February 28th, 1899

Born on February 28th, 1899

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 284 days, exactly on February 7th, 2025, people who were born on February 28th, 1899 will be 46,000 days old!

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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, 1899

71

Harold Farncomb

Lawyer and Australian Rear Admiral

*February 28th, 1899, Sydney †February 12th, 1971, New South Wales

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93

Linus Pauling

American scientist

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

68

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

94

Molly Picon

American actress (1898–1992)

*February 28th, 1898, New York City †April 5th, 1992, Lancaster

28

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

42

Verena Bentele

German paralympic biathlete and politician (SPD)

*February 28th, 1982, Lindau

89

Charles Durning

American actor (1923-2012)

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

69

Philip Showalter Hench

American physician (1896-1965)

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

93

Hans-Joachim Martens

German film actor and stage actor

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

76

Bernadette Peters

American actress and singer

*February 28th, 1948, Queens

84

Don Francks

Canadian actor and jazz musician (1932–2016)

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

43

Craig Cooper

Badminton player

*February 28th, 1981, Wellington

67

Gilbert Gottfried

American stand-up comedian (1955–2022)

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

51

Pierre Fatou

French mathematician and astronomer

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

70

Ben Hecht

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

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

67

John Turturro

American actor (born 1957)

*February 28th, 1957, Brooklyn

85

Tommy Tune

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

*February 28th, 1939, Wichita Falls

77

Stephanie Beacham

British actress

*February 28th, 1947, Barnet

55

Robert Sean Leonard

American actor

*February 28th, 1969, Westwood

72

Prince Zeid bin Hussein

Iraqi prince

*February 28th, 1898, Turkey †October 18th, 1970, Paris

45

Ask Hasselbalch

Danish film director

*February 28th, 1979, Copenhagen

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76

Gustav Heinemann

German politician, President of Germany 1969–1974

*July 23rd, 1899, Schwelm †July 7th, 1976, Essen

80

Alfred Hitchcock

English filmmaker (1899–1980)

*August 13th, 1899, Leytonstone †April 29th, 1980, Bel Air

61

Ernest Hemingway

American author and journalist (1899–1961)

*July 21st, 1899, Oak Park †July 2nd, 1961, Ketchum

86

Jorge Luis Borges

Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator (1899–1986)

*August 24th, 1899, Buenos Aires †June 14th, 1986, Geneva

57

Humphrey Bogart

American actor (1899–1957)

*December 25th, 1899, New York City †January 14th, 1957, Los Angeles

73

Noël Coward

English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer

*December 16th, 1899, Teddington †March 26th, 1973, Firefly Estate

82

Huang Xianfan

Chinese historian, ethnologist and educator (1899-1982)

*November 13th, 1899, Fusui County †January 18th, 1982, Guilin

72

Yasunari Kawabata

Japanese novelist (1899–1972)

*June 11th, 1899, Osaka †April 16th, 1972, Zushi

73

Paul-Henri Spaak

Belgian politician (1899-1972)

*January 25th, 1899, Schaerbeek †July 31st, 1972, Braine-l'Alleud

88

Fred Astaire

American dancer, actor, and singer (1899–1987)

*May 10th, 1899, Omaha †June 22nd, 1987, Los Angeles

52

Edwin L. Marin

American film director

*February 21st, 1899, Jersey City †May 2nd, 1951, Los Angeles

92

Friedrich Hayek

Austrian and British economist

*May 8th, 1899, Vienna †March 23rd, 1992, Freiburg im Breisgau

86

Marcel Arland

French writer

*July 5th, 1899, Varennes-sur-Amance †January 12th, 1986, Saint-Sauveur-sur-École

86

Gale Sondergaard

American actress (1899-1985)

*February 15th, 1899, Litchfield †August 14th, 1985, Woodland Hills

56

Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg

Austrian politician and nobleman (1899-1956)

*May 10th, 1899, Eferding †March 15th, 1956, Schruns

66

Gertrude Berg

American actress, screenwriter (1899-1966)

*October 3rd, 1899, New York City †September 14th, 1966, New York City

84

Gloria Swanson

American actress (1899–1983)

*March 27th, 1899, Chicago †April 4th, 1983, Weill Cornell Medical Center

69

Lucio Fontana

Italian-Argentine sculptor, painter and theorist, Manifiesto blanco, Spatialism (1899-1968)

*February 19th, 1899, Rosario †September 7th, 1968, Comabbio

75

Duke Ellington

American jazz pianist and composer (1899–1974)

*April 29th, 1899, Washington, D.C. †May 24th, 1974, New York City

78

Vladimir Nabokov

Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)

*April 10th, 1899, Saint Petersburg †July 2nd, 1977, Montreux

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1899 is a normal year and no leap year.

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