Historical Anniversaries this Week

February 11

 Events (200 years ago today): 1826 – University College London is founded as University of London.^[13]

 Births (250 years ago today): 1776 – Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek politician, 1st Governor of Greece (died 1831)^[69]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Paul Bocuse, French chef (died 2018)^[123]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor and producer (died 2010)^[124]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Tony Battie, American basketball player and sportscaster^[183]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Bryce Salvador, Canadian ice hockey player^[184]

 Deaths (400 years ago today): 1626 – Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (born 1548)^[237]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Lee J. Cobb, American actor (born 1911)^[269]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Alexander Lippisch, German pilot and engineer (born 1894)^[270]

February 12

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – 13th Dalai Lama (died 1933)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Rolf Brem, Swiss sculptor and illustrator (died 2014)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Joe Garagiola, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2016)^[39]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Charles Van Doren, American academic (died 2019)^[39]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Christian Cullen, New Zealand rugby player

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Frank Stagg, Irish Republican died on hunger strike (born 1941)^[74]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Sal Mineo, American actor (born 1939)

February 13

 Events (300 years ago today): 1726 – Parliament of Negrete between Mapuche and Spanish authorities in Chile bring an end to the Mapuche uprising of 1723-26.^[13]

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Fritz Buelow, German-American baseball player and umpire (died 1933)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, American nuclear physicist (died 2012)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Jörg Bergmeister, German race car driver

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Feist, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician^[24]

 Deaths (200 years ago today): 1826 – Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen, Russian general and politician, Governor-General of Baltic provinces (born 1745)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Murtala Mohammed, Nigerian general and politician, 4th President of Nigeria (born 1938)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Lily Pons, French-American soprano and actress (born 1904)

Commemorations:
World Radio Day

February 14

 Events (150 years ago today): 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Milan Hejduk, Czech-American ice hockey player^[58]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Liv Kristine, Norwegian singer-songwriter

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Rie Rasmussen, Danish model, film director, writer, photographer, and actress

 Deaths (350 years ago today): 1676 – Abraham Bosse, French engraver and illustrator (born 1602)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Gertrud Dorka, German archaeologist, prehistorian and museum director (born 1893)^[88]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – George Washington Bacon III, American soldier, CIA agent, and mercenary (born 1946)^[89]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Charlie Christodoulou, British soldier and mercenary of the Angolan Civil War (born 1951)^[90]

February 15

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Brandon Boyd, American singer-songwriter^[46]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Óscar Freire, Spanish cyclist

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Ronnie Vannucci Jr., American musician and songwriter^[46]

February 16

 Births (200 years ago today): 1826 – Joseph Victor von Scheffel, German poet and author (died 1886)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – G. M. Trevelyan, English historian and academic (died 1962)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Margot Frank, German-Dutch holocaust victim (died 1945)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – John Schlesinger, English actor and director (died 2003)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Eric Byrnes, American baseball player and sportscaster

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Kyo, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer

February 17

 Events (350 years ago today): 1676 – Sixteen men of Pascual de Iriate's expedition are lost at Evangelistas Islets at the western end of the Strait of Magellan.^[7]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Kelly Carlson, American actress and model^[50]