February 12

February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 322 days remain until the end of the year (323 in leap years).

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Events

Pre-1600

  • 1404 The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sophie performed the first post-mortem autopsy for the purposes of teaching and demonstration at the Heiligen–Geist Spital in Vienna.[1]
  • 1429 English forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orléans in the Battle of the Herrings.[2]
  • 1502 Isabella I issues an edict outlawing Islam in the Crown of Castile, forcing virtually all her Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity.[3]
  • 1502 Vasco da Gama with 15 ships and 800 men sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal on his second voyage to India.[4]
  • 1541 Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de Valdivia.[5]
  • 1593 Japanese invasion of Korea: Approximately 3,000 Joseon defenders led by general Kwon Yul successfully repel more than 30,000 Japanese forces in the Siege of Haengju.

1601–1900

  • 1689 The Convention Parliament declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication.
  • 1733 Georgia Day: Englishman James Oglethorpe founds Georgia, the 13th colony of the Thirteen Colonies, by settling at Savannah.[6]
  • 1771 Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden.[7]
  • 1817 An Argentine/Chilean patriotic army, after crossing the Andes, defeats Spanish troops at the Battle of Chacabuco.[8]
  • 1818 Bernardo O'Higgins formally approves the Chilean Declaration of Independence near Concepción, Chile.[9]
  • 1825 The Creek cede the last of their lands in Georgia to the United States government by the Treaty of Indian Springs, and migrate west.
  • 1832 Ecuador annexes the Galápagos Islands.
  • 1855 Michigan State University is established.
  • 1889 Antonín Dvořák's Jakobín is premiered at National Theater in Prague[10]
  • 1894 Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into the Cafe Terminus in Paris, killing one person and wounding 20.

1901–present

  • 1909 The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
  • 1909 New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SS Penguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
  • 1912 The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
  • 1915 In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
  • 1921 Bolsheviks launch a revolt in Georgia as a preliminary to the Red Army invasion of Georgia.
  • 1924 George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
  • 1935 USS Macon, one of the two largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and sinks.
  • 1946 World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.
  • 1946 African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the civil rights movement and partially inspires Orson Welles' film Touch of Evil.
  • 1947 The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
  • 1947 Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
  • 1961 The Soviet Union launches Venera 1 towards Venus.
  • 1963 Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.
  • 1965 Malcolm X visits Smethwick near Birmingham following the racially-charged 1964 United Kingdom general election.[11]
  • 1968 Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre.
  • 1974 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union.
  • 1983 One hundred women protest in Lahore, Pakistan against military dictator Zia-ul-Haq's proposed Law of Evidence. The women were tear-gassed, baton-charged and thrown into lock-up. The women were successful in repealing the law.
  • 1988 Cold War: The 1988 Black Sea bumping incident: The U.S. missile cruiser USS Yorktown (CG-48) is intentionally rammed by the Soviet frigate Bezzavetnyy in the Soviet territorial waters, while Yorktown claims innocent passage.
  • 1990 Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian history when she becomes Premier of Western Australia.
  • 1992 The current Constitution of Mongolia comes into effect.
  • 1993 Two-year-old James Bulger is abducted from New Strand Shopping Centre by two ten-year-old boys, who later torture and murder him.
  • 1994 Four thieves break into the National Gallery of Norway and steal Edvard Munch's iconic painting The Scream.
  • 1999 United States President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.
  • 2001 NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
  • 2002 The trial of Slobodan Milošević, the former President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, begins at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands. He dies four years later before its conclusion.
  • 2002 An Iran Airtour Tupolev Tu-154 crashes in the mountains outside Khorramabad, Iran while descending for a landing at Khorramabad Airport, killing 119.
  • 2004 The city of San Francisco begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom.
  • 2009 Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York while on approach to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, killing all on board and one on the ground.
  • 2016 Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill sign an Ecumenical Declaration in the first such meeting between leaders of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches since their split in 1054.
  • 2019 The country known as the Republic of Macedonia renames itself the Republic of North Macedonia in accordance with the Prespa agreement, settling a long-standing naming dispute with Greece.[12]

