February 12

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Events

Births

  • 1074 – Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101)
  • 1218 – Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256)
  • 1567 – Thomas Campion, English composer and poet (d. 1620)
  • 1606 – John Winthrop, the Younger, Governor of Connecticut (d. 1676)
  • 1637 – Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist (d. 1680)
  • 1663 – Cotton Mather, New England minister (d. 1728)
  • 1665 – Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (d. 1721)
  • 1704 – Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (d. 1772)
  • 1728 – Étienne-Louis BoullĂ©e, French architect (d. 1799)
  • 1753 – François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (d. 1798)
  • 1768 – Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1835)
  • 1775 – Louisa Adams, First Lady of the United States, wife of John Quincy Adams (d. 1852)
  • 1777 – Friedrich de la Motte FouquĂ©, German poet (d. 1843)
  • 1777 – Bernard Courtois, French chemist (d. 1838)
  • 1785 – Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist (d. 1838)
  • 1788 – Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (d. 1869)
  • 1791 – Peter Cooper, American Industrialist, inventor and philanthropist (d. 1883)
  • 1794 – Alexander Petrov, Russian chess player (d. 1867)
  • 1804 – Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (d. 1865)
  • 1809 – Charles Darwin, English naturalist (d. 1882)
  • 1809 – Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (d. 1865)
  • 1828 – George Meredith, English writer (d. 1909)
  • 1843 – John Graham Chambers, English athlete who wrote the Queensberry rules for boxing (d. 1883)
  • 1857 – Bobby Peel, English cricketer (d. 1943)
  • 1861 – Lou Andreas-Salome, Russian-born author (d. 1937)
  • 1865 – Kazimierz Tetmajer, Polish poet and writer (d. 1940)
  • 1870 – Marie Lloyd, English music-hall performer (d. 1922)
  • 1876 – Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama (d. 1933)
  • 1880 – John L. Lewis, American labor union leader (d. 1969)
  • 1881 – Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (d. 1931)
  • 1884 – Max Beckmann, German artist (d. 1950)
  • 1884 – Marie Vassilieff, Russian artist (d. 1957)
  • 1884 – Johan Laidoner, Estonian military commander (d. 1953)
  • 1885 – Julius Streicher, Nazi German publisher (d. 1946)
  • 1889 – Bhante Dharmawara, Cambodian monk and supercentenarian (d. 1999)
  • 1893 – Omar Bradley, American general, the last surviving five-star general in the United States and the 1st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (d. 1981)
  • 1897 – Vola Vale, American actress (d. 1970)
  • 1898 – Wallace Ford, English-born actor (d. 1966)
  • 1900 – Roger J. Traynor, American judge (d. 1983)
  • 1902 – William Collier, American stage and film actor (d. 1987)
  • 1903 – Chick Hafey, baseball player (d. 1973)
  • 1903 – Joseph F. Biroc, American cinematographer (d. 1996)
  • 1904 – Ted Mack, American television host (d. 1976)
  • 1907 – Clifton C. Edom, American photojournalism educator (d. 1991)
  • 1908 – Jacques Herbrand, French logician and mathematician (d. 1931)
  • 1908 – Jean Effel, French painter and journalist (d. 1982)
  • 1908 – August Neo, Estonian wrestler (d. 1982)
  • 1909 – Sigmund Rascher, German SS doctor (d. 1945)
  • 1911 – Stephen H. Sholes, American recording executive (d. 1968)
  • 1912 – R. F. Delderfield, English author (d. 1972)
  • 1914 – Tex Beneke, American musician and band leader (d. 2000)
  • 1914 – Arvid Pardo, Maltese diplomat, a.k.a "Father of the Law of the Sea Conference" (d. 1999)
