February 28th, 1911

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Born on February 28th, 1911 – 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 1911)

Born on February 28th, 1911

Weekday

Tuesday

February 28th, 1911 was a Tuesday.

Age

113

People born on February 28th, 1911 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 113 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1911 - March 20th, 1911

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 41,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 666 days, exactly on February 24th, 2026, people who were born on February 28th, 1911 will be 42,000 days old!

41,334 Days

5,904 Weeks

1,358 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, 1911

Friedrich Karl Dörner

German archaeologist (1911-1992)

*February 28th, 1911, Gelsenkirchen †March 10th, 1992, Nuremberg

Herman Van Breda

Belgian philosopher

*February 28th, 1911, Lier †March 4th, 1974, Leuven

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Otakar Vávra

Czech film director, director, scriptwriter and university educator

*February 28th, 1911, Hradec Králové †September 15th, 2011, Prague

Eugène Doyen

French politician

*February 28th, 1911, Denain †August 4th, 1977, Lille

Denis Parsons Burkitt

British surgeon (1911-1993)

*February 28th, 1911, Enniskillen †March 23rd, 1993, Gloucester

Bernd Scholz

German composer (1911-1969)

*February 28th, 1911, Prudnik †September 22nd, 1969, Schliersee

Jim Denny

American music executive

*February 28th, 1911, Tennessee †August 27th, 1963, Nashville

Amir Hamzah

Indonesian poet (1911-1946)

*February 28th, 1911, Langkat †March 20th, 1946

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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

Charles Durning

American actor (1923-2012)

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

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

Hans-Joachim Martens

German film actor and stage actor

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

Sergey Mikhalkov

Russian and Soviet writer (1913–2009)

*February 28th, 1913, Moscow †August 27th, 2009, Moscow

Verena Bentele

German paralympic biathlete and politician (SPD)

*February 28th, 1982, Lindau

Ketti Frings

American dramatist and screenwriter

*February 28th, 1909, Columbus †February 11th, 1981, Los Angeles

Bernadette Peters

American actress and singer

*February 28th, 1948, Queens

Don Francks

Canadian actor and jazz musician (1932–2016)

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

Gilbert Gottfried

American stand-up comedian (1955–2022)

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

Tommy Tune

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

*February 28th, 1939, Wichita Falls

Craig Cooper

Badminton player

*February 28th, 1981, Wellington

Zero Mostel

American actor (1915-1977)

*February 28th, 1915, Brooklyn †September 8th, 1977, Philadelphia

John Turturro

American actor (born 1957)

*February 28th, 1957, Brooklyn

Stephanie Beacham

British actress

*February 28th, 1947, Barnet

Leon Cooper

American physicist

*February 28th, 1930, New York City

Peter Medawar

English-brazilian biologist (1915–1987)

*February 28th, 1915, Rio de Janeiro †October 2nd, 1987, London

Robert Sean Leonard

American actor

*February 28th, 1969, Westwood

Kelly Bishop

American actress

*February 28th, 1944, Colorado Springs

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Born in 1911

Ronald Reagan

President of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor

*February 6th, 1911, Tampico †June 5th, 2004, Bel Air

Freya von Moltke

German writer and scholar

*March 29th, 1911, Cologne †January 1st, 2010, Norwich

Val Guest

English actor and director

*December 11th, 1911, London †May 10th, 2006, Palm Springs

Arne Tollbom

Swedish fencer (1911-1971)

*March 20th, 1911, Helsinki †November 16th, 1971, Stockholm

Anne-Marie Ørbeck

Pianist and composer

*April 1st, 1911, Oslo †June 5th, 1996, Bergen

Siegfried Lauffer

German historian of graeco-roman history (1911-1986)

*August 4th, 1911, Stuttgart †April 2nd, 1986, Munich

Maurice Allais

French economist (1911–2010)

*May 31st, 1911, Paris †October 9th, 2010, Saint-Cloud

Johannes Beeskow

*May 21st, 1911, Berlin †June 14th, 2005, Bad Neuenahr

Terence Rattigan

British playwright, screenwriter (1911-1977)

*June 10th, 1911, London †November 30th, 1977, Hamilton

Richard Arlt

German Resistance member

*May 5th, 1911, Witoszyn Górny †August 25th, 1999

John Gorton

Australian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (1911–2002)

*September 9th, 1911, Melbourne †May 19th, 2002, Sydney

Annie M.G. Schmidt

Dutch writer (1911-1995)

*May 20th, 1911, Kapelle †May 21st, 1995, Amsterdam

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Renée Simonot

French actress

*September 10th, 1911, Le Havre †July 11th, 2021, 13th arrondissement of Paris

Rudolf Raftl

Austrian association football player (1911-1994)

*February 7th, 1911, Vienna †September 5th, 1994

Georges Pompidou

President of France from 1969 to 1974

*July 5th, 1911, Montboudif †April 2nd, 1974, 4th arrondissement of Paris

Jean-Pierre Aumont

French actor (1911–2001)

*January 5th, 1911, Paris †January 30th, 2001, Saint-Tropez

Naguib Mahfouz

Egyptian writer (1911–2006)

*December 11th, 1911, Cairo †August 30th, 2006, Giza Governorate

Odysseas Elytis

Greek poet and art critic

*November 2nd, 1911, Heraklion †March 18th, 1996, Athens

Anthony Boucher

American author, critic, and editor (1911–1968)

*August 21st, 1911, Oakland †April 29th, 1968, Oakland

Tennessee Williams

American playwright (1911–1983)

*March 26th, 1911, Columbus †February 25th, 1983, New York City

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.MCMXI

28.2.1911

Legend

M = 1000

CM = 900

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1911 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1911

February 1911

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

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Born on February 28th, 1911

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Age

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Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 41,000 days old!

41,334 Days

5,904 Weeks

1,358 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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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, 1911

German archaeologist (1911-1992)

Belgian philosopher

Czech film director, director, scriptwriter and university educator

French politician

British surgeon (1911-1993)

German composer (1911-1969)

American music executive

Indonesian poet (1911-1946)

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

Same year Born in 1911

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

28.2.1911

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