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Events

590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia
1637 – Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
1764 – The city of St. Louis, Missouri is established.
1805 – Harmony Society is officially formed.
1835 – The first constitutional law in modern Serbia was adopted.
1852 – Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children , London , admits its first patient.
1862 – American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant attacks Fort Donelson , Tennessee .
1879 – Women's rights: American President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorney to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States .
1891 – AIK is founded at Biblioteksgatan 8 in Stockholm by Isidor Behrens.
1898 – Spanish-American War: The USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba , killing more than 260. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain .
1906 – The British Labour Party is organised.
1933 – In Miami, Florida , Giuseppe Zangara attempts to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but instead shoots Chicago, Illinois 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 Japan forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history. The Sook Ching massacre begins.
1944 – World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino , Italy , begins.
1950 – The Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China sign a mutual defense treaty.
1952 – King George VI is buried in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle .
1961 – Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium , killing 73, with the entire United States Figure Skating team, several coaches and 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 DC-9 crashes into the sea during takeoff from Santo Domingo , killing 102.
1971 – Decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day.
1972 – Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time.
1976 – The 1976 Constitution of Cuba is adopted by the national referendum.
1980 – Television One and Television Two (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 , killing 84 rig workers.
1989 – Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan: The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan .
1991 – The Visegrád Agreement, establishing cooperation to move toward free-market systems, is signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland .
1996 – At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China , a Long March 3 rocket, carrying an Intelsat 708, crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing many people.
1999 – Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party, widely recognized as terrorist organization), is arrested in Kenya .
2000 – Indian Point II nuclear power plant in New York State vents a small amount of radioactive steam when a steam generator fails.
2001 – First draft of the complete Human Genome is published in Nature
2003 – Protests against the Iraq war occur in over 600 cities worldwide. It is estimated that between 8 million to 30 million people took part, making this the largest peace demonstration in the history of the world.
2005 – YouTube, the popular Internet site on which videos may be shared and viewed by others, is launched in the United States.

