February 8th, 1944

Born on February 8th, 1944

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 29,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 702 days, exactly on March 29th, 2026, people who were born on February 8th, 1944 will be 30,000 days old!

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What happened on February 8th?

February 8th, 1948

The closing ceremony of the first Olympics held after World War II was held in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

February 8th, 1250

Seventh Crusade: Louis IX of France was defeated at the Battle of Fariskur and captured by the Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt.

February 8th, 2010

A freak storm triggered a series of avalanches that buried more than 3.5 km (2.2 mi) of road near the Salang Tunnel in Afghanistan, killing 175 people and trapping more than 2,500 travellers.

February 8th, 1983

The Irish-bred race horse Shergar was stolen by gunmen, who demanded a £2 million ransom.

February 8th, 1968

Local police in Orangeburg, South Carolina, fired into a crowd of people who were protesting segregation, killing three and injuring twenty-seven others.

February 8th, 1965

After taking evasive action to avoid a mid-air collision just after taking off from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 84 people on board.

February 8th, 1960

The official groundbreaking of the Walk of Fame took place in Hollywood, California.

February 8th, 1924

Gee Jon became the first person in the United States to be executed by lethal gas.

February 8th, 1910

William D. Boyce (pictured) established the Boy Scouts of America, expanding the Scout Movement into the United States.

February 8th, 1837

Richard Mentor Johnson became the only person ever to be elected Vice President of the United States by the Senate.

February 8th, 1601

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, led a failed rebellion against Queen Elizabeth I of England.

February 8th, 1587

Mary, Queen of Scots (pictured), was executed at Fotheringhay Castle for her involvement in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Elizabeth I of England.

February 8th, 2014

A hotel fire in Medina, Saudi Arabia, kills 15 Egyptian pilgrims with 130 others injured.

February 8th, 2013

A blizzard kills at least 18 and leaves hundreds of thousands of people without electricity in the northeastern United States and parts of Canada.

February 8th, 2010

Over 2 miles (3.2 km) of road are buried after a storm in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan triggers a series of avalanches, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 others.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 8th

Born on February 8th, 1944

80

Sebastião Salgado

Brazilian photographer

*February 8th, 1944, Aimorés

69

Roger Lloyd-Pack

British actor (1944-2014)

*February 8th, 1944, Islington †January 15th, 2014, Kentish Town

80

Emma Schmidt

Austrian pianist

*February 8th, 1944, Vienna

80

Jan Nemejovský

Czechoslovak translator (*1944)

*February 8th, 1944, Prague

80

Richard Durden

British actor

*February 8th, 1944, London

68

Candy Johnson

American actress, singer and dancer (1944-2012)

*February 8th, 1944, Los Angeles †October 21st, 2012, Corona

59

Michael P. Moran

American actor (1944-2004)

*February 8th, 1944, Yuba City †February 4th, 2004, New York City

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 8th?

67

Horace Burrell

Jamaican sports executive

*February 8th, 1950, Clarendon Parish †June 6th, 2017, Kingston

24

James Dean

American actor (1931–1955)

*February 8th, 1931, Marion †September 30th, 1955, Cholame

29

Joshua Kimmich

German association football player (born 1995)

*February 8th, 1995, Rottweil

87

Prince Abdul Rahman

First Prime Minister of Malaysia

*February 8th, 1903, Alor Setar †December 6th, 1990, Penang

35

Bronte Barratt

Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holder

*February 8th, 1989, Brisbane

40

Shelley Thompson

German Association footballer

*February 8th, 1984, Langenfeld

71

Cristina Stamate

Romanian actress

*February 8th, 1946, Bucharest †November 27th, 2017, Bucharest

82

Robert Klein

American stand-up comedian

*February 8th, 1942, The Bronx

58

Bruno Labbadia

German association football player and manager

*February 8th, 1966, Darmstadt

89

Horst Eckel

German association football player

*February 8th, 1932, Vogelbach †December 3rd, 2021, Landstuhl

92

John Williams

American composer and conductor

*February 8th, 1932, Queens

50

Seth Green

American actor (born 1974)

*February 8th, 1974, Philadelphia

55

Mary McCormack

American actress

*February 8th, 1969, Plainfield

77

Karl-Heinz von Hassel

German actor (1939–2016)

*February 8th, 1939, Hamburg †April 19th, 2016, Hamburg

33

Wahbi Khazri

Tunisian and French association football player

*February 8th, 1991, Ajaccio

65

Henry Czerny

Canadian film, stage and television actor

*February 8th, 1959, Toronto

83

Nick Nolte

American actor

*February 8th, 1941, Omaha

37

Javi García

Spanish footballer

*February 8th, 1987, Mula

52

Guillaume Gallienne

French actor

*February 8th, 1972, Neuilly-sur-Seine

69

John Grisham

American writer (born 1955)

*February 8th, 1955, Jonesboro

Same year
Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

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Leap year

Yes: 1944 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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