February 21st, 1968

Born on February 21st, 1968

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What 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, 1952

A number of student protesters demanding the establishment of Bengali as an official language were killed by police in Dhaka, East Pakistan.

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.

February 21st, 1975

Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison.

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

Born on February 21st, 1968

56

Artūras Zuokas

Lithuanian politician

*February 21st, 1968, Kaunas

56

Patrick Gallagher

Canadian actor

*February 21st, 1968, Chilliwack

56

Albert Bryan Jr.

Governor of the United States Virgin Islands

*February 21st, 1968, Saint Thomas

56

Ivan Cotroneo

Italian writer and screenwriter

*February 21st, 1968, Naples

56

Yael Melamede

Israeli and American producer and director

*February 21st, 1968, New York City

56

Miguel Echenausi

Venezuelan footballer

*February 21st, 1968, Táchira

56

Maya MacGuineas

American political writer

*February 21st, 1968, Washington, D.C.

56

Özcan Melkemichel

Swedish footballer and manager

*February 21st, 1968, Turkey

56

Ffion Hague

Welsh broadcaster, author, former civil servant

*February 21st, 1968, Cardiff

56

Nitin Ganatra

British actor

*February 21st, 1968, Kenya

56

Donizete Oliveira

Brazilian association football player

*February 21st, 1968, Bauru

56

Verónica Ruiz de Velasco

Mexican artist (born 1968)

*February 21st, 1968, Mexico City

56

Joseph M. Monks

American author, screenwriter and director

*February 21st, 1968, Queens

56

Jan Johnston

British singer-songwriter

*February 21st, 1968, Salford

56

Dan Calichman

American soccer player (born 1968)

*February 21st, 1968, New York City

52

Pellom McDaniels

Scholar and American football player (1968-2020)

*February 21st, 1968, San Jose †April 19th, 2020, Atlanta

56

Tomoki Kikuya

Japanese composer

*February 21st, 1968, Mitaka

56

Werner Haim

Ski jumper

*February 21st, 1968, Hall in Tirol

56

Jenny Hiloudaki

Greek model

*February 21st, 1968, Sitia

56

Cliff Powell

Association football player (born 1968)

*February 21st, 1968, Watford

56

Craig Cranmer

Scottish footballer (born 1968)

*February 21st, 1968, Johnstone

56

Mirsad Dedić

Bosnian goalkeeper

*February 21st, 1968, Srebrenik

56

Mustafa Babanli

Azerbaijani scientist

*February 21st, 1968, Saatly

56

Donna Harun

Indonesian actress

*February 21st, 1968, Bandung City

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

35

Corbin Bleu

American actor, model, dancer, film producer and singer-songwriter

*February 21st, 1989, Brooklyn

33

Joe Alwyn

English actor

*February 21st, 1991, Royal Tunbridge Wells

54

Jess Thorup

Danish association football player and manager

*February 21st, 1970, Copenhagen

70

Rudolf Simek

Austrian philologist and Germanist

*February 21st, 1954, Eisenstadt

30

Sawan Serasinghe

Sri Lanka-born Australian badminton player

*February 21st, 1994, Galle

23

Lalinrat Chaiwan

Badminton player

*February 21st, 2001, Lampang

51

Tey Seu Bock

Malaysian badminton coach

*February 21st, 1973, Alor Gajah

59

Ute Hankers

German volleyball player

*February 21st, 1965, Bad Iburg

43

Gerhard Gundermann

German musician

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

63

Abhijit Banerjee

Indian American economist

*February 21st, 1961, Mumbai

69

Alan Rickman

British actor and director (1946–2016)

*February 21st, 1946, Hammersmith †January 14th, 2016, London

41

John Moody

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1983, Whangārei

37

Kazushi Yamada

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1987, Ehime Prefecture

33

Jelle Maas

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1991, Oosterhout

95

Robert Mugabe

2nd president of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017

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

61

Karl Lauterbach

German politician and Federal Minister of Health

*February 21st, 1963, Düren

29

Giveon

American R&B singer

*February 21st, 1995, Long Beach

71

Christine Ebersole

American actress

*February 21st, 1953, Chicago

44

Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

Fifth and reigning King of Bhutan

*February 21st, 1980, Kathmandu

69

Rolf Schlierer

German politician

*February 21st, 1955, Stuttgart

Same year
Born in 1968

55

Casper Van Dien

American actor

*December 18th, 1968, Milton

55

Sidse Babett Knudsen

Danish actress

*November 22nd, 1968, Copenhagen

55

Peter Runggaldier

Italian alpine skier

*December 29th, 1968, Brixen

55

Chris Hunt

English badminton player

*December 1st, 1968, Bolton

55

Massi Furlan

Italian-American actor and film producer

*September 29th, 1968, Treviso

56

Minarti Timur

Indonesian badminton player, coach

*March 24th, 1968, Surabaya

56

Alan Budikusuma

Badminton player

*March 29th, 1968, Surabaya

56

Céline Dion

Canadian singer (born 1968)

*March 30th, 1968, Charlemagne

56

Rexy Mainaky

Badminton player

*March 9th, 1968, Ternate Island

55

Hugh Jackman

Australian actor (born 1968)

*October 12th, 1968, Sydney

56

Petra Schubert

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1968, Finsterwalde

55

Darren Le Tissier

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1968, Bailiwick of Guernsey

56

Árni Þór Hallgrímsson

Badminton player

*March 10th, 1968, Akranes

55

Marine Le Pen

French politician (born 1968)

*August 5th, 1968, Neuilly-sur-Seine

56

Monica Mæland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*February 6th, 1968, Bergen

55

Gillian Anderson

American-British actress (born 1968)

*August 9th, 1968, Chicago

55

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Croatian politician and diplomat

*April 29th, 1968, Rijeka

55

Larry Sanger

American former professor, co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium and other projects

*July 16th, 1968, Bellevue

55

Ralph Brinkhaus

German politician

*June 15th, 1968, Wiedenbrück

55

Kylie Minogue

Australian singer and actress (born 1968)

*May 28th, 1968, Melbourne

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Born on February 21st, 1968
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1968 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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