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- Christian Feast Day
- Hinamatsuri or "Girl's Day" (Japan)
- Liberation Day (Bulgaria)
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- 2009 - The Sri Lankan cricket team is attacked by gunmen while on their way to the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore for a Test match against Pakistan.
- 2009 - The building of the Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln (Historical Archives) in Cologne, Germany, collapses.
- 2005 - Mayerthorpe Incident: James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. It is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.
- 2005 - Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.
- 2004 - Belgian brewer Interbrew and Brazilian rival AmBev agree to merge in a $11.2 billion deal that forms InBev, the world's largest brewer.
- 2002 - Citizens of Switzerland narrowly vote in favor of their country becoming a member of the United Nations.
- 1997 - The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.
- 1992 - The nation of Bosnia is established.
- 1991 - An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.
- 1991 - In two concurring referendums: 74% of the population of Latvia votes for independence from the Soviet Union, in Estonia – 83%.
- 1991 - United Airlines Flight 585 crashes on approach into Colorado Springs, Colorado, killing 25.
- 1985 - Arthur Scargill declares that the National Union of Mineworkers national executive voted to end the longest-running industrial dispute in Great Britain without any peace deal over pit closures.
- 1980 - The USS Nautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
- 1976 - 5 workers are killed by the police in a demonstration in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
- 1974 - Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
- 1972 - Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures.
- 1971 - Beginning of Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and India's official entry to the Bangladesh Liberation War in support of Mukti Bahini.
- 1969 - Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
- 1961 - Hassan II becomes King of Morocco.
- 1958 - Nuri as-Said becomes the prime minister of Iraq for the 14th time.
- 1953 - A Canadian Pacific Airlines De Havilland Comet crashes in Karachi, Pakistan killing 11.
- 1945 - World War II: American and Filipino troops take Manila in the Philippines.
- 1944 - The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards.
- 1943 - World War II: In London, England, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station.
- 1942 - World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid the town of Broome, Western Australia killing more than 100 people.
- 1940 - Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Norrskensflamman in Luleĺ, Sweden.
- 1939 - In Mumbai, Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest at the autocratic rule in India.
- 1938 - Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
- 1931 - The United States officially adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
- 1924 - The 1400-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished when Caliph Abdul Mejid II of the Ottoman Empire is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
- 1924 - The Free State of Fiume is annexed by Kingdom of Italy.
- 1923 - TIME magazine is published for the first time.
- 1918 - Germany, Austria and Russia sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ending Russia's involvement in World War I, and leading to the independence of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
- 1915 - NACA, the predecessor of NASA, is founded.
- 1910 - Rockefeller Foundation: J.D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy.
- 1905 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia agrees to create an elected assembly, the Duma.
- 1904 - Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's phonograph cylinder.
- 1891 - The penalty kick rule in Association Football is conceived, but does not come into effect until the following season.
- 1885 - The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
- 1879 - The United States Geological Survey is created.
- 1878 - Bulgaria regains its independence from Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano; shortly after Congress of Berlin stripped its status to an autonomous state of the Ottoman Empire.
- 1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes is privately inaugurated as the 19th President of the United States (his public inauguration coming on March 5).
- 1875 - Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its premičre at the Opéra Comique in Paris.
- 1875 - The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Canada as recorded in The Montreal Gazette.
- 1873 - Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail.
- 1865 - The U.S. Congress authorizes the formation of the Freedmen's Bureau.
- 1865 - Opening of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
- 1861 - Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
- 1857 - Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.
- 1849 - The United States Department of the Interior is established.
- 1849 - The U.S. Congress passes the Gold Coinage Act allowing the minting of gold coins.
- 1845 - Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
- 1845 - For the first time the U.S. Congress passes legislation overriding a presidential veto.
- 1820 - The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.
- 1803 - Colégio Militar is founded in Portugal by Colonel Teixeira Rebello.
- 1776 - The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
- 1585 - The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
- 1575 - Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi.
- 1284 - The Statute of Rhuddlan incorporates the Principality of Wales into England.
