41 Events
131 Births
64 Deaths
- 2024 The Flour Massacre took place in the Gaza Strip: Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians waiting for aid amidst the Gaza war, killing over 100 and wounding 750. ↗
- 2020 During a demonstration, pro-government colectivos shoot at disputed President and Speaker of the National Assembly Juan Guaidó and his supporters in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, leaving five injured. ↗
- 2020 The United States and the Taliban sign the Doha Agreement for bringing peace to Afghanistan. ↗
- 2020 Muhyiddin Yassin is appointed as the 8th Prime Minister of Malaysia, amid the 2020 Malaysian political crisis. ↗
- 2020 Luxembourg becomes the first country in the world to render public transport free nationwide. ↗
- 2016 In the Miqdadiyah bombing: at least 40 people are killed and 58 others wounded following a suicide bombing by ISIL at a Shi'ite funeral in the city of Miqdadiyah, Diyala, Iraq. ↗
- 2012 North Korea agrees to suspend uranium enrichment and nuclear and long-range missile tests in return for US food aid. ↗
- 2008 The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence withdraws Prince Harry from a tour of Afghanistan after news of his deployment is leaked to foreign media. ↗
- 2008 Misha Defonseca admits to fabricating her memoir, Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years, in which she claims to have lived with a pack of wolves in the woods during the Holocaust. ↗
- 2004 Jean-Bertrand Aristide is removed as president of Haiti following a coup. ↗
- 2000 Chechens attack a guard post near Ulus Kert, eventually killing 84 Russian paratroopers during the Second Chechen War. ↗
- 1996 Faucett Perú Flight 251 crashes in the Andes; all 123 passengers and crew are killed. ↗
- 1996 The Siege of Sarajevo officially ends. ↗
- 1992 A referendum is begun in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the determination of Bosnian independence. ↗
- 1988 South African archbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested along with 100 other clergymen during a five-day anti-apartheid demonstration in Cape Town. ↗
- 1988 Svend Robinson becomes the first member of the House of Commons of Canada to come out as gay. ↗
- 1984 Pierre Trudeau announces his retirement as Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister of Canada. ↗
- 1980 Gordie Howe of the Hartford Whalers makes NHL history as he scores his 800th goal. ↗
- 1972 South Korea withdraws 11,000 of its 48,000 troops from South Vietnam as part of Nixon's Vietnamization policy in the Vietnam War. ↗
- 1968 Aeroflot Flight 15 crashes Irkutsk Oblast, Soviet Union, due to a loss of control. Eighty-three of the 84 occupants onboard die. The exact cause of the accident is unknown. ↗
- 1964 British Eagle International Airlines Flight 802/6 crashes into the Glungezer mountain in the Tux Alps of Austria, killing all 75 people aboard. ↗
- 1960 The 5.7 Mw Agadir earthquake shakes coastal Morocco with a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme), destroying Agadir and leaving 12,000 dead and another 12,000 injured. ↗
- 1944 The Admiralty Islands are invaded in Operation Brewer, led by American general Douglas MacArthur, in World War II. ↗
- 1940 For her performance as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award. ↗
- 1940 Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations. ↗
- 1940 In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's consul general in San Francisco. ↗
- 1936 The February 26 Incident in Tokyo ends. ↗
- 1920 The Czechoslovak National Assembly adopts the Constitution. ↗
- 1916 Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom. ↗
- 1916 In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill and mine workers is raised from 12 to 14 years old. ↗
- 1912 The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks. ↗
- 1908 James Madison University is founded at Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States as The State Normal and Industrial School for Women by the Virginia General Assembly. ↗
- 1892 St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated. ↗
- 1796 The Jay Treaty between the United States and Great Britain comes into force, facilitating ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations. ↗
- 1768 Polish nobles form the Bar Confederation. ↗
- 1720 Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden abdicates in favour of her husband, who becomes King Frederick I on March 24. ↗
- 1712 February 29 is followed by February 30 in Sweden, in a move to abolish the Swedish calendar for a return to the Julian calendar. ↗
