February 28th, 1889

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Born on February 28th, 1889 – 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 1889)

Born on February 28th, 1889

Weekday

Thursday

February 28th, 1889 was a Thursday.

Age

135

People born on February 28th, 1889 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 135 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1889 - March 20th, 1889

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 49,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 633 days, exactly on January 21st, 2026, people who were born on February 28th, 1889 will be 50,000 days old!

49,367 Days

7,052 Weeks

1,622 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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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, 1889

Koloman Wallisch

Austrian politician (1889-1934)

*February 28th, 1889, Lugoj †February 19th, 1934, Leoben

Hellmuth Volkmann

German officer (1889-1940)

*February 28th, 1889, Thionville †August 21st, 1940, Berlin

John Todd Zimmer

American ornithologist, entomologist (1889 - 1957)

*February 28th, 1889, Bridgeport †January 6th, 1957, White Plains

Pavel Dybenko

Soviet admiral (1889-1938)

*February 28th, 1889, Novozybkov †July 29th, 1938, Kommunarka shooting ground

Victor Sutherland

American actor (1889-1968)

*February 28th, 1889, Paducah †August 29th, 1968, Los Angeles

John Condon

Boxer

*February 28th, 1889, Shoreditch †February 21st, 1919, Shoreditch

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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

William Zorach

American artist

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

Charles Durning

American actor (1923-2012)

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

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

Ben Hecht

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

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

Christie MacDonald

Canadian opera singer and stage actor

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

Craig Cooper

Badminton player

*February 28th, 1981, Wellington

Gilbert Gottfried

American stand-up comedian (1955–2022)

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

Don Francks

Canadian actor and jazz musician (1932–2016)

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

John Turturro

American actor (born 1957)

*February 28th, 1957, Brooklyn

Robert Sean Leonard

American actor

*February 28th, 1969, Westwood

Stephanie Beacham

British actress

*February 28th, 1947, Barnet

Tommy Tune

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

*February 28th, 1939, Wichita Falls

Philip Showalter Hench

American physician (1896-1965)

*February 28th, 1896, Pittsburgh †March 30th, 1965, Ocho Rios

Ask Hasselbalch

Danish film director

*February 28th, 1979, Copenhagen

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Born in 1889

Charlie Chaplin

British comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)

*April 16th, 1889, Walworth †December 25th, 1977, Corsier-sur-Vevey

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

*April 20th, 1889, Adolf-Hitler-Geburtshaus †April 30th, 1945, Führerbunker

Jawaharlal Nehru

Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964

*November 14th, 1889, Prayagraj †May 27th, 1964, New Delhi

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)

*April 26th, 1889, Neuwaldegg †April 29th, 1951, Cambridge

Gabriela Mistral

Chilean poet, diplomat and educator

*April 7th, 1889, Vicuña †January 10th, 1957, Hempstead

Lilly von Mallinckrodt-Schnitzler

*June 25th, 1889, Cologne †June 26th, 1981

Edwin Hubble

American astronomer

*November 20th, 1889, Marshfield †September 28th, 1953, San Marino

Olave Baden-Powell

World Chief Guide

*February 22nd, 1889, Chesterfield †June 25th, 1977, Bramley

Gabriel Marcel

French philosopher, playwright, music critic and leading Christian existentialist

*December 7th, 1889, 8th arrondissement of Paris †October 8th, 1973, 7th arrondissement of Paris

Adrian Boult

British conductor

*April 8th, 1889, Chester †February 22nd, 1983, London

António de Oliveira Salazar

Prime Minister of Portugal (1889-1970)

*April 28th, 1889, Vimieiro (Santa Comba Dão) †July 27th, 1970, Lisbon

Harry Clarke

Irish artist (1889–1931)

*March 17th, 1889, Dublin †January 6th, 1931, Chur

Eduardo Ciannelli

Italian actor (1889-1969)

*August 30th, 1889, Ischia †October 8th, 1969, Rome

Dietrich von Hildebrand

German Catholic philosopher and theologian

*October 12th, 1889, Florence †January 26th, 1977, New Rochelle

Ted Wilde

American film director, screenwriter (1889-1929)

*December 16th, 1889, New York City †December 17th, 1929, Hollywood

Martin Heidegger

German philosopher (1889–1976)

*September 26th, 1889, Messkirch †May 26th, 1976, Freiburg im Breisgau

Darcy Hadfield

New Zealand rower (1889–1964)

*December 1st, 1889, Meadowbank Homestead †September 15th, 1964, Auckland

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Danish film director (1889–1968)

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

Ruby Miller

British actress (1889–1976)

*January 17th, 1889, London †January 17th, 1976, Chichester

Warner Baxter

American actor (1889–1951)

*March 29th, 1889, Columbus †May 7th, 1951, Beverly Hills

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.MDCCCLXXXIX

28.2.1889

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1889 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1889

February 1889

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

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Born on February 28th, 1889

Weekday

Thursday

Age

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Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 49,000 days old!

49,367 Days

7,052 Weeks

1,622 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, 1889

Austrian politician (1889-1934)

German officer (1889-1940)

American ornithologist, entomologist (1889 - 1957)

Soviet admiral (1889-1938)

American actor (1889-1968)

Boxer

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

Same year Born in 1889

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

28.2.1889

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