1726 - Se funda la ciudad de Montevideo por el general español Bruno Mauricio de Zabala.
1774 - Jean-Pierre Guignon dies at 71. Composer.
1814 - Jean-Baptist Capronnier was born. French/Belgian glass painter.
1816 - Nathaniel Prentice Banks was born (d. 1894). 24th Governor of Massachusetts.1822 - Franz Ritter von Hauer was born (d. 1899). Austrian geologist.1826 - The Menai Suspension Bridge connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales was opened. The bridge was not the first suspension bridge, but was so much larger than anything previously built that it is considered the world's first modern suspension bridge. 1832 - Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier was born (d. 1897). 1835 - In the first assassination attempt against an USA President, a mentally ill man named Richard Lawrence attempts to assassinate President Andrew Jackson in the United States Capitol. Both of Lawrence's pistols misfire, and Jackson proceeds to beat his would-be assassin with his cane. 1836 -
Betsy Ross dies (b. 1752). American seamstress.
1839 - Samuel Armstrong was born (11 May 1893). American founder of Hampton Institute.
1858 - The first Hallé concert is given in Manchester, England, marking the official founding of the Hallé Orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra.1859 - Edward Martyn was born (d. 5 Dec 1923). Irish dramatist.
1860 - Francesco Antonio Norberto Pinto dies at 44. Composer.
1879 - French President MacMahon resigns.
1894 - Charles B. King of Detroit, earned himself a patent for the pneumatic hammer.
1894 - Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria was born (d. 1943). 1899 -
Max Theiler was born (d. 11 Aug 1972). South-African microbiologist who won the 1951 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his
research on yellow fever.
1908 - José Manuel Soares Louro (Pepe) was born in Lisbon (d. 24 Oct. 1931). Portuguese football player. One of the best football players of his time, Pepe represented the colours of Belenenses.
1911 -
Roy Eldridge was born (d. 1989). American jazz musician.
1912 - Francis Schaeffer was born (d. 1984). American Evangelical theologian and pastor.
1912 - Werner Hartmann was born (d. 1988). German physicist.
1913 - The United Kingdom's House of Lords rejects the Irish Home Rule Bill.1913 -
Percy Thrower was born (d. 1988). British television gardener.
1914 -
John Ireland was born (d. 1992). Canadian actor (
Gunfight at the OK Corral [1957], Little Big Horn, Spartacus, All the King’s Men, Marilyn: The Untold Story, Messenger of Death).1917 - The Original Dixieland Jazz Band recorded a classic for Columbia Records titled, The Darktown Strutters’ Ball. It was one of the first jazz compositions recorded.
1917 -
Paul Frère was born. Belgian racing driver.
1920 - Carwood Lipton was born (d. 2001). American WWII veteran.
1922 -
Dick Martin was born. American Emmy Award-winning comedian.
1924 - Jayme Caetano Braun was born (d. 1999). Brazilian poet.1925 -
Dorothy Malone was born. American actress
(Written on the Wind, Beach Party, Basic Instinct, Battle Cry, Man of a Thousand Faces). 1925 - Douglas Engelbart was born. American computer scientist.1927 - Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana was born (d. 2005). Indian dermatologist.
1928 -
Hal Prince was born. American stage producer, director
(West Side Story, Evita).
1929 - Lucille Teasdale-Corti was born (d. 1996). Canadian surgeon and international aid worker.
1929 - Roger Newland Shepard was born. American
psychologist who was awarded the National Medal of Science (1995) for his research work that provided major new insights into the nature of mental processes, previously considered impossible to study.
1929 -
La Goulue dies (b. 1866). French Cancan dancer.
1930 -
Gene Hackman was born. American Academy Award-winning actor (
The French Connection [1971], Bonnie and Clyde, Hawaii, Mississippi Burning, The Poseidon Adventure, Postcards from the Edge, Superman, The Firm, Crimson Tide). 1930 - Sandy Amorós was born (d. 1992). Cuban baseball player.