  • 1915 – Lorne Greene, Canadian actor (d. 1987)
  • 1916 – Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1998)
  • 1917 – Raizo Matsuno, Japanese politician (d. 2006)
  • 1918 – Julian Schwinger, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1994)
  • 1919 – Forrest Tucker, American actor (d. 1986)
  • 1920 – William Roscoe Estep, Baptist historian and professor (d. 2000)
  • 1920 – Pran, Indian actor
  • 1922 – Hussein bin Dato' Onn, Malaysian Prime Minister (d. 1990)
  • 1923 – Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film and opera director and designer
  • 1923 – Chaskel Besser, Orthodox rabbi (d. 2010)
  • 1925 – Sir Anthony Berry, British politician (d. 1984)
  • 1926 – Joe Garagiola, American baseball player and announcer
  • 1926 – Charles Van Doren, American quiz show contestant
  • 1930 – John Doyle, Irish hurler
  • 1930 – Arlen Specter, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania
  • 1931 – Janwillem van de Wetering, Dutch author
  • 1932 – Axel Jensen, Norwegian author (d. 2003)
  • 1932 – Julian Lincoln Simon, American economist and author (d. 1998)
  • 1934 – Anne Krueger, American economist
  • 1934 – Bill Russell, American basketball player
  • 1934 – Annette Crosbie, Scottish actress
  • 1935 – Gene McDaniels, American singer
  • 1936 – Joe Don Baker, American actor
  • 1936 – Paul Shenar, American actor
  • 1937 – Charles Dumas, American athlete (d. 2004)
  • 1938 – Judy Blume, American author
  • 1938 – Johnny Rutherford, American race car driver
  • 1938 – Peter Temple-Morris, Baron Temple-Morris, British politician
  • 1939 – Ray Manzarek, American keyboardist (The Doors)
  • 1940 – Richard Lynch, American actor
  • 1941 – Naomi Uemura, Japanese adventurer
  • 1942 – Ehud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel
  • 1942 – Pat Dobson, American baseball player (d. 2006)
  • 1944 – Moe Bandy, American singer
  • 1945 – Maud Adams, Swedish actress
  • 1945 – David Friedman, American economist
  • 1946 – Cliff DeYoung, American actor and musician
  • 1946 – Jean Eyeghe Ndong, Prime Minister of Gabon
  • 1946 – Ajda Pekkan, Turkish singer
  • 1947 – Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indian leader of Damdami Taksal (d. 1984)
  • 1947 – Jim Durham, American sportscaster
  • 1948 – Raymond Kurzweil, American inventor and author
  • 1948 – Mike Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1949 – JoaquĂ­n Sabina, Spanish singer and songwriter
  • 1950 – Michael Ironside, Canadian actor
  • 1950 – Steve Hackett, English guitarist (Genesis)
  • 1951 – Steven Parent, Manson murder victim (d. 1969)
  • 1952 – Michael McDonald, American musician
  • 1952 – Simon MacCorkindale, British actor
  • 1953 – Joanna Kerns, American actress
  • 1953 – Nabil Shaban, British actor
  • 1953 – Robin Thomas, American actor
  • 1954 – Tzimis Panousis, Greek musician and stand-up comedian
  • 1954 – Philip Zimmermann, American cryptographer
  • 1955 – Arsenio Hall, American actor and talk show host
  • 1955 – Bill Laswell, American bassist and record producer
  • 1955 – Chet Lemon, American baseball player
  • 1956 – Brian Robertson, Scottish musician (Thin Lizzy and Motörhead)
  • 1958 – Grant McLennan, Australian musician (The Go-Betweens) (d. 2006)
  • 1958 – Bobby Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1959 – Larry Nance, American basketball player
  • 1959 – Dan Puric, Romanian actor, director and writer
  • 1959 – Sigrid Thornton, Australian actress
  • 1960 – George Gray, American professional wrestler
  • 1961 – Jim Harris, Canadian politician
  • 1962 – Jimmy Kirkwood, Irish-born field hockey player
