February 1st, 1957

Born on February 1st, 1957

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on February 1st, 1957?

February 1st, 1957

Northeast Airlines Flight 823 crashes on Rikers Island in New York City, killing 20 people and injuring 78 others.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Airlines_Flight_823

February 1st, 1957

Invented by German engineer Felix Wankel, the first working prototype of the Wankel rotary engine ran for the first time at the research and development department of NSU Motorenwerke AG.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Wankel

What else happened on February 1st?

February 1st, 1896

Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème premiered at the Teatro Regio in Turin, Italy, eventually becoming one of the most frequently performed operas internationally.

February 1st, 2021

The Burmese military staged the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, which deposed the democratically-elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, and sparked nationwide protests and a civil war.

February 1st, 2012

Following an Egyptian Premier League match in Port Said, Al Masry fans rioted and violently attacked Al Ahly supporters, resulting in 74 deaths.

February 1st, 2009

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (pictured) became the first female prime minister of Iceland.

February 1st, 2004

During the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, Janet Jackson's breast was exposed by Justin Timberlake in what was later referred to as a "wardrobe malfunction", resulting in an immediate crackdown and widespread debate on perceived indecency in U.S. broadcasting.

February 1st, 2003

All seven crew members aboard Space Shuttle Columbia were killed when the orbiter disintegrated over Texas during reentry.

February 1st, 2001

The Timor Leste Defence Force was established from the erstwhile anti-Indonesian independence movement Falintil.

February 1st, 1985

Aeroflot Flight 7841 crashed shortly after takeoff from Minsk National Airport, killing fifty-eight people on board.

February 1st, 1979

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned from exile and soon led the Iranian Revolution to overthrow the Pahlavi dynasty.

February 1st, 1978

After having served 42 days in prison for the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl, Polish film director Roman Polanski fled the United States before the formal sentencing hearing.

February 1st, 1972

Kuala Lumpur (pictured), the capital of Malaysia, was granted city status.

February 1st, 1960

Four African American students staged the first Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.

February 1st, 1942

Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States federal government, began broadcasting to Germany during World War II.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 1st

Born on February 1st, 1957

67

Jackie Shroff

Indian film actor

*February 1st, 1957, Mumbai

42

Dennis Brown

Jamaican reggae singer

*February 1st, 1957, Kingston †July 1st, 1999, Kingston

61

Georges Hausemer

Luxembourgian writer and translator

*February 1st, 1957, Differdange †August 13th, 2018

67

Walter Schachner

Austrian footballer

*February 1st, 1957, Leoben

67

Andreas Anderegg

Swiss boxer

*February 1st, 1957, Bern

67

Gilbert Hernandez

American comics creator

*February 1st, 1957, Oxnard

49

Mohammed Jamal Khalifa

Saudi Arabian businessman (1957-2007)

*February 1st, 1957, Jeddah †January 31st, 2007, Madagascar

67

Cylk Cozart

American actor

*February 1st, 1957, Knoxville

67

Derya Baykal

Actor

*February 1st, 1957, Ankara

67

Renae Jacobs

American actress

*February 1st, 1957, Lansing

67

Alan Baumgarten

Film editor

*February 1st, 1957, Los Angeles

67

Vivek Chaand Sehgal

Australian businessman

*February 1st, 1957, Delhi

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 1st?

55

Brian Krause

American actor

*February 1st, 1969, Lake Forest

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, London

100

Cilli Wang

Dutch-Austrian dancer and theater maker (1905-2005)

*February 1st, 1905, Vienna †July 10th, 2005, Vienna

64

Andreas Asche

German association football player

*February 1st, 1960, Hanover

72

Norbert Barthle

German politician (CDU)

*February 1st, 1952, Schwäbisch Gmünd

68

Günter Guillaume

Stasi officer

*February 1st, 1927, Berlin †April 10th, 1995, Petershagen-Eggersdorf

76

Boris Yeltsin

Soviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (1931–2007)

*February 1st, 1931, Butka †April 23rd, 2007, Moscow

87

Jale İnan

Turkish classical archaeologist (1914-2001)

*February 1st, 1914, Istanbul †February 26th, 2001, Istanbul

66

Eleanor Laing

British politician (born 1958)

*February 1st, 1958, Paisley

66

Ryō Horikawa

Japanese actor and voice actor

*February 1st, 1958, Osaka

30

Harry Styles

English singer, songwriter, and actor

*February 1st, 1994, Redditch

52

Leymah Gbowee

Liberian peace activist

*February 1st, 1972, Monrovia

72

Paul Carr

American actor (1934–2006)

*February 1st, 1934, New Orleans †February 17th, 2006, Los Angeles

38

Lauren Conrad

American television personality, author, and fashion designer

*February 1st, 1986, Laguna Beach

55

Gabriel Batistuta

Argentine association football player

*February 1st, 1969, Reconquista

68

Exene Cervenka

American singer

*February 1st, 1956, Chicago

41

Marilou Berry

French actress

*February 1st, 1983, 13th arrondissement of Paris

62

Nico Rienks

Dutch rower

*February 1st, 1962, Tiel

64

Roger Y. Tsien

American biochemist (1952-2016)

*February 1st, 1952, New York City †August 24th, 2016, Eugene

59

Sherilyn Fenn

American actress and author

*February 1st, 1965, Detroit

Same year
Born in 1957

66

Julian Cope

Welsh musician, author, antiquarian, musicologist, poet and cultural commentator

*October 21st, 1957, Deri

66

John Kassir

American actor and comedian

*October 24th, 1957, Baltimore

66

Klaus Augenthaler

German association football player and manager

*September 26th, 1957, Fürstenzell

66

Stephen Morris

British drummer

*October 28th, 1957, Macclesfield

66

François Asselineau

French politician and official

*September 14th, 1957, Paris

67

Kristin Clemet

Norwegian politician

*April 20th, 1957, Harstad Municipality

54

Osama bin Laden

Saudi terrorist and co-founder of al-Qaeda (1957–2011)

*March 10th, 1957, Riyadh †May 2nd, 2011, Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad

66

Dagfinn Høybråten

Norwegian politician

*December 2nd, 1957, Oslo

67

Peter Aude

Danish actor

*January 19th, 1957, Copenhagen

67

Frances McDormand

American actress

*June 23rd, 1957, Gibson City

66

Stephen Fry

British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist

*August 24th, 1957, Hampstead

41

Adrian Borland

English singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer (1957–1999)

*December 6th, 1957, London †April 26th, 1999, Wimbledon

67

Henning Krautmacher

German singer and actor

*March 5th, 1957, Leverkusen

60

Alain Defossé

French writer and translator (1957-2017)

*February 11th, 1957, Nantes †May 14th, 2017, 19th arrondissement of Paris

67

Nick Hornby

English novelist

*April 17th, 1957, Redhill

67

Mari Maurstad

Norwegian actress

*March 17th, 1957, Oslo

67

Timothy Spall

English actor

*February 27th, 1957, London

66

Matthias Klinghardt

German Protestant theologian

*August 24th, 1957, Waldshut-Tiengen

66

Christian Michelides

Austrian psychotherapist

*July 19th, 1957, Graz

67

Daniel Day-Lewis

British-Irish actor

*April 29th, 1957, Kensington

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1957 is a normal year and no leap year.

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