^B{^#!16!10 February^N! Feast day of St William of Maleval, St Scholastica, St Trumwin, St Austreberta, and St Soteris.
^B{1354^B} A street battle between Oxford University students and townspeople resulted in several deaths and many injuries. ^B{1763^B} Canada was ceded to Britain by the Peace of Paris. ^B{1774^B} Andrew Becker demonstrated his practical diving suit in the River Thames. ^B{1840^B} Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, both aged 20, were married in St James' Palace. ^B{1931^B} New Delhi became the capital of India. ^B{1942^B} The first gold disc - sprayed with gold by the record company RCA Victor - was presented to Glenn Miller for 'Chattanooga Choo Choo'. ^B{1989^B} Jamaican-born Tony Robinson became Nottingham's first black sheriff.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Harold Macmillan, British politician and publisher, ^B{1894^B}; Bertolt Brecht, German dramatist and poet, ^B{1898^B}; Robert Wagner, US actor, ^B{1930^B}; Boris Pasternak, Russian novelist, ^B{1890^B}; Mark Spitz, US swimmer, ^B{1950^B}; Greg Norman, Australian golfer, ^B{1955^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Luca della Robbia, Italian sculptor, ^B{1482^B}; Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, Russian author, ^B{1837^B}; Wilhelm Konrad von R÷ntgen, German physicist, ^B{1923^B}; Edgar Wallace, English thriller writer, ^B{1932^B}; Billy Rose, US producer and lyricist, ^B{1966^B}; Sophie Tucker, US singer, ^B{1966^B}.
