February 28th, 1887

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Born on February 28th, 1887 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on February 28th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on February 28th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (February 1887)

Born on February 28th, 1887

Weekday

Monday

February 28th, 1887 was a Monday.

Age

137

People born on February 28th, 1887 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 137 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1887 - March 20th, 1887

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 50,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 902 days, exactly on October 17th, 2026, people who were born on February 28th, 1887 will be 51,000 days old!

50,098 Days

7,156 Weeks

1,646 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 28th?

February 28th, 2021

Bus drivers in Greater Manchester began an eleven-week strike, one of the longest in British transportation history.

February 28th, 2013

Benedict XVI became the first pope in nearly 600 years to resign from the papacy.

February 28th, 2002

During a period of religious violence in Gujarat, India, mobs of Hindus attacked Muslims in Naroda Patiya and in Chamanpura, resulting in 166 deaths.

February 28th, 2001

A high-speed train crash occurred near Selby in North Yorkshire, England, killing 10 and injuring 82.

February 28th, 1997

Two heavily armed bank robbers exchanged gunfire with officers of the Los Angeles Police Department in North Hollywood, in one of the most intense gun battles in American police history.

February 28th, 1985

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army launched a mortar attack on a Royal Ulster Constabulary station in Newry, Northern Ireland, killing nine people.

February 28th, 1975

A London Underground train failed to stop at the terminal Moorgate station, crashing and causing the deaths of 43 people.

February 28th, 1974

The British election ended in a hung parliament after the Liberal Party, under Jeremy Thorpe, achieved their highest ever number of votes.

February 28th, 1972

Japanese police stormed a mountain lodge near Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, to end a ten-day siege by members of the paramilitary group United Red Army.

February 28th, 1963

Chicago alderman Benjamin F. Lewis was murdered in his office by unknown assailants two days after having been reelected.

February 28th, 1947

Nationalist soldiers fired on protesters in Taipei (crowd pictured), triggering widespread uprisings and violent suppression in the White Terror.

February 28th, 1928

Indian physicist C. V. Raman and his colleagues discovered what is now known as Raman scattering, for which he later became the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.

February 28th, 1914

In the aftermath of the Balkan Wars, Greeks living in southern Albania proclaimed the short-lived Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus.

February 28th, 1904

The most successful football club in Portugal, S.L. Benfica (first team pictured), was founded in Lisbon as Sport Lisboa.

February 28th, 1897

Ranavalona III, the last sovereign ruler of the Kingdom of Madagascar, was deposed by French military forces.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 28th

Born on February 28th, 1887

William Zorach

American artist

*February 28th, 1887, Jurbarkas †November 15th, 1966, Bath

Jasper Colebank

American football player and coach

*February 28th, 1887, Evansville †January 6th, 1968, Enterprise

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Who's birthday is on February 28th?

Linus Pauling

American scientist

*February 28th, 1901, Portland †August 18th, 1994, Big Sur

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

Pierre Fatou

French mathematician and astronomer

*February 28th, 1878, Lorient †August 9th, 1929, Pornichet

Verena Bentele

German paralympic biathlete and politician (SPD)

*February 28th, 1982, Lindau

Charles Durning

American actor (1923-2012)

*February 28th, 1923, Highland Falls †December 24th, 2012, New York City

Christie MacDonald

Canadian opera singer and stage actor

*February 28th, 1875, Pictou †July 25th, 1962, Fairfield

Bernadette Peters

American actress and singer

*February 28th, 1948, Queens

Hans-Joachim Martens

German film actor and stage actor

*February 28th, 1925, Berlin †March 3rd, 2018, Berlin

Craig Cooper

Badminton player

*February 28th, 1981, Wellington

Gilbert Gottfried

American stand-up comedian (1955–2022)

*February 28th, 1955, Brooklyn †April 12th, 2022, Manhattan

Victor Boin

Belgian swimmer, water polo player, and fencer

*February 28th, 1886, City of Brussels †March 31st, 1974, City of Brussels

John Turturro

American actor (born 1957)

*February 28th, 1957, Brooklyn

Don Francks

Canadian actor and jazz musician (1932–2016)

*February 28th, 1932, Burnaby †April 3rd, 2016, Toronto

Robert Sean Leonard

American actor

*February 28th, 1969, Westwood

Ben Hecht

American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist and novelist

*February 28th, 1894, New York City †April 18th, 1964, New York City

Stephanie Beacham

British actress

*February 28th, 1947, Barnet

Tommy Tune

American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer

*February 28th, 1939, Wichita Falls

Ask Hasselbalch

Danish film director

*February 28th, 1979, Copenhagen

Fernand Sanz

Racing cyclist

*February 28th, 1881, Madrid †January 8th, 1925, Pau

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Born in 1887

Le Corbusier

Swiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, and writer (1886-1965)

*October 6th, 1887, La Chaux-de-Fonds †August 27th, 1965, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin

