February 14th, 1942

Born on February 14th, 1942

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What happened on February 14th, 1942?

February 14th, 1942

World War II: Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pasir_Panjang

What else happened on February 14th?

February 14th, 2011

Arab Spring: The Bahraini uprising began with youth-organized protests on the Day of Rage.

February 14th, 2008

A gunman opened fire into a crowded lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, killing five people and injuring twenty-one others.

February 14th, 1992

Sri Temasek (pictured), the official residence of the prime minister of Singapore, was declared a national monument.

February 14th, 1990

NASA's Voyager 1 space probe took the Pale Blue Dot photograph of Earth (cropped version pictured) from a record distance of 40.5 au (6.06 billion km; 3.76 billion mi).

February 14th, 1989

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran issued a fatwa calling for the death of Salman Rushdie, the author of The Satanic Verses, a novel considered to be blasphemous by some Muslims.

February 14th, 1981

48 people died when a fire broke out during a Valentine's Day dance at a Dublin nightclub.

February 14th, 1979

Adolph Dubs, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan, was kidnapped by unknown agents and killed during a gun battle between Afghan police and the perpetrators.

February 14th, 1961

Lawrencium, the radioactive synthetic element with atomic number 103, was first synthesized at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.

February 14th, 1943

World War II: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's 5th Panzer Army launched a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.

February 14th, 1938

The Singapore Naval Base, the cornerstone of the Singapore strategy, a British naval defence policy, was opened.

February 14th, 1924

The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was renamed as International Business Machines (IBM), later growing into one of the world's largest companies by market capitalization.

February 14th, 1919

The Battle of Bereza Kartuska, the first serious armed conflict of the Polish–Soviet War, took place near present-day Biaroza, Belarus.

February 14th, 1914

The animated film Gertie the Dinosaur was released, later greatly influencing future animators such as the Fleischer brothers and Walt Disney.

February 14th, 1852

The Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, was founded in London.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 14th

Born on February 14th, 1942

82

Michael Bloomberg

American businessman and politician; 108th mayor of New York City

*February 14th, 1942, Boston

82

Andrew Robinson

American actor and professor

*February 14th, 1942, New York City

82

Roland Giraud

French actor

*February 14th, 1942, Rabat

68

Pertti Purhonen

Finnish boxer

*February 14th, 1942, Helsinki †February 5th, 2011, Porvoo

79

Adolfo J. de Bold

Canadian medical researcher

*February 14th, 1942, Paraná †October 22nd, 2021

78

Piotr Szczepanik

Polish singer (1942-2020)

*February 14th, 1942, Lublin †August 20th, 2020

82

Peter Coade

Canadian meteorologist and television and radio weather presenter

*February 14th, 1942, Halifax

82

Richard A Williams Jr

American tennis coach

*February 14th, 1942, Shreveport

20

Ricardo Rodríguez de la Vega

Mexican racing driver

*February 14th, 1942, Mexico City †November 1st, 1962, Mexico City

82

Lucien Dulfan

American artist

*February 14th, 1942, Bishkek

78

Daniel Soulage

French politician

*February 14th, 1942, Monflanquin †September 14th, 2020, Monflanquin

82

Michael E. Briant

British actor and director

*February 14th, 1942, Bournemouth

81

Dieter Pauly

German football referee

*February 14th, 1942, Rheydt †February 13th, 2024

82

Wali Jones

American basketball player (born 1942)

*February 14th, 1942, Philadelphia

82

Thomas Reilly

American lawyer

*February 14th, 1942, Springfield

82

Sanat Kumar Mandal

Indian politician

*February 14th, 1942, Kalikatala

82

Miloslav Švaříček

Czech athlete

*February 14th, 1942, Nové Město na Moravě

82

Arne Ruste

Norwegian poet and translator

*February 14th, 1942, Sel Municipality

82

Albert Holmes

English footballer (born 1942)

*February 14th, 1942, Ecclesfield

82

Marcelle Mersereau

Canadian politician

*February 14th, 1942, Pointe-Verte

82

Yoichi Hayashi

Japanese actor

*February 14th, 1942, Osaka Prefecture

81

Anatoly Akentyev

Russian cross-country skier

*February 14th, 1942, Nikolaevka †April 23rd, 2023

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Who's birthday is on February 14th?

90

Herwig Wolfram

Austrian historian

*February 14th, 1934, Vienna

73

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

76

Alan Parker

English film producer and director (1944-2020)

*February 14th, 1944, Islington †July 31st, 2020, London

33

Karol G

Colombian singer-songwriter and businesswoman (1991–)

*February 14th, 1991, Medellín

78

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

44

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

81

Klaus Lippold

German politician

*February 14th, 1943, Bochum

32

Elley Duhé

American singer

*February 14th, 1992, Mobile

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

39

Ville Lång

Finnish badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lahti

40

Salakjit Ponsana

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1984, Bangkok

39

Karin Schnaase

German badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lüdinghausen

30

Kristian Blummenfelt

Norwegian triathlete

*February 14th, 1994, Bergen

57

Gregory Hines

American actor and dancer (1946–2003)

*February 14th, 1946, New York City †August 9th, 2003, Los Angeles

60

Tina Aumont

French actress

*February 14th, 1946, Hollywood †October 28th, 2006, Port-Vendres

79

Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein

Monarch of Liechtenstein (born 1945)

*February 14th, 1945, Zürich

72

Anton Lesser

English actor

*February 14th, 1952, England

54

Simon Pegg

English actor (born 1970)

*February 14th, 1970, Brockworth

71

Hans Krankl

Austrian footballer

*February 14th, 1953, Vienna

55

Tang Jiuhong

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1969, Anhua County

Same year
Born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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No: With 365 days 1942 is a normal year and no leap year.

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