February 28th, 1976

Born on February 28th, 1976

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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, 1976

48

Ali Larter

American actress and model

*February 28th, 1976, Cherry Hill

48

Adam Pine

Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist

*February 28th, 1976, Lismore

48

Damian Wleklak

Polish handball player

*February 28th, 1976, Malbork

48

Kaori

Japanese voice actress and singer

*February 28th, 1976, Yokohama

48

Angela Kennedy

Australian swimmer

*February 28th, 1976, Nambour

48

Maamar Mamouni

Algerian and French footballer

*February 28th, 1976, Tours

48

Audun Grønvold

Freestyle skier

*February 28th, 1976, Hamar Municipality

48

José Manuel Roca Cases

Spanish football player/manager

*February 28th, 1976, Orihuela

48

Francisco Elson

Basketball player

*February 28th, 1976, Rotterdam

48

Anna Disselhoff

German handball player

*February 28th, 1976, Arnsberg

48

Geri Çipi

Albanian footