February 21st, 1946

Born on February 21st, 1946

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 28,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 449 days, exactly on July 16th, 2025, people who were born on February 21st, 1946 will be 29,000 days old!

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What happened on February 21st?

February 21st, 1973

After accidentally straying into Israeli-occupied airspace, Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 was shot down by two fighter aircraft, killing 108 of the 113 people on board.

February 21st, 1952

A number of student protesters demanding the establishment of Bengali as an official language were killed by police in Dhaka, East Pakistan.

February 21st, 1929

In the first battle of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong against the Nationalist government of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.

February 21st, 1919

Bavarian socialist Kurt Eisner, who had organized the German Revolution that overthrew the Wittelsbach monarchy and established Bavaria as a republic, was assassinated.

February 21st, 1878

The first telephone directory, consisting of a single page, was issued to fifty subscribers in New Haven, Connecticut.

February 21st, 1866

Lucy Hobbs Taylor (pictured) became the first woman to receive a doctorate from a dental college.

February 21st, 1862

American Civil War: The Confederate Army began an attempt to gain control of the Southwest with a major victory in the Battle of Valverde.

February 21st, 1828

The inaugural issue of the Cherokee Phoenix, the first newspaper in a Native American language, was published.

February 21st, 1746

Jacobite rising of 1745: The siege of Inverness ended with British forces surrendering to the Jacobite army.

February 21st, 1437

King James I of Scotland was murdered at Perth in a failed coup by his uncle and former ally Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl.

February 21st, 2022

In the Russo-Ukrainian crisis Russian President Vladimir Putin declares the Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic as independent from Ukraine, and moves troops into the region. The action is condemned by the United Nations.

February 21st, 2013

At least 17 people are killed and 119 injured following several bombings in the Indian city of Hyderabad.

February 21st, 1995

Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.

February 21st, 1994

Aldrich Ames is arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for selling national secrets to the Soviet Union in Arlington County, Virginia.

February 21st, 1975

Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 21st

Born on February 21st, 1946

69

Alan Rickman

British actor and director (1946–2016)

*February 21st, 1946, Hammersmith †January 14th, 2016, London

78

Tyne Daly

American actress

*February 21st, 1946, Madison

67

Ottmar Schreiner

German politician (1946-2013)

*February 21st, 1946, Merzig †April 6th, 2013, Saarlouis

78

Anthony Daniels

English actor

*February 21st, 1946, Salisbury

78

Eugeniusz Pędzisz

Polish sports shooter

*February 21st, 1946, Zielona Góra

78

Bob Ryan

Sportswriter from the United States

*February 21st, 1946, Trenton

76

Jim Ryan

American lawyer

*February 21st, 1946, Chicago †June 12th, 2022, Elmhurst

78

Peter Hitchener

Australian televistion presenter

*February 21st, 1946, Texas

78

Joseph T. Anderson

US Marine Corps general officer and test pilot

*February 21st, 1946, Detroit

78

Lorenzo Santamaría

Spanish singer

*February 21st, 1946, Santa Maria del Camí

78

Raúl Argemí

Argentinean writer(crime)

*February 21st, 1946, La Plata

75

Guillermo Blanc

Argentine journalist and media personality

*February 21st, 1946, Sarandí †November 21st, 2021, Adrogué

67

Vito Rizzuto

Canadian mobster (1946-2013)

*February 21st, 1946, Cattolica Eraclea †December 23rd, 2013, Montreal

78

Tamás Révész

(1946–) photographer

*February 21st, 1946, Budapest

78

Marianne Heske

Artist

*February 21st, 1946, Ålesund Municipality

78

Tricia Nixon Cox

First daughter of Richard Nixon

*February 21st, 1946, Whittier

78

Thomas Michlovic

American politician

*February 21st, 1946, Braddock

78

Terry Louise Fisher

Novelist, screenwriter

*February 21st, 1946, Chicago

78

Sammy Betancourt

Puerto Rican basketball player

*February 21st, 1946, San Juan

78

Ruthanne Lum McCunn

American writer

*February 21st, 1946, San Francisco

78

František Rydval

Ski jumper

*February 21st, 1946, Liberec

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 21st?

