February 14th, 1955

Born on February 14th, 1955

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, 1955

69

Guillermo Francella

Argentine actor

*February 14th, 1955, Buenos Aires

69

Virginio Merola

Italian politician (1955)

*February 14th, 1955, Santa Maria Capua Vetere

69

Shin Dong-bin

Korean/Japanese businessman

*February 14th, 1955, Tokyo

69

Salvatore Adduce

Italian politician and mayor

*February 14th, 1955, Ferrandina

69

Claire Cook

American novelist, non-fiction writer, reinvention speaker, publisher

*February 14th, 1955, Alexandria

69

Roberto César

Brazilian footballer (born 1955)

*February 14th, 1955, Brazil

69

Margaret Knighton

New Zealand equestrian

*February 14th, 1955, Sheffield

69

Olga Sukharnova

Basketball player

*February 14th, 1955, Krasnoyarsk

69

Stefano Ceri

Italian computer scientist (1955-)

*February 14th, 1955, Milan

69

Paulo Freire Costa

Brazilian politician

*February 14th, 1955, São Paulo

60

Ronald Desruelles

Belgian long jumper and sprinter (1955-2015)

*February 14th, 1955, Antwerp †November 1st, 2015, Thailand

69

Sani Şener

Turkish businessman

*February 14th, 1955, Trabzon

69

Sanders Shiver

American football player

*February 14th, 1955, Gadsden

69

Rip Rogers

American professional wrestler

*February 14th, 1955, Seymour

69

James Eckhouse

American actor, director

*February 14th, 1955, Chicago

69

Alice Emmons

American politician

*February 14th, 1955, Springfield

69

Jeremy Lascelles

British music industry executive and sometime musician

*February 14th, 1955, Bayswater

69

Victor Eddy

West Indian cricketer

*February 14th, 1955, Saint Kitts

69

Masoud Nili

Iranian economist

*February 14th, 1955, Hamadan

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 14th?

73

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

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

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

71

Hans Krankl

Austrian footballer

*February 14th, 1953, Vienna

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

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

30

Kristian Blummenfelt

Norwegian triathlete

*February 14th, 1994, Bergen

72

Anton Lesser

English actor

*February 14th, 1952, England

78

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

54

Simon Pegg

English actor (born 1970)

*February 14th, 1970, Brockworth

55

Tang Jiuhong

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1969, Anhua County

66

Ingo Voge

East German bobsledder

*February 14th, 1958, Falkensee

57

Mark Rutte

Prime Minister of the Netherlands since 2010

*February 14th, 1967, The Hague

51

Qin Yiyuan

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1973, Guangxi

73

Terry Gross

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

*February 14th, 1951, Brooklyn

76

Alan Parker

English film producer and director (1944-2020)

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

Same year
Born in 1955

63

Pete Shelley

British singer-songwriter (1955–2018)

*April 17th, 1955, Leigh †December 6th, 2018, Tallinn

68

Bill Gates

American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)

*October 28th, 1955, Seattle

68

Guillermo Lasso

47 president of Ecuador

*November 16th, 1955, Guayaquil

68

Tim Berners-Lee

English computer scientist, inventor of the World Wide Web (born 1955)

*June 8th, 1955, London

69

Lasse Lindtner

Norwegian actor

*March 7th, 1955, Bergen

56

Steve Jobs

American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)

*February 24th, 1955, San Francisco †October 5th, 2011, Palo Alto

68

Steve Jones

English guitarist

*September 3rd, 1955, Shepherd's Bush

69

Nicolas Sarkozy

President of France from 2007 to 2012

*January 28th, 1955, Paris

61

Bill Paxton

American actor and filmmaker (1955–2017)

*May 17th, 1955, Fort Worth †February 25th, 2017, Los Angeles

68

Caroline Loeb

French actress and singer

*October 5th, 1955, Neuilly-sur-Seine

68

Saw Swee Leong

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1955, Penang

69

Uwe Reinders

German association football player and manager

*January 19th, 1955, Essen

61

Jimmy LaFave

American musician

*July 12th, 1955, Wills Point †May 21st, 2017, Austin

69

Steve Mann

British chemist

*April 1st, 1955, Leeds

69

Jair Bolsonaro

President of Brazil from 2019 to 2022

*March 21st, 1955, Glicério

68

Adolf Sauerland

German politician

*June 4th, 1955, Duisburg

43

Gerhard Gundermann

German musician

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

69

Martin Jehne

German historian of classical antiquity

*January 27th, 1955, Hamburg

68

Isabelle Adjani

French actress

*June 27th, 1955, 17th arrondissement of Paris

68

Whoopi Goldberg

American actress, comedian, author and television personality

*November 13th, 1955, New York City

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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 1955 is a normal year and no leap year.

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