February 28th, 1961

Born on February 28th, 1961

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 23,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 932 days, exactly on November 14th, 2026, people who were born on February 28th, 1961 will be 24,000 days old!

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What happened on February 28th?

February 28th, 2021

Bus drivers in Greater Manchester began an eleven-week strike, one of the longest in British transportation history.

February 28th, 2013

Benedict XVI became the first pope in nearly 600 years to resign from the papacy.

February 28th, 2002

During a period of religious violence in Gujarat, India, mobs of Hindus attacked Muslims in Naroda Patiya and in Chamanpura, resulting in 166 deaths.

February 28th, 2001

A high-speed train crash occurred near Selby in North Yorkshire, England, killing 10 and injuring 82.

February 28th, 1997

Two heavily armed bank robbers exchanged gunfire with officers of the Los Angeles Police Department in North Hollywood, in one of the most intense gun battles in American police history.

February 28th, 1985

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army launched a mortar attack on a Royal Ulster Constabulary station in Newry, Northern Ireland, killing nine people.

February 28th, 1975

A London Underground train failed to stop at the terminal Moorgate station, crashing and causing the deaths of 43 people.

February 28th, 1974

The British election ended in a hung parliament after the Liberal Party, under Jeremy Thorpe, achieved their highest ever number of votes.

February 28th, 1972

Japanese police stormed a mountain lodge near Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, to end a ten-day siege by members of the paramilitary group United Red Army.

February 28th, 1963

Chicago alderman Benjamin F. Lewis was murdered in his office by unknown assailants two days after having been reelected.

February 28th, 1947

Nationalist soldiers fired on protesters in Taipei (crowd pictured), triggering widespread uprisings and violent suppression in the White Terror.

February 28th, 1928

Indian physicist C. V. Raman and his colleagues discovered what is now known as Raman scattering, for which he later became the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.

February 28th, 1914

In the aftermath of the Balkan Wars, Greeks living in southern Albania proclaimed the short-lived Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus.

February 28th, 1904

The most successful football club in Portugal, S.L. Benfica (first team pictured), was founded in Lisbon as Sport Lisboa.

February 28th, 1897

Ranavalona III, the last sovereign ruler of the Kingdom of Madagascar, was deposed by French military forces.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 28th

Born on February 28th, 1961

63

Klaus-Peter Willsch

German politician

*February 28th, 1961, Bad Schwalbach

63

Mark Latham

Australian politician (born 1961)

*February 28th, 1961, Ashcroft

54

Gerhard Merkl

German musician and choir director

*February 28th, 1961, Wallerstein †January 23rd, 2016

63

Larysa Berezhna

Ukrainian long jumper

*February 28th, 1961, Kyiv

63

Barry McGuigan

Irish-British boxer

*February 28th, 1961, Monaghan

63

Éric Bachelart

Auto racer

*February 28th, 1961, City of Brussels

63

René Simard

Canadian singer and actor

*February 28th, 1961, Chicoutimi

63

Rae Dawn Chong

Canadian-American actress

*February 28th, 1961, Edmonton

63

Wayne Clarke

Professional footballer (born 1961)

*February 28th, 1961, Wolverhampton

63

Richard Waugh

Canadian actor

*February 28th, 1961, London

63

Mark Ferguson

Australian actor

*February 28th, 1961, Sydney

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Who's birthday is on February 28th?

68

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

67

John Turturro

American actor (born 1957)

*February 28th, 1957, Brooklyn

67

Gilbert Gottfried

American stand-up comedian (1955–2022)

*February 28th, 1955, Brooklyn †April 12th, 2022, Manhattan

66

Christina Lathan

East German sprinter

*February 28th, 1958, Altdöbern

42

Verena Bentele

German paralympic biathlete and politician (SPD)

*February 28th, 1982, Lindau

28

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

55

Robert Sean Leonard

American actor

*February 28th, 1969, Westwood

76

Bernadette Peters

American actress and singer

*February 28th, 1948, Queens

67

Ainsley Harriott

English chef, television presenter, and entertainer

*February 28th, 1957, Northampton

43

Craig Cooper

Badminton player

*February 28th, 1981, Wellington

71

Paul Krugman

American economist (born 1953)

*February 28th, 1953, Albany

45

Ask Hasselbalch

Danish film director

*February 28th, 1979, Copenhagen

77

Stephanie Beacham

British actress

*February 28th, 1947, Barnet

61

Pepe Mel

Spanish footballer and football coach

*February 28th, 1963, Madrid

76

Steven Chu

American physicist, former United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel laureate

*February 28th, 1948, St. Louis

58

Philip Reeve

English children's writer and illustrator

*February 28th, 1966, Brighton

62

Barry Duffield

Australian actor, director, scriptwriter and producer

*February 28th, 1962, Billingham

50

Christine Adams

German pole vaulter

*February 28th, 1974, Georgsmarienhütte

80

Kelly Bishop

American actress

*February 28th, 1944, Colorado Springs

59

Colum McCann

Irish writer and journalist

*February 28th, 1965, Dublin

Same year
Born in 1961

62

Barack Obama

President of the United States from 2009 to 2017

*August 4th, 1961, Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children

63

Erna Solberg

Norwegian politician and the 35th Prime Minister of Norway

*February 24th, 1961, Bergen

62

Joe Lando

American actor

*December 9th, 1961, Prairie View

63

Lothar Matthäus

German footballer, manager and pundit

*March 21st, 1961, Erlangen

63

Steven Weber

American actor

*March 4th, 1961, Briarwood

62

Kristin Krohn Devold

Norwegian politician

*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

63

Knut Nærum

Norwegian comedian and author

*March 3rd, 1961, Arendal

62

Jan-Eric Antonsson

Badminton player

*September 9th, 1961, Karlskrona

62

Michael Meister

German politician

*June 9th, 1961, Lorsch

63

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz

German politician

*April 8th, 1961, Heidelberg

62

Olaug Bollestad

Norwegian politician

*November 4th, 1961, Strand Municipality

62

Julia Gillard

Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013

*September 29th, 1961, Barry

63

Eddie Murphy

American stand-up comedian and actor

*April 3rd, 1961, Brooklyn

36

Diana, Princess of Wales

Member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)

*July 1st, 1961, Sandringham †August 31st, 1997, Paris

63

Dirk Heidenblut

German politician

*April 21st, 1961, Essen

62

Arundhati Roy

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

*November 24th, 1961, Shillong

62

George Clooney

American actor and filmmaker (born 1961)

*May 6th, 1961, Lexington

62

Nadia Comăneci

Romanian gymnast and five-time Olympic gold medalist

*November 12th, 1961, Onești

57

Stephen Hillenburg

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)

*August 21st, 1961, Fort Sill †November 26th, 2018, San Marino

62

Florent Pagny

French recording artist; singer

*November 6th, 1961, Chalon-sur-Saône

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1961 is a normal year and no leap year.

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