Births

Pre-1600

  • AD 41 Britannicus, Roman son of Claudius (d. 55)[13]
  • 528 Daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei, nominal empress regnant of Northern Wei
  • 661 Princess Ōku of Japan (d. 702)
  • 1074 Conrad II of Italy (d. 1101)[14]
  • 1218 Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shōgun (d. 1256)
  • 1322 John Henry, Margrave of Moravia (d. 1375)
  • 1443 Giovanni II Bentivoglio, Italian noble (d. 1508)
  • 1480 Frederick II of Legnica, Duke of Legnica (d. 1547)
  • 1540 Won Gyun, Korean general and admiral (d. 1597)
  • 1567 Thomas Campion, English composer, poet, and physician (d. 1620)[15]
  • 1584 Caspar Barlaeus, Dutch historian, poet, and theologian (d. 1648)

1601–1900

  • 1606 John Winthrop the Younger, English-American lawyer and politician, Governor of Connecticut (d. 1676)
  • 1608 Daniello Bartoli, Italian Jesuit priest (d. 1685)
  • 1637 Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist and zoologist (d. 1680)
  • 1663 Cotton Mather, English-American minister and author (d. 1728)
  • 1665 Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (d. 1721)
  • 1704 Charles Pinot Duclos, French author (d. 1772)
  • 1706 Johann Joseph Christian, German Baroque sculptor and woodcarver (d. 1777)
  • 1728 Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (d. 1799)[16]
  • 1753 François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, French admiral (d. 1798)
  • 1761 Jan Ladislav Dussek, Czech pianist and composer (d. 1812)
  • 1768 Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1835)[17]
  • 1775 Louisa Adams, 6th First Lady of the United States (d. 1852)
  • 1777 Bernard Courtois, French chemist and academic (d. 1838)
  • 1777 Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German author and poet (d. 1843)
  • 1785 Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist and chemist (d. 1838)
  • 1787 Norbert Provencher, Canadian bishop and missionary (d. 1853)
  • 1788 Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (d. 1869)
  • 1791 Peter Cooper, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Cooper Union (d. 1883)
  • 1794 Alexander Petrov, Russian chess player and composer (d. 1867)
  • 1794 Valentín Canalizo, Mexican general and politician (d. 1850)[18]
  • 1804 Heinrich Lenz, German-Italian physicist and academic (d. 1865)
  • 1809 Charles Darwin, English geologist and theorist (d. 1882)
  • 1809 Abraham Lincoln, American lawyer and statesman, 16th President of the United States (d. 1865)
  • 1819 William Wetmore Story, American sculptor, architect, poet and editor
  • 1824 Dayananda Saraswati, Indian monk and philosopher, founded Arya Samaj (d. 1883)
  • 1828 George Meredith, English novelist and poet (d. 1909)
  • 1837 Thomas Moran, British-American painter and printmaker of the Hudson River School (d. 1926)
  • 1857 Eugène Atget, French photographer (d. 1927)
  • 1857 Bobby Peel, English cricketer and coach (d. 1943)[19]
  • 1861 Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian-German psychoanalyst and author (d. 1937)[20]
  • 1866 Lev Shestov, Russian philosopher (d. 1938)
  • 1869 Kiến Phúc, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1884)
  • 1870 Marie Lloyd, English actress and singer (d. 1922)
  • 1876 13th Dalai Lama (d. 1933)
  • 1877 Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded Renault (d. 1944)
  • 1880 George Preca, Maltese priest and saint (d. 1962)
  • 1880 John L. Lewis, American miner and union leader (d. 1969)
  • 1881 Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina and actress (d. 1931)[21]
  • 1882 Walter Nash, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1968)
  • 1884 Max Beckmann, German painter and sculptor (d. 1950)
  • 1884 Johan Laidoner, Estonian-Russian general (d. 1953)
  • 1884 Alice Roosevelt Longworth, American author (d. 1980)
  • 1884 Marie Vassilieff, Russian-French painter (d. 1957)[22]
  • 1885 James Scott, American composer (d. 1938)[23]
  • 1885 Julius Streicher, German publisher, founded Der Stürmer (d. 1946)
  • 1889 Bhante Dharmawara, Cambodian monk, lawyer, and judge (d. 1999)
  • 1893 Omar Bradley, American general (d. 1981)
  • 1895 Kristian Djurhuus, Faroese lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 1984)
  • 1897 Charles Groves Wright Anderson, South African-Australian colonel and politician (d. 1988)
  • 1897 Lincoln LaPaz, American astronomer and academic (d. 1985)
  • 1898 Wallace Ford, English-American actor and singer (d. 1966)
  • 1900 Roger J. Traynor, American lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of California (d. 1983)