70

Rudolf Simek

Austrian philologist and Germanist

*February 21st, 1954, Eisenstadt

35

Corbin Bleu

American actor, model, dancer, film producer and singer-songwriter

*February 21st, 1989, Brooklyn

33

Joe Alwyn

English actor

*February 21st, 1991, Royal Tunbridge Wells

43

Gerhard Gundermann

German musician

*February 21st, 1955, Weimar †June 21st, 1998, Spreetal

30

Sawan Serasinghe

Sri Lanka-born Australian badminton player

*February 21st, 1994, Galle

23

Lalinrat Chaiwan

Badminton player

*February 21st, 2001, Lampang

77

Mauro Macario

Italian poet, film director, screenwriter and writer

*February 21st, 1947, Santa Margherita Ligure

95

Robert Mugabe

2nd president of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017

*February 21st, 1924, Kutama †September 6th, 2019, Gleneagles Hospital

71

Christine Ebersole

American actress

*February 21st, 1953, Chicago

80

David Wood

English actor and playwright, born 1944

*February 21st, 1944, London Borough of Sutton

69

Rolf Schlierer

German politician

*February 21st, 1955, Stuttgart

87

Harald V of Norway

King of Norway

*February 21st, 1937, Skaugum

74

Sahle-Work Zewde

President of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

*February 21st, 1950, Addis Ababa

51

Tey Seu Bock

Malaysian badminton coach

*February 21st, 1973, Alor Gajah

63

Abhijit Banerjee

Indian American economist

*February 21st, 1961, Mumbai

75

Friedrich Karl Kaul

German screenwriter

*February 21st, 1906, Poznań †April 16th, 1981, East Berlin

59

Ute Hankers

German volleyball player

*February 21st, 1965, Bad Iburg

54

Jess Thorup

Danish association football player and manager

*February 21st, 1970, Copenhagen

37

Kazushi Yamada

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1987, Ehime Prefecture

77

Olympia Snowe

American politician; U.S. Senator for Maine

*February 21st, 1947, Augusta

Same year
Born in 1946

77

Donald Trump

President of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 14th, 1946, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

77

George W. Bush

President of the United States from 2001 to 2009

*July 6th, 1946, New Haven

77

Bill Clinton

42nd President of the United States

*August 19th, 1946, Hope

77

Jean-Claude Arnault

Swedish photographer

*August 15th, 1946, Marseille

78

Kabir Bedi

Indian actor (1946-)

*January 16th, 1946, Lahore

77

Svein Ludvigsen

Norwegian politician

*July 18th, 1946, Hillesøy Municipality

78

Charlotte Rampling

British actress

*February 5th, 1946, Sturmer

77

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

76

Suzanne Somers

American actress, author, singer, businesswoman in alternative medicine (1946–2023)

*October 16th, 1946, San Bruno †October 15th, 2023, Palm Springs

77

Berti Vogts

German footballer and manager

*December 30th, 1946, Büttgen

71

Jiří Bělohlávek

Czech conductor (1946-2017)

*February 24th, 1946, Prague †May 31st, 2017, Prague

62

Lux Interior

American punk rock musician and a founding member of the band The Cramps

*October 21st, 1946, Akron †February 4th, 2009, Glendale

64

Michael Hansen

German cabaret artist (1946-2011)

*October 21st, 1946, Aalborg †March 15th, 2011, Berlin

77

Rolf Konow

Danish photographer and actor

*July 22nd, 1946, Copenhagen

78

David Lynch

American filmmaker, visual artist, and musician

*January 20th, 1946, Missoula

78

Liza Minnelli

American actress and singer

*March 12th, 1946, Los Angeles

78

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

77

Sylvester Stallone

American actor and film director

*July 6th, 1946, Hell's Kitchen

77

Gerard 't Hooft

Dutch theoretical physicist

*July 5th, 1946, Den Helder

77

Mireille Mathieu

French singer

*July 22nd, 1946, Avignon

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No: With 365 days 1946 is a normal year and no leap year.

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