February 21st, 1976

Born on February 21st, 1976

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What happened on February 21st?

February 21st, 1973

After accidentally straying into Israeli-occupied airspace, Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 was shot down by two fighter aircraft, killing 108 of the 113 people on board.

February 21st, 1952

A number of student protesters demanding the establishment of Bengali as an official language were killed by police in Dhaka, East Pakistan.

February 21st, 1929

In the first battle of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong against the Nationalist government of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.

February 21st, 1919

Bavarian socialist Kurt Eisner, who had organized the German Revolution that overthrew the Wittelsbach monarchy and established Bavaria as a republic, was assassinated.

February 21st, 1878

The first telephone directory, consisting of a single page, was issued to fifty subscribers in New Haven, Connecticut.

February 21st, 1866

Lucy Hobbs Taylor (pictured) became the first woman to receive a doctorate from a dental college.

February 21st, 1862

American Civil War: The Confederate Army began an attempt to gain control of the Southwest with a major victory in the Battle of Valverde.

February 21st, 1828

The inaugural issue of the Cherokee Phoenix, the first newspaper in a Native American language, was published.

February 21st, 1746

Jacobite rising of 1745: The siege of Inverness ended with British forces surrendering to the Jacobite army.

February 21st, 1437

King James I of Scotland was murdered at Perth in a failed coup by his uncle and former ally Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl.

February 21st, 2022

In the Russo-Ukrainian crisis Russian President Vladimir Putin declares the Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic as independent from Ukraine, and moves troops into the region. The action is condemned by the United Nations.

February 21st, 2013

At least 17 people are killed and 119 injured following several bombings in the Indian city of Hyderabad.

February 21st, 1995

Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.

February 21st, 1994

Aldrich Ames is arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for selling national secrets to the Soviet Union in Arlington County, Virginia.

February 21st, 1975

Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 21st

Born on February 21st, 1976

48

Sebastian Thormann

German rower

*February 21st, 1976, Wermelskirchen

48

Michael McIntyre

British comedian

*February 21st, 1976, London Borough of Merton

48

Priya Sachdev

Indian actress

*February 21st, 1976, New Delhi

48

Raúl Paz Alonzo

Mexican politician

*February 21st, 1976, Mérida

48

Donald Suxho

Albanian-American volleyball player

*February 21st, 1976, Korçë

48

Laure Limongi

French writer and editor

*February 21st, 1976, Bastia

48

Ryan Smyth

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 21st, 1976, Banff

48

Juan Carlos Olave

Argentine footballer

*February 21st, 1976, Córdoba

48

Vita Styopina

Ukrainian high jumper

*February 21st, 1976, Zaporizhzhia

48

Rajmund Fodor

Hungarian water polo player and coach

*February 21st, 1976, Szeged

48

Giuseppe Picone

Italian ballet dancer

*February 21st, 1976, Naples

48

Evgeny Mishin

Russian bodybuilder

*February 21st, 1976, Otradnoye

48

Travis Schiffner

Actor

*February 21st, 1976, Louisiana

48

Eveline de Haan

Dutch field hockey player

*February 21st, 1976, Nijmegen

48

Vijay Prakash

Singer, performer

*February 21st, 1976, Mysore

48

Naved Latif

Pakistani cricketer

*February 21st, 1976, Sargodha

48

Natalia Cercheș

Moldovan distance runner

*February 21st, 1976, Chișinău

48

Massimo Maffezzoli

Italian basketball coach

*February 21st, 1976, Verona

48

Frayser Boy

American rapper

*February 21st, 1976, Memphis

48

Maurice Harris

American boxer

*February 21st, 1976, East Orange

48

Sridharan Sriram

Indian cricket player.

*February 21st, 1976, Chennai

48

Richard Massolin

Footballer

*February 21st, 1976, Vitry-sur-Seine

48

Armand Raimbault

French footballer, goalkeeper

*February 21st, 1976, Blois

48

Aitor Etxeberría

Spanish rugby union player (1976-)

*February 21st, 1976, Gorliz

48

Andrei Dyomkin

Russian footballer

*February 21st, 1976, Moscow

48

Bassala Touré

Malian footballer

*February 21st, 1976, Bamako

48

Anthony Rossomando

American guitarist

*February 21st, 1976, Boston

48

Uladzimir Vostrykaw

Belarusian association football player

*February 21st, 1976, Minsk

48

Tomasz Kiełbowicz

Polish footballer

*February 21st, 1976, Hrubieszów

48

Emmanuelle Sykora

French association football player

*February 21st, 1976, Pau

48

Merwin Mondesir

Canadian actor

*February 21st, 1976, Toronto

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Who's birthday is on February 21st?

35

Corbin Bleu

American actor, model, dancer, film producer and singer-songwriter

*February 21st, 1989, Brooklyn

33

Joe Alwyn

English actor

*February 21st, 1991, Royal Tunbridge Wells

30

Sawan Serasinghe

Sri Lanka-born Australian badminton player

*February 21st, 1994, Galle

51

Tey Seu Bock

Malaysian badminton coach

*February 21st, 1973, Alor Gajah

23

Lalinrat Chaiwan

Badminton player

*February 21st, 2001, Lampang

70

Rudolf Simek

Austrian philologist and Germanist

*February 21st, 1954, Eisenstadt

47

Steve Francis

American basketball player

*February 21st, 1977, Silver Springs

41

John Moody

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1983, Whangārei

54

Jess Thorup

Danish association football player and manager

*February 21st, 1970, Copenhagen

37

Kazushi Yamada

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1987, Ehime Prefecture

44

Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

Fifth and reigning King of Bhutan

*February 21st, 1980, Kathmandu

45

Jennifer Love Hewitt

American actress, producer and singer

*February 21st, 1979, Waco

43

Gerhard Gundermann

German musician

*February 21st, 1955, Weimar †June 21st, 1998, Spreetal

33

Jelle Maas

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1991, Oosterhout

29

Giveon

American R&B singer

*February 21st, 1995, Long Beach

69

Alan Rickman

British actor and director (1946–2016)

*February 21st, 1946, Hammersmith †January 14th, 2016, London

59

Ute Hankers

German volleyball player

*February 21st, 1965, Bad Iburg

28

Sophie Turner

British actress

*February 21st, 1996, Northampton

50

Iván Campo

Spanish footballer

*February 21st, 1974, San Sebastián

95

Robert Mugabe

2nd president of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017

*February 21st, 1924, Kutama †September 6th, 2019, Gleneagles Hospital

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Born in 1976

47

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

47

Anna Friel

British actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

47

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

48

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

47

Regina Halmich

German boxer

*November 22nd, 1976, Karlsruhe

40

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976-2017)

*October 4th, 1976, Langnau im Emmental †April 30th, 2017, Nuptse

47

Halim Haryanto

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1976, Bandung City

47

Ellen Angelina

Indonesian badminton player

*June 30th, 1976, Salatiga City

48

Chantal Botts

Badminton player

*March 30th, 1976, Witbank

48

Takae Masumo

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1976, Hokkaido

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

47

Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Norwegian politician

*July 2nd, 1976, Oslo

47

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

47

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

47

Francesco Totti

Italian association football player

*September 27th, 1976, Rome

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

47

Wang Chen

Hong Kong badminton player

*June 21st, 1976, Shanghai

47

Hidetaka Yamada

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1976, Kobe

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Leap year

Yes: 1976 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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