What Happened In February 2014 In History

Historical Events for February, 2014

• 7th » the 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony or opening ceremony for the 2014 Winter Olympics or Winter Olympics takes place in Sochi, Russia.
• 8th » A 2014 Medina hotel fire e.g hotel fire in Medina, Saudi Arabia kills 15 Egyptian pilgrims with 130 also injured.
• 11th » A military transport 2014 Algeria Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash e.g plane crashes in a mountainous area of Oum El Bouaghi Province in eastern Algeria, killing 77 people.
• 18th » At least 76 people are killed and hundreds are injured in February 2014 Euromaidan riots called clashes between riot police and demonstrators in Kiev, Ukraine.
• 22nd » President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine is impeached by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by a vote of 328-0, fulfilling a major goal of the Euromaidan rebellion.
• 23rd » The 2014 Winter Olympics closing ceremony e.g closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics called Winter Olympics take place in Sochi, Russia.

Famous Birthdays on February in 2014

• 20th » Princess Leonore, Duchess of Gotland

Famous Deaths for February 2014

• 1st » Floyd Adams, Jr., American publisher and politician, 63rd Mayor of Savannah, Georgia (b. 1945)
• 1st » Luis Aragonés, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1938)
• 1st » Tony Hateley, English footballer (b. 1941)
• 1st » Vasily Ivanovich Petrov, Russian marshal (b. 1917)
• 1st » René Ricard, American poet, painter, and critic (b. 1946)
• 1st » Maximilian Schell, Austrian-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 2nd » Gerd Albrecht, German conductor (b. 1935)
• 2nd » Tommy Aquino, American motorcycle racer (b. 1992)
• 2nd » Eduardo Coutinho, Brazilian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1933)
• 2nd » Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1967)
• 2nd » Bunny Rugs, Jamaican singer (Third World (band) e.g Third World and Inner Circle (band) known as Inner Circle) (b. 1948)
• 2nd » Werner Husemann, German soldier and pilot (b. 1919)
• 2nd » Luis Raúl, Puerto Rican comedian and actor (b. 1962)
• 2nd » Nigel Walker (footballer) or Nigel Walker, English footballer (b. 1959)
• 4th » Keith Allen (ice hockey) or Keith Allen, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1923)
• 4th » Eugenio Corti, Italian soldier, author, and playwright (b. 1921)
• 4th » Dennis Lota, Zambian footballer (b. 1973)
• 4th » Wu Ma, Chinese actor, director, producer and screenwriter (b. 1942)
• 4th » Minus Polak, Dutch lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1928)
• 4th » Hazel Sampson, American linguist and activist (b. 1910)
• 5th » Roderick Bain, American soldier (b. 1922)
• 5th » Suzanne Basso, American murderer (b. 1954)
• 5th » Robert A. Dahl, American political scientist and academic (b. 1915)
• 5th » Richard Hayman, American harmonica player, composer, and conductor (b. 1920)
• 5th » Samantha Juste, English-American singer and television host (b. 1944)
• 5th » Mirkka Rekola, Finnish poet (b. 1931)
• 5th » Juthika Roy, Indian singer (b. 1920)
• 5th » Tzeni Vanou, Greek singer (b. 1939)
• 6th » Vasiľ Biľak, Slovak politician (b. 1917)
• 6th » Alison Jolly, American-English primatologist and zoologist (b. 1937)
• 6th » Ralph Kiner, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1922)
• 6th » Maxine Kumin, American author and poet (b. 1925)
• 6th » Peter Philipp, German comedian and author (b. 1971)
• 6th » Marty Plissner, American journalist (b. 1926)
• 6th » Vaçe Zela, Albanian-Swiss singer and guitarist (b. 1939)
• 7th » Tado (comedian) known as Tado, Filipino comedian and actor (b. 1974)
• 7th » Christopher Barry, English director and producer (b. 1925)
• 7th » Hasjrul Harahap, Indonesian politician (b. 1931)
• 7th » Georgina Henry, Yemeni-English journalist (b. 1960)
• 7th » Doug Mohns, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1933)
• 7th » J. Mack Robinson, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1923)
• 8th » Ernst Bakker, Dutch politician (b. 1946)
• 8th » Dick Berk, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1939)
• 8th » Els Borst, Dutch physician and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1932)
• 8th » Finbarr Dwyer, Irish accordion player (b. 1946)
• 8th » Nancy Holt, American sculptor and painter (b. 1938)
• 8th » Keith Hughes (basketball) e.g Keith Hughes, American basketball player (b. 1968)
• 8th » Richard Peirse (RAF officer) named Richard Peirse, English air marshal (b. 1931)
• 8th » Maicon Pereira de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer (b. 1988)
• 8th » Abe Woodson, American football player and minister (b. 1934)
• 9th » Marius (giraffe) called Marius, Danish giraffe (b. 2011)
• 9th » Eric Bercovici, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1933)
