February 21st, 1950

Born on February 21st, 1950

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1950

74

Sahle-Work Zewde

President of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

*February 21st, 1950, Addis Ababa

74

Håkan Nesser

Swedish writer

*February 21st, 1950, Kumla

74

Andreas Kemmerling

German philosopher

*February 21st, 1950, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe

74

Richard Tarnas

Philosopher and cultural historian

*February 21st, 1950, Geneva

66

Larry Drake

American actor

*February 21st, 1950, Tulsa †March 17th, 2016, Hollywood

73

Sergei Vorzhev

Russian artist

*February 21st, 1950, Krymsky District †May 19th, 2023, Krasnodar

74

Antoine Karam

French politician (born 1950)

*February 21st, 1950, Cayenne

74

Erling Pettersen

Norwegian priest and bishop

*February 21st, 1950, Bergen

74

Bruce Vogt

Canadian pianist

*February 21st, 1950, Cornwall

74

Eduardo H. Fradkin

American-Argentinian physicist

*February 21st, 1950, Buenos Aires

74

Roland Salm

Swiss cyclist

*February 21st, 1950, Riniken

74

Oddmund Hagen

Norwegian writer and literary critic

*February 21st, 1950, Snillfjord Municipality

74

Louis Schwartzberg

American film director

*February 21st, 1950, New York City

74

Ranjit Sarma

Indian writer

*February 21st, 1950, Assam

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

69

Alan Rickman

British actor and director (1946–2016)

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

43

Gerhard Gundermann

German musician

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

33

Joe Alwyn

English actor

*February 21st, 1991, Royal Tunbridge Wells

71

Christine Ebersole

American actress

*February 21st, 1953, Chicago

30

Sawan Serasinghe

Sri Lanka-born Australian badminton player

*February 21st, 1994, Galle

23

Lalinrat Chaiwan

Badminton player

*February 21st, 2001, Lampang

78

Tyne Daly

American actress

*February 21st, 1946, Madison

69

Rolf Schlierer

German politician

*February 21st, 1955, Stuttgart

95

Robert Mugabe

2nd president of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017

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

70

Christina Rees

Welsh politician and MP (born 1954)

*February 21st, 1954, Bridgend

63

Abhijit Banerjee

Indian American economist

*February 21st, 1961, Mumbai

51

Tey Seu Bock

Malaysian badminton coach

*February 21st, 1973, Alor Gajah

73

Dick Tonks

New Zealand rower and rowing coach

*February 21st, 1951, Whanganui

59

Ute Hankers

German volleyball player

*February 21st, 1965, Bad Iburg

54

Jess Thorup

Danish association football player and manager

*February 21st, 1970, Copenhagen

77

Mauro Macario

Italian poet, film director, screenwriter and writer

*February 21st, 1947, Santa Margherita Ligure

37

Kazushi Yamada

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1987, Ehime Prefecture

69

Kelsey Grammer

American actor

*February 21st, 1955, Charlotte Amalie

Same year
Born in 1950

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 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

73

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

*September 24th, 1950, London

74

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950)

*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

73

Stevie Wonder

American musician (born 1950)

*May 13th, 1950, Saginaw

74

William Sadler

American actor

*April 13th, 1950, Buffalo

74

Rick Perry

14th United States Secretary of Energy

*March 4th, 1950, Haskell

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

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