2017: DEATH: Ken Morrison, English supermarket tycoon (Morrisons), dies at 85
2016: EVENT: Iowa Caucuses: Republican Ted Cruz defeats Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton beats Bernie Sanders by a coin toss
2014: EVENT: American businessman and lawyer Adam Silver becomes the 5th NBA Commissioner
2013: DEATH: Vladimir Yengibaryan, Armenian boxer (Olympic gold light welterweight 1956), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 80
2013: EVENT: 21 people are killed and 30 are wounded by a market suicide bombing in Hangu, Pakistan
2008: EVENT: Canadian jockey Russell Baze rides his 10,000th career winner aboard Two Step Cat in 3rd race at Golden Gate Fields, Albany, CA; prevails in a 3-horse photo finish
1993: EVENT: NY Judge Sol Wachtler indicted for harassing Joy Silverman
1991: BIRTHDAY: Jasmine Tookes, Model , born in Huntington Beach, CA
1991: BIRTHDAY: Jasmine Tookes , Model , born in Huntington Beach, CA
1986: BIRTHDAY: Lotta Nieminen , Illustrator , born in Finland
1986: BIRTHDAY: Lotta Nieminen, Illustrator , born in Finland
1986: BIRTHDAY: Jorrit Bergsma, Dutch speed skater (Olympic gold 10,000m 2014; World Single Distance C'ship 2013, 15, 17, 19), born in Oldeboorn, Netherlands
1974: BIRTHDAY: David Meca, Spanish open water swimmer (World C'ship gold 10k 2000, 25k 2005), born in Sabadell, Spain
1973: BIRTHDAY: Tiia Reima, Finnish ice hockey center (bronze Olympics 1998; World C'ships 1990, 92, 94, 97, 99; 4 x Euro C'ship gold), born in Tampere, Finland
1972: BIRTHDAY: Geoff Sanderson, Canadian ice hockey left wing (NHL All Star 1994, 97; World C'ships gold 1994, 97; Hartford Whalers, Columbus Blue jackets), born in Hay River, Canada
1971: BIRTHDAY: Tommy Salo, Swedish ice hockey goalie (Olympic gold 1994; World C'ship gold 1998; NHL All Star 2000, 02; Edmonton Oilers), born in Surahammar, Sweden
1970: EVENT: Northern Ireland PM Chichester-Clark meets British Home Secretary James Callaghan to discuss the economy of Northern Ireland
1966: BIRTHDAY: Michelle Akers, American soccer forward (Olympics gold 1996, World Cup 1991, 99), born in Santa Clara, California
1964: EVENT: French sisters Christine Goitschel (gold) and Marielle Goitschel (silver) become first female siblings to win Olympic gold and silver in the same event when they dominate the slalom in Innsbruck
1961: BIRTHDAY: Volker Fried, German field hockey player (Olympic gold 1992; silver 1984, 88; 290 caps), born in Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, Germany
1957: BIRTHDAY: Dennis Brown, Jamaican reggae singer ("Money In My Pocket"), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1999)
1956: EVENT: Hayes Alan Jenkins leads only US sweep of Olympic men's figure skating medals at the Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Games; Ronald Robertson wins silver with bronze to Jenkins' younger brother, David
1956: BIRTHDAY: Mike Kitchen, Canadian ice hockey defenceman (NJ Devils) and coach (St. Louis Blues 2003-07), born in Newmarket, Canada
1955: BIRTHDAY: Virginia Leng, British equestrian rider (World C'ship individual 1986; Olympic silver x 2, bronze x 2 1984, 88), born in Malta
1948: EVENT: Finland goes 1-2 in the Nordic combined event at the St. Moritz Winter Olympics; Heikki Hasu takes gold ahead of teammate Martti Huhtala
1948: EVENT: Finland goes 1-2 in the Nordic combined event at the St. Moritz Winter Olympics; Heikki Hasu takes gold ahead of team mate Martti Huhtala
1944: BIRTHDAY: Paul Blair, American baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star 1969, 73; World Series 1966, 70, 77-78; Gold Glove Award 1967, 69–75; Baltimore Orioles), born in Cushing, Oklahoma (d. 2013)
1943: DEATH: Foy Draper, American athlete (Olympic gold 4 x 100m relay 1936 WR 39.8s), dies in action as a USAF pilot at 31
1941: BIRTHDAY: Franco Nones, Italian cross country skier (Olympic gold 30k 1968; first non-Scandinavian and Soviet/Russian male to win Olympic cross-country gold), born in Castello-Molina di Fiemme, Italy
1941: BIRTHDAY: Anatoli Firsov, Russian ice hockey left wing (Olympic gold 1964, 68, 72; 8 x World C'ship gold), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2000)
1931: BIRTHDAY: Madeleine Berthod, Swiss alpine skier (Olympic gold women's downhill 1956), born in Château d'Oex, Vaud, Switzerland
1922: DEATH: William Desmond Taylor [Deane-Tanner], Irish director & actor (The Awakening, Broken Coin), murdered at 49
1922: DEATH: William Desmond Taylor [Deane-Tanner], Irish director and actor (The Awakening, Broken Coin), murdered at 49
1907: BIRTHDAY: Alan Strode Campbell Ross, professor (coined the terms U & non-U)
1905: BIRTHDAY: Ernst Carl Gerlach Stueckelberg, Basel Switzerland, eminent mathematician and physicist
1903: BIRTHDAY: Georg Rendl, Austria miner/beekeeper/writer (The Bees Novel)
1900: BIRTHDAY: Clarence "Bud" Pinkston, American diver (Olympic gold 10m platform, silver 3m springboard 1920), born in Wichita, Kansas (d. 1961)
1462: BIRTHDAY: Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer, born in Trittenheim, Germany (d. 1516)