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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| - | *[[1779]] - [[James Cook]] was killed by [[Native Hawaiians]] near [[Kealakekua]] on the [[Island of Hawaii]]. | + | *[[1779]] - [[James Cook]] is killed by Native [[Hawaii]]ans. |
| *[[1876]] - [[Alexander Graham Bell]] applies for a [[patent]] for the [[telephone]], as does [[Elisha Gray]]. | *[[1876]] - [[Alexander Graham Bell]] applies for a [[patent]] for the [[telephone]], as does [[Elisha Gray]]. | ||
| + | *[[1895]] - ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]'' premieres | ||
| + | *[[1970]] - [[The Loft]], a New York nightclub opens on [[Valentine's Day]] in New York. | ||
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
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| *[[1895]] - [[Max Horkheimer]], German philosopher and sociologist (d. [[1973]]) | *[[1895]] - [[Max Horkheimer]], German philosopher and sociologist (d. [[1973]]) | ||
| *[[1947]] - [[Tim Buckley]], American singer-songwriter (d. [[1975]]) | *[[1947]] - [[Tim Buckley]], American singer-songwriter (d. [[1975]]) | ||
| + | *[[1980]] - [[Sibel Kekilli]], Turkish-German actress (''Head-On'') | ||
| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| *[[1400]] - King [[Richard II of England]] (murdered) (b. [[1367]]) | *[[1400]] - King [[Richard II of England]] (murdered) (b. [[1367]]) | ||
| *[[1779]] - [[James Cook]], British naval captain and explorer (b. [[1728]]) | *[[1779]] - [[James Cook]], British naval captain and explorer (b. [[1728]]) | ||
| - | *[[1780]] - [[William Blackstone]], English jurist (b. [[1723]]) | + | *[[1975]] - [[P. G. Wodehouse]], English writer (b. [[1881]]) |
| - | *[[1808]] - [[John Dickinson (delegate)|John Dickinson]], American lawyer and [[Governor of Delaware]] and [[Governor of Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]] (b. [[1732]]) | + | *[[2007]] - [[Emmett Williams]] American poet (''An Anecdoted Topography of Chance'') (b. [[1925]]) |
| - | *[[1831]] - [[Vicente Guerrero]], Mexican revolutionary hero (b. [[1782]]) | + | |
| - | * 1831 - [[Henry Maudslay]], English inventor (b. [[1771]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1870]] - [[St. John Richardson Liddell]], American Civil War Confederate General (b. [[1815]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1881]] - [[Fernando Wood]], New York City mayor (b. [[1812]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1885]] - [[Jules Vallès]], French writer (b. [[1832]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1891]] - [[William Tecumseh Sherman]], Civil War General (b. [[1820]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1894]] - [[Eugène Charles Catalan]], Belgian mathematician (b. [[1814]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1922]] - [[Heikki Ritavuori]], Finnish politician (assassinated) (b. [[1880]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1929]] - [[Tom Burke (athlete)|Tom Burke]], American runner (b. [[1875]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1942]] - [[Adnan Bin Saidi]], Officer of the [[Malay Regiment]] killed in the defense of [[Singapore]] (b. [[1915]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1943]] - [[Dora Gerson]], German actress, cabaret singer, and Holocaust victim (b. [[1899]]) | + | |
| - | * 1943 - [[David Hilbert]], German mathematician (b. [[1862]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1945]] - [[Mordecai Brown]], baseball player (b. [[1876]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1949]] - [[Yusuf Salman Yusuf]], Iraqi-Assyrian communist leader (b. [[1901]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1952]] - [[Maurice De Waele]], Belgian cyclist (b. [[1896]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1958]] - [[Abdul Rab Nishtar]], veteran leader of [[Pakistan Movement]], (b. [[1899]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1959]] - [[Baby Dodds]], American jazz drummer (b. [[1898]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Sig Ruman]], German-American actor (b. [[1884]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Vito Genovese]], American gangster (b. [[1897]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Herbert Strudwick]], English cricketer (b. [[1880]]). | + | |
