February 14th, 1972

Born on February 14th, 1972

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What happened on February 14th?

February 14th, 2011

Arab Spring: The Bahraini uprising began with youth-organized protests on the Day of Rage.

February 14th, 2008

A gunman opened fire into a crowded lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, killing five people and injuring twenty-one others.

February 14th, 1992

Sri Temasek (pictured), the official residence of the prime minister of Singapore, was declared a national monument.

February 14th, 1990

NASA's Voyager 1 space probe took the Pale Blue Dot photograph of Earth (cropped version pictured) from a record distance of 40.5 au (6.06 billion km; 3.76 billion mi).

February 14th, 1989

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran issued a fatwa calling for the death of Salman Rushdie, the author of The Satanic Verses, a novel considered to be blasphemous by some Muslims.

February 14th, 1981

48 people died when a fire broke out during a Valentine's Day dance at a Dublin nightclub.

February 14th, 1979

Adolph Dubs, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan, was kidnapped by unknown agents and killed during a gun battle between Afghan police and the perpetrators.

February 14th, 1961

Lawrencium, the radioactive synthetic element with atomic number 103, was first synthesized at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.

February 14th, 1943

World War II: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's 5th Panzer Army launched a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.

February 14th, 1938

The Singapore Naval Base, the cornerstone of the Singapore strategy, a British naval defence policy, was opened.

February 14th, 1924

The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was renamed as International Business Machines (IBM), later growing into one of the world's largest companies by market capitalization.

February 14th, 1919

The Battle of Bereza Kartuska, the first serious armed conflict of the Polish–Soviet War, took place near present-day Biaroza, Belarus.

February 14th, 1914

The animated film Gertie the Dinosaur was released, later greatly influencing future animators such as the Fleischer brothers and Walt Disney.

February 14th, 1852

The Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, was founded in London.

February 14th, 1804

Serb chieftains elected Đorđe Petrović as their leader and began an uprising against the Ottoman Empire.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 14th

Born on February 14th, 1972

52

Najwa Nimri

Spanish artist of Jordanian descent

*February 14th, 1972, Pamplona

52

Rob Thomas

American singer

*February 14th, 1972, Landstuhl

52

Valerio Mastandrea

Italian actor (1972-)

*February 14th, 1972, Rome

52

Peter Brugger

German singer and guitarist

*February 14th, 1972, Germering

52

Jaan Tallinn

Estonian investor and programmer

*February 14th, 1972, Tallinn

52

Jeru the Damaja

American hip hop artist

*February 14th, 1972, Brooklyn

52

Ketil Solvik-Olsen

Norwegian politician

*February 14th, 1972, Time

52

Angie Craig

American politician

*February 14th, 1972, West Helena

52

Fred Van Lente

Writer

*February 14th, 1972, Tacoma

52

Ville Räikkönen

Finnish biathlete

*February 14th, 1972, Tuusula

52

Hilarion (Rudnyk)

Eastern Orthodox bishop

*February 14th, 1972, Lviv

52

Justin Mashore

Baseball player (1972-)

