February 28th, 1970

Born on February 28th, 1970

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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, 1970

54

Daniel Handler

American novelist, also known by the pseudonym Lemony Snicket

*February 28th, 1970, San Francisco

54

Karlo Kuret

Croatian sailor

*February 28th, 1970, Split

54

Stéphane Pencréac'h

French painter

*February 28th, 1970, Paris

54

Mauricio Vallina

Cuban pianist

*February 28th, 1970, Havana

54

Noureddine Morceli

Retired athlete, winner of the 1500 m run at the 1996 Summer Olympics

*February 28th, 1970, Ténès

54

Tangi Miller

American actress

*February 28th, 1970, Miami

54

Hernán Jiménez

Argentinian actor

*February 28th, 1970, Buenos Aires

54

Mona Ambegaonkar

Indian actress

*February 28th, 1970, Mumbai

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Who's birthday is on February 28th?

55

Robert Sean Leonard

American actor

*February 28th, 1969, Westwood

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

52

Jan Boven

Road bicycle racer

*February 28th, 1972, Delfzijl

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

67

Gilbert Gottfried

American stand-up comedian (1955–2022)

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

76

Bernadette Peters

American actress and singer

*February 28th, 1948, Queens

58

Philip Reeve

English children's writer and illustrator

*February 28th, 1966, Brighton

48

Ali Larter

American actress and model

*February 28th, 1976, Cherry Hill

66

Christina Lathan

East German sprinter

*February 28th, 1958, Altdöbern

36

Markéta Irglová

Czech singer-songwriter, musician and actress

*February 28th, 1988, Valašské Meziříčí

71

Paul Krugman

American economist (born 1953)

*February 28th, 1953, Albany

77

Stephanie Beacham

British actress

*February 28th, 1947, Barnet

29

Quinn Shephard

American actress

*February 28th, 1995, Metuchen

76

Steven Chu

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

*February 28th, 1948, St. Louis

55

Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek

Austrian politician

*February 28th, 1969, Villach

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Born in 1970

53

Malena Ernman

Swedish opera singer

*November 4th, 1970, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

54

Allan Fung

American politician in Rhode Island (born 1970)

*February 23rd, 1970, Providence

53

Shanti Roney

Swedish actor

*November 24th, 1970, Spånga

54

Mia X

American rapper

*January 9th, 1970, New Orleans

53

Mehmet Scholl

German association football player and manager

*October 16th, 1970, Karlsruhe

54

Gil Young-ah

South Korean badminton player

*April 11th, 1970, Ansan

46

Toby Smith

British musician (1970-2017)

*October 29th, 1970, London †April 11th, 2017, London

53

Melania Trump

First Lady of the United States (2017–2021), model, and businesswoman

*April 26th, 1970, Novo Mesto

54

Simon Pegg

English actor (born 1970)

*February 14th, 1970, Brockworth

54

Lara Fabian

Belgian and Canadian singer and songwriter

*January 9th, 1970, Etterbeek

53

Colin Lawrence

Actor

*September 7th, 1970, London

53

Ethan Hawke

American actor and writer (b. 1970)

*November 6th, 1970, Austin

54

Ardy Wiranata

Badminton player

*February 10th, 1970, Jakarta

53

Erich Irlstorfer

German politician

*May 27th, 1970, Freising

54

Rachel Weisz

British-American actress

*March 7th, 1970, Westminster

53

Nikolai Zuyev

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1970, Dnipro

53

Rhona Robertson

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1970, Auckland

53

Sandra Dimbour

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1970, Saint-Denis

53

Uma Thurman

American actress (born 1970)

*April 29th, 1970, Boston

53

Ted Cruz

United States Senator from Texas since 2013

*December 22nd, 1970, Calgary

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No: With 365 days 1970 is a normal year and no leap year.

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