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Stewie Dempster]], New Zealand cricketer (b. [[1903]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Julian Huxley]], British biologist (b. [[1887]]) | + | |
| - | * 1975 - [[P. G. Wodehouse]], English writer (b. [[1881]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Adolph Dubs]], American diplomat (b. [[1920]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Rudra Baruah|Luitkonwar Rudra Baruah]], Assamese composer and actor | + | |
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Lina Radke]], German athlete (b. [[1903]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1987]] - [[Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky]], Russian composer (b. [[1904]]) | + | |
| - | * 1987 - [[Karolos Koun]], Greek theater director (b. [[1908]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1988]] - [[Frederick Loewe]], Austrian-American composer (b. [[1901]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1989]] - [[James Bond (ornithologist)|James Bond]], American ornithologist (b. [[1900]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1990]] - [[Tony Holiday]], German singer | + | |
| - | *[[1994]] - [[Andrei Chikatilo]], Russian serial killer (executed) (b. [[1936]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1995]] - [[U Nu]], Burmese politician (b. [[1907]]) | + | |
| - | * 1995 - [[Michael V. Gazzo]], American actor (b. [[1923]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1999]] - [[John Ehrlichman]], American presidential advisor (b. [[1925]]) | + | |
| - | * 1999 - [[Buddy Knox]], American singer and songwriter (b. [[1933]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2002]] - [[Nándor Hidegkuti]], Hungarian footballer (b. [[1922]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2003]] - [[Dolly the sheep|Dolly]], first cloned mammal (b. [[1996]]) | + | |
| - | * 2003 - [[Johnny Longden]], English jockey (b. [[1907]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Marco Pantani]], Italian cyclist (b. [[1970]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Najai Turpin]], American boxer | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[Rafik Hariri]], Lebanese politician and billionaire businessman (b. [[1944]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2006]] - [[Shoshana Damari]], Israeli singer and actress (b. [[1923]]) | + | |
| - | * 2006 - [[Lynden David Hall]], British singer (b. [[1974]]) | + | |
| - | * 2006 - [[Darry Cowl]], French musician and actor (b. [[1925]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2007]] - [[Gareth Morris]], British flautist (b. [[1920]]) | + | |
| - | *2007 - [[Ryan Larkin]], Canadian animated film maker. (b. [[1943]]) | + | |
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| - | The Loft | + | |
| - | Frank Harris | + | |
| - | Tim Buckley | + | |
| - | Head-On | + | |
| - | Common Sense (pamphlet) | + | |
| - | Israel Zangwill | + | |
| - | Jan Decleir | + | |
| - | Emmett Williams | + | |
| - | Bern Porter | + | |
| - | Ischa Meijer | + | |
| - | Leone Battista Alberti | + | |
| - | Sibel Kekilli | + | |
| - | Valentine's Day | + | |
| - | Richard II of England | + | |
| - | Samuel Butler (poet) | + | |
| - | P. G. Wodehouse | + | |
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Art and culture
- 1779 - James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians.
- 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
- 1895 - The Importance of Being Earnest premieres
- 1970 - The Loft, a New York nightclub opens on Valentine's Day in New York.
Births
- 1404 - Leone Battista Alberti, Italian painter and philosopher (d. 1472)
- 1766 - Thomas Malthus, English economist (d. 1834)
- 1856 - Frank Harris, Irish author and editor (d. 1931)
- 1895 - Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (d. 1973)
- 1947 - Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter (d. 1975)
- 1980 - Sibel Kekilli, Turkish-German actress (Head-On)
Deaths
- 1400 - King Richard II of England (murdered) (b. 1367)
- 1779 - James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (b. 1728)
- 1975 - P. G. Wodehouse, English writer (b. 1881)
- 2007 - Emmett Williams American poet (An Anecdoted Topography of Chance) (b. 1925)
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