1901–present

  • 1902 William Collier, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1987)
  • 1903 Jorge Basadre, Peruvian historian (d. 1980)[24]
  • 1903 Chick Hafey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1973)
  • 1904 Ted Mack, American radio and television host (d. 1976)
  • 1907 Joseph Kearns, American actor (d. 1962)
  • 1908 Jean Effel, French painter, caricaturist, illustrator and journalist (d. 1982)
  • 1908 Jacques Herbrand, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1931)
  • 1909 Zoran Mušič, Slovene painter and illustrator (d. 2005)
  • 1909 Sigmund Rascher, German physician (d. 1945)
  • 1911 Charles Mathiesen, Norwegian speed skater (d. 1994)
  • 1912 R. F. Delderfield, English author and playwright (d. 1972)
  • 1914 Tex Beneke, American singer, saxophonist, and bandleader (d. 2000)[25]
  • 1914 Johanna von Caemmerer, German mathematician (d. 1971)[26]
  • 1915 Lorne Greene, Canadian-American actor (d. 1987)
  • 1915 Olivia Hooker, American sailor (d. 2018)
  • 1916 Joseph Alioto, American lawyer and politician, 36th Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1998)
  • 1917 Al Cervi, American basketball player and coach (d. 2009)[27]
  • 1917 Dom DiMaggio, American baseball player (d. 2009)
  • 1918 Norman Farberow, American psychologist and academic (d. 2015)
  • 1918 Julian Schwinger, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
  • 1919 Forrest Tucker, American actor (d. 1986)
  • 1920 Raymond Mhlaba, South African anti-apartheid and ANC activist (d. 2005)
  • 1922 Hussein Onn, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Malaysia (d. 1990)
  • 1923 Franco Zeffirelli, Italian director, producer, and politician (d. 2019)[28]
  • 1925 Sir Anthony Berry, British Conservative politician (d. 1984)[29]
  • 1925 Joan Mitchell, American-French painter (d. 1992)
  • 1926 Rolf Brem, Swiss sculptor and illustrator (d. 2014)
  • 1926 Joe Garagiola, Sr., American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2016)
  • 1926 Charles Van Doren, American academic (d. 2019)
  • 1928 Vincent Montana, Jr., American drummer and composer (d. 2013)
  • 1930 John Doyle, Irish hurler and politician (d. 2010)
  • 1930 Arlen Specter, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012)[30]
  • 1931 Janwillem van de Wetering, Dutch-American author and translator (d. 2008)
  • 1932 Axel Jensen, Norwegian author and poet (d. 2003)
  • 1932 Julian Simon, American economist, author, and academic (d. 1998)
  • 1933 Costa-Gavras, Greek-French director and producer
  • 1933 Brian Carlson, Australian rugby league player (d. 1987)
  • 1934 Annette Crosbie, Scottish actress
  • 1934 Anne Osborn Krueger, American economist and academic
  • 1934 Bill Russell, American basketball player and coach (d. 2022)
  • 1935 Gene McDaniels, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2011)
  • 1936 Alan Ebringer, Australian immunologist
  • 1938 Judy Blume, Jewish-American author and educator
  • 1939 Leon Kass, American physician, scientist, and educator
  • 1939 Ray Manzarek, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (d. 2013)
  • 1941 Dominguinhos, Brazilian singer-songwriter and accordion player (d. 2013)
  • 1941 Naomi Uemura, Japanese mountaineer and explorer (d. 1984)
  • 1942 Ehud Barak, Israeli general and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Israel
  • 1942 Pat Dobson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2006)
  • 1945 Maud Adams, Swedish model and actress
  • 1945 David D. Friedman, American economist, physicist, and scholar
  • 1946 Jean Eyeghé Ndong, Gabonese politician, Prime Minister of Gabon
  • 1946 Ajda Pekkan, Turkish singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1948 Ray Kurzweil, American computer scientist and engineer
  • 1948 Nicholas Soames, English politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
  • 1949 Gundappa Viswanath, Indian Cricketer[31]