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- 1990 - Vladimir Jankovi?, Greek-Serbian basketball player
- 1988 - Jan-Arie van der Heijden, Dutch footballer
- 1988 - Michael Morrison, English footballer
- 1988 - Riccardo Bocchino, Italian rugby player
- 1986 - Jed Collins, American football player
- 1986 - Stacie Orrico, American singer
- 1985 - Sam Morrow, Northern Irish footballer
- 1984 - Santonio Holmes, American football player
- 1984 - Alexander Semin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1984 - Valerio Bernabň, Italian rugby player
- 1983 - Ashley Hansen, Australian Rules footballer
- 1983 - Sarah Poewe, South African swimmer
- 1983 - Chris Roberson, American football player
- 1982 - Jessica Biel, American actress
- 1982 - Martin Hauswald, German footballer
- 1982 - Colton Orr, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1982 - Derreck Robinson, American football player
- 1981 - Dusty Dvoracek, American football player
- 1981 - Kim Yoo-Jin (Eugene), South Korean singer and actress
- 1981 - Lil' Flip, American rapper
- 1981 - Emmanuel Pappoe, Ghanaian footballer
- 1981 - Sung Yu Ri, South Korean singer and actress
- 1981 - Julius Malema, South African politician
- 1981 - Paul Lloyd, Jr., South African professional wrestler
- 1980 - Mason Unck, American football player
- 1979 - Manuel Benthin, German footballer
- 1979 - Albert Jorquera, Spanish footballer
- 1979 - Patrick Renna, American actor
- 1979 - Alex Zane, English comedian
- 1978 - Matt Diaz, American baseball player
- 1978 - Seomoon Tak, Korean singer
- 1977 - Ronan Keating, Irish singer
- 1977 - Stéphane Robidas, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1976 - Fraser Gehrig, Australian Rules footballer
- 1974 - David Faustino, American actor
- 1974 - Paula Malai Ali, Malaysian-Bruneian TV presenter and actress
- 1973 - Rom?ns Vainšteins, Latvian cyclist
- 1973 - Matthew Marsden, English actor and singer
- 1973 - Victoria Zdrok, Ukrainian model
- 1972 - Darren Anderton, English footballer
- 1971 - Tyler Florence, chef, television personality and cookbook author
- 1971 - Charlie Brooker, English comedian, writer and broadcaster
- 1970 - Julie Bowen, American actress
- 1970 - Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer
- 1969 - Simon Whitlock, Australian darts player
- 1968 - Brian Leetch, American ice hockey player
- 1968 - Scott Radinsky, American musician (Pulley, Ten Foot Pole)
- 1967 - Go Mi-Young, South Korean female mountaineer (d. 2009)
- 1966 - Fernando Colunga, Mexican actor
- 1966 - Timo Tolkki, Finnish musician (Stratovarius)
- 1966 - Tone L?c, American rapper and actor
- 1965 - Dragan Stojkovi?, Serbian footballer
- 1964 - Raúl Alcalá, Mexican cyclist
- 1964 - Laura Harring, Mexican-born American actress
- 1964 - Duncan Phillips, Australian drummer (Newsboys)
- 1963 - Sophia Aliberti, Greek actress and TV presenter
- 1962 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American athlete
- 1962 - Glen E. Friedman, American photographer and artist
- 1962 - Herschel Walker, American football player
- 1961 - Perry McCarthy, English racing driver
- 1961 - Mary Page Keller, American actress
- 1961 - Knut Nćrum, Norwegian comedian
- 1961 - Fatima Whitbread, English javelin thrower
- 1961 - John Matteson, American biographer
- 1960 - Neal Heaton, American baseball player coach
- 1960 - Colin Wells, English cricketer
- 1959 - Ira Glass, American radio host
- 1959 - Duško Vujoševi?, Montenegrin basketball coach
- 1958 - Miranda Richardson, British actress
- 1957 - Thom Hoffman, Dutch actor and photographer
- 1956 - Zbigniew Boniek, Polish footballer
- 1955 - Andy Breckman, American comedian and radio personality
- 1954 - Jorge José Emiliano dos Santos Brazilian Football Referee (d. 1995)
- 1954 - Édouard Lock, Canadian dance choreographer (La La La Human Steps)
- 1953 - Robyn Hitchcock, British musician
- 1953 - Zico, Brazilian footballer
- 1952 - Rudy "Daboy" Fernandez, Filipino actor (d. 2008)
- 1951 - Lindsay Cooper, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, News from Babel)
- 1951 - Heiz? Takenaka, Japanese economist and retired politician
- 1950 - Tim Kazurinsky, American actor and comedian
- 1949 - Jüri Allik, Estonian psychologist
- 1949 - Gloria Hendry, American actress
- 1949 - Jesse Jefferson, American baseball player
- 1948 - Snowy White, British guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd)
- 1947 - Jennifer Warnes, American singer and songwriter
- 1947 - Otto Stuppacher, Austrian racing driver (d. 2001)
- 1947 - Clifton Snider, American poet and writer
- 1946 - John Virgo, English snooker player
- 1945 - George Miller, Australian film director
- 1944 - Lee Holdridge, Haitian-American composer
- 1942 - Mike Pender, English singer and guitarist (The Searchers)
- 1940 - Germán Castro Caycedo, Colombian writer and journalist
