^B{^#!16!9 February^N! Feast day of St Apollonia, St Sabinus of Canossa, St Teilo, St Alto, St Ansbert, and St Nicephorus of Antioch.
^B{1801 ^B}The Holy Roman Empire came to an end with the signing of the Peace of Luneville between Austria and France. ^B{1830^B} Explorer Charles Sturt discovered the source of the Murray River in Australia. ^B{1872^B} Lieutenant Dawson's expedition in search of Dr Livingstone began. ^B{1900^B} Dwight F. Davis created the Davis Cup Tennis Tournament. ^B{1942^B} Soap rationing began in Britain. ^B{1949 ^B}US film actor Robert Mitchum was sentenced to two months in prison for smoking marijuana. ^B{1972^B} The British government declared a state of emergency due to the miners' strike, which was in its third month. ^B{1991^B} The republic of Lithuania held a plebiscite on independence which showed overwhelming support for secession from the USSR.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Daniel Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician, ^B{1700^B}; Mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress, ^B{1865^B}; Alban Berg, Austrian composer, ^B{1885^B}; Ronald Colman, English film actor, ^B{1891^B}; Carole King, US singer and songwriter, ^B{1941^B}; Mia Farrow, US film actress, ^B{1945^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal, ^B{1811^B}; Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Russian novelist, ^B{1881^B}; Sergei Vladimirovich Ilyushin, Russian aircraft designer, ^B{1977^B}; Bill Haley, US rock musician, ^B{1981^B}; Yuri Andropov, Russian leader, ^B{1984^B}.
