February 14th, 1973

Born on February 14th, 1973

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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, 1973

51

Qin Yiyuan

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1973, Guangxi

51

Deena Kastor

Athletics competitor, long distance runner, and marathoner

*February 14th, 1973, Waltham

51

Tyus Edney

American basketball player

*February 14th, 1973, Gardena

36

Steve McNair

American football quarterback (1973-2009)

*February 14th, 1973, Mount Olive †July 4th, 2009, Nashville

51

Sebastián Keitel

Athletics competitor

*February 14th, 1973, Santiago

51

Panjabi MC

English musician

*February 14th, 1973, Coventry

51

Maria Molins

Spanish actress

*February 14th, 1973, Sant Gervasi de Cassoles

51

Kirk Farmer

American musician from Richmond, Virginia

*February 14th, 1973, Richmond

51

Osama Silwadi

Palestinian photographer

*February 14th, 1973, Ramallah

51

Ariel Vromen

Israeli director

*February 14th, 1973, Israel

51

Jason Douglas

American film, television and voice actor

*February 14th, 1973, Arkansas

43

Kim Sung-min

South Korean actor (1973–2016)

*February 14th, 1973, Seoul †June 26th, 2016

51

Hynek Čermák

Czech actor

*February 14th, 1973, Prague

51

Sergei Tiviakov

Dutch chess player

*February 14th, 1973, Krasnodar

51

David Aucagne

French rugby union player

*February 14th, 1973, Vichy

51

H. D. Ackerman

South African cricketer

*February 14th, 1973, Cape Town

51

Unai Elorriaga López de Letona

Basque writer

*February 14th, 1973, Bilbao

51

Jundai Yamada

Japanese actor

*February 14th, 1973, Tokyo

51

Mustapha Chadili

Moroccan footballer

*February 14th, 1973, Casablanca

51

Stephen Raveendra

Indian police chief

*February 14th, 1973, Andhra Pradesh

51

Michael Sucsy

American film director, screenwriter and producer

*February 14th, 1973, United States of America

51

Shaun Chapple

British association football player (born 1973)

*February 14th, 1973, Swansea

51

Kou Yaginuma

Japanese mangaka

*February 14th, 1973, Iidabashi

51

Jude Vandelannoite

Belgian footballer

*February 14th, 1973, Waregem

51

Kim Hyun-su

South Korean footballer (1973.2-)

*February 14th, 1973, South Korea

51

Andrew Wynyard

New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach

*February 14th, 1973, New Zealand

51

Sergei Chumachenko

Russian footballer

*February 14th, 1973, Moscow

51

Ahmed Krama

Algerian athletics competitor

*February 14th, 1973, Bab El Oued

51

Wu Gan

Chinese human rights activist

*February 14th, 1973, Fuqing

51

George Dohrmann

American sports journalist

*February 14th, 1973, Stockton

51

George Hegamin

American football player

*February 14th, 1973, Camden

51

Yuka Sato

Japanese figure skater and choreographer

*February 14th, 1973, Tokyo

48

Brad Allan

Australian martial artist, action choreographer, actor and stunt performer

*February 14th, 1973, Melbourne †August 6th, 2021

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44

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

33

Karol G

Colombian singer-songwriter and businesswoman (1991–)

*February 14th, 1991, Medellín

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

54

Simon Pegg

English actor (born 1970)

*February 14th, 1970, Brockworth

30

Kristian Blummenfelt

Norwegian triathlete

*February 14th, 1994, Bergen

55

Tang Jiuhong

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1969, Anhua County

46

Danai Gurira

American actress

*February 14th, 1978, Grinnell

90

Herwig Wolfram

Austrian historian

*February 14th, 1934, Vienna

57

Mark Rutte

Prime Minister of the Netherlands since 2010

*February 14th, 1967, The Hague

42

Gita Nabavi

Swedish politician

*February 14th, 1982, Tehran

73

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

47

Cadel Evans

Australian road bicycle racer

*February 14th, 1977, Katherine

41

Bacary Sagna

French association football player

*February 14th, 1983, Sens

32

Özge Bayrak

Turkish badminton player

*February 14th, 1992, Osmangazi

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

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

31

Nyl Yakura

Canadian badminton player

*February 14th, 1993, Toronto

57

Roger Langridge

Comic writer

*February 14th, 1967, New Zealand

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51

Marika Carlsson

Swedish comedian

*March 19th, 1973, Ethiopia

51

Lutz Bachmann

German political activist; founder of Pegida

*January 26th, 1973, Dresden

50

Simon Archer

Badminton player

*June 27th, 1973, Royal Leamington Spa

50

Sven Beuckert

German association football player and manager

*December 12th, 1973, Stollberg

50

S. Antonius Budi Ariantho

Badminton player

*October 3rd, 1973, Pekalongan

50

Maren Meinert

German association football player and manager

*August 5th, 1973, Duisburg

50

Stefanie von Pfetten

Actress

*November 25th, 1973, Vancouver

50

Eddie Cibrian

American actor

*June 16th, 1973, Burbank

50

Roar Uthaug

Norwegian film director

*August 25th, 1973, Lørenskog

50

Thomas Kufen

German politician

*August 5th, 1973, Essen

50

Andreas Bausewein

German politician

*May 5th, 1973, Erfurt

50

Dong Jiong

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1973, Beijing

50

Ben Falcone

American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer

*August 25th, 1973, Carbondale

50

Ryan Giggs

Welsh association football player and coach (born 1973)

*November 29th, 1973, Cardiff

51

Peng Xingyong

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1973, Shandong

50

Eliza Nathanael

Indonesian badminton player

*May 27th, 1973, Surabaya

50

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

44

Demetri Betts

American singer

*April 26th, 1973, North Carolina †May 21st, 2017

50

Mike Beres

Canadian badminton player

*May 13th, 1973, Canada

50

Heidi Klum

German model, television personality and businesswoman

*June 1st, 1973, Bergisch Gladbach

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Valentine's Day!

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

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1973 is a normal year and no leap year.

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