• 9th » Serafin R. Cuevas, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1928)
• 9th » Hal Herring, American football player and coach (b. 1924)
• 9th » Graham John Hills, Scottish chemist and academic (b. 1926)
• 9th » Mauro Pane, Italian race car driver (b. 1963)
• 9th » Logan Scott-Bowden, English general (b. 1920)
• 9th » John Stibbon, English general (b. 1935)
• 10th » Stuart Hall (cultural theorist) or Stuart Hall, Jamaican-English sociologist and theorist (b. 1932)
• 10th » Doug Jarrett, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1944)
• 10th » Nenad Lukić, Serbian footballer (b. 1968)
• 10th » Ronnie Masterson, Irish actress (b. 1926)
• 10th » Ian McNaught-Davis, English television host (b. 1929)
• 10th » Tomaž Pengov, Slovenian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1949)
• 10th » Shirley Temple, American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat (b. 1928)
• 11th » Roy Alvarez, Filipino actor (b. 1950)
• 11th » Alice Babs, Swedish singer and actress (b. 1924)
• 11th » Peter Desbarats, Canadian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1933)
• 11th » Fernando González Pacheco, Colombian journalist and author (b. 1932)
• 11th » Seán Potts, Irish tin whistle player (The Chieftains) (b. 1930)
• 11th » Emory Williams, American businessman (b. 1911)
• 12th » Sid Caesar, American actor and singer (b. 1922)
• 12th » Maggie Estep, American poet (b. 1963)
• 12th » Santiago Feliú, Cuban singer-songwriter (b. 1962)
• 12th » John Pickstone, English historian and author (b. 1944)
• 12th » John Poppitt, English footballer (b. 1923)
• 12th » Josef Röhrig, German footballer (b. 1925)
• 13th » Gordon Bell (comics) e.g Gordon Bell, Scottish cartoonist (b. 1934)
• 13th » King Kester Emeneya, Congolese singer (b. 1956)
• 13th » Ken Jones (actor) e.g Ken Jones, English actor (b. 1930)
• 13th » Balu Mahendra, Sri Lankan-Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1939)
• 13th » Richard Møller Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager (b. 1937)
• 13th » Marty Thau, American record producer, founded Red Star Records (b. 1938)
• 13th » Ralph Waite, American actor and director (b. 1928)
• 14th » George Anastaplo, American philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1925)
• 14th » James Condon, Australian actor (b. 1923)
• 14th » Tom Finney, English footballer (b. 1922)
• 14th » Jim Fregosi, American baseball player and manager (b. 1942)
• 14th » John Henson (puppeteer) known as John Henson, American puppeteer and voice actor (b. 1965)
• 14th » Ferry Hoogendijk, Dutch journalist and politician (b. 1933)
• 14th » Chris Pearson (politician) called Chris Pearson, Canadian politician, 1st Premier of Yukon (b. 1931)
• 14th » Mike Stepovich, American lawyer and politician, List of Governors of Alaska or Governor of Alaska Territory (b. 1919)
• 14th » Edward J. Walsh, American journalist (b. 1942)
• 15th » Cliff Bole, American director and producer (b. 1937)
• 15th » Mary Grace Canfield, American actress (b. 1924)
• 15th » Jean-Marie Géhu, French botanist (b. 1930)
• 15th » Jim Lacy, American basketball player (b. 1926)
• 15th » Christopher Malcolm, Scottish-English actor and singer (b. 1946)
• 15th » Horst Rechelbacher, Austrian-American businessman, founded the Aveda or Aveda Corporation (b. 1941)
• 15th » Dénes Zsigmondy, Hungarian-German violinist and educator (b. 1922)
• 16th » Robert J. Conley, American author (b. 1940)
• 16th » Ken Farragut, American football player (b. 1928)
• 16th » Raymond Louis Kennedy, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer (b. 1946)
• 16th » Charlie Kraak, American basketball player (b. 1932)
• 16th » Gert Krawinkel, German guitarist (Trio (band) known as Trio) (b. 1947)
• 16th » Jimmy Murakami, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1933)
• 16th » Michael Shea (author) called Michael Shea, American author (b. 1946)
• 17th » Bob Casale, American guitarist, keyboard player, and producer (Devo) (b. 1952)
• 17th » Peter Florin, German politician and diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (b. 1921)
• 17th » Frankie Kao, Taiwanese singer (b. 1950)
• 17th » Don Safran, American screenwriter, producer, and critic (b. 1930)
• 17th » Wayne Smith (musician) called Wayne Smith, Jamaican singer (b. 1965)
• 17th » R. K. Srikantan, Indian singer (b. 1920)
• 17th » Frank Wappat, English singer and radio host (b. 1930)
• 18th » Isaiah Balat, Nigerian politician (b. 1952)
• 18th » Viscera (wrestler) named Nelson Frazier, Jr., American wrestler and actor (b. 1971)
• 18th » Mavis Gallant, Canadian-French author and playwright (b. 1922)
• 18th » Kristof Goddaert, Belgian cyclist (b. 1986)
• 18th » Gregory Kane (journalist) known as Gregory Kane, American journalist (b. 1951)
• 18th » Nikhil Baran Sengupta, Indian art director and production designer (b. 1943)