- 1704 In Queen Anne's War, French forces and Native Americans stage a raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, killing 56 villagers and taking more than 100 captive. ↗
- 1644 Abel Tasman's second Pacific voyage begins as he leaves Batavia in command of three ships. ↗
- 1504 Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Jamaican natives to provide him with supplies. ↗
- 888 Odo, count of Paris, is crowned king of West Francia (France) by Archbishop Walter of Sens at Compiègne. ↗
- 2004 Lydia Jacoby, American swimmer ↗
- 2004 Abdukodir Khusanov, Uzbek footballer ↗
- 2000 Tyrese Haliburton, American basketball player ↗
- 2000 Ferran Torres, Spanish footballer ↗
- 2000 Jesper Lindstrøm, Danish footballer ↗
- 1996 Nelson Asofa-Solomona, New Zealand rugby league player ↗
- 1996 Norberto Briasco, Argentine-Armenian footballer ↗
- 1996 Reece Prescod, British sprinter ↗
- 1996 Claudia Williams, New Zealand tennis player ↗
- 1992 Sean Abbott, Australian cricketer ↗
- 1992 Eric Kendricks, American football player ↗
- 1992 Jessica Long, American paralympic swimmer ↗
- 1992 Jessie T. Usher, American actor ↗
- 1992 Saphir Taïder, Algerian footballer ↗
- 1988 Lena Gercke, German model and television host ↗
- 1988 Benedikt Höwedes, German footballer ↗
- 1988 Coco Khan, British writer ↗
- 1988 Brent Macaffer, Australian Rules footballer ↗
- 1988 Hannah Mills, Welsh sports sailor ↗
- 1984 Darren Ambrose, English footballer ↗
- 1984 Rica Imai, Japanese model and actress ↗
- 1984 Cullen Jones, American swimmer ↗
- 1984 Nuria Martínez, Spanish basketball player ↗
- 1984 Lena Raine, American video game composer and producer ↗
- 1984 Rakhee Thakrar, English actress ↗
- 1984 Cam Ward, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1984 Mark Foster, American singer, songwriter and musician ↗
- 1980 Çağdaş Atan, Turkish footballer and coach ↗
- 1980 Simon Gagné, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1980 Rubén Plaza, Spanish cyclist ↗
- 1980 Clinton Toopi, New Zealand rugby league player ↗
- 1980 Taylor Twellman, American soccer player and sportscaster ↗
- 1980 Peter Scanavino, American actor (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) ↗
- 1976 Vonteego Cummings, American basketball player ↗
- 1976 Katalin Kovács, Hungarian sprint kayaker ↗
- 1976 Terrence Long, American baseball player ↗
- 1976 Ja Rule, American rapper and actor ↗
- 1972 Sylvie Lubamba, Italian showgirl ↗
- 1972 Mike Pollitt, English footballer and coach ↗
- 1972 Antonio Sabàto Jr., Italian-American model and actor ↗
- 1972 Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain ↗
- 1972 Dave Williams, American singer (died 2002) ↗
- 1972 Saul Williams, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1972 Pedro Zamora, Cuban-American activist and educator (died 1994) ↗
- 1968 Chucky Brown, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1968 Gareth Farr, New Zealand composer and percussionist ↗
- 1968 Pete Fenson, American curler ↗
- 1968 Bryce Paup, American football player and coach ↗
- 1968 Howard Tayler, American author and illustrator ↗
- 1968 Eugene Volokh, Ukrainian-American lawyer and educator ↗
- 1968 Frank Woodley, Australian actor, producer and screenwriter ↗
- 1964 Dave Brailsford, English cyclist and coach ↗
- 1964 Carmel Busuttil, former Maltese footballer ↗
- 1964 Lyndon Byers, Canadian ice hockey player and radio host (died 2025) ↗
- 1964 Mervyn Warren, American tenor, composer and producer ↗
- 1960 Khaled, Algerian singer-songwriter ↗
- 1960 Richard Ramirez, American serial killer and sex offender (died 2013) ↗
- 1960 Tony Robbins, American author and motivational activist ↗
- 1956 Knut Agnred, Swedish singer, actor and comedian ↗
- 1956 Jonathan Coleman, English-Australian radio and television host (died 2021) ↗
- 1956 Bob Speller, Canadian businessman and politician, 30th Canadian Minister of Agriculture (died 2021) ↗
- 1956 Aileen Wuornos, American serial killer (died 2002) ↗
- 1952 Tim Powers, American author and educator ↗
- 1952 Raisa Smetanina, Russian cross-country skier ↗
- 1952 Bart Stupak, American police officer and politician ↗
- 1948 Hermione Lee, English author, critic and academic ↗
- 1948 Manoel Maria, Brazilian footballer ↗
- 1948 Patricia A. McKillip, American author (died 2022) ↗
- 1948 Sonny M'Pokomandji, Central African basketball player and politician, Minister of Equipment and Transport (2003–2005) ↗
- 1944 Dennis Farina, American police officer and actor (died 2013) ↗
- 1944 Nicholas Frayling, English priest and academic ↗