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)
1734 – William Stacy, Continental Army officer, and pioneer to the Ohio Country (d. 1802)
1739 – Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (d. 1813)
1748 – Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher (d. 1832)
1759 – Friedrich August Wolf, German archaeologist (d. 1824)
1792 – Floride Calhoun, Second Lady of the United States (d. 1866)
1809 – Cyrus McCormick, American inventor (d. 1884)
1809 – André Dumont, Belgian geologist (d. 1857)
1812 – Charles Lewis Tiffany, American jeweler (d. 1902)
1820 – Susan B. Anthony, American suffragist (d. 1906)
1825 – Carter Harrison, Sr., American politician (d. 1893)
1835 – Demetrius Vikelas, Greek author (d. 1908)
1841 – Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles, Brazilian politician (d. 1913)
1845 – Elihu Root, American statesman, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1937)
1847 – Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer (d. 1927)
1849 – Sir Rickman Godlee, English surgeon (d. 1925)
1856 – Emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist (d. 1926)
1861 – Charles Edouard Guillaume, French physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1938)
1861 – Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1947)
1873 – Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1964)
1874 – Sir Ernest Shackleton, Irish Antarctic explorer (d. 1922)
1877 – Louis Renault, French automobile executive (d. 1944)
1882 – John Barrymore, American actor (d. 1942)
1883 – Sax Rohmer, English author (d. 1959)
1890 – Robert Ley, Nazi official (d. 1945)
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 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)
1910 – Irena Sendler, Polish social worker (d. 2008)
1911 – Leonard Woodcock, American labor union official and diplomat (d. 2001)
1913 – Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player (d. 1997)
1914 – Hale Boggs, American politician (d. 1972)
1914 – Kevin McCarthy, American actor
1916 – Mary Jane Croft, American actress (d. 1999)
1918 – Allan Arbus, American actor
1918 – Hank Locklin, American country music singer and songwriter (d. 2009)
1920 – Endicott Peabody, 62^nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1997)
1921 – Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian and writer (d. 1985)
1922 – John Bayard Anderson, American politician
1923 – Yelena Bonner, Russian human rights activist, widow of Andrei Sakharov
1927 – Harvey Korman, American actor and comedian (d. 2008)
1929 – Graham Hill, English race car driver (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)
1935 – Gene Hickerson, American football player
1937 – Gregory Mcdonald, American author
1939 – Ole Ellefsæter, Norwegian cross-country skier
1939 – Robert Hansen, American serial killer
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 – Esko Seppänen, Finnish politician
1947 – John Coolidge Adams, American composer
1947 – Marisa Berenson, American actress
1947 – David Brown, American musician (Santana) (d. 2000)
1947 – Rusty Hamer, American actor (d. 1990)
1948 – Ron Cey, American baseball player
1948 – Art Spiegelman, American cartoonist
1949 – Ken Anderson, American football player
1949 – Hans Graf, Austrian conductor
1950 – Hark Tsui, Hong Kong film director
1951 – Melissa Manchester, American singer
1951 – Jane Seymour, British actress
1953 – Tony Adams, Irish film producer (d. 2005)
1954 – Matt Groening, American cartoonist
1954 – Armand Parmentier, Belgian athlete
1955 – Christopher McDonald, American actor
1955 – Janice Dickinson, American Ex-Supermodel
1956 – Hitoshi Ogawa, Japanese racing driver (d. 1992)
1957 – Jimmy Spencer, American race car driver
1957 – Steve Farhood, American boxing historian and analyst
1958 – Chrystine Brouillet, Quebec novelist
1958 – Matthew Ward, American singer, (Second Chapter of Acts), songwriter and author
1959 – Ali Campbell, British singer and songwriter (UB40)
1959 – Brian Propp, Canadian hockey player
1959 – Hugo Savinovich, Ecuadorian wrestler
1960 – Mikey Craig, British musician (Culture Club)
1960 – Roman Kostrzewski, Polish heavy metal musician
1960 – Darrell Green, American football player
1964 – Chris Farley, American actor and comedian (d. 1997)
1964 – Mark Price, American basketball player
1964 – Leland D. Melvin, NASA astronaut
1967 – Jane Child, Canadian musician
1967 – Kelley Menighan Hensley, American actress
1968 – Axelle Red, Belgian singer and songwriter
1968 – Mieke Suys, Belgian triathlete
1969 – Josh Marshall, American journalist
1969 – Bryan Williams, American record executive and rapper
1970 – Craig Gass, American impressionist and comedian
1971 – Alex Borstein, American actress
1971 – Renée O'Connor, American actress and director
1971 – Ray Sefo, New Zealand kickboxer
1972 – Jaromír Jágr, Czech hockey player
1973 – Kateřina Neumannová, Czech cross country skier
1973 – Amy Van Dyken, American swimmer
1973 – Sarah Wynter, Australian actress
1974 – Miranda July, American performance artist
1974 – Gina Lynn, American porn actress
1974 – Tomi Putaansuu, Finnish singer (Lordi)
1974 – Ugueth Urbina, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
1974 – Alexander Wurz, Austrian race car driver
1975 – Serge Aubin, Canadian hockey player
1975 – Brendon Small, American comedian and animator
1976 – Brandon Boyd, American musician (Incubus)
1976 – Óscar Freire, Spanish cyclist
1976 – Giorgos Karagoutis, Greek basketball player
1976 – Ronnie Vannucci Jr., American musician (The Killers)
1977 – Brooks Wackerman, American musician
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)
1981 – Matt Hoopes, American musician (Relient K)
1981 – Olivia Longott, American singer
1981 – Diego Martínez, Mexican footballer
1981 – Jenna Morasca, American model
1983 – Ashley Tesoro, American actress and singer
1983 – Russell Martin, Canadian baseball player
1984 – Meera Jasmine, Indian actress
1984 – Dorota Rabczewska, Polish singer (Virgin)
1986 – Gabriel Paletta, Argentine footballer
1987 – Jarrod Sammut, Australian-Maltese rugby league player, Penrith Panthers.
1988 – Hironori Kusano, Japanese singer
1990 – Erwin Sak, Polish footballer

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, Flemish 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, British politician (b. 1773)
1839 – Chevalier de Lorimier, Quebec notary (b. 1803)
1843 – Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek military figure (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)
1905 – Lew Wallace, Union general in the American Civil War and novelist (b. 1827)
1911 – Theodor Escherich, German pediatrician (b. 1859)
1924 – Lionel Monckton, English composer for the musical theatre (b. 1861)
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)
1956 – Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French criminal attorney (b. 1878)
1959 – Owen Willans Richardson, British physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1879)
1964 – Robert L. Thornton, American businessman and politician (b. 1880)
1965 – Nat King Cole, American singer and musician (b. 1919)
1966 – Camilo Torres Restrepo, Colombian Roman Catholic priest, member of the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla group (b. 1929)
1966 – Gerard Ciołek, Polish architect (b. 1909)
1970 – Sir Hugh Dowding, commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain (b. 1882)
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 Laureate (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 – Georgios Mylonas, Greek politician (b. 1919)
1998 – Louie Spicolli, American professional wrestler (b. 1971)
1999 – Big L, American rapper (b. 1974)
1999 – Henry Way Kendall, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1926)
2002 – Howard K. Smith, American journalist (b. 1914)
2002 – Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (b. 1963)
2004 – Jens Evensen, Norwegian minister and jurist (b. 1917)
2004 – Jan Miner, American actress (b. 1917)
2005 – Samuel T. Francis, American journalist (b. 1947)
2005 – Pierre Bachelet, French singer and songwriter (b. 1944)
2007 – Walker Edmiston, actor (b. 1926)
2007 – Ray Evans, American songwriter (b. 1915)
2008 – Amnon Netzer, Iranian-Israeli historian (b. 1934)
2008 – Ashley Callie, South African actress (b. 1976)
2009 – Joe Cuba, Puerto-Rican musician (b. 1931)
2009 – Dr. Diether H. Haenicke, university president (b. 1935)