February 14th, 1947

Born on February 14th, 1947

Age in days, weeks and months
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What 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.

February 14th, 1804

Serb chieftains elected Đorđe Petrović as their leader and began an uprising against the Ottoman Empire.

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

Born on February 14th, 1947

77

Dave Higgins

American rower

*February 14th, 1947, Worcester

77

Heide Rosendahl

German pentathlete

*February 14th, 1947, Hückeswagen

77

Judd Gregg

American politician

*February 14th, 1947, Nashua

77

Jochen Welt

German politician

*February 14th, 1947, Velbert

77

Donna Halper

American historian

*February 14th, 1947, Dorchester

77

Majgull Axelsson

Swedish writer and journalist

*February 14th, 1947, Landskrona

28

Tim Buckley

American musician

*February 14th, 1947, Washington, D.C. †June 29th, 1975, Santa Monica

77

Pham Tuan

Vietnamese astronaut, first Asian in space

*February 14th, 1947, Quốc Tuấn

77

Vartan Malakian

American choreographer and painter

*February 14th, 1947, Mosul

77

Stephen A. Schwarzman

American businessman and investor

*February 14th, 1947, Philadelphia

77

Harvey Shore

Australian TV screenwriter, producer

*February 14th, 1947, Sydney

77

Norm Sartorius

American woodworker (born 1947)

*February 14th, 1947, Salisbury

77

Tony Ebert

New Zealand weightlifter

*February 14th, 1947, Christchurch

77

Marit Nybakk

Norwegian politician

*February 14th, 1947, Nord-Odal Municipality

77

Mary Sue McClurkin

American politician

*February 14th, 1947, Abbeville

77

Andy Kinnell

Association football player (born 1947)

*February 14th, 1947, Cowdenbeath

77

Ed Hamilton

American artist

*February 14th, 1947, Cincinnati

77

Gideon Schechtman

Israeli mathematician.

*February 14th, 1947, Rehavia

77

Salahuddin

Pakistani cricketer

*February 14th, 1947, Aligarh

77

Abdulhashim Mutalov

Uzbekistani politician

*February 14th, 1947, Okhangaron District

77

Uwe Pfeifer

German painter

*February 14th, 1947, Halle (Saale)

77

Rameshwar Oraon

Indian politician

*February 14th, 1947, Medininagar

77

Dinna Bjørn

Danish ballet dancer and choreographer

*February 14th, 1947, Copenhagen

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Who's birthday is on February 14th?

78

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

73

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

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

90

Herwig Wolfram

Austrian historian

*February 14th, 1934, Vienna

57

Gregory Hines

American actor and dancer (1946–2003)

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

33

Karol G

Colombian singer-songwriter and businesswoman (1991–)

*February 14th, 1991, Medellín

44

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

32

Elley Duhé

American singer

*February 14th, 1992, Mobile

60

Tina Aumont

French actress

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

39

Ville Lång

Finnish badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lahti

40

Salakjit Ponsana

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1984, Bangkok

76

Alan Parker

English film producer and director (1944-2020)

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

39

Karin Schnaase

German badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lüdinghausen

30

Kristian Blummenfelt

Norwegian triathlete

*February 14th, 1994, Bergen

82

Michael Bloomberg

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

*February 14th, 1942, Boston

72

Anton Lesser

English actor

*February 14th, 1952, England

79

Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein

Monarch of Liechtenstein (born 1945)

*February 14th, 1945, Zürich

71

Hans Krankl

Austrian footballer

*February 14th, 1953, Vienna

81

Klaus Lippold

German politician

*February 14th, 1943, Bochum

54

Simon Pegg

English actor (born 1970)

*February 14th, 1970, Brockworth

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Born in 1947

76

Rodney Williams

Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (born 1947)

*November 2nd, 1947, Swetes

76

Hillary Clinton

American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

*October 26th, 1947, Edgewater Hospital

77

Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

69

Gregg Allman

American musician

*December 8th, 1947, Saint Thomas Hospital †May 27th, 2017, Richmond Hill

76

Hans-Jürgen Kreische

German association football player and manager

*July 19th, 1947, Dresden

69

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

*January 8th, 1947, Brixton †January 10th, 2016, Manhattan

77

Wiranto

Indonesian politician

*April 4th, 1947, Yogyakarta City

76

Stephen King

American writer (born 1947)

*September 21st, 1947, Portland

76

Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

76

Kjell Magne Bondevik

33rd Prime Minister of Norway

*September 3rd, 1947, Molde Municipality

76

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)

*July 30th, 1947, Thal

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

77

Mitt Romney

United States Senator from Utah since 2019

*March 12th, 1947, Detroit

76

Dilma Rousseff

President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 (born 1947)

*December 14th, 1947, Belo Horizonte

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

76

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

French virologist and Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of HIV

*July 30th, 1947, Paris

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

68

Johan Cruyff

Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)

*April 25th, 1947, Amsterdam †March 24th, 2016, Barcelona

77

Glenn Close

American actress

*March 19th, 1947, Greenwich

77

Edward James Olmos

American actor

*February 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

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Traditionally Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14 each year.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1947 is a normal year and no leap year.

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