February 28th, 1969

Born on February 28th, 1969

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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 857 days, exactly on August 28th, 2026, people who were born on February 28th, 1969 will be 21,000 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, 1969

55

Robert Sean Leonard

American actor

*February 28th, 1969, Westwood

55

Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek

Austrian politician

*February 28th, 1969, Villach

55

Patrick Monahan

American vocalist

*February 28th, 1969, Erie

55

Butch Leitzinger

American racecar driver

*February 28th, 1969, Homestead

55

Marcelo Alonso

Chilean theatre director

*February 28th, 1969, Santiago

55

Alisa Valdes

American writer

*February 28th, 1969, Albuquerque

45

U. Srinivas

Indian musician

*February 28th, 1969, Palakollu †September 9th, 2014, Chennai

55

Sean Farrell

English footballer (born 1969)

*February 28th, 1969, Watford

55

Murray Gold

British composer

*February 28th, 1969, Portsmouth

55

Ander Garitano

Spanish football player/manager

*February 28th, 1969, Derio

55

Victor Gervais

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 28th, 1969, Prince George

55

Poppy Miller

British actress

*February 28th, 1969, Norwich

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Who's birthday is on February 28th?

68

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

42

Verena Bentele

German paralympic biathlete and politician (SPD)

*February 28th, 1982, Lindau

28

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

43

Craig Cooper

Badminton player

*February 28th, 1981, Wellington

54

Daniel Handler

American novelist, also known by the pseudonym Lemony Snicket

*February 28th, 1970, San Francisco

45

Ask Hasselbalch

Danish film director

*February 28th, 1979, Copenhagen

50

Christine Adams

German pole vaulter

*February 28th, 1974, Georgsmarienhütte

67

John Turturro

American actor (born 1957)

*February 28th, 1957, Brooklyn

52

Jan Boven

Road bicycle racer

*February 28th, 1972, Delfzijl

67

Gilbert Gottfried

American stand-up comedian (1955–2022)

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

58

Philip Reeve

English children's writer and illustrator

*February 28th, 1966, Brighton

76

Bernadette Peters

American actress and singer

*February 28th, 1948, Queens

48

Ali Larter

American actress and model

*February 28th, 1976, Cherry Hill

66

Christina Lathan

East German sprinter

*February 28th, 1958, Altdöbern

71

Paul Krugman

American economist (born 1953)

*February 28th, 1953, Albany

36

Markéta Irglová

Czech singer-songwriter, musician and actress

*February 28th, 1988, Valašské Meziříčí

77

Stephanie Beacham

British actress

*February 28th, 1947, Barnet

57

Jeff Pfaendtner

American rower

*February 28th, 1967, Detroit

59

Colum McCann

Irish writer and journalist

*February 28th, 1965, Dublin

29

Quinn Shephard

American actress

*February 28th, 1995, Metuchen

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Born in 1969

55

Brian Krause

American actor

*February 1st, 1969, Lake Forest

54

Justine Frischmann

English musician

*September 16th, 1969, Kensington

54

Lucero

Mexican singer and actress

*August 29th, 1969, Mexico City

54

Thomas Vinterberg

Danish film director

*May 19th, 1969, Copenhagen

54

Søren Rasted

Danish musician

*June 13th, 1969, Blovstrød

54

Magnus Samuelsson

Swedish strongman

*December 21st, 1969, Kisa

54

Jens Eriksen

Danish badminton player

*December 30th, 1969, Copenhagen

55

Michael Schumacher

German racing driver

*January 3rd, 1969, Hürth

54

Ansgar Brinkmann

German footballer

*July 5th, 1969, Vechta

54

Brad Beven

Triathlete

*September 18th, 1969, Mirriwinni

54

Catrine Bengtsson

Badminton player

*September 21st, 1969, Gothenburg

54

Jyri Aalto

Finnish badminton player

*July 11th, 1969, Helsinki

54

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

55

Jintara Poonlarp

Thai female singer

*March 6th, 1969, Kaset Wisai

55

Arabella Kiesbauer

German talk show host

*April 8th, 1969, Vienna

54

Linus Torvalds

Finnish-American software engineer

*December 28th, 1969, Helsinki

54

Jennifer Lopez

American singer and actress

*July 24th, 1969, The Bronx

54

Maj Helen Sorkmo

Norwegian cross-country skier

*August 14th, 1969, Os Municipality

55

Bettina Stucky

Swiss actress

*January 1st, 1969, Bern

54

Matthew Perry

American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)

*August 19th, 1969, Williamstown †October 28th, 2023, Los Angeles

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No: With 365 days 1969 is a normal year and no leap year.

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