 - James Schlesinger, American politician
- 1930 - Nico Minardos, American actor
- 1931 - Claire Bloom, British actress
- 1931 - Geoff Edwards, American television game show host
- 1934 - Graham Kennedy, Australian actor (d. 2005)
- 1934 - Niklaus Wirth, Swiss computer scientist
- 1935 - Susan Brownmiller, American feminist and writer
- 1935 - Roger Chaffee, astronaut (d. 1967)
- 1937 - Gregory Mcdonald, American author
- 1939 - Ole Ellefsæter, Norwegian cross-country skier
- 1940 - John Hadl, American football player
- 1940 - Hamzah Haz, Indonesian politician
- 1941 - Florinda Bolkan, Brazilian actress
- 1941 - Brian Holland, American songwriter and producer
- 1944 - Mick Avory, British drummer (The Kinks)
- 1945 - John Helliwell, British musician (Supertramp)
- 1945 - Douglas Hofstadter, American academic and writer
- 1946 - Marisa Berenson, American actress
- 1946 - Esko Seppänen, Finnish politician
- 1947 - John Adams (composer), American composer
- 1947 - David Brown (musician), American musician (Santana (band)) (d. 2000)
- 1947 - Rusty Hamer, American actor (d. 1990)
- 1948 - Ron Cey, baseball player
- 1948 - Art Spiegelman, American cartoonist
- 1949 - Ken Anderson (football player), American football player
- 1949 - Hans Graf, Austrian conductor
- 1950 - Tsui Hark, Hong Kong film director
- 1951 - Melissa Manchester, American singer
- 1951 - Jane Seymour (actress), British actress
- 1953 - Tony Adams (producer), Irish film producer (d. 2005)
- 1954 - Matt Groening, American cartoonist
- 1955 - Christopher McDonald, American actor
- 1955 - Janice Dickinson
- 1956 - Hitoshi Ogawa, Japanese racing driver (d. 1992)
- 1957 - Jimmy Spencer, American race car driver
- 1958 - Chrystine Brouillet, Quebec novelist
- 1959 - Brian Propp, Canadian hockey player
- 1959 - Hugo Savinovich, Ecuadorian wrestler
- 1960 - Mikey Craig, British musician (Culture Club)
- 1964 - Chris Farley, American actor and comedian (d. 1997)
- 1967 - Jane Child, Canadian musician
- 1968 - Axelle Red, Belgian singer and songwriter
- 1969 - Josh Marshall, American journalist
- 1969 - Bryan Williams (businessman), founder of Cash Money Records
- 1970 - Craig Gass, American impressionist/comedian
- 1971 - Renee O'Connor, American actress and director
- 1971 - Ray Sefo, New Zealand kick boxer
- 1972 - Jaromír Jágr, Czech hockey player
- 1973 - Kateřina Neumannová, Czech cross country skier
- 1973 - Amy Van Dyken, American swimmer
- 1973 - Sarah Wynter, Australian actress
- 1973 - Alex Borstein, American actress and animator
- 1974 - Gina Lynn, American porn actress
- 1974 - Tomi Putaansuu, Finnish singer (Lordi)
- 1974 - Seattle Slew, American racehorse (d. 2002)
- 1974 - Ugueth Urbina, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
- 1974 - Alexander Wurz, Austrian race car driver
- 1975 - Serge Aubin, National Hockey League player
- 1976 - Brandon Boyd, American musician (Incubus (band))
- 1976 - Óscar Freire, Spanish cyclist
- 1976 - Ronnie Vannucci Jr., American musician (The Killers (band))
- 1977 - Brooks Wackerman, American drummer
- 1978 - Kimberly Goss, American singer and musician (Sinergy)
- 1978 - Tuan Le, American poker player
- 1979 - Alenka Kejžar, Slovenian swimmer
- 1979 - Josh Low, English footballer
- 1979 - Gordon Shedden, Scottish Race Car Driver
- 1980 - Conor Oberst, American singer and songwriter (Bright Eyes (band))
- 1981 - Matt Hoopes, American musician (Relient K)
- 1981 - Olivia Longott, American singer
- 1981 - Diego Martínez, Mexican Football player
- 1981 - Jenna Morasca, American model
- 1983 - Russell Martin, American baseball player
- 1984 - Meera Jasmine, Indian actress
- 1984 - Dorota Rabczewska, Polish singer (Virgin (band))
Deaths
- 1145 - Pope Lucius II
- 1621 - Michael Praetorius, German composer (b. 1571)
- 1637 - Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1578)
- 1738 - Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (b. 1684)
- 1775 - Peter Dens, Belgian Catholic theologian (b. 1690)
- 1781 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German author and philosopher (b. 1729)
- 1818 - Friedrich Ludwig, Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Prussian general (b. 1746)
- 1835 - Henry Hunt (politician), British politician (b. 1773)
- 1839 - François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, Quebec notary and Patriote Movement (b. 1803)
- 1843 - Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general in the Greek War of Independence (b. 1770)
- 1844 - Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1757)
- 1847 - Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1794)
- 1848 - Hermann von Boyen, Prussian field marshal (b. 1771)
