February 15
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- 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)
- 1759 - Friedrich August Wolf, German archaeologist (d. 1824)
- 1809 - Cyrus McCormick, American inventor (d. 1884)
- 1809 - André Dumont, Belgian geologist (d. 1857)
- 1812 - Charles Lewis Tiffany, American jeweler (d. 1902)
- 1815 - Constantin von Tischendorf, German Biblical scholar (d. 1874)
- 1820 - Susan B. Anthony, American feminist and suffragist (d. 1906)
- 1825 - Carter Harrison, Sr., Mayor of Chicago (d. 1893)
- 1835 - Demetrius Vikelas, Greek author, president of the International Olympic Committee (d. 1908)
- 1841 - Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles, President of Brazil (d. 1913)
- 1845 - Elihu Root, American statesman and diplomat, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1937)
- 1847 - Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer (d. 1927)
- 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-born chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1964)
- 1874 - Sir Ernest Shackleton, British polar explorer (d. 1922)
- 1877 - Louis Renault, French automobile pioneer (d. 1944)
- 1882 - John Barrymore, American actor (d. 1942)
- 1883 - Sax Rohmer, English author (d. 1959)
- 1890 - Robert Ley, head of the Nazi German Labour Front (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, writer, 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, aided Jewish children during the Holocaust
- 1911 - Leonard Woodcock, labor union official, ambassador to China (d. 2001)
- 1913 - Erich Eliskases, Austrian-born 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
- 1921 - Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian, thinker and writer (d. 1985)
- 1922 - John Bayard Anderson, American politician
- 1923 - Yelena Bonner, Russian human rights activist, widow of physicist Andrei Sakharov
- 1927 - Harvey Korman, American actor and comedian
- 1929 - Graham Hill, English two-time F1 World Champion (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
- 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, 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
- 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
- 1958 - Chrystine Brouillet, Quebec novelist
- 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)
- 1964 - Chris Farley, American actor and comedian (d. 1997)
- 1967 - Jane Child, Canadian musician
- 1968 - Axelle Red, Belgian singer and songwriter
- 1969 - Josh Marshall, American journalist
- 1969 - Bryan Williams, founder of Cash Money Records
- 1970 - Craig Gass, American impressionist/comedian
- 1971 - Renée O'Connor, American actress and director
- 1971 - Ray Sefo, New Zealand kick boxer
- 1972 - Jaromír Jágr, Czech hockey player
- 1973 - Kateřina Neumannová, Czech cross country skier
- 1973 - Amy Van Dyken, American swimmer
- 1973 - Sarah Wynter, Australian actress
- 1973 - Alex Borstein, American actress and animator
- 1974 - Miranda July, American performance artist, film director, musician and writer
- 1974 - Gina Lynn, American porn actress
- 1974 - Tomi Putaansuu, Finnish singer (Lordi)
- 1974 - Seattle Slew, American racehorse (d. 2002)
- 1974 - Ugueth Urbina, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
- 1974 - Alexander Wurz, Austrian race car driver
- 1975 - Serge Aubin, National Hockey League player
- 1975 - Brendon Small, American comedian and creator of the cartoons Home Movies and Metalocalypse
- 1976 - Brandon Boyd, American musician (Incubus)
- 1976 - Óscar Freire, Spanish cyclist
- 1976 - Ronnie Vannucci Jr., American musician (The Killers)
- 1977 - Brooks Wackerman, American drummer
- 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 - Russell Martin, Canadian born baseball player
- 1984 - Meera Jasmine, Indian actress
- 1984 - Dorota Rabczewska, Polish singer (Virgin)
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 and Patriote (b. 1803)
- 1843 - Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general in the Greek War of Independence (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)
- 1911 - Theodor Escherich, German pediatrician (b. 1859)
- 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)
- 1959 - Owen Willans Richardson, British physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1879)
- 1964 - Robert L. Thornton, American businessman, philanthropist, and Mayor of Dallas, Texas (b. 1880)
- 1965 - Nat King Cole, American singer and musician (b. 1919)
- 1966 - Gerard Ciołek, Polish architect and historian of gardens (b. 1909)
- 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 - Louie Spicolli, American professional wrestler
- 1999 - Big L (Lamont Coleman), 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 International Court of Justice judge (b. 1917)
- 2004 - Jan Miner, American actress (b. 1917)
- 2005 - Samuel 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)
notes
Jeremy Bentham Zéro de conduite Art Spiegelman Pierre Bachelet Sax Rohmer Camille Lemonnier Galileo Galilei Florinda Bolkan Marie Liljedahl Wilhelm Jensen Georges Auric Revue fantaisiste Alfred North Whitehead Herman Kahn List of works by E. T. A. Hoffmann Susan B. Anthony The Edge of Heaven (film) Jean-Joseph Carriès Funny Games (2008 film) Emil Kraepelin Erika Remberg
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