  • 1950 Angelo Branduardi, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1950 Steve Hackett, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1950 Michael Ironside, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 1952 Simon MacCorkindale, English actor, director, and producer (d. 2010)
  • 1952 Michael McDonald, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
  • 1953 Joanna Kerns, American actress and director
  • 1954 Joseph Jordania, Georgian-Australian musicologist and academic
  • 1954 Tzimis Panousis, Greek comedian, singer, and author (d. 2018)
  • 1954 Phil Zimmermann, American cryptographer and programmer
  • 1955 Bill Laswell, American bass player and producer
  • 1955 Chet Lemon, American baseball player and coach
  • 1956 Arsenio Hall, American actor and talk show host
  • 1956 Ad Melkert, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment
  • 1956 Brian Robertson, Scottish rock guitarist and songwriter
  • 1958 Outback Jack, Australian-American wrestler
  • 1961 Di Farmer, Queensland Member of Parliament
  • 1961 David Graeber, American anthropologist and Occupy activist (d. 2020)[32]
  • 1961 Jim Harris, Canadian environmentalist and politician
  • 1961 Michel Martelly, Haitian singer and politician, 56th President of Haiti
  • 1964 Omar Hakim, American drummer, producer, arranger, and composer
  • 1965 Rubén Amaro, Jr., American baseball player and manager
  • 1965 Christine Elise, American actress and producer
  • 1965 Brett Kavanaugh, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States[33]
  • 1965 David Westlake, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1966 Paul Crook, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
  • 1968 Josh Brolin, American actor
  • 1968 Chynna Phillips, American singer and actress
  • 1969 Darren Aronofsky, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1969 Alemayehu Atomsa, Ethiopian educator and politician (d. 2014)
  • 1969 Steve Backley, English javelin thrower
  • 1969 Anneli Drecker, Norwegian singer and actress
  • 1969 Hong Myung-bo, South Korean footballer and manager
  • 1970 Jim Creeggan, Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player
  • 1970 Bryan Roy, Dutch footballer and manager
  • 1970 Judd Winick, American author and illustrator
  • 1971 Scott Menville, American voice actor, singer, actor and musician
  • 1973 Gianni Romme, Dutch speed skater
  • 1973 Tara Strong, Canadian voice actress and singer
  • 1974 Naseem Hamed, English boxer
  • 1976 Christian Cullen, New Zealand rugby player
  • 1977 Jimmy Conrad, American soccer player and manager
  • 1978 Paul Anderson, English actor
  • 1978 Brett Hodgson, Australian rugby league player and coach
  • 1979 Antonio Chatman, American football player
  • 1979 Jesse Spencer, Australian actor and violinist
  • 1980 Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spanish tennis player
  • 1980 Sarah Lancaster, American actress
  • 1980 Christina Ricci, American actress and producer
  • 1980 Gucci Mane, American rapper
  • 1981 Wade McKinnon, Australian rugby league player
  • 1982 Jonas Hiller, Swiss ice hockey player
  • 1982 Louis Tsatoumas, Greek long jumper
  • 1982 Anthony Tuitavake, New Zealand rugby player
  • 1983 Carlton Brewster, American football player and coach
  • 1984 Brad Keselowski, American race car driver
  • 1984 Andrei Sidorenkov, Estonian footballer
  • 1984 Peter Vanderkaay, American swimmer
  • 1987 Jérémy Chardy, French tennis player[34]
  • 1988 DeMarco Murray, American football player
  • 1988 Nicolás Otamendi, Argentine footballer
  • 1988 Mike Posner, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1990 Robert Griffin III, American football player
  • 1991 Patrick Herrmann, German footballer
  • 1992 Magda Linette, Polish tennis player[35]
  • 1994 Arman Hall, American sprinter[36]
  • 1999 Maggie Coles-Lyster, Canadian cyclist[37]
  • 2000 Kim Ji-min, South Korean actress

