What happened on February 14 ?

1404 - Leone Battista Alberti, Italian painter, poet, and philosopher (d. 1472)

1483 - Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, Moghul emperor of India (d. 1530)

1602 - Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (d. 1676)

1680 - John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor (d. 1737)

1692 - Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (d. 1754)

1701 - Enrique Florez, Spanish historian (d. 1773)

1763 - Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (d. 1813)

1766 - Thomas Malthus, English economist (d. 1834)

1812 - Alfred Thomas Agate, American artist (d. 1846)

1817 - Frederick Douglas adopted as his birthday (d. 1895)

1819 - Joshua A. Norton, Emperor Norton I of the United States of America and Protector of Mexico (d. 1880)

1828 - Edmond François Valentin About, French writer (d. [[1885])

1846 - Julian Scott, American Civil War artist and Civil War Medal of Honor recipient.

1847 - Anna Howard Shaw, American women's suffrage leader (d. 1919)

1848 - Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer (d. 1934)

1856 - Frank Harris, Irish author and editor (d. 1931)

1869 - Charles Wilson, Scottish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1959)

1884 - Hezekiah M. Washburn, missionary (d. 1972)

1890 - Nina Hamnett, Welsh artist (d. 1956)

1892 - Radola Gajda, Czech military commander (d. 1948)

1894 - Jack Benny, American actor and comedian (d. 1974)

1895 - Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (d. 1973)

1898 - Fritz Zwicky, Swiss-American physicist and astronomer (d. 1974)

1903 - Stu Erwin, American actor (d. 1967)

1905 - Thelma Ritter, American actress (d. 1969)

1912 - Tibor Sekelj, Croatian explorer (d. 1988)

1913 - Mel Allen, American sports reporter (d. 1996)

1913 - Woody Hayes, American college football coach (d. 1987)

1913 - Jimmy Hoffa, American labor union leader (disappeared 1975)

1916 - Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese director (d. 1996)

1916 - Edward Platt, American actor (d. 1974)

1917 - Herbert A. Hauptman, American mathematician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

1921 - Hugh Downs, American television host

1927 - Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress

1929 - Vic Morrow, actor (d. 1982)

1931 - Bernie Geoffrion, Canadian hockey player (d. 2006)

1931 - Brian Kelly, American actor (d. 2005)

1932 - Alexander Kluge, German actor and film director

1933 - Madhubala, Indian actress (d. 1969)

1934 - Michel Corboz, Swiss conductor

1934 - Florence Henderson, American actress

1936 - Fanne Foxe, Argentine dancer

1936 - Andrew Prine, American actor

1941 - Donna Shalala, American politician, educator

1941 - Paul Tsongas, U.S. Senator (d. 1997)

1942 - Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City

1942 - Andrew Robinson, actor

1943 - Maceo Parker, American musician (P-Funk)

1944 - Carl Bernstein, American journalist

1944 - Alan Parker, British film director and writer

1945 - Frank Welker, American actor

1946 - Bernard Dowiyogo, President of Nauru (d. 2003)

1946 - Gregory Hines, American dancer and actor (d. 2003)

1948 - Pat O'Brien, American sportscaster and television host

1948 - Teller, American magician (Penn and Teller)

1951 - Kevin Keegan, Liverpool Footballer

1951 - JoJo Starbuck, American ice skater. Married Terry Bradshaw.

1959 - Renee Fleming, Canadian soprano

1960 - Jim Kelly, American football player

1960 - Meg Tilly, Canadian actress

1962 - Kevyn Aucoin, American cosmetologist (d. 2002)

1962 - Philippe Sella, French rugby player

1963 - Enrico Colantoni, Canadian actor

1963 - Zach Galligan, American actor

1967 - Manuela Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player

1967 - Stelios Haji-Ioannou, British entrepreneur

1968 - Jules Asner, American model and television personality

1970 - Simon Pegg, British comedian, writer, and actor

1971 - Noriko Sakai, Japanese singer

1972 - Drew Bledsoe, American football player

1972 - Hiroshi, Japanese comedian

1972 - Rob Thomas, American musician (matchbox twenty)

1973 - Steve McNair, American football player

1978 - Richard Hamilton, American basketball player

1979 - Antonio Chatman, American football player

1980 - Fatima Leyva, Mexican footballer

1985 - Philippe Senderos, Swiss footballer

1992 - Freddie Highmore, British actor

1994 - Paul Butcher Jr., American actor