February 28th, 1946

Born on February 28th, 1946

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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, 1946

78

Sylvain Vasseur

French bicycle racer

*February 28th, 1946, Cappelle-la-Grande

59

Robin Cook

British Labour Party politician (1946-2005)

*February 28th, 1946, Bellshill †August 6th, 2005, Inverness

65

Ludwig Hirsch

Austrian singer-songwriter and actor (1946–2011)

*February 28th, 1946, Buch-Sankt Magdalena †November 24th, 2011, Vienna

71

Henri Termeer

American businessman

*February 28th, 1946, Tilburg †May 12th, 2017, Marblehead

78

Don Francisco

American Christian singer and songwriter

*February 28th, 1946, Louisville

78

Mirtha Ibarra

Cuban film, television and theater actress, director and screenwriter

*February 28th, 1946, San José de las Lajas

78

Marc Faber

Swiss businessman

*February 28th, 1946, Zürich

78

Monique Thomassettie

French painter, poet and writer

*February 28th, 1946, Brussels metropolitan area

78

Pierre Dørge

Danish avant-garde jazz guitarist, bandleader and composer

*February 28th, 1946, Copenhagen

58

Syreeta Wright

American singer-songwriter (1946–2004)

*February 28th, 1946, Pittsburgh †July 6th, 2004, Los Angeles

74

Joaquín Pardo

Colombian association football player

*February 28th, 1946, Barranquilla †October 16th, 2020

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77

Stephanie Beacham

British actress

*February 28th, 1947, Barnet

76

Bernadette Peters

American actress and singer

*February 28th, 1948, Queens

68

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

76

Steven Chu

American physicist, former United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel laureate

*February 28th, 1948, St. Louis

80

Kelly Bishop

American actress

*February 28th, 1944, Colorado Springs

67

Gilbert Gottfried

American stand-up comedian (1955–2022)

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

28

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

80

Sepp Maier

German footballer

*February 28th, 1944, Metten

85

Tommy Tune

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

*February 28th, 1939, Wichita Falls

67

John Turturro

American actor (born 1957)

*February 28th, 1957, Brooklyn

71

Paul Krugman

American economist (born 1953)

*February 28th, 1953, Albany

42

Verena Bentele

German paralympic biathlete and politician (SPD)

*February 28th, 1982, Lindau

77

Jean-Pierre Sueur

French politician

*February 28th, 1947, Boulogne-sur-Mer

76

Mercedes Ruehl

American actress

*February 28th, 1948, Queens

82

Dino Zoff

Italian association football player and manager

*February 28th, 1942, Mariano del Friuli

55

Robert Sean Leonard

American actor

*February 28th, 1969, Westwood

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

66

Christina Lathan

East German sprinter

*February 28th, 1958, Altdöbern

77

Włodzimierz Lubański

Polish footballer

*February 28th, 1947, Gliwice

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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

President of the United States from 1993 to 2001

*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

77

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

78

Charlotte Rampling

British actress

*February 5th, 1946, Sturmer

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

69

Alan Rickman

British actor and director (1946–2016)

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

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

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

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