February 28th, 1975

Born on February 28th, 1975

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What happened on February 28th, 1975?

February 28th, 1975

In London, an underground train fails to stop at Moorgate terminus station and crashes into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorgate_tube_crash

February 28th, 1975

A London Underground train failed to stop at the terminal Moorgate station, crashing and causing the deaths of 43 people.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground

What else 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, 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.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 28th

Born on February 28th, 1975

49

Charles Amoah

Ghanaian footballer

*February 28th, 1975, Accra

49

Mike Rucker

American football player (born 1975)

*February 28th, 1975, St. Joseph

49

Mette Nielsen

Swimmer

*February 28th, 1975, Esbjerg

49

Elijah Tana

Zambian footballer

*February 28th, 1975, Chingola

49

Willy Rovelli

French actor

*February 28th, 1975, Cluses

49

Stéphanie Hochet

French journalist, novelist and essayist

*February 28th, 1975, Paris

49

Mediha Musliovic

Bosnian actress

*February 28th, 1975, Sarajevo

Same Day
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

48

Ali Larter

American actress and model

*February 28th, 1976, Cherry Hill

68

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

45

Ask Hasselbalch

Danish film director

*February 28th, 1979, Copenhagen

43

Craig Cooper

Badminton player

*February 28th, 1981, Wellington

28

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

55

Robert Sean Leonard

American actor

*February 28th, 1969, Westwood

52

Jan Boven

Road bicycle racer

*February 28th, 1972, Delfzijl

48

Adam Pine

Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist

*February 28th, 1976, Lismore

50

Robin Liddell

Scottish racing driver

*February 28th, 1974, Edinburgh

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

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

29

Quinn Shephard

American actress

*February 28th, 1995, Metuchen

42

Natalia Vodianova

Russian model

*February 28th, 1982, Nizhny Novgorod

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 1975

49

André Poggenburg

German politician and entrepreneur

*March 12th, 1975, Weißenfels

49

Lorin Morgan-Richards

American author, illustrator, and songwriter

*February 16th, 1975, Beebetown

48

Ane Dahl Torp

Norwegian actress

*August 1st, 1975, Bærum Municipality

48

Maria Thayer

American actress

*October 30th, 1975, Portland

48

Zhang Ning

Chinese female badminton player

*May 19th, 1975, Jinzhou

48

Ha Tae-kwon

South Korean badminton player

*April 30th, 1975, Jeonju

48

Kim Dong-moon

South Korean badminton player

*September 22nd, 1975, Gokseong County

48

Candra Wijaya

Badminton player

*September 16th, 1975, Cirebon City

49

Gu Jun

Badminton player

*January 3rd, 1975, Wuxi

48

Ge Fei

Chinese badminton player

*October 9th, 1975, Nantong

48

Xu Huaiwen

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1975, Guiyang

49

Tracey Hallam

English badminton player

*March 24th, 1975, Burton upon Trent

48

Jim Ronny Andersen

Badminton player

*May 4th, 1975, Songdalen Municipality

48

Sarah Hardaker

English badminton player

*December 1st, 1975, Dartford

49

Tony Gunawan

Badminton player

*April 9th, 1975, Surabaya

49

Bradley Cooper

American actor

*January 5th, 1975, Philadelphia

48

Marion Cotillard

French actress

*September 30th, 1975, Paris

48

Anders Anundsen

Norwegian politician

*November 17th, 1975, Stavern

48

Angelina Jolie

American actress (born 1975)

*June 4th, 1975, Los Angeles

48

Konrad Bansa

German handball player and coach

*July 24th, 1975, Neuwied

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No: With 365 days 1975 is a normal year and no leap year.

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