1894 – British troops occupy Ilorin, Gold Coast
1899 – President of France Félix Faure dies in office.
1917 – 1st synagogue in 425 years opens in Madrid
1943 – Sign on Munich facade: “Out with Hitler! Long live freedom!” done by “White Rose” student group, caught on 2/18, beheaded on 2/22
1984 – Bill Johnson becomes 1st American to win Olympic downhill skiing gold
1994 – 6.5 earthquake strikes SE Sumatra, kills 200
1824 – Peter Kozler, Slovenian cartographer and geographer (d. 1879)
1914 – Jimmy Wakely, Mineola Ark, country vocalist (5 Star Jubilee)
1920 – Anna Mae Hays, American army general
1934 – Austin “Ted” Taylor, US gospel/RandB-singer (Be Ever Wonderful)
1941 – Vitali Kuznetsov, USSR, judo (Olympic-silver-1972)
1968 – Cecil Gray, NFL tackle (Arizona Cardinals)
1721 – James Craggs the Younger, English politician (b. 1686)
1857 – Elisha Kent Kane, Arctic explorer (Kane Basin), dies at 37
1898 – Thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843)
1917 – Octave Mirbeau, French writer (b. 1848)
1951 – Henri Velge, 1st chairman (Belgian Council of State), dies at 65
2012 – Elyse Knox, American actress and model (Hit the Ice, Black Gold) dies at 94