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1904 – Russo Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes. 1907 – The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). 1913 – A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of the Americas, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short lived natural satellite of the Earth. 1920 – Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized. 1922 – Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. 1929 – Members of the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng assassinate the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities. 1932 – Prohibition law is abolished in Finland after a national referendum, where 70% voted for a repeal of the law. 1934 – The Balkan Entente is formed between Greece, Romania, Yugoslavia, and Turkey. 1941 – World War II: Bombing of Genoa: The Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Genoa, Italy, is struck by a bomb which fails to detonate. 1942 – Year round Daylight saving time (aka War Time) is reinstated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources. 1943 – World War II: Pacific War: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal. 1945 – World War II: Battle of the Atlantic: sinks U 864 off the coast of Fedje, Norway, in a rare instance of submarine to submarine combat. 1945 – World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attack a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway. 1950 – Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists. 1951 – Korean War: The two day Geochang massacre begins as a battalion of the 11th Division of the South Korean Army kills 719 unarmed citizens in Geochang, in the South Gyeongsang district of South Korea. 1959 – The R 7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR. 1961 – The Beatles at The Cavern Club: Lunchtime – The Beatles perform under this name at The Cavern Club for the first time following their return to Liverpool from Hamburg. 1964 – The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a record setting audience of 73 million viewers across the United States. 1965 – Vietnam War: The United States Marine Corps sends a MIM 23 Hawk missile battalion to South Vietnam, the first American troops in country without an official advisory or training mission. 1971 – The 6.5–6.7 Sylmar earthquake hits the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 64 and injuring 2,000. 1971 – Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro league player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame. 1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third human Moon landing. 1975 – The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth. 1976 – Aeroflot Flight 3739, a Tupolev Tu 104, crashes during takeoff from Irkutsk Airport, killing 24. 1978 – The Budd Company unveils its first SPV 2000 self propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1982 – Japan Air Lines Flight 350 crashes near Haneda Airport in an attempted pilot mass murder suicide, killing 24 of the 174 people on board. 1986 – Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System. 1991 – Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Voters in Lithuania vote for independence from the Soviet Union. 1996 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18 month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf, killing two people. 1996 – Copernicium is discovered by Sigurd Hofmann, Victor Ninov et al. 2001 – The Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision takes place, killing nine of the thirty five people on board the Japanese fishery high school training ship Ehime Maru, leaving the USS Greeneville (SSN 772) with US $2 million in repairs, at Pearl Harbor. 2016 – Two passenger trains collide in the German town of Bad Aibling in the state of Bavaria. Twelve people die and 85 others are injured. 2018 – Winter Olympics: Opening ceremony is performed in Pyeongchang County in South Korea. 2020 – Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has the army soldiers enter the Legislative Assembly to assist in pushing for the approval for a better government security plan, causing a brief political crisis. 2021 – Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump begins.

1060 – Honorius II, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1130)
1274 – Louis of Toulouse, French bishop (d. 1297)
1313 – Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile, Portuguese infanta (d. 1357)
1344 – Meinhard III, count of Tyrol (d. 1363)
1441 – Ali Shir Nava'i, Turkic poet, linguist, and painter (d. 1501)
1533 – Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese daimyō (d. 1611)
1579 – Johannes Meursius, Dutch classical scholar (d. 1639)

1651 – Procopio Cutò, French entrepreneur (d. 1727)
1666 – George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Scottish field marshal (d. 1737)
1711 – Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla, Spanish sailor and commander (d. 1762)
1737 – Thomas Paine, English American philosopher, author, and activist (d. 1809)
1741 – Henri Joseph Rigel, German French composer (d. 1799)
1748 – Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1817)
1763 – Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (d. 1830)
1769 – George W. Campbell, Scottish American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1848)
1773 – William Henry Harrison, American general and politician, 9th President of the United States (d. 1841)
1775 – Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1856)
1781 – Johann Baptist von Spix, German biologist and explorer (d. 1826)
1783 – Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (d. 1852)
1789 – Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German engineer, invented Gabelsberger shorthand (d. 1849)
1800 – Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (d. 1844)
1814 – Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 28th Governor of New York (d. 1886)
1815 – Federico de Madrazo, Spanish painter (d. 1894)
1830 – Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire, Turkish emperor (d. 1876)
1834 – Felix Dahn, German lawyer, historian, and author (d. 1912)
1826 – Keelikōlani, Hawaiian royal and governor (d. 1883)
1837 – José Burgos, Filipino priest and revolutionary (d. 1872)
1839 – Silas Adams, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 1896)
1846 – Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (d. 1929)
1846 – Whitaker Wright, English businessman and financier (d. 1904)
1847 – Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh English clergyman and theologian (d. 1902)
1854 – Aletta Jacobs, Dutch physician and suffrage activist (d. 1929)
1856 – Hara Takashi, Japanese politician, 10th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1921)
1859 – Akiyama Yoshifuru, Japanese general (d. 1930)
1863 – Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (d. 1933)
1864 – Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1941)
1865 – Mrs. Patrick Campbell, English French actress (d. 1940)
1865 – Erich von Drygalski, German geographer and geophysicist (d. 1949)
1867 – Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (d. 1916)
1871 – Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist and physician (d. 1910)
1874 – Amy Lowell, American poet, critic, and educator (d. 1925)
1876 – Arthur Edward Moore, New Zealand Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Queensland (d. 1963)
1878 – Jack Kirwan, Irish international footballer (d. 1959)
1880 – Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1959)
1883 – Jules Berry, French actor and director (d. 1951)
1885 – Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator (d. 1935)
1885 – Clarence H. Haring, American historian and author (d. 1960)
1889 – Larry Semon, American actor, producer, director and screenwriter (d. 1928)
1891 – Ronald Colman, English American actor (d. 1958)
1891 – Kristian Krefting, Norwegian footballer and chemical engineer (d. 1964)
1891 – Pietro Nenni, Italian journalist and politician, Secretary of the Italian Socialist Party (d. 1980)
1892 – Peggy Wood, American actress (d. 1978)
1893 – Georgios Athanasiadis Novas, Greek lawyer and politician, 163rd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1987)
1895 – Hermann Brill, German lawyer and politician, 8th Minister President of Thuringia (d. 1959)
1896 – Alberto Vargas, Peruvian American painter and illustrator (d. 1982)
1897 – Charles Kingsford Smith, Australian captain and pilot (d. 1935)
1898 – Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet and educator (d. 1927)

