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☰Thought of the Day
"It has always been easy to hate and destroy. To build and to cherish is much more difficult." - Queen Elizabeth II
- Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French writer and historian (A Chronological Abridgement of the History of France), born in Paris, Kingdom of France (d. 1770)
- Ba Maw, Burmese politician, lawyer, and first Burma Premier (1937-9), born in Maubin, British India (d. 1977)
- Lana Turner, American pin-up model and actress (Peyton Place; The Postman Always Rings Twice; Imitation of Life), born in Wallace, Idaho (d. 1995)
- Ted Koppel, German-American Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist (ABC's Nightline; NPR; CBS), born in Lancashire, England
- Kansai Yamamoto, Japanese fashion designer known for his work with David Bowie, born in Yokohama, Japan (d. 2020)
- Taffy Thomas, Welsh thoroughbred jockey (Singapore Gold Cup 1977, Vernons Sprint Cup 1978, King's Stand Stakes 1983), born in Caernarvon, Wales (d. 2022)
- "Sensational" Sherri Martel, American professional wrestler (WWF), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2007)
- Cameron Cuffy, West Indian cricket fast bowler (15 Tests, 43 wickets; Windward Islands), born in South Rivers, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- University of Leiden established by William I of Orange, given the motto "Praesidium Libertatis" (oldest university in Netherlands)
- French cruiser "Admiral Charner" torpedoed off Syrian coast, kills 374
- 29 people are killed and 69 are injured in a series of Iraq bombings
- Ole Einar Bjørndalen equals the Winter Olympics medal record with 12
- Netherlands sweeps the medals in the men's 5,000m speed skating at the Sochi Winter Olympics; Sven Kramer retains title ahead of teammates Jan Blokhuijsen and Jorrit Bergsma
- Jacob Georg Agarah, Swedish botanist, born in Lund, Sweden (d. 1901)
- Jules Verne, French novelist known as the "Father of Science Fiction" (Around the World in 80 days), born in Nantes, France (d. 1905)
- Jack Larson, American actor (The Adventures of Superman - "Jimmy Olsen"), screenwriter, and librettist (Virgil Thomson's "Lord Byron"), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2015)
- Dave Meros, American progressive rock bassist (Spock's Beard), born in Salinas, California
- Sammy Llanas, American rock singer-songwritrer (Bodeans, 1983-2011 - "Closer To Free"), born in Wisconsin