Deaths

Pre-1600

  • 821 Benedict of Aniane, French monk and saint (b. 747)
  • 890 Henjō, Japanese priest and poet (b. 816)
  • 981 Ælfstan, bishop of Ramsbury[38]
  • 901 Antony II, patriarch of Constantinople
  • 914 Li, empress of Yan
  • 941 Wulfhelm, Archbishop of Canterbury
  • 1247 Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg, ruler (b. 1185)
  • 1266 Amadeus of the Amidei, Italian saint
  • 1517 Catherine of Navarre (b. 1468)
  • 1538 Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, engraver, and architect (b. 1480)
  • 1554 Lord Guildford Dudley, English son of Jane Dudley, Duchess of Northumberland (b. 1536; executed)[39]
  • 1554 Lady Jane Grey, de facto monarch of England and Ireland for nine days (b. 1537; executed)[39]
  • 1571 Nicholas Throckmorton, English politician and diplomat (b. 1515)
  • 1590 François Hotman, French lawyer and author (b. 1524)
  • 1600 Edward Denny, Knight Banneret of Bishop's Stortford, English soldier, privateer and adventurer (b. 1547)

1601–1900

  • 1612 Jodocus Hondius, Flemish cartographer (b. 1563)
  • 1624 George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist, founded George Heriot's School (b. 1563)
  • 1713 Jahandar Shah, Mughal emperor (b. 1664)
  • 1728 Agostino Steffani, Italian priest and composer (b. 1653)
  • 1763 Pierre de Marivaux, French author and playwright (b. 1688)
  • 1771 Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (b. 1710)
  • 1789 Ethan Allen, American farmer, general, and politician (b. 1738)
  • 1804 Immanuel Kant, German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1724)
  • 1834 Friedrich Schleiermacher, German philosopher and scholar (b. 1768)
  • 1839 Moulvi Syed Qudratullah, Bengali judge (b. 1750)[40]
  • 1886 Randolph Caldecott, English-American painter and illustrator (b. 1846)
  • 1894 Hans von Bülow, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1830)
  • 1896 Ambroise Thomas, French composer and academic (b. 1811)

