February 28th, 1973

Born on February 28th, 1973

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 18,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 325 days, exactly on March 7th, 2025, people who were born on February 28th, 1973 will be 19,000 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, 1973

51

Eric Lindros

Professional ice hockey player

*February 28th, 1973, London

51

Joao Batista Da Silva

Mexican association football player

*February 28th, 1973, Fortaleza

51

Xavi Valero

Spanish footballer

*February 28th, 1973, Castelló de la Plana

51

Zigor Aranalde

Spanish footballer

*February 28th, 1973, Ibarra

51

Raúl Lara

Mexican footballer

*February 28th, 1973, Mexico City

51

Diego Reinhold

Argentinian actor

*February 28th, 1973, Buenos Aires

51

Natallia Safronnikava

Athletics competitor

*February 28th, 1973, Vaŭkavysk

51

Masato Tanaka

Japanese professional wrestler

*February 28th, 1973, Wakayama

51

Nicolas Minassian

French racing driver

*February 28th, 1973, Marseille

51

Scott McLeod

New Zealand rugby union footballer and coach

*February 28th, 1973, Hamilton

51

Alexandre da Silva Mariano

Brazilian footballer

*February 28th, 1973, Capivari

51

Spencer McLaren

Australian actor

*February 28th, 1973, Sydney

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Who's birthday is on February 28th?

50

Christine Adams

German pole vaulter

*February 28th, 1974, Georgsmarienhütte

42

Verena Bentele

German paralympic biathlete and politician (SPD)

*February 28th, 1982, Lindau

68

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

55

Robert Sean Leonard

American actor

*February 28th, 1969, Westwood

52

Jan Boven

Road bicycle racer

*February 28th, 1972, Delfzijl

28

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

43

Craig Cooper

Badminton player

*February 28th, 1981, Wellington

45

Ask Hasselbalch

Danish film director

*February 28th, 1979, Copenhagen

48

Ali Larter

American actress and model

*February 28th, 1976, Cherry Hill

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

50

Robin Liddell

Scottish racing driver

*February 28th, 1974, Edinburgh

36

Markéta Irglová

Czech singer-songwriter, musician and actress

*February 28th, 1988, Valašské Meziříčí

76

Bernadette Peters

American actress and singer

*February 28th, 1948, Queens

49

Charles Amoah

Ghanaian footballer

*February 28th, 1975, Accra

54

Daniel Handler

American novelist, also known by the pseudonym Lemony Snicket

*February 28th, 1970, San Francisco

29

Quinn Shephard

American actress

*February 28th, 1995, Metuchen

66

Christina Lathan

East German sprinter

*February 28th, 1958, Altdöbern

71

Paul Krugman

American economist (born 1953)

*February 28th, 1953, Albany

77

Stephanie Beacham

British actress

*February 28th, 1947, Barnet

Same year
Born in 1973

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

51

Qin Yiyuan

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1973, Guangxi

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

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

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