Historical Anniversaries this Week

February 1

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Vivian Maier, American street photographer (died 2009)^[55]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Phil Ivey, American poker player^[78]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Mat Rogers, Australian rugby player

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Werner Heisenberg, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – George Whipple, American physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1878)

February 2

 Events (150 years ago today): 1876 – The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.

 Births (450 years ago today): 1576 – Alix Le Clerc, French Canoness Regular and foundress (died 1622)^[28]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, French academic and politician, 20th President of France (died 2020)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Ryan Farquhar, Northern Irish motorcycle racer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – James Hickman, English swimmer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Ana Roces, Filipino actress

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1926 – Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general and politician (born 1848)

February 3

 Births (200 years ago today): 1826 – Walter Bagehot, English journalist and businessman (died 1877)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Hans-Jochen Vogel, German lawyer and politician, 8th Mayor of Berlin (died 2020)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Mathieu Dandenault, Canadian ice hockey player^[53]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Isla Fisher, Omani-Australian actress^[45]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Tim Heidecker, American actor, comedian, and musician^[54]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Eihi Shiina, Japanese fashion model and actress^[55][56]

February 4

 Events (50 years ago today): 1976 – In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Gyula Grosics, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2014)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Cam'ron, American rapper and actor^[62]

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1926 – ?skilipli Ât?f Hodja, Turkish author and scholar (born 1875)

Commemorations:
World Cancer Day

February 5

 Events (450 years ago today): 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.^[4]

 Births (1050 years ago today): 976 – Sanj?, emperor of Japan (died 1017)

 Births (400 years ago today): 1626 – Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (died 1696)^[25]

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Ernie McLea, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1931)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – John Aloisi, Australian footballer and manager

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Rudy Pompilli, American saxophonist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (born 1926)^[78]

February 6

 Events (50 years ago today): 1976 – In testimony before a United States Senate subcommittee, Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admits that the company had paid out approximately $3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.

 Births (300 years ago today): 1726 – Patrick Russell, Scottish surgeon and zoologist (died 1805)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Henry Blogg, English fisherman and sailor (died 1954)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Tanja Frieden, Swiss snowboarder and educator

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Kim Zmeskal, American gymnast and coach

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Ritwik Ghatak, Bangladeshi-Indian director and screenwriter (born 1925)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Vince Guaraldi, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1928)

February 7

 Births (300 years ago today): 1726 – Margaret Fownes-Luttrell, English painter (died 1766)^[39]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Konstantin Feoktistov, Russian engineer and astronaut (died 2009)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Chito Miranda, Filipino singer-songwriter

 Deaths (400 years ago today): 1626 – William V, Duke of Bavaria (born 1548)^[118]