- 1849 - Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (b. 1804)
- 1857 - Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (b. 1804)
- 1869 - Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (b. 1796)
- 1911 - Theodor Escherich, German pediatrician (b. 1859)
- 1928 - H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1852)
- 1932 - Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress (b. 1865)
- 1939 - Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Russian painter (b. 1878)
- 1959 - Owen Willans Richardson, British physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (b. 1879)
- 1964 - Robert L. Thornton, American businessman, philanthropist, and Mayor of Dallas, Texas (b. 1880)
- 1965 - Nat King Cole, American singer and musician (b. 1919)
- 1966 - Gerard Antoni Ciołek, Polish architect and historian of gardens (b. 1909)
- 1971 - Dimitrios Loundras, Greek gymnast (b. 1885)
- 1973 - Wally Cox, American actor (b. 1924)
- 1973 - Tim Holt, American actor (b. 1919)
- 1974 - Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer (b. 1887)
- 1981 - Mike Bloomfield, American musician (b. 1943)
- 1981 - Karl Richter, German conductor (b. 1926)
- 1984 - Ethel Merman, American singer and actress (b. 1908)
- 1988 - Richard Feynman, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (b. 1918)
- 1992 - María Elena Moyano, Peruvian activist (b. 1960)
- 1992 - William Schuman, American composer (b. 1910)
- 1996 - Tommy Rettig, American actor (b. 1941)
- 1996 - McLean Stevenson, American actor (b. 1929)
- 1996 - Lucio Agostini, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1913)
- 1998 - Louie Spicolli, American professional wrestler
- 1999 - Big L (rapper), American rapper (b. 1974)
- 1999 - Henry Way Kendall, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (b. 1926)
- 2002 - Howard K. Smith, American journalist (b. 1914)
- 2002 - Kevin Smith (actor), New Zealand actor (b. 1963)
- 2004 - Jens Evensen, Norwegian minister and International Court of Justice judge (b. 1917)
- 2004 - Jan Miner, American actress (b. 1917)
- 2005 - Samuel Francis, American journalist (b. 1947)
- 2005 - Pierre Bachelet, French singer and songwriter (b. 1944)
- 2007 - Walker Edmiston, actor (b. 1926)
Holidays and observances
Liturgical feasts
In the
Eastern Orthodox Church:
- Candlemas
- February 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
In the Roman Catholic church:
- Saint Claude de la Colombière
External links
- BBC: On This Day
-
- On This Day in Canada
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Events
- 399 BC - The philosopher Socrates sentenced to death.
- 590 - Khosrau II crowned as king of Sassanid dynasty
- 1637 - Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1764 - The city of St. Louis, Missouri established.
- 1805 - Harmony Society officially formed.
- 1852 - Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, admits its first patient.
- 1862 - American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant attacks Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
- 1879 - Women's rights: United States President of the United States Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female lawyers to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
- 1891 - Allmänna Idrottsklubben was founded at Biblioteksgatan 8 in Stockholm by Isidor Behrens.
- 1898 - Spanish-American War: The USS Maine (ACR-1) explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing more than 260. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
- 1903 - Morris Michtom and his wife Rose introduce the first teddy bear in United States.
- 1906 - The Labour Party (UK) organized.
- 1933 - In Miami, Florida, Giuseppe Zangara attempts to assassinate President of the United States-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but instead shoots Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak, who dies of his wounds on March 6, 1933.
- 1942 - World War II: The Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Empire of Japanese forces, the United Kingdom General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 British Indian Army, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of Armed Forces of the United Kingdom-led military personnel in history. The Sook Ching massacre begins.
- 1944 - World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino, Italy begins.
- 1946 - ENIAC (for "Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer"), the first general-purpose electronic computer, unveiled at the University of Pennsylvania.
- 1950 - The Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China sign a mutual defense treaty.