1619 – Lucilio Vanini, Italian physician and philosopher (b. 1585)
1670 – Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609)
1675 – Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter (b. 1613)
1709 – François Louis, Prince of Conti (b. 1664)
1777 – Seth Pomeroy, American general and gunsmith (b. 1706)
1803 – Jean François de Saint Lambert, French soldier, poet, and philosopher (b. 1716)
1857 – Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet and translator (b. 1798)
1874 – Jules Michelet, French historian, philosopher, and academic (b. 1798)
1881 – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (b. 1821)
1891 – Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)

1903 – Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria (b. 1816)
1906 – Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1872)
1928 – William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland (b. 1868)
1930 – Richard With, Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten (b. 1846)
1932 – Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and banker (b. 1869)
1932 – A. K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi soldier and activist (b. 1904)
1935 – Bob Diry, Austrian born wrestler and boxer (b. 1884)
1942 – Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish politician, 2nd President of Finland (b. 1883)
1945 – Ella D. Barrier, American educator (b. 1852)
1950 – Ted Theodore, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Queensland (b. 1884)
1951 – Eddy Duchin, American pianist, bandleader, and actor (b. 1910)
1957 – Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and politician, Regent of Hungary (b. 1868)
1960 – Alexandre Benois, Russian painter and critic (b. 1870)
1960 – Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1877)
1965 – Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, Bangladeshi theologian and educator (b. 1874)
1966 – Sophie Tucker, Russian born American singer (b. 1884)
1969 – George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor and singer (b. 1885)
1976 – Percy Faith, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1908)
1977 – Sergey Ilyushin, Russian engineer and businessman, founded the Ilyushin Design Bureau (b. 1894)
1978 – Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist and coach (b. 1893)
1979 – Allen Tate, American poet and academic (b. 1899)
1980 – Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1900)
1981 – M. C. Chagla, Indian jurist and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (b. 1900)
1981 – Bill Haley, American singer songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
1984 – Yuri Andropov, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
1989 – Osamu Tezuka, Japanese illustrator, animator, and producer (b. 1928)
1994 – Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1934)
1995 – J. William Fulbright, American lawyer and politician (b. 1905)
1995 – Kalevi Keihänen, Finnish entrepreneur (b. 1924)
1995 – David Wayne, American actor (b. 1914)
1998 – Maurice Schumann, French journalist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1911)
2001 – Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist, economist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
2002 – Isabelle Holland, Swiss American author (b. 1920)
2002 – Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (b. 1930)
2003 – Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda, Japanese Turkish mathematician and academic (b. 1926)
2004 – Claude Ryan, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1925)
2005 – Robert Kearns, American engineer, invented the intermittent windscreen wiper (b. 1927)
2006 – Freddie Laker, English pilot and businessman, founded Laker Airways (b. 1922)
2007 – Hank Bauer, American baseball player and manager (b. 1922)
2007 – Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (b. 1934)
2008 – Christopher Hyatt, American occultist and author (b. 1943)
2008 – Carm Lino Spiteri, Maltese architect and politician (b. 1932)
2008 – Jazeh Tabatabai, Iranian painter, poet, and sculptor (b. 1931)
2009 – Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Cuban bassist and composer (b. 1933)
2010 – Walter Frederick Morrison, American businessman, invented the Frisbee (b. 1920)
2011 – Miltiadis Evert, Greek lawyer and politician, 69th Mayor of Athens (b. 1939)
2012 – O. P. Dutta, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2012 – John Hick, English philosopher and academic (b. 1922)
2012 – Joe Moretti, Scottish South African guitarist and songwriter (b. 1938)
2013 – Richard Artschwager, American painter, illustrator, and sculptor (b. 1923)
2013 – Keiko Fukuda, Japanese American martial artist and trainer (b. 1913)
2013 – Jimmy Smyth, Irish hurler (b. 1931)
2014 – Gabriel Axel, Danish actor, director, and producer (b. 1918)
2014 – Hal Herring, American football player and coach (b. 1924)
2014 – Logan Scott Bowden, English general (b. 1920)
2015 – Liu Han, Chinese businessman and philanthropist (b. 1965)
2015 – Ed Sabol, American film producer, co founded NFL Films (b. 1916)
2016 – Sushil Koirala, Nepalese politician, 37th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1939)
2016 – Zdravko Tolimir, Bosnian Serb military commander (b. 1948)
2017 – André Salvat, French Army colonel (b. 1920)
2018 – Reg E. Cathey, American actor of stage, film, and television (b. 1958)
2018 – Jóhann Jóhannsson, Icelandic composer (b. 1969)
2018 – John Gavin, American actor and United States ambassador to Mexico (b. 1931)
2021 – Chick Corea, American jazz composer (b. 1941)
2022 – Johnny Raper, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1939)