Pierre Taittinger

French politician

*October 4th, 1887, 18th arrondissement of Paris †January 22nd, 1965, Paris

Saint-John Perse

French poet and diplomat

*May 31st, 1887, Pointe-à-Pitre †September 20th, 1975, Hyères

Erwin Schrödinger

Austrian physicist (1887–1961)

*August 12th, 1887, Vienna †January 4th, 1961, Vienna

Marc Chagall

Belarusian-born French artist (1887–1985)

*July 14th, 1887, Vitebsk †March 28th, 1985, Saint-Paul-de-Vence

Arthur Rubinstein

Polish-American classical pianist (1887-1982)

*January 28th, 1887, Łódź †December 20th, 1982, Geneva

John Reed

American journalist, poet, and communist activist

*October 22nd, 1887, Portland †October 17th, 1920, Moscow

Hermann Hammerschmidt

*August 21st, 1887, Cottbus †November 30th, 1944

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George Abbott

American writer and director (1887-1995)

*June 25th, 1887, Chautauqua County †January 31st, 1995, Miami Beach

Lynn Fontanne

British actress (1887–1983)

*December 6th, 1887, London †July 30th, 1983, Waukesha County

Josef Lada

Czech illustrator, painter, caricaturist, scenographer and writer (1887-1957)

*December 17th, 1887, Hrusice †December 14th, 1957, Prague

Joseph Lamb

American composer of ragtime music

*December 6th, 1887, Montclair †September 3rd, 1960, Brooklyn

Carmen Lyra

Costa Rican politician and writer

*January 15th, 1887, San José †May 14th, 1949, Mexico City

Lajos Áprily

Hungarian poet/translator/recipient:1954 Attila József Prize

*November 14th, 1887, Brașov †August 6th, 1967, Budapest

Chiang Kai-shek

Chinese politician and military leader (1887–1975)

*October 31st, 1887, Xikou †April 5th, 1975, Taipei

Huntley Gordon

Canadian actor (1887-1956)

*October 8th, 1887, Montreal †December 7th, 1956, Van Nuys

Carlos Dávila

Chilean diplomat, journalist and politician (1887-1955)

*September 15th, 1887, Los Ángeles †October 19th, 1955, Washington, D.C.

Boris Karloff

English actor (1887–1969)

*November 23rd, 1887, Dulwich †February 2nd, 1969, Midhurst

Georgia O'Keeffe

American modernist artist (1887–1986)

*November 15th, 1887, Sun Prairie †March 6th, 1986, Santa Fe

Vidkun Quisling

Norwegian politician and Nazi collaborator (1887–1945)

*July 18th, 1887, Fyresdal †October 24th, 1945, Akershus Fortress

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 28th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 28th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXVIII.II.MDCCCLXXXVII

28.2.1887

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1887 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1887

February 1887

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
5		1	2	3	4	5	6
6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
7	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
8	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
9	28

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February 28th, 1887

Born on February 28th, 1887

Weekday

Monday

Age

Zodiac

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Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 50,000 days old!

50,098 Days

7,156 Weeks

1,646 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 28th?

Bus drivers in Greater Manchester began an eleven-week strike, one of the longest in British transportation history.

Benedict XVI became the first pope in nearly 600 years to resign from the papacy.

During a period of religious violence in Gujarat, India, mobs of Hindus attacked Muslims in Naroda Patiya and in Chamanpura, resulting in 166 deaths.

A high-speed train crash occurred near Selby in North Yorkshire, England, killing 10 and injuring 82.

Two heavily armed bank robbers exchanged gunfire with officers of the Los Angeles Police Department in North Hollywood, in one of the most intense gun battles in American police history.

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army launched a mortar attack on a Royal Ulster Constabulary station in Newry, Northern Ireland, killing nine people.

A London Underground train failed to stop at the terminal Moorgate station, crashing and causing the deaths of 43 people.

The British election ended in a hung parliament after the Liberal Party, under Jeremy Thorpe, achieved their highest ever number of votes.

Japanese police stormed a mountain lodge near Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, to end a ten-day siege by members of the paramilitary group United Red Army.

Chicago alderman Benjamin F. Lewis was murdered in his office by unknown assailants two days after having been reelected.

Nationalist soldiers fired on protesters in Taipei (crowd pictured), triggering widespread uprisings and violent suppression in the White Terror.

Indian physicist C. V. Raman and his colleagues discovered what is now known as Raman scattering, for which he later became the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.

In the aftermath of the Balkan Wars, Greeks living in southern Albania proclaimed the short-lived Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus.

The most successful football club in Portugal, S.L. Benfica (first team pictured), was founded in Lisbon as Sport Lisboa.

Ranavalona III, the last sovereign ruler of the Kingdom of Madagascar, was deposed by French military forces.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 28th

Born on February 28th, 1887

American artist

American football player and coach

Same Day Who's birthday is on February 28th?

Same year Born in 1887

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 28th

February 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Kalevala Day, also known as the Finnish Culture Day (Finland)

National Science Day (India)

Peace Memorial Day (Taiwan)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

28.2.1887

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