- 1952 - George VI of the United Kingdom buried in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle at Windsor Castle.
- 1953 - Seventeen-year-old Tenley Albright becomes the first United States to win the world figure skating championship.
- 1961 - Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, with the entire US Figure Skating team, several coaches & family.
- 1965 - A new red-and-white maple leaf design is adopted as the flag of Canada, replacing the old Canadian Red Ensign banner.
- 1970 - A Dominican Republic McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashes into the sea during takeoff from Santo Domingo, killing 102.
- 1971 - Decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day.
- 1976 - The 1976 Constitution of Cuba is adopted by the national referendum.
- 1980 - TV ONE and TV 2 (New Zealand) (formerly South Pacific Television) under the newly formed Television New Zealand goes to air for the first time.
- 1982 - The drilling rig Ocean Ranger sinks during a storm off the coast of Newfoundland (island), killing 84 rig workers.
- 1989 - Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan: The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops had left Afghanistan.
- 1991 - The Visegrád group, establishing cooperation to move toward free market economy, signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland.
- 1994 - Russia annexed Tatarstan by integrating it into its so-called federation, start of War of Independence and War of Liberation
- 1995 - Criminal hacker: Kevin Mitnick is arrested by the FBI and charged with breaking into some of the United States' most secure computing.
- 1996 - Mortar attack on the US Embassy in Athens.
- 1996 - At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, a Long March 3 rocket, carrying an Intelsat 708, crashed into a rural village after liftoff, killing many people.
carrying the
Intelsat 708 satellite begins to deviate from its course immediately after launch in these images from the report of the Cox Commission, which investigated the disaster for the
U.S. Congress.
- 1998 - Dale Earnhardt wins the Daytona 500 after 20 years of disappointment.
- 1999 - Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the terrorism organization Kurdistan Workers Party, is arrested in Kenya by Turkey agents.
- 2000 - Indian Point nuclear power plant II nuclear power plant in New York State vents a small amount of radioactive steam when a steam generator fails.
- 2002 - At the Tri-State Crematory in La Fayette, Georgia, investigators find uncremated bodies disposed of in the woods and buildings on the crematorium's property. The discovery reveals one of the worst incidents of abuse in the funeral service industry.
- 2003 - February 15, 2003 anti-war protest occur in over 600 cities worldwide. Estimates from 8,000,000-30,000,000 people took part, making this the largest peace demonstration in history of the world.
Births
- 1458 - Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)
- 1471 - Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503)
- 1564 - Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and physicist (d. 1642)
- 1571 - Michael Praetorius, German composer (d. 1621)
- 1620 - François Charpentier, French archaeologist (d. 1702)
- 1705 - Charles-André van Loo, French painter (d. 1765)
- 1710 - King Louis XV of France (d. 1774)
- 1725 - Abraham Clark, American founding father (d. 1794)
- 1739 - Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (d. 1813)
- 1759 - Friedrich August Wolf, German archaeologist (d. 1824)
- 1809 - Cyrus McCormick, American inventor (d. 1884)
- 1809 - André Dumont, Belgian geologist (d. 1857)
- 1812 - Charles Lewis Tiffany, American jeweler (d. 1902)
- 1815 - Constantin von Tischendorf, German Biblical scholar (d. 1874)
- 1820 - Susan B. Anthony, American feminist and suffragist (d. 1906)
- 1825 - Carter Harrison, Sr., Mayor of Chicago (d. 1893)
- 1835 - Demetrius Vikelas, Greek author, president of the International Olympic Committee (d. 1908)
- 1841 - Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles, President of Brazil (d. 1913)
- 1845 - Elihu Root, American statesman and diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1937)
- 1847 - Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer (d. 1927)
- 1856 - Emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist (d. 1926)
- 1861 - Charles Edouard Guillaume, French physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1938)