- 1940 - Perry Ellis, fashion designer (d. 1986)
- 1940 - Owen Spencer-Thomas, English broadcaster, journalist and Anglican clergyman
- 1940 - Jean-Paul Proust, French-born Minister of State of Monaco (d. 2010)
- 1937 - Bobby Driscoll, American actor (d. 1968)
- 1933 - Marco Antonio Muńiz, Mexican singer (Los Tres Aces)
- 1933 - Margaret Fink, Australian film producer
- 1933 - Lee Radziwill, American fashion executive
- 1933 - Alfredo Landa, Spanish actor
- 1930 - Heiner Geißler, German politician
- 1930 - Ion Iliescu, former President of Romania
- 1930 - K. S. Rajah, Senior Counsel and former Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore (d. 2010)
- 1928 - Gudrun Pausewang, German writer
- 1927 - Pierre Aubert, member of the Swiss Federal Council
- 1926 - Lys Assia, Swiss singer
- 1926 - Joseph Anthony Ferrario, American Catholic prelate (d. 2003)
- 1926 - James Merrill, American poet (d. 1995)
- 1924 - Tomiichi Murayama, former Prime Minister of Japan
- 1924 - Ali Faik Zaghloul, Egyptian radio presenter (d. 1995)
- 1924 - Lilian Velez, Filipno actress (d. 1948)
- 1923 - Barney Martin, American actor (d. 2005)
- 1923 - Doc Watson, American musician
- 1922 - Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (d. 2002)
- 1921 - Diana Barrymore, stage & film actress (d. 1960)
- 1920 - Julius Boros, American golfer (d. 1994)
- 1920 - James Doohan, Canadian-born actor (d. 2005)
- 1920 - Ronald Searle, British illustrator
- 1918 - Dr. Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
- 1918 - Fritz Thiedemann, German equestrian (d. 2000)
- 1917 - Sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist (d. 1952)
- 1914 - Asger Jorn, Danish painter (d. 1973)
- 1911 - Jean Harlow, American actress (d. 1937)
- 1911 - Hugues Lapointe, Canadian politician and Lieutenant governor of Quebec (d. 1982)
- 1911 - Harold J. Stone, American actor (d. 2005)
- 1910 - Kittens Reichert, American silent screen child actor (d. 1990)
- 1901 - Claude Choules, One of two surviving British veterans of World War I
- 1895 - Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, Norwegian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
- 1895 - Matthew Ridgway, Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (d. 1993)
- 1894 - Ethel Grandin, silent film actress (d. 1988)
- 1893 - Beatrice Wood, American artist and ceramicist (d. 1998)
- 1891 - Federico Moreno Torroba, Spanish composer (d. 1982)
- 1890 - Edmund Lowe, American silent and early talkie film actor (d. 1971)
- 1890 - Norman Bethune, Canadian doctor and humanitarian (d. 1939)
- 1887 - Lincoln J. Beachey, American aviator (d. 1915)
- 1886 - Tore Řrjasćter, Norwegian poet (d. 1968)
- 1883 - Cyril Burt, educational psychologist (d. 1971)
- 1882 - Charles Ponzi, Italian fraud convict (d. 1949)
- 1880 - Florence Auer, American actress (d. 1962)
- 1880 - Y?suke Matsuoka, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (d. 1946)
- 1880 - Sir Robert Chapman, British soldier and politician (d. 1963)
- 1873 - William Green, American labor union leader (d. 1952)
- 1871 - Maurice Garin, French cyclist (d. 1957)
- 1869 - Henry Joseph Wood, English conductor (d. 1944)
- 1868 - Émile Chartier, French philosopher, journalist and pacifist (d. 1951)
- 1866 - Fred A. Busse, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1914)
- 1863 - Arthur Machen, Welsh-born author (d. 1947)
- 1860 - John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player (d. 1925)
- 1851 - Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author (d. 1911)
- 1848 - Adelaide Neilson, English actress (d. 1880)
- 1847 - Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian inventor (d. 1922)
- 1845 - Georg Cantor, German mathematician (d. 1918)
- 1839 - Jamsetji Tata, Indian industrialist (d. 1904)
- 1831 - George Pullman, American inventor and industrialist (d. 1897)
- 1825 - Shiranui K?emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (d. 1879)
- 1816 - William James Blacklock, British landscape painter (d. 1858)
- 1805 - Jonas Furrer, first President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1861)
- 1800 - Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist (d. 1862)
- 1793 - William Charles Macready, English actor (d. 1873)
- 1778 - Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Hanover (d. 1841)
- 1756 - William Godwin, English journalist, political philosopher and novelist (d. 1836)
- 1678 - Madeleine de Verchčres, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)
- 1652 - Thomas Otway, British dramatist (d. 1685)
- 1606 - Edmund Waller, British poet (d. 1687)
- 1589 - Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch theologian (d. 1676)
- 1583 - Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English diplomat, poet, and philosopher (d. 1648)
- 1520 - Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)
- 1455 - King John II of Portugal (d. 1495)