Born on February 14, 1990

Voyager 1 was 3.7 billion miles away when Carl Sagan convinced NASA to turn its camera around one last time. Earth appeared as 0.12 pixels. A single pixel of light suspended in a sunbeam. Sagan called it "a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam." Every human who ever lived, every war, every love story — visible only because Sagan knew where to look. The camera shut down permanently nine days later.

Indian Airlines Flight 605 crashed short of the runway in Bangalore, killing 92 of the 146 people on board. The disaster forced the Indian aviation industry to overhaul pilot training protocols and landing procedures, specifically addressing the dangers of the "open-cockpit" flight deck design that contributed to the crew's loss of situational awareness during the final approach.

Tony Holiday died of AIDS on February 14, 1990. He was 38. He'd had one massive hit — "Tanze Samba mit mir" in 1977 — which sold over a million copies in Germany and made him a household name. Then disco died and so did his career. He spent the 1980s performing at smaller venues, watching his health decline, keeping his diagnosis private. He died on Valentine's Day. The man who sang "Dance the samba with me" spent his last years dancing alone.