1901–present

  • 1912 Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (b. 1841)
  • 1915 Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
  • 1916 Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, philosopher, and academic (b. 1831)
  • 1929 Lillie Langtry, English singer and actress (b. 1853)
  • 1931 Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani-Russian general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (b. 1855)
  • 1935 Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (b. 1846)
  • 1942 Eugene Esmonde, Irish-English lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1909)
  • 1942 Avraham Stern, Polish-Israeli militant leader (b. 1907)
  • 1942 Grant Wood, American painter and academic (b. 1891)
  • 1947 Moses Gomberg, Ukrainian-American chemist and academic (b. 1866)
  • 1949 Hassan al-Banna, Egyptian educator, founded the Muslim Brotherhood (b. 1906)
  • 1954 Dziga Vertov, Polish-Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
  • 1958 Douglas Hartree, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1897)
  • 1960 Oskar Anderson, Bulgarian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1887)
  • 1970 Clare Turlay Newberry, American author and illustrator (b. 1903)
  • 1971 James Cash Penney, American businessman and philanthropist, founded J. C. Penney (b. 1875)
  • 1975 Carl Lutz, Swiss vice-consul to Hungary during WWII, credited with saving over 62,000 Jews (b. 1895)
  • 1976 Frank Stagg, Irish Republican hunger striker (b. 1941)[41]
  • 1976 Sal Mineo, American actor (b. 1939)
  • 1977 Herman Dooyeweerd, Dutch philosopher and scholar (b. 1894)
  • 1979 Jean Renoir, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
  • 1980 Muriel Rukeyser, American poet and activist (b. 1913)
  • 1982 Victor Jory, Canadian-American actor (b. 1902)
  • 1983 Eubie Blake, American pianist and composer (b. 1887)
  • 1984 Anna Anderson, Polish-American woman, who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1896)
  • 1984 Julio Cortázar, Belgian-Argentinian author and poet (b. 1914)
  • 1985 Nicholas Colasanto, American actor and director (b. 1924)
  • 1989 Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and author (b. 1931)
  • 1991 Roger Patterson, American bass player (b. 1968)
  • 1992 Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (b. 1907)
  • 1994 Donald Judd, American painter and sculptor (b. 1928)
  • 1995 Philip Taylor Kramer, American bass player (b. 1952)
  • 1998 Gardner Ackley, American economist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (b. 1915)
  • 2000 Tom Landry, American football player and coach (b. 1924)
  • 2000 Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist, created Peanuts (b. 1922)
  • 2001 Kristina Söderbaum, Swedish-German actress and producer (b. 1912)
  • 2002 John Eriksen, Danish footballer (b. 1957)
  • 2005 Dorothy Stang, American-Brazilian nun and missionary (b. 1931)
  • 2007 Ann Barzel, American writer and dance critic (b. 1905)[42]
  • 2007 Peggy Gilbert, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1905)
  • 2008 David Groh, American actor (b. 1939)
  • 2009 Colgan Air Flight 3407 victims:
    • Alison Des Forges, American historian and activist (b. 1942)
    • Beverly Eckert, American activist (b. 1951)
    • Mat Mathews, Dutch accordion player (b. 1924)
    • Coleman Mellett, American guitarist (b. 1974)
    • Gerry Niewood, American saxophonist (b. 1943)
  • 2010 Nodar Kumaritashvili, Georgian luger (b. 1988)
  • 2011 Peter Alexander, Austrian singer and actor (b. 1926)
  • 2011 Betty Garrett, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1919)
  • 2011 Kenneth Mars, American actor and comedian (b. 1935)
  • 2012 Zina Bethune, American actress, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1945)
  • 2012 Denis Flannery, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1928)
  • 2012 David Kelly, Irish actor (b. 1929)
  • 2012 John Severin, American illustrator (b. 1921)
  • 2013 Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1941)
  • 2013 Reginald Turnill, English journalist and author (b. 1915)
  • 2013 Hennadiy Udovenko, Ukrainian politician and diplomat, 2nd Minister of Foreign Affairs for Ukraine (b. 1931)
  • 2014 Sid Caesar, American actor and comedian (b. 1922)
  • 2014 John Pickstone, English historian and author (b. 1944)
  • 2015 Movita Castaneda, American actress and singer (b. 1916)
  • 2015 Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Malaysian cleric and politician, 12th Menteri Besar of Kelantan (b. 1931)
  • 2015 Gary Owens, American radio host and voice actor (b. 1934)
  • 2015 Steve Strange, Welsh singer (b. 1959)
  • 2016 Dominique D'Onofrio, Italian-Belgian footballer and coach (b. 1953)
  • 2016 Yannis Kalaitzis, Greek cartoonist (b. 1945)
  • 2016 Yan Su, Chinese general and composer (b. 1930)
  • 2017 Al Jarreau, American singer (b. 1940)
  • 2017 Anna Marguerite McCann, first female American underwater archaeologist (b. 1933)
  • 2017 Ren Xinmin, Chinese rocket scientist (b. 1915)
  • 2018 Bill Crider, American author (b. 1941)[43]
  • 2019 Gordon Banks, English footballer (b. 1937)[44]
  • 2019 Lyndon LaRouche, American political activist (b. 1922)[45]
  • 2019 Pedro Morales, Puerto Rican professional wrestler and commentator (b. 1942)[46]
  • 2020 Christie Blatchford, Canadian newspaper columnist, journalist and broadcaster (b. 1951)[47]
  • 2022 Ivan Reitman, Slovak-Canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1946)[48]

Holidays and observances

  • Christian feast day:
    • Benedict of Aniane
    • Damian (?)
    • Julian the Hospitaller
    • Martyrs of Abitinae
    • February 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Darwin Day (International)
  • Georgia Day (Georgia (U.S. state))
  • Lincoln's Birthday (United States)
  • Red Hand Day (United Nations)
  • Union Day (Myanmar)
  • Youth Day (Venezuela)

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