  • 1963 – John Michael Higgins, American actor
  • 1963 – Ed Lover, American radio personality
  • 1967 – Chris McKinstry, Canadian computer scientist
  • 1967 – Chitravina N. Ravikiran, Indian composer and musician
  • 1968 – Josh Brolin, American actor
  • 1968 – GrĂ©gory Charles, French Canadian singer, dancer, pianist, radio and television host
  • 1968 – Christopher McCandless, American nomad, subject of biography Into the Wild (d. 1992)
  • 1968 – Chynna Phillips, American singer
  • 1968 – Kyle Vincent, American singer/songwriter
  • 1969 – Darren Aronofsky, American director and writer
  • 1969 – Hong Myung-Bo, Korean footballer
  • 1969 – Meja, Swedish singer
  • 1969 – Brad Werenka, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1970 – Jim Creeggan, Canadian bassist (Barenaked Ladies)
  • 1970 – Judd Winick, writer and artist
  • 1972 – Ajay Naidu, Indian-American actor
  • 1972 – Owen Nolan, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1973 – Gianni Romme, Dutch speed skater
  • 1973 – Tara Strong, Canadian voice actress
  • 1974 – Toranosuke Takagi, Japanese race car driver
  • 1974 – Fonzworth Bentley, American hip-hop artist
  • 1975 – Scot Pollard, American basketball player
  • 1976 – Christian Cullen, New Zealand rugby union footballer
  • 1976 – Silvia Saint, Czech pornographic actress
  • 1977 – Jimmy Conrad, American soccer player
  • 1978 – Brett Hodgson, Australian rugby league footballer
  • 1978 – Gethin Jones, Welsh television presenter
  • 1978 – Silver Meikar, Estonian politician
  • 1979 – Richard Barnwell, English footballer
  • 1979 – Antonio Chatman, American football player
  • 1979 – Matt Mauck, American football player
  • 1979 – Jesse Spencer, Australian actor
  • 1980 – Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spanish tennis player
  • 1980 – Sarah Lancaster, American actress
  • 1980 – Christina Ricci, American actress
  • 1981 – Lisa Hannigan, Irish singer
  • 1982 – Louis Tsatoumas, Greek long jumper
  • 1983 – Carlton Brewster, American football player
  • 1984 – Lolly Badcock, English pornographic actress
  • 1984 – Brad Keselowski, American racing car driver
  • 1984 – Peter Vanderkaay, American swimmer
  • 1984 – Aylar Lie, Norwegian model
  • 1984 – Alexandra Dahlström, Swedish actress
  • 1985 – Saskia Burmeister, Australian actress
  • 1988 – Nana Eikura, Japanese actress
  • 1991 – Faisal ibn Hamad Al Khalifah, prince of Bahrain (d. 2006)
  • 1993 – Jennifer Stone, American actress

Deaths

  • 1538 – Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter
  • 1554 – Lord Guilford Dudley, consort of Lady Jane Grey (b. 1536)
  • 1554 – Lady Jane Grey, claimant to the English throne (b. 1537)
  • 1571 – Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515)
  • 1590 – François Hotman, French lawyer and writer (b. 1524)
  • 1595 – Archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553)
  • 1612 – Christopher Clavius, German astronomer (b. 1538)
  • 1624 – George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist (b. 1563)
  • 1630 – Fynes Moryson, English traveler and writer (b. 1566)
  • 1700 – Aleksei Shein, Russian general and statesman (b. 1662)
  • 1724 – Elkanah Settle, English writer (b. 1648)
  • 1728 – Agostino Steffani, Italian diplomat and composer (b. 1653)
  • 1762 – Laurent Belissen, French composer (b. 1693)
  • 1763 – Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688)
  • 1771 – King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (b. 1710)
  • 1789 – Ethan Allen, American patriot (b. 1738)
  • 1799 – Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist (b. 1729)