1931 - Charlie Chaplin's "City Lights" premieres at Los Angeles Theater.
1931 -
Allan W. Eckert was born. American historian, naturalist and author.
1931 - John Crosbie was born. Canadian politician.1933 - The first of 2,956 episodes of The Lone Ranger airs on the radio for the first time.1936 - Patrick Caulfield was born (d. 2005). British painter and printmaker.
1937 - Boris Spassky was born. Russian chess player.1937 -
Ed Hansen was born (d. 2005). American film director and editor.
1938 -
Norma Jean was born. American country singer.
1941 -
Dick Cheney was born. Politician, 46th Vice President of the United States.
1941 - World War II: North AfricaThe 6th Australian Division, of Lieutenant-General Dick O'Connor's XIII Corps, takes Derna, Libya, after three days of fierce fighting.
1943 - Second day of the Battle of Rennell Island. U.S. cruiser Chicago is sunk and a U.S. destroyer is heavily damaged by Japanese torpedo bombers. 1943 - Davey Johnson was born. American baseball player and manager.1944 - World War II: United States troops invade Majuro, Marshall Islands. 1945 - World War II: Raid at Cabanatuan: 126 American Rangers and Filipino resistance liberate 500 prisoners from the Cabanatuan POW camp.1945 - World War II: Hitler gives his last ever public address, a radio address on the 12th anniversary of his coming to power. (A subsequent address on February 24 was not read by Hitler).1948 - Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Gandhi (b. 1869) is assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist. 1948 - Winter Olympics open in St. Moritz.1948 - Nick Broomfield was born. English film- and documentary-maker.1948 - Paul Magee was born. Provisional Irish Republican Army member.1948 - Júlio Mário Salusse dies in Rio de aneiro (b. in Bom Jardim on 30 Mar. 1872). Brazilian poet.1948 - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi dies (b. 1869). Mahatma Gandhi, Indian freedom fighter.
1948 - Orville Wright dies (b. 1871). American aviation pioneer.1949 - Peter Agre was born. American biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.1950 - Trinidad Silva was born (d. 1988). American actor.
1951 - Bobby Stokes was born (d. 1995). English former footballer.
1951 - Charles S. Dutton was born. American actor.1951 -
Phil Collins was born in London. English musician (Genesis).
1952 - Martial law is imposed in Egypt as King Farouk dismisses the premier Nahas Pasha and his Wafdist government.
1955 - John Baldacci was born. American politician, governor of Maine.
1958 -
Brett Butler was born. American actress and comedian.
1958 -
Ernst Heinkel dies (b. 24 Jan 1888). German aircraft
engineer who built the first rocket-powered aircraft .
1960 - The women’s singles U.S. figure skating championship was won by Carol Heiss.
1960 - The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.1962 - UN General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola).
1963 - Tina Malone was born. English actress.1965 - Julie McCullough was born. American model and actress.1967 - Jay Gordon was born. American musician.1969 -
The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of
Apple Records. The impromptu concert was broken up by the police.
1969 -
Carolyn Kepcher was born. American businesswoman and reality TV show star.
1970 - Hans Spark was born. Football (soccer) player (RKC).
1970 - Maria Luísa Mendonça was born. Brazilian actress.1971 - Darren Boyd was born. British actor.1972 - Chris Simon was born. Canadian ice hockey player.1972 - Lupillo Rivera was born. Mexican singer.1973 -
Jalen Rose was born. American basketball player.
1973 - Holly Noelle Roehl was born. Miss Indiana USA (1996).
1973 - Jalen Rose was born. American basketball player.1975 - Juninho Pernambucano was born. Brazilian footballer.1976 - George H. W. Bush becomes 11th director of the CIA. 1976 - Andy Milonakis was born. American comedian.1977 - Dan Hinote was born. American ice hockey player.1979 -
Varig 707-323C freighter, flewn by the same commander of Varig Flight 820 disappears over the ocean 30 minutes after taking off from
Tokyo.
