February 14th, 1953

Born on February 14th, 1953

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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, 1953

71

Hans Krankl

Austrian footballer

*February 14th, 1953, Vienna

71

Sergey Mironov

Russian politician (born 1953)

*February 14th, 1953, Pushkin

71

Valero Rivera

Spanish handball coach

*February 14th, 1953, Zaragoza

71

Martha Raddatz

American newsmedia personality

*February 14th, 1953, Idaho Falls

71

Kathryn Jean Finlayson

American artist

*February 14th, 1953, Denver

63

Ilkka Hanski

Finnish scientist

*February 14th, 1953, Lempäälä †May 10th, 2016, Helsinki

71

Paul O. Zelinsky

American children's illustrator and writer

*February 14th, 1953, Evanston

71

Dave Sims

American sports announcer

*February 14th, 1953, Philadelphia

71

Ashot Adamyan

Actor

*February 14th, 1953, Yerevan

71

Phil Carmen

Swiss musician

*February 14th, 1953, Montreal

71

Kisaburō Suzuki

Japanese music arranger and composer

*February 14th, 1953, Hirosaki

71

Brian O'Connor

Actor

*February 14th, 1953, Lynnfield

71

Raja Nong Chik Zainal Abidin

Politician

*February 14th, 1953, Perak

71

Nancy Youngblut

American actress

*February 14th, 1953, Waterloo

71

Hub Arkush

Sportswriter

*February 14th, 1953, Deerfield

71

Carmine Rojas

Musician

*February 14th, 1953, Brooklyn

71

Bruce Weyhrauch

American lawyer and politician

*February 14th, 1953, Lincoln

71

Alla Yaroshinskaya

Soviet and Ukrainian writer, journalist, politician

*February 14th, 1953, Zhytomyr

71

José António Vieira da Silva

Portuguese politician

*February 14th, 1953, Marinha Grande

71

Morris Owens

American football player

*February 14th, 1953, Oakland

71

Mike Raines

American football player

*February 14th, 1953, Montgomery

62

Manoel da Silva Costa

Brazilian association football player

*February 14th, 1953, Uruguaiana †October 17th, 2015

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Who's birthday is on February 14th?

73

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

72

Anton Lesser

English actor

*February 14th, 1952, England

90

Herwig Wolfram

Austrian historian

*February 14th, 1934, Vienna

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

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

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

32

Elley Duhé

American singer

*February 14th, 1992, Mobile

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

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

67

Sushma Swaraj

Indian politician (1952-2019)

*February 14th, 1952, Ambala Cantonment †August 6th, 2019, New Delhi

54

Simon Pegg

English actor (born 1970)

*February 14th, 1970, Brockworth

55

Tang Jiuhong

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1969, Anhua County

76

Alan Parker

English film producer and director (1944-2020)

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

57

Mark Rutte

Prime Minister of the Netherlands since 2010

*February 14th, 1967, The Hague

82

Michael Bloomberg

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

*February 14th, 1942, Boston

51

Qin Yiyuan

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1973, Guangxi

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Born in 1953

71

Harald Jähner

German journalist and writer

*January 1st, 1953, Duisburg

70

Peter Stormare

Swedish actor, director and musician

*August 27th, 1953, Kumla

70

Felix Magath

German association football player and manager

*July 26th, 1953, Aschaffenburg

70

Xi Jinping

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012, President of China since 2013

*June 15th, 1953, Beijing

70

Ewald Lienen

German association football player and manager

*November 28th, 1953, Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock

70

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

70

Jürgen Röber

German association football player and manager

*December 25th, 1953, Gernrode

70

Tony Blair

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

*May 6th, 1953, Edinburgh

71

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

70

Pierre Franckh

German actor

*May 1st, 1953, Heilbronn

70

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

64

Stephen Paddock

American mass murderer (1953–2017)

*April 9th, 1953, Clinton †October 1st, 2017, Mandalay Bay

71

Barbara Schnitzler

German actress

*February 19th, 1953, East Berlin

34

Erland van Lidth

American sport wrestler and actor

*June 3rd, 1953, Hilversum †September 23rd, 1987, New York City

71

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

71

Kinji Zeniya

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1953, Kaga

70

Lene Køppen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1953, Copenhagen

70

Dominique de Villepin

95th Prime Minister of France

*November 14th, 1953, Khemisset

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

70

Tom Barrett

Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1953–)

*December 8th, 1953, Milwaukee

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No: With 365 days 1953 is a normal year and no leap year.

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