People born on this day are Pisces.
A Boeing 727 operating as Iberia Flight 610 crashes Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148; it is the deadliest accident to occur in Iberia's history and the deadliest to occur in Basque County.
Wikipedia ↗China Airlines Flight 006 experiences an aircraft upset over the Pacific Ocean, injuring 24.
Wikipedia ↗A Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner operating as AVAir Flight 3378 crashes in Cary, North Carolina, killing 12.
Wikipedia ↗Flying Tiger Line Flight 066 crashes into a hill near Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Malaysia, killing four.
Wikipedia ↗NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
Wikipedia ↗An Ilyushin Il-76 military aircraft crashes near Kerman, Iran, killing 275.
Wikipedia ↗A methane explosion in a coal mine near Nueva Rosita, Mexico, kills 65 miners.
Wikipedia ↗The debut exhibition of the Belitung shipwreck, containing the largest collection of Tang dynasty artifacts found in one location, begins in Singapore.
Wikipedia ↗Forty-four people are killed in a prison brawl in Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico.
Wikipedia ↗Nine people are killed in two domestic terrorist shootings in Hanau, Hesse, Germany.
Wikipedia ↗Mya Thwe Thwe Khine, a 19-year-old protester, becomes the first known casualty of anti-coup protests that formed in response to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.
Wikipedia ↗The 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea officially opens in Pyongyang and lasts for 7 days. (from February 19th to February 25th, 2026)
Wikipedia ↗Millie Bobby Brown, English actress, model and producer
Wikipedia ↗Lee Kang-in, South Korean footballer
Wikipedia ↗David Mazouz, American actor
Wikipedia ↗Katharina Gerlach, German tennis player
Wikipedia ↗Chappell Roan, American singer and songwriter
Wikipedia ↗Jungwoo, South Korean singer
Wikipedia ↗Mabel, British-Swedish singer
Wikipedia ↗D. J. Wilson, American basketball player
Wikipedia ↗Nikola Jokić, Serbian basketball player
Wikipedia ↗Mauro Icardi, Argentine footballer
Wikipedia ↗Victoria Justice, American actress and singer
Wikipedia ↗Camille Kostek, American model
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