February 21st, 1952

Born on February 21st, 1952

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What happened on February 21st, 1952?

February 21st, 1952

The Bengali Language Movement protests occur at the University of Dhaka in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_language_movement

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_language_movement

What else 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, 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.

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

Born on February 21st, 1952

72

Jeff Shaara

American writer

*February 21st, 1952, New Brunswick

72

Igor Levitin

Russian politician

*February 21st, 1952, Tsebrykove

72

Denise Page Hood

United States federal judge

*February 21st, 1952, Columbus

72

Kimmo Sasi

Finnish politician

*February 21st, 1952, Tampere

72

Harry Kennedy

American Democratic politician

*February 21st, 1952, St. Louis

64

Vitaly Churkin

Soviet and Russian diplomat (1952-2017)

*February 21st, 1952, Moscow †February 20th, 2017, Manhattan

72

Jean-Jacques Burnel

English singer and bassist

*February 21st, 1952, Notting Hill

72

Akın Öztürk

Turkish general

*February 21st, 1952, Çamlı

72

Jia Pingwa

Chinese writer, Mao Dun Literature Prize winner

*February 21st, 1952, Danfeng County

72

Víctor Manuel Méndez Lanz

Mexican politician

*February 21st, 1952, San Francisco de Campeche

72

Elizabeth Cull

Canadian politician

*February 21st, 1952, London

72

Bob Giuda

American politician

*February 21st, 1952, New York City

72

John C. Keegan

American politician

*February 21st, 1952, Tempe

72

Miyako Otsuka

Japanese basketball player (1952-)

*February 21st, 1952, Saga Prefecture

72

Fernando Soares Gomes da Silva

Portuguese basketball player

*February 21st, 1952, Porto

72

Mimi Kuzyk

Canadian actress (b. 1952)

*February 21st, 1952, Winnipeg

68

Janez Puterle

Yugoslav and Slovenian ice hockey player

*February 21st, 1952, Ljubljana †August 31st, 2020

66

Elisha Obed

Bahamian boxer

*February 21st, 1952, Nassau †June 28th, 2018

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

70

Rudolf Simek

Austrian philologist and Germanist

*February 21st, 1954, Eisenstadt

71

Christine Ebersole

American actress

*February 21st, 1953, Chicago

43

Gerhard Gundermann

German musician

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

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

33

Joe Alwyn

English actor

*February 21st, 1991, Royal Tunbridge Wells

30

Sawan Serasinghe

Sri Lanka-born Australian badminton player

*February 21st, 1994, Galle

23

Lalinrat Chaiwan

Badminton player

*February 21st, 2001, Lampang

69

Rolf Schlierer

German politician

*February 21st, 1955, Stuttgart

70

Christina Rees

Welsh politician and MP (born 1954)

*February 21st, 1954, Bridgend

78

Tyne Daly

American actress

*February 21st, 1946, Madison

74

Sahle-Work Zewde

President of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

*February 21st, 1950, Addis Ababa

95

Robert Mugabe

2nd president of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017

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

63

Abhijit Banerjee

Indian American economist

*February 21st, 1961, Mumbai

69

Kelsey Grammer

American actor

*February 21st, 1955, Charlotte Amalie

51

Tey Seu Bock

Malaysian badminton coach

*February 21st, 1973, Alor Gajah

59

Ute Hankers

German volleyball player

*February 21st, 1965, Bad Iburg

73

Dick Tonks

New Zealand rower and rowing coach

*February 21st, 1951, Whanganui

54

Jess Thorup

Danish association football player and manager

*February 21st, 1970, Copenhagen

37

Kazushi Yamada

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1987, Ehime Prefecture

Same year
Born in 1952

71

Vladimir Putin

President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)

*October 7th, 1952, V.F. Snegiryov Maternity Hospital No.6

71

Larry Elder

American talk radio host and attorney (born 1952)

*April 27th, 1952, Los Angeles

71

Matti Geschonneck

German film director

*May 8th, 1952, Potsdam

64

Ina-Maria Federowski

German singer (1952-2017)

*September 28th, 1952, Freital †July 13th, 2017, Berlin

71

Knud Arne Jürgensen

Danish music historian

*July 8th, 1952, Copenhagen

49

Douglas Adams

English author and humourist (1952–2001)

*March 11th, 1952, Cambridge †May 11th, 2001, Santa Barbara

64

Reinhard Häfner

German association football player and manager (1952–2016)

*February 2nd, 1952, Sonneberg †October 24th, 2016, Dresden

72

Steven Seagal

American actor, martial artist, and film producer

*April 10th, 1952, Lansing

72

Wolfgang Kubicki

German politician

*March 3rd, 1952, Brunswick

72

Lennart Fagerlund

Cyclist

*April 2nd, 1952, Nässjö

72

Magnar Åm

Norwegian composer

*April 9th, 1952, Trondheim

71

Joachim Kaps

German actor and voice actor

*November 3rd, 1952, Görlitz

58

Brigitte Maier

Porn actress, adult model (1952–2010)

*August 7th, 1952, Kiel †November 13th, 2010, Los Angeles

71

Liam Neeson

Northern Irish actor (born 1952)

*June 7th, 1952, Ballymena

71

Orhan Pamuk

Turkish novelist

*June 7th, 1952, Istanbul

71

Duncan Regehr

Canadian writer, artist and actor

*October 5th, 1952, Lethbridge

71

Mandy Patinkin

American actor and singer

*November 30th, 1952, Chicago

71

John Goodman

American actor, voice artist and comedian (born 1952)

*June 20th, 1952, Affton

71

Stephen Lang

American actor

*July 11th, 1952, New York City

64

Alejandro Atchugarry

Uruguayan politician

*July 31st, 1952, Montevideo †February 19th, 2017, Montevideo

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Leap year

Yes: 1952 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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