1979 - The civilian government of Iran announced it had decided to allow Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to return from exile in France.
1980 - Joãozinho was born. Brazilian footballer.1981 - 8th American Music Award: Kenny Rogers wins.
1981 - Garth Barrett's raiders, part of the South African Recce Operations, attack supposed MK cadres at Matola, Mozambique. A Portuguese engineer, Jose Ramos, is "mistakenly identified" as Joe Slovo, one of the raids main targets, by the South African forces and is shot at a roadblock. 1981 - Peter Crouch was born. English footballer.1982 - Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner".
1984 -
Josh Harris was born. American videographer/musician.
1984 - Patrick Lee McCall dies. South African bank robber, member of Stander gang.1985 - Trae Williams was born. American football player.1986 - Nick Evans was born. American baseball player.1987 - Arda Turan was born. Turkish footballer.1988 - Heather Baker was born. American socialite.1988 -
Laura Banks was born. Scottish Author, musician.
1988 - Rob Pinkston was born. American actor.1989 - 16th American Music Award: Randy Travis and George Michael wins.
1990 - Eiza Gonzalez was born. Mexican actress/singer.1990 - Luca Sbisa was born. Swiss ice hockey player.1991 - Clifton C. Edom dies (b. 1907). American photojournalism educator.
1993 - Portuguese TV station TVI starts working. / Entra em funcionamento inaugural a TVI.
1993 - 67th Australian Women's Tennis Open: Monica Seles beat Graf (4-6, 6-3, 6-2).
1994 -
Péter Lékó becomes the youngest grand master in chess.
1994 - 68th Australian Women's Tennis Open: S Graf beats A S Vicario (6-0, 6-2).
1994 - 82nd Australian Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Todd Martin (7-6, 6-4, 6-4).
1994 - Bahjat Talhouni dies. PM of Jordan (1960-62, 64-65, 67-69, 69-70).
1994 - Pierre Boulle dies (b. 1912). French author.1995 - 22nd American Music Award: Boyz II Men and Ace of Base win.
1995 -
Gerald Durrell dies (b. 7 Jan 1925) British
naturalist and prolific author, known internationally for his pioneering, even controversial, role in preserving and breeding endangered species in zoos with the intention of eventually returning them to the wild.
1996 - NBA superstar
Magic Johnson plays the first game of his return to the Los Angeles Lakers. Magic retired in 1991 after contracting
HIV.
1997 - Las cenizas de Mahatma Gandhi, padre de la India, son arrojadas al río Ganges después de cumplirse 49 años desde que fue asesinado en Nueva Delhi por un extremista.
1999 - A 7-year old boy dies of choking on a
Pokémon Power Bouncer ball toy.
1999 - Ed Herlihy dies (b. 1909). American broadcaster.1999 - Huntz Hall dies (b. 1919). American actor.
2001 - Johnnie Johnson dies (b. 1915). British fighter pilot.
2005 -
Martyn Bennet dies (b. 1971). Multi-instrumentalist and composer.
2007 -
Nikos Kourkoulos dies (b. 1934). Greek actor, artistic director of the Greek National Theater.
2007 -
Sidney Sheldon dies (b. 1917). American author, playwright, and screenwriter.
2008 - Jeremy Beadle dies (b. 1948). British television host.
2008 - Marcial Maciel dies (b. 1920). Mexican religious leader.
2008 - Roland Selmeczi dies (b. 1969). Hungarian actor.
Brasil: Dia Nacional dos Quadrinhos (Banda Desenhada).Dia Escolar da Não-Violência e da Educação pela Paz. Martyr Day, India - India. Also called Sarvodaya Day.Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church: Feast of the Three Holy Hierarchs - This Feast honors the three great Fathers of the Eastern Church --St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian, and St. John Chrysostom.
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