*February 14th, 1972, Concord

52

Drew Bledsoe

American football player, quarterback

*February 14th, 1972, Ellensburg

52

Miran Rauter

Slovenian Olympic alpine skier and businessman

*February 14th, 1972, Velenje

52

Andrée Jeglertz

Swedish footballer and manager

*February 14th, 1972, Malmö

52

Musōyama Masashi

Sumo wrestler

*February 14th, 1972, Mito

52

Morgan Murphy

Southern writer

*February 14th, 1972, Mountain Brook

52

Fernando Picun

Uruguayan association football player

*February 14th, 1972, Montevideo

52

Daniela Schächter

American jazz musician

*February 14th, 1972, Messina

52

Saša Ćurčić

Serbian footballer

*February 14th, 1972, Belgrade

52

Wolf-Hendrik Beyer

German athletics competitor

*February 14th, 1972, Düsseldorf

52

T.J. Storm

American actor

*February 14th, 1972, Indiana

52

Tibor Stark

Hungarian weightlifter

*February 14th, 1972, Tata

52

María Eizmendi

Spanish canoeist

*February 14th, 1972, San Sebastián

52

Akiko Gooden

American tennis player

*February 14th, 1972, Tokyo

52

Curtis Jobling

British writer and illustrator

*February 14th, 1972, Blackpool

52

Craig Greenhill

Australian rugby league footballer

*February 14th, 1972, Queensland

52

César Salazar

Colombian racing cyclist

*February 14th, 1972, Pereira

52

Ruben Aganbegyan

Russian economist

*February 14th, 1972, Novosibirsk

52

Bruno Heppell

Canadian football player

*February 14th, 1972, La Prairie

52

Kostas Koufogiorgos

Greek artist

*February 14th, 1972, Arta

52

Necati Arabaci

Turkish businessman and criminal

*February 14th, 1972, Turkey

52

Kōichi Fukaura

Japanese shogi player

*February 14th, 1972, Sasebo

52

Justin Edwards

English actor and writer

*February 14th, 1972, Hampshire

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44

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

51

Qin Yiyuan

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1973, Guangxi

33

Karol G

Colombian singer-songwriter and businesswoman (1991–)

*February 14th, 1991, Medellín

54

Simon Pegg

English actor (born 1970)

*February 14th, 1970, Brockworth

40

Salakjit Ponsana

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1984, Bangkok

39

Ville Lång

Finnish badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lahti

32

Elley Duhé

American singer

*February 14th, 1992, Mobile

39

Karin Schnaase

German badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lüdinghausen

55

Tang Jiuhong

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1969, Anhua County

30

Kristian Blummenfelt

Norwegian triathlete

*February 14th, 1994, Bergen

90

Herwig Wolfram

Austrian historian

*February 14th, 1934, Vienna

46

Danai Gurira

American actress

*February 14th, 1978, Grinnell

57

Mark Rutte

Prime Minister of the Netherlands since 2010

*February 14th, 1967, The Hague

73

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

42

Gita Nabavi

Swedish politician

*February 14th, 1982, Tehran

47

Cadel Evans

Australian road bicycle racer

*February 14th, 1977, Katherine

41

Bacary Sagna

French association football player

*February 14th, 1983, Sens

57

Roger Langridge

Comic writer

*February 14th, 1967, New Zealand

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

32

Özge Bayrak

Turkish badminton player

*February 14th, 1992, Osmangazi

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Born in 1972

51

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

51

Maia Sandu

President of Moldova since 2020

*May 24th, 1972, Risipeni

47

Ari Behn

Norwegian author and artist (1972-2019)

*September 30th, 1972, Aarhus †December 25th, 2019, Lommedalen

52

Roland Møller

Danish actor

*March 20th, 1972, Odense

51

Bang Soo-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 13th, 1972, Seoul

52

Heryanto Arbi

Indonesian badminton player

*January 21st, 1972, Kota Kudus

51

Zinedine Zidane

French football manager and former player

*June 23rd, 1972, Marseille

51

Dwayne Johnson

American actor and professional wrestler

*May 2nd, 1972, Hayward

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

51

Eminem

American rapper, record producer and actor (born 1972)

*October 17th, 1972, St. Joseph

52

Milaine Cloutier

Canadian badminton player

*February 16th, 1972, Granby

51

Michael Wiesinger

German association football player and manager

*December 27th, 1972, Burghausen

51

Chris Leslie

British politician (born 1972)

*June 28th, 1972, Keighley

51

Anniken Hauglie

Conservative Norwegian politician

*September 10th, 1972, Oslo

51

Gwyneth Paltrow

American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer

*September 27th, 1972, Los Angeles

51

Steffen Wöller

German luger

*September 10th, 1972, Erfurt

51

Johann von Bülow

German actor

*September 26th, 1972, Munich

51

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

51

Josh Duhamel

American actor

*November 14th, 1972, Minot

52

Ong Ewe Hock

Badminton player

*March 14th, 1972, Penang

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 14th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 14th.

Valentine's Day!

Traditionally Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14 each year.

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Born on February 14th, 1972
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Leap year

Yes: 1972 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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