- 1944 Phyllis Frelich, American actress (died 2014) ↗
- 1944 Steve Mingori, American baseball player (died 2008) ↗
- 1944 Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri, Italian author and illustrator ↗
- 1944 Lennart Svedberg, Swedish ice hockey player (died 1972). ↗
- 1944 Saeed Poursamimi, Iranian actor ↗
- 1940 Sonja Barend, Dutch talk show host ↗
- 1940 Bartholomew I, current Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. ↗
- 1936 Nh. Dini, Indonesian writer (died 2018) ↗
- 1936 Jack R. Lousma, American colonel, astronaut and politician ↗
- 1936 Henri Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2020) ↗
- 1936 Alex Rocco, American actor (died 2015) ↗
- 1932 Gene H. Golub, American mathematician and academic (died 2007) ↗
- 1932 Masten Gregory, American race car driver (died 1985) ↗
- 1932 Reri Grist, American soprano and actress ↗
- 1932 Jaguar, Brazilian cartoonist (died 2025) ↗
- 1932 Gavin Stevens, Australian cricketer ↗
- 1928 Joss Ackland, English actor (died 2023) ↗
- 1928 Jean Adamson, British writer and illustrator (Topsy and Tim) (died 2024) ↗
- 1928 Vance Haynes, American archaeologist, geologist and author ↗
- 1928 Michael Henshall, English Anglican suffragan bishop (died 2017) ↗
- 1928 Seymour Papert, South African mathematician and computer scientist, co-creator of the Logo programming language (died 2016) ↗
- 1928 Tempest Storm, born Annie Banks, "The Queen Of Exotic Dancers", American burlesque performer and actress (died 2021) ↗
- 1924 David Beattie, New Zealand judge and politician, 14th Governor-General of New Zealand (died 2001) ↗
- 1924 Carlos Humberto Romero, Salvadoran politician, President of El Salvador (died 2017) ↗
- 1924 Al Rosen, American baseball player and manager (died 2015) ↗
- 1920 Fyodor Abramov, Russian author and critic (died 1983) ↗
- 1920 Arthur Franz, American actor (died 2006) ↗
- 1920 James Mitchell, American actor and dancer (died 2010) ↗
- 1920 Michèle Morgan, French-American actress and singer (died 2016) ↗
- 1920 Rolland W. Redlin, American lawyer and politician (died 2011) ↗
- 1916 James B. Donovan, American lawyer (died 1970) ↗
- 1916 Leonard Shoen, founder of U-Haul Corp. (died 1999) ↗
- 1912 Kamil Tolon, Turkish industrialist (died 1978) ↗
- 1908 Balthus, French-Swiss painter and illustrator (died 2001) ↗
- 1908 Dee Brown, American historian and author (died 2002) ↗
- 1908 Alf Gover, English cricketer and coach (died 2001) ↗
- 1908 Louie Myfanwy Thomas, Welsh writer (died 1968) ↗
- 1904 Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer and bandleader (died 1957) ↗
- 1904 Pepper Martin, American baseball player and manager (died 1965) ↗
- 1896 Morarji Desai, Indian civil servant and politician, fourth Prime Minister of India (died 1995) ↗
- 1896 William A. Wellman, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (died 1975) ↗
- 1892 Augusta Savage, American sculptor (died 1962) ↗
- 1884 Richard S. Aldrich, American lawyer and politician (died 1941) ↗
- 1860 Herman Hollerith, American statistician and businessman, co-founder of the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (died 1929) ↗
- 1852 Frank Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian lawyer and judge, fourth Chief Justice of Australia (died 1936) ↗
- 1852 Prince George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg (died 1912) ↗
- 1840 Theodor Leber, German ophthalmologist (died 1917) ↗
- 1836 Dickey Pearce, American baseball player and manager (died 1908) ↗
- 1828 Emmeline B. Wells, American journalist, poet and activist (died 1921) ↗
- 1812 James Milne Wilson, Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, eighth Premier of Tasmania (died 1880) ↗
- 1792 Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer (died 1868) ↗
- 1736 Ann Lee, English-American religious leader, founder of the Shakers (died 1784) ↗
- 1724 Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian-English dancer (died 1822) ↗
- 1692 John Byrom, English poet and educator (died 1763) ↗
- 1640 Benjamin Keach, Particular Baptist preacher and author whose name is given to Keach's Catechism (died 1704) ↗
- 1576 Antonio Neri, Florentine priest and glassmaker (died 1614) ↗
- 1572 Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon (died 1638) ↗
- 1528 Albert V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1579) ↗
- 1528 Domingo Báñez, Spanish theologian (died 1604) ↗
- 1468 Pope Paul III (died 1549) ↗
- 2024 Ali Hassan Mwinyi, 2nd President of Tanzania and 3rd President of Zanzibar (born 1925) ↗