• 18th » Maria Franziska von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (b. 1914)
• 19th » Norbert Beuls, Belgian footballer and manager (b. 1957)
• 19th » Kresten Bjerre, Danish footballer and manager (b. 1946)
• 19th » Génesis Carmona, Venezuelan model (b. 1991)
• 19th » Simón Díaz, Venezuelan singer-songwriter (b. 1928)
• 19th » Dale Gardner, American captain and astronaut (b. 1948)
• 19th » Valeri Kubasov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1935)
• 19th » Duffy Power, English singer (b. 1941)
• 19th » Malcolm Tierney, English actor (b. 1938)
• 19th » Jim Weirich, American computer scientist, developed Rake (software) e.g Rake Software (b. 1956)
• 21st » Sakis Boulas, Greek singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1954)
• 21st » Stanley Brotman, American soldier and judge (b. 1924)
• 21st » Héctor Maestri, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1935)
• 21st » Beatrix Miller, English journalist (b. 1923)
• 21st » Matthew Robinson (snowboarder) called Matthew Robinson, Australian snowboarder (b. 1985)
• 21st » Cornelius Schnauber, German–American historian, playwright, and academic (b. 1939)
• 21st » John Strawson (British Army officer) or John Strawson, English general (b. 1921)
• 22nd » Richard Daugherty, American archaeologist and academic (b. 1922)
• 22nd » Charlotte Dawson, New Zealand–Australian television host (b. 1966)
• 22nd » Grigor Gurzadyan, Armenian astronomer and physicist (b. 1922)
• 22nd » Edith Kramer, Austrian painter (b. 1916)
• 22nd » Trebor Jay Tichenor, American pianist and composer (b. 1940)
• 22nd » Leo Vroman, Dutch-American hematologist, poet, and illustrator (b. 1915)
• 23rd » K. Alison Clarke-Stewart, Canadian psychologist and academic (b. 1943)
• 23rd » Ely Capacio, Filipino basketball player and coach (b. 1955)
• 23rd » Penny DeHaven, American singer and actress (b. 1948)
• 23rd » Alice Herz-Sommer, Czech-English pianist and educator (b. 1903)
• 23rd » Roger Hilsman, American soldier, academic, and politician (b. 1919)
• 23rd » Samuel Sheinbein, American-Israeli murderer (b. 1980)
• 23rd » Norman Whiting, English cricketer (b. 1920)
• 24th » Franny Beecher, American guitarist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1921)
• 24th » Ted Connolly, American football player (b. 1931)
• 24th » Eilert Eilertsen, Norwegian footballer, physician and politician (b. 1918)
• 24th » Neil Harrison (curler) known as Neil Harrison, Canadian curler (b. 1949)
• 24th » Alexis Hunter, New Zealand-English painter and photographer (b. 1948)
• 24th » Carlos Páez Vilaró, Uruguayan painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
• 24th » Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
• 24th » Anna Reynolds (singer) or Anna Reynolds, English-German soprano (b. 1930)
• 25th » Angèle Arsenault, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
• 25th » Peter Callander, English songwriter and producer (b. 1939)
• 25th » Mário Coluna, Portuguese footballer (b. 1935)
• 25th » Quentin Elias, French singer and actor (Alliage (band) e.g Alliage) (b. 1974)
• 25th » Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1947)
• 25th » Carlos Gracida, Mexican polo player (b. 1960)
• 25th » Jim Lange, American game show host (b. 1932)
• 25th » Chokwe Lumumba, American lawyer and politician (b. 1947)
• 26th » Sorel Etrog, Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator (b. 1933)
• 26th » Georges Hamel, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
• 26th » Phyllis Krasilovsky, American author (b. 1927)
• 26th » Dezső Novák, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1939)
• 26th » Frank Reed (singer) named Frank Reed, American singer-songwriter (The Chi-Lites) (b. 1954)
• 26th » Frankie Sardo, Italian-American singer, actor, and producer (b. 1936)
• 26th » Tim Wilson (comedian) called Tim Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1961)
• 27th » Aaron Allston, American game designer and author (b. 1960)
• 27th » Jan Hoet, Belgian curator and critic (b. 1936)
• 27th » Tim Kehoe, American chemist and author (b. 1970)
• 27th » Huber Matos, Cuban-American activist (b. 1918)
• 27th » Terry Rand, American basketball player (b. 1934)
• 27th » Wilford Scypion, American boxer (b. 1958)
• 27th » Vicente T. Ximenes, American activist (b. 1919)
• 28th » Kevon Carter, Trinidadian footballer (b. 1983)
• 28th » Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch linguist and author (b. 1935)
• 28th » Ophelia DeVore, American model and businesswoman (b. 1922)
• 28th » Lee Lorch, American mathematician and activist (b. 1915)
• 28th » C. R. Simha, Indian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1942)
• 28th » Gib Singleton, American sculptor (b. 1935)
• 28th » Randy Trautman, American football player (b. 1960)

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