Born on February 21st, 1878
Weekday
Thursday
February 21st, 1878 was a Thursday.
Age
People born on February 21st, 1878 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 146 years old this year (2024).
Zodiac
♓
Pisces (The Fish)
February 20th, 1878 - March 20th, 1878
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 53,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 609 days, exactly on December 27th, 2025, people who were born on February 21st, 1878 will be 54,000 days old!
53,391 Days
7,627 Weeks
1,754 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on February 21st, 1878?
The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_directory The first telephone directory, consisting of a single page, was issued to fifty subscribers in New Haven, Connecticut.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_directoryWhat else happened on February 21st?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 21st
Born on February 21st, 1878
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95 Mirra Alfassa
Spiritual guru and collaborator of Sri Aurobindo
*February 21st, 1878, 9th arrondissement of Paris †November 17th, 1973, PondicherrySame Day
Who's birthday is on February 21st?
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35 Corbin Bleu
American actor, model, dancer, film producer and singer-songwriter
*February 21st, 1989, Brooklyn
Ernst Meyer
German historian of classical antiquity (1898-1975)
*February 21st, 1898, Pinneberg †November 18th, 1975, Zürich.jpeg "Lalinrat Chaiwan")
75 Friedrich Karl Kaul
German screenwriter
*February 21st, 1906, Poznań †April 16th, 1981, East Berlin
95 Robert Mugabe
2nd president of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017
*February 21st, 1924, Kutama †September 6th, 2019, Gleneagles Hospital
77 Clemence Dane
English novelist (1888-1965)
*February 21st, 1888, London Borough of Lewisham †March 28th, 1965, LondonGeorg Lippold
German archaeologist (1885-1954)
*February 21st, 1885, Mainz †July 23rd, 1954, Erlangen.jpg "Alan Rickman")
69 Alan Rickman
British actor and director (1946–2016)
*February 21st, 1946, Hammersmith †January 14th, 2016, London
96 Marian Anderson
African-American contralto (1897–1993)
*February 21st, 1897, Philadelphia †April 8th, 1993, PortlandEdwin L. Marin
American film director
*February 21st, 1899, Jersey City †May 2nd, 1951, Los AngelesSame year
Born in 1878
81 Dorothea Douglass
English tennis and badminton player
*September 3rd, 1878, Ealing †January 7th, 1960, Kensington
74 Joseph Stalin
Leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
*December 18th, 1878, Gori †March 5th, 1953, Kuntsevo Dacha
86 Ernst Rodenwaldt
German racial hygienist, university teacher and military physician (1878-1965)
*August 5th, 1878, Berlin †June 4th, 1965, Ruhpolding
87 Marie-Elisabeth Lüders
German politician (1878–1966)
*June 25th, 1878, Berlin †March 23rd, 1966, West Berlin
64 Janusz Korczak
Polish educator (1878-1942)
*July 22nd, 1878, Warsaw †August 7th, 1942, Treblinka extermination camp
89 Carl Sandburg
American writer and editor
*January 6th, 1878, Galesburg †July 22nd, 1967, Flat Rock
74 Ferenc Molnár
Hungarian-born dramatist and novelist (1878-1952)
*January 12th, 1878, Budapest †April 1st, 1952, New York City
87 Elizabeth Arden
Canadian American businesswoman
*December 31st, 1878, Woodbridge †October 18th, 1966, New York City
51 Gustav Stresemann
German politician, statesman, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1878-1929)
*May 10th, 1878, Berlin †October 3rd, 1929, Berlin
98 Eileen Gray
Irish architect and designer (1878-1976)
*August 9th, 1878, Enniscorthy †October 31st, 1976, 14th arrondissement of Paris
56 Erich Mühsam
German-Jewish anarchist writer (1878–1934)
*April 6th, 1878, Berlin †July 10th, 1934, Oranienburg concentration camp
51 Pierre Fatou
French mathematician and astronomer
*February 28th, 1878, Lorient †August 9th, 1929, Pornichet
48 Albert Corey
French long distance runner (1878-1926)
*April 16th, 1878, Meursault †August 3rd, 1926, Paris
77 Paul Renner
German type designer (1878–1959)
*August 9th, 1878, Wernigerode †April 25th, 1956, Überlingen
89 Lise Meitner
Austrian-Swedish physicist
*November 7th, 1878, Vienna †October 27th, 1968, CambridgeMartin Buber
German Jewish Existentialist philosopher and theologian (1878–1965)
*February 8th, 1878, Vienna †June 13th, 1965, Jerusalem
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45 Pancho Villa
Mexican revolutionary (1878-1923)
*June 5th, 1878, San Juan del Río, Durango †July 20th, 1923, Hidalgo del Parral
73 Owen Johnson
American novelist and short story writer
*August 27th, 1878, New York City †January 27th, 1952, MassachusettsBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on February 21st
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 21st.
Armed Forces Day (South Africa)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_DayBirthday of King Harald V (Norway)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_VFebruary 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_21_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Father Lini Day (Vanuatu)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_VanuatuLanguage Movement Day (Bangladesh)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_Movement_DayInternational Mother Language Day (UNESCO)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mother_Language_DayThe first day of the Birth Anniversary of Fifth Druk Gyalpo, celebrated until February 23. (Bhutan)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_BhutanThe first day of the Musikahan Festival, celebrated until February 27. (Tagum City, Philippines)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TagumDate as a Roman numeral / digit
21.2.1878
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | L = 50 | X = 10 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
No: With 365 days 1878 is a normal year and no leap year.