- 2024 Brian Mulroney, 18th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1939) ↗
- 2020 Dieter Laser, German actor (born 1942) ↗
- 2020 Éva Székely, Hungarian Hall of Fame swimmer and 1952 Olympic champion (born 1927) ↗
- 2016 Wenn V. Deramas, Filipino director and screenwriter (born 1966) ↗
- 2016 Gil Hill, American police officer, actor and politician (born 1931) ↗
- 2016 Josefin Nilsson, Swedish singer (born 1969) ↗
- 2016 Mumtaz Qadri, Pakistani assassin, executed (born 1985) ↗
- 2016 Louise Rennison, English author (born 1951) ↗
- 2012 Davy Jones, English singer, guitarist and actor (born 1945) ↗
- 2012 Sheldon Moldoff, American illustrator (born 1920) ↗
- 2012 P. K. Narayana Panicker, Indian social leader (born 1930) ↗
- 2008 Janet Kagan, American author (born 1946) ↗
- 2008 Erik Ortvad, Danish painter and illustrator (born 1917) ↗
- 2008 Akira Yamada, Japanese scholar and philosopher (born 1922) ↗
- 2004 Kagamisato Kiyoji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 42nd Yokozuna (born 1923) ↗
- 2004 Jerome Lawrence, American playwright and author (born 1915) ↗
- 2004 Harold Bernard St. John, Barbadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Barbados (born 1931) ↗
- 2004 Lorrie Wilmot, South African cricketer (born 1943) ↗
- 2000 Dennis Danell, American guitarist (born 1961) ↗
- 1996 Frank Daniel, Czech-American director, producer and screenwriter (born 1926) ↗
- 1996 Wes Farrell, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1939) ↗
- 1996 Ralph Rowe, American baseball player, coach and manager (born 1924) ↗
- 1992 Ruth Pitter, English poet and author (born 1897) ↗
- 1984 Ludwik Starski, Polish screenwriter and songwriter (born 1903) ↗
- 1980 Yigal Allon, Israeli general and politician, Prime Minister of Israel (born 1918) ↗
- 1980 Gil Elvgren, American painter and illustrator (born 1914) ↗
- 1976 Florence P. Dwyer, American politician (born 1902) ↗
- 1972 Tom Davies, American football player and coach (born 1896) ↗
- 1968 Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet and educator (born 1886) ↗
- 1964 Frank Albertson, American actor and singer (born 1909) ↗
- 1960 Melvin Purvis, American police officer and FBI agent (born 1903) ↗
- 1960 Walter Yust, American journalist and author (born 1894) ↗
- 1956 Elpidio Quirino, Filipino lawyer and politician, 6th President of the Philippines (born 1890) ↗
- 1952 Sarah Ann Jenyns, Australian entrepreneur (born 1865) ↗
- 1948 Robert Barrington-Ward, English lawyer and journalist (born 1891) ↗
- 1944 Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Finnish lawyer, judge and politician, 3rd President of Finland (born 1861) ↗
- 1940 E. F. Benson, English archaeologist and author (born 1867) ↗
- 1932 Arthur Mills Lea, Australian entomologist (born 1868) ↗
- 1932 Giuseppe Vitali, Italian mathematician (born 1875) ↗
- 1928 Adolphe Appia, Swiss architect and theorist (born 1862) ↗
- 1928 Ina Coolbrith, American poet and librarian (born 1841) ↗
- 1924 Frederic Chapple, Australian educator (born 1845) ↗
- 1920 Ernie Courtney, American baseball player (born 1875) ↗
- 1916 John Nanson, English-Australian journalist and politician (born 1863) ↗
- 1908 Pat Garrett, American sheriff (born 1850) ↗
- 1908 John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow, Scottish-Australian politician, 1st Governor-General of Australia (born 1860) ↗
- 1904 Patrick O'Sullivan, Irish-Australian politician (born 1818) ↗
- 1904 Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin, French astronomer (born 1845) ↗
- 1880 James Milne Wilson, Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Tasmania (born 1812) ↗
- 1868 Ludwig I of Bavaria (born 1786) ↗
- 1856 Auguste Chapdelaine, French Christian missionary (born 1814) ↗
- 1848 Louis-François Lejeune, French general, painter and lithographer (born 1775) ↗
- 1820 Johann Joachim Eschenburg, German historian and critic (born 1743) ↗
- 1792 Johann Andreas Stein, German piano builder (born 1728) ↗
- 1744 John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-English physicist and philosopher (born 1683) ↗
- 1712 Johann Conrad Peyer, Swiss anatomist (born 1653) ↗
- 1604 John Whitgift, English archbishop and academic (born 1530) ↗
- 1600 Caspar Hennenberger, German pastor, historian and cartographer (born 1529) ↗
- 1592 Alessandro Striggio, Italian composer and diplomat (born 1536/1537) ↗
- 1528 Scott Hamilton – Scottish Protestant reformer and martyr (born 1504) ↗
- 1460 Albert III, Duke of Bavaria-Munich (born 1401) ↗
- 992 Oswald of Worcester, Anglo-Saxon archbishop and saint (born 925) ↗
- 468 Pope Hilarius ↗