- 1873 - Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1964)
- 1874 - Sir Ernest Shackleton, British polar explorer (d. 1922)
- 1883 - Sax Rohmer, English author (d. 1959)
- 1892 - James Forrestal, United States Secretary of Defense (d. 1949)
- 1893 - Walter Donaldson, American songwriter (d. 1947)
- 1895 - Earl Thomson, Canadian athlete (d. 1971)
- 1896 - Arthur Shields, Irish actor (d. 1970)
- 1898 - Totò, Italian actor, writer, and composer (d. 1967)
- 1898 - Allen Woodring, American runner (d. 1982)
- 1899 - Georges Auric, French composer (d. 1983)
- 1899 - Gale Sondergaard, American actress (d. 1985)
- 1904 - Antonin Magne, French cyclist (d. 1983)
- 1905 - Harold Arlen, American composer (d. 1986)
- 1907 - Jean Langlais, French composer and organist (d. 1991)
- 1907 - Cesar Romero, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1908 - Sarto Fournier, Quebec politician (d. 1980)
- 1909 - Miep Gies, Dutch biographer of Anne Frank
- 1909 - Guillermo Gorostiza Paredes, Spanish footballer (d. 1966)
- 1911 - Leonard Woodcock, labor union official, ambassador to China (d. 2001)
- 1913 - Erich Eliskases, Austrian-born chess player (d. 1997)
- 1914 - Hale Boggs, American politician (d. 1972)
- 1914 - Kevin McCarthy (actor), American actor
- 1916 - Mary Jane Croft, American actress (d. 1999)
- 1918 - Allan Arbus, American actor
- 1918 - Hank Locklin, American country music singer and songwriter
- 1921 - Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian, thinker and writer
- 1922 - John Bayard Anderson, American politician
- 1923 - Yelena Bonner, Russian human rights activist, widow of physicist Andrei Sakharov
- 1927 - Harvey Korman, American actor and comedian
- 1929 - Graham Hill, British two-time Formula One World Champion (d. 1975)
- 1929 - James Schlesinger, American politician
- 1930 - Nico Minardos, American actor
- 1931 - Claire Bloom, British actress
- 1931 - Geoff Edwards, American television game show host
- 1934 - Graham Kennedy, Australian actor (d. 2005)
- 1934 - Niklaus Wirth, Swiss computer scientist
- 1935 - Susan Brownmiller, American feminist and writer
- 1935 - Roger Chaffee, astronaut (d. 1967)
- 1937 - Gregory Mcdonald, American author
- 1939 - Ole Ellefsæter, Norwegian cross-country skier
- 1940 - John Hadl, American football player
- 1940 - Hamzah Haz, Indonesian politician
- 1941 - Florinda Bolkan, Brazilian actress
- 1941 - Brian Holland, American songwriter and producer
- 1944 - Mick Avory, British drummer (The Kinks)
- 1945 - John Helliwell, British musician (Supertramp)
- 1945 - Douglas Hofstadter, American academic and writer
- 1946 - Marisa Berenson, American actress
- 1946 - Esko Seppänen, Finnish politician
- 1947 - John Adams (composer), American composer
- 1947 - David Brown (musician), American musician (Santana (band)) (d. 2000)
- 1947 - Rusty Hamer, American actor (d. 1990)
- 1948 - Ron Cey, baseball player
- 1948 - Art Spiegelman, American cartoonist
- 1949 - Ken Anderson (football player), American football player
- 1949 - Hans Graf, Austrian conductor
- 1950 - Tsui Hark, Hong Kong film director
- 1951 - Melissa Manchester, American singer
- 1951 - Jane Seymour (actress), British actress
- 1953 - Tony Adams (producer), Irish film producer (d. 2005)
- 1954 - Matt Groening, American cartoonist
- 1955 - Christopher McDonald, American actor
- 1955 - Janice Dickinson
- 1956 - Hitoshi Ogawa, Japanese racing driver (d. 1992)
- 1957 - Jimmy Spencer, American race car driver
- 1958 - Chrystine Brouillet, Quebec novelist
- 1959 - Brian Propp, Canadian hockey player
- 1959 - Hugo Savinovich, Ecuadorian wrestler
- 1960 - Mikey Craig, British musician (Culture Club)
- 1964 - Chris Farley, American actor and comedian (d. 1997)
- 1967 - Jane Child, Canadian musician
- 1968 - Axelle Red, Belgian singer and songwriter
- 1969 - Josh Marshall, American journalist
- 1969 - Bryan Williams (businessman), founder of Cash Money Records
- 1970 - Craig Gass, American impressionist/comedian
- 1971 - Renee O'Connor, American actress and director
- 1971 - Ray Sefo, New Zealand kick boxer
- 1972 - Jaromír Jágr, Czech hockey player
- 1973 - Kateřina Neumannová, Czech cross country skier
- 1973 - Amy Van Dyken, American swimmer
- 1973 - Sarah Wynter, Australian actress
- 1973 - Alex Borstein, American actress and animator
- 1974 - Gina Lynn, American porn actress
- 1974 - Tomi Putaansuu, Finnish singer (Lordi)
- 1974 - Seattle Slew, American racehorse (d. 2002)
- 1974 - Ugueth Urbina, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
