February 14th, 1950

Born on February 14th, 1950

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, 1950

74

Raymond van het Groenewoud

Belgian musician

*February 14th, 1950, Schaerbeek

74

Josipa Lisac

Croatian pop singer

*February 14th, 1950, Zagreb

74

Peter Slipper

Australian politician and 27th Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives 2011–2012

*February 14th, 1950, Ipswich

74

Joel Selvin

American journalist

*February 14th, 1950, Berkeley

74

Steve Woolgar

British sociologist

*February 14th, 1950, London

74

Daniel Borel

Swiss businessman

*February 14th, 1950, Neuchâtel

74

Roger Fisher

American guitarist

*February 14th, 1950, Seattle

74

Ken Levine

Writer, director, producer

*February 14th, 1950, Santa Monica

74

Sandra Julien

French actress

*February 14th, 1950, Toulon

74

Frank Collison

American actor

*February 14th, 1950, Evanston

74

Phil Dent

Australian tennis player

*February 14th, 1950, Sydney

74

William H. Pickle

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

*February 14th, 1950, Roanoke

73

Otis Grand

American blues musician

*February 14th, 1950, Beirut †June 8th, 2023

74

Wayne L. Winston

American information scientist

*February 14th, 1950, New Jersey

74

David Poile

Canadian ice hockey executive

*February 14th, 1950, Toronto

74

Verónika con K

Mexican actress

*February 14th, 1950, Oaxaca

74

Nick Martin

Australian human behavior geneticist

*February 14th, 1950, Adelaide

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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

33

Karol G

Colombian singer

*February 14th, 1991, Medellín

44

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

72

Anton Lesser

English actor

*February 14th, 1952, England

32

Elley Duhé

American singer

*February 14th, 1992, Mobile

78

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

73

Terry Gross

American journalist; host and producer of "Fresh Air" a Peabody Award-winning radio program

*February 14th, 1951, Brooklyn

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

71

Hans Krankl

Austrian footballer

*February 14th, 1953, Vienna

76

Alan Parker

British filmmaker (1944–2020)

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

57

Gregory Hines

American actor and dancer (1946–2003)

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

82

Michael Bloomberg

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

*February 14th, 1942, Boston

75

Richard Neal

American politician (born 1949)

*February 14th, 1949, Springfield

60

Tina Aumont

French actress

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

54

Simon Pegg

English actor (born 1970)

*February 14th, 1970, Brockworth

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67

Jeff Lowe

American mountain climber

*September 13th, 1950, Ogden †August 24th, 2018, Colorado

73

Annette Badland

English actress

*August 26th, 1950, Edgbaston

73

Narendra Modi

14th and current Prime Minister of India

*September 17th, 1950, Vadnagar

66

Martin McGuinness

Sinn Féin politician and deputy First Minister (1950-2017)

*May 23rd, 1950, Derry †March 21st, 2017, Altnagelvin Area Hospital

74

Billy Currie

British multi-instrumentalist

*April 1st, 1950, Huddersfield

66

Sandra Reemer

Dutch singer and presenter (1950–2017)

*October 17th, 1950, Bandung City †June 6th, 2017, Amsterdam

73

Øivind Blunck

Norwegian actor and comedian

*December 28th, 1950, Norway

73

Wayne Eagling

Canadian ballet dancer

*November 27th, 1950, Montreal

74

Peter Funke

German historian of classical antiquity

*March 18th, 1950, Rheine

74

Rötger Feldmann

German comic artist

*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

74

Pedro Barceló

Spanish historian of classical antiquity

*April 30th, 1950, Vinaròs

70

Jóhannes Eðvaldsson

Icelandic football player (1950-2021)

*September 3rd, 1950, Reykjavík †January 24th, 2021, Glasgow

74

Ade Chandra

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1950, Jakarta

73

Ed Harris

American actor and director (born 1950)

*November 28th, 1950, Englewood

67

Horace Burrell

Jamaican sports executive

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

73

Harriet Walter

British actress (born 1950)

*September 24th, 1950, London

74

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950)

*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

74

Stevie Wonder

American singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)

*May 13th, 1950, Saginaw

74

William Sadler

American actor

*April 13th, 1950, Buffalo

73

Abdullah Gül

11th President of Turkey

*October 29th, 1950, Kayseri

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Valentine's Day!

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

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1950 is a normal year and no leap year.

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