  • 1804 – Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (b. 1724)
  • 1834 – Friedrich Schleiermacher, German philosopher (b. 1768)
  • 1894 – Hans von BĂĽlow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830)
  • 1896 – Ambroise Thomas, French opera composer (b. 1811)
  • 1903 – Gaspar Núñez de Arce, Spanish dramatist and statesman (b. 1834)
  • 1915 – Émile Waldteufel, French composer (b. 1837)
  • 1916 – Richard Dedekind, German mathematician (b. 1831)
  • 1929 – Lillie Langtry, British singer and actress (b. 1853)
  • 1931 – Samedbey Mehmandarov, Russian general (b. 1855)
  • 1933 – Henri Duparc, French composer (b. 1848)
  • 1935 – Auguste Escoffier, French chef (b. 1846)
  • 1942 – Grant Wood, American painter (b.1891)
  • 1945 – Antonio Villa-Real, Filipino jurist (b. 1880)
  • 1949 – Hassan al Banna, Egyptian founder of the Muslim Brotherhood (b. 1906)
  • 1951 – Choudhary Rehmat Ali, Pakistani nationalist (b. 1897)
  • 1954 – Dziga Vertov, Russian filmmaker (b. 1896)
  • 1957 – Eric Alfred Knudsen, American folklorist (b. 1872)
  • 1958 – Douglas Hartree, English mathematical physicist (b. 1897)
  • 1969 – Paltiel Daykan, Russian-born Israeli jurist (b. 1885)
  • 1970 – Ishman Bracey, American blues musician (b. 1901)
  • 1971 – James C. Penney, American department store founder (b. 1875)
  • 1976 – Sal Mineo, American actor (b. 1939)
  • 1979 – Jean Renoir, French director (b. 1894)
  • 1980 – Muriel Rukeyser, American poet (b. 1913)
  • 1982 – Victor Jory, Canadian actor (b. 1902)
  • 1983 – Eubie Blake, American musician and songwriter (b. 1887)
  • 1984 – Anna Anderson, claimant to the throne of Russia (b. 1896)
  • 1984 – Julio Cortázar, Argentine writer (b. 1914)
  • 1985 – Nicholas Colasanto, American actor (b. 1924)
  • 1989 – Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and novelist (b. 1931)
  • 1991 – Roger Patterson, American death metal bass player (b. 1968)
  • 1992 – Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (b. 1907)
  • 1993 – James Bulger, English murder victim (b. 1990)
  • 1994 – Sue Rodriguez, Canadian assisted suicide advocate (b. 1950)
  • 1995 – Robert Bolt, English writer (b. 1924)
  • 1995 – Philip Taylor Kramer, American musician (Iron Butterfly) (b. 1952)
  • 1996 – Bob Shaw, Northern Irish novelist (b. 1931)
  • 1998 – Hugh Gardner Ackley, American economist (b.1915)
  • 2000 – Screamin' Jay Hawkins, American musician (b. 1929)
  • 2000 – Tom Landry, American football coach (b. 1924)
  • 2000 – Andy Lewis, Australian musician (b. 1967)
  • 2000 – Charles M. Schulz, American comics author (b. 1922)
  • 2000 – Oliver, American pop singer (b. 1945)
  • 2001 – Kristina Söderbaum, German actress (b. 1912)
  • 2001 – Tiberio Mitri, Italian boxer (b. 1926)
  • 2003 – Vali Myers, Australian painter (b. 1930)
  • 2005 – Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan athlete (b. 1964)
  • 2005 – Sammi Smith, American country music singer (b. 1943)
  • 2005 – Dorothy Stang, Brazilian nun (b. 1931)
  • 2007 – Peggy Gilbert, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1905)
  • 2007 – Randy Stone, American actor and casting director (b. 1958)
  • 2008 – Oscar Brodney, American screenwriter (b. 1907)
  • 2009 – Alison Des Forges, American investigator, expert of Rwanda genocide (b. 1942)
  • 2009 – Beverly Eckert, American co-chair of the 9/11 Family Steering Committee (b. 1951)
  • 2009 – Gerry Niewood, American musician (b. 1943)
  • 2009 – Coleman Mellett, American musician (b. 1974)
  • 2010 – Nodar Kumaritashvili, Georgian luger (b. 1988)

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