February 3rd, 1066

Born on February 3rd, 1066

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 350,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 951 days, exactly on February 5th, 2027, people who were born on February 3rd, 1066 will be 351,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on February 3rd?

February 3rd, 2023

A freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, releasing hazardous materials into the surrounding area.

February 3rd, 2014

Russia's first school shooting took place when a student opened fire at School No. 263 in Moscow, resulting in the deaths of a teacher and a police officer.

February 3rd, 1986

Steve Jobs purchased Pixar from Lucasfilm and launched it as an independent computer-animation studio.

February 3rd, 1972

The deadliest blizzard in history began in Iran and continued for a week leaving more than 4,000 people dead.

February 3rd, 1953

Hundreds of native creoles known as Forros were massacred on São Tomé Island by the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners.

February 3rd, 1941

Second World War: Free French and British forces (aircraft pictured) began the Battle of Keren to capture the strategic town of Keren in Italian East Africa.

February 3rd, 1933

Adolf Hitler announced that the conquest of Lebensraum in Eastern Europe, and its "ruthless Germanisation", were the geopolitical objectives of Reich foreign policy.

February 3rd, 1918

At 11,675 ft (3,559 m) long, the Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco opened as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at the time.

February 3rd, 1870

The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, granting voting rights to citizens regardless of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude".

February 3rd, 1852

The Argentine Confederation was defeated in the Platine War by an alliance consisting of Brazil, Uruguay and the Argentine provinces of Entre Ríos and Corrientes.

February 3rd, 1813

Argentine War of Independence: José de San Martín and the Mounted Grenadiers Regiment defeated Spanish royalist forces in the Battle of San Lorenzo.

February 3rd, 1781

Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: British forces captured the Dutch island of Sint Eustatius after a brief skirmish.

February 3rd, 1266

Mudéjar revolt: King James I of Aragon entered the formerly Muslim-held city of Murcia (depicted), following its surrender three days earlier.

February 3rd, 2023

2023 Ohio train derailment: A freight train containing vinyl chloride and other hazardous materials derails and burns in East Palestine, Ohio, United States, releasing hydrogen chloride and phosgene into the air and contaminating the Ohio River.

February 3rd, 2014

Two people are shot and killed and 29 students are taken hostage at a high school in Moscow, Russia.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 3rd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 3rd?

62

Michele Greene

American actress

*February 3rd, 1962, Las Vegas

57

Gisle Kverndokk

Norwegian composer

*February 3rd, 1967, Trondheim

67

Karl Hampe

German historian of medieval age (1869-1936)

*February 3rd, 1869, Bremen †February 14th, 1936, Heidelberg

85

Monika von Starck

German painter and sculptor

*February 3rd, 1939, Cologne

82

Royal Robbins

American rock climber (1935-2017)

*February 3rd, 1935, Point Pleasant †March 14th, 2017, Modesto

38

Felix Mendelssohn

German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of Jewish descent

*February 3rd, 1809, Hamburg †November 4th, 1847, Leipzig

36

Gregory van der Wiel

Dutch association football player

*February 3rd, 1988, Amsterdam

46

Amal Clooney

Lebanese-British barrister and human right activist

*February 3rd, 1978, Beirut

78

Alvar Aalto

Finnish architect and designer (1898–1976)

*February 3rd, 1898, Kuortane †May 11th, 1976, Helsinki

81

Blythe Danner

American actress

*February 3rd, 1943, Philadelphia

84

Norman Rockwell

American painter and illustrator (1894–1978)

*February 3rd, 1894, New York City †November 8th, 1978, Stockbridge

92

Shelley Berman

American comedian, actor, writer, and teacher (1925–2017)

*February 3rd, 1925, Chicago †September 1st, 2017, Bell Canyon

82

Otto Fräßdorf

German association football player and manager

*February 3rd, 1942, Magdeburg

63

Linda Eder

American actress and musician

*February 3rd, 1961, Tucson

53

Vincent Elbaz

French actor

*February 3rd, 1971, Paris

64

Joachim Löw

German football manager

*February 3rd, 1960, Schönau im Schwarzwald

47

Nora Gregor

Austrian actress

*February 3rd, 1901, Gorizia †January 20th, 1949, Viña del Mar

74

Dennis Edwards

American singer (1943-2018)

*February 3rd, 1943, Fairfield †February 1st, 2018, Chicago

75

Hennie Kuiper

Road bicycle racer

*February 3rd, 1949, Dinkelland

65

Gordon Coates

New Zealand politician (1878–1943)

*February 3rd, 1878, Ruatuna †May 27th, 1943, Wellington

89

Joey Bishop

American entertainer (1918–2007)

*February 3rd, 1918, New York City †October 17th, 2007, Newport Beach

67

Henning Mankell

Swedish writer, human rights activist and dramatist

*February 3rd, 1948, Stockholm †October 5th, 2015, Gothenburg

49

Harro Füllgrabe

German television presenter and journalist

*February 3rd, 1975, Aurich

60

Pierre Kohler

Swiss politician

*February 3rd, 1964, Delémont

48

Isla Fisher

Australian actress and author (born 1976)

*February 3rd, 1976, Muscat

34

Simone Weil

(1909-1943) French philosopher, Christian mystic, writer and social activist

*February 3rd, 1909, Paris †August 24th, 1943, Ashford

73

María Jiménez

Spanish flamenco singer and dancer

*February 3rd, 1950, Seville †September 7th, 2023, Seville

79

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Danish film director (1889–1968)

*February 3rd, 1889, Copenhagen †March 20th, 1968, Copenhagen

77

Paul Auster

American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter

*February 3rd, 1947, Newark

72

Gertrude Stein

American author (1874–1946)

*February 3rd, 1874, Allegheny †July 27th, 1946, Neuilly-sur-Seine

94

Hans-Jochen Vogel

German politician (1926-2020)

*February 3rd, 1926, Göttingen †July 26th, 2020, Munich

73

Stephen Ross

American economist

*February 3rd, 1944, Boston †March 3rd, 2017

73

Wolfgang Kuhoff

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 3rd, 1951, Paderborn

50

Corinne Erhel

French politician

*February 3rd, 1967, Quimper †May 5th, 2017, Saint-Brieuc

45

Costa Ronin

Australian actor, born in the Soviet Union

*February 3rd, 1979, Kaliningrad

69

E. P. Thompson

British historian & peace activist (1924-1993)

*February 3rd, 1924, Oxford †August 28th, 1993, Worcester

79

Willeke Alberti

Dutch recording artist; singer and actress

*February 3rd, 1945, Amsterdam

73

Blaise Compaoré

Burkinabé politician, President of Burkina Faso from 1987 to 2014

*February 3rd, 1951, Ouagadougou

47

Daddy Yankee

Puerto Rican singer

*February 3rd, 1977, San Juan

40

Elizabeth Holmes

American biotechnology entrepreneur convicted of fraud

*February 3rd, 1984, Washington, D.C.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1066 is a normal year and no leap year.

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