- 1974 - Alexander Wurz, Austrian race car driver
- 1975 - Serge Aubin, National Hockey League player
- 1976 - Brandon Boyd, American musician (Incubus (band))
- 1976 - Óscar Freire, Spanish cyclist
- 1976 - Ronnie Vannucci Jr., American musician (The Killers (band))
- 1977 - Brooks Wackerman, American drummer
- 1978 - Kimberly Goss, American singer and musician (Sinergy)
- 1978 - Tuan Le, American poker player
- 1979 - Alenka Kejžar, Slovenian swimmer
- 1979 - Josh Low, English footballer
- 1979 - Gordon Shedden, Scottish Race Car Driver
- 1980 - Conor Oberst, American singer and songwriter (Bright Eyes (band))
- 1981 - Matt Hoopes, American musician (Relient K)
- 1981 - Olivia Longott, American singer
- 1981 - Diego Martínez, Mexican Football player
- 1981 - Jenna Morasca, American model
- 1983 - Russell Martin, American baseball player
- 1984 - Meera Jasmine, Indian actress
- 1984 - Dorota Rabczewska, Polish singer (Virgin (band))
Deaths
- 1145 - Pope Lucius II
- 1621 - Michael Praetorius, German composer (b. 1571)
- 1637 - Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1578)
- 1738 - Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (b. 1684)
- 1775 - Peter Dens, Belgian Catholic theologian (b. 1690)
- 1781 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German author and philosopher (b. 1729)
- 1818 - Friedrich Ludwig, Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Prussian general (b. 1746)
- 1835 - Henry Hunt (politician), British politician (b. 1773)
- 1839 - François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, Quebec notary and Patriote Movement (b. 1803)
- 1843 - Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general in the Greek War of Independence (b. 1770)
- 1844 - Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1757)
- 1847 - Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1794)
- 1848 - Hermann von Boyen, Prussian field marshal (b. 1771)
- 1849 - Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (b. 1804)
- 1857 - Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (b. 1804)
- 1869 - Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (b. 1796)
- 1911 - Theodor Escherich, German pediatrician (b. 1859)
- 1928 - H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1852)
- 1932 - Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress (b. 1865)
- 1939 - Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Russian painter (b. 1878)
- 1959 - Owen Willans Richardson, British physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (b. 1879)
- 1964 - Robert L. Thornton, American businessman, philanthropist, and Mayor of Dallas, Texas (b. 1880)
- 1965 - Nat King Cole, American singer and musician (b. 1919)
- 1966 - Gerard Antoni Ciołek, Polish architect and historian of gardens (b. 1909)
- 1971 - Dimitrios Loundras, Greek gymnast (b. 1885)
- 1973 - Wally Cox, American actor (b. 1924)
- 1973 - Tim Holt, American actor (b. 1919)
- 1974 - Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer (b. 1887)
- 1981 - Mike Bloomfield, American musician (b. 1943)
- 1981 - Karl Richter, German conductor (b. 1926)
- 1984 - Ethel Merman, American singer and actress (b. 1908)
- 1988 - Richard Feynman, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (b. 1918)
- 1992 - María Elena Moyano, Peruvian activist (b. 1960)
- 1992 - William Schuman, American composer (b. 1910)
- 1996 - Tommy Rettig, American actor (b. 1941)
- 1996 - McLean Stevenson, American actor (b. 1929)
- 1996 - Lucio Agostini, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1913)
- 1998 - Louie Spicolli, American professional wrestler
- 1999 - Big L (rapper), American rapper (b. 1974)
- 1999 - Henry Way Kendall, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (b. 1926)
- 2002 - Howard K. Smith, American journalist (b. 1914)
- 2002 - Kevin Smith (actor), New Zealand actor (b. 1963)
- 2004 - Jens Evensen, Norwegian minister and International Court of Justice judge (b. 1917)
- 2004 - Jan Miner, American actress (b. 1917)
- 2005 - Samuel Francis, American journalist (b. 1947)
- 2005 - Pierre Bachelet, French singer and songwriter (b. 1944)
- 2007 - Walker Edmiston, actor (b. 1926)
Holidays and observances
Liturgical feasts
In the Eastern Orthodox Church:
In the
Roman Catholic church:
- Saint Claude de la Colombière
External links
- BBC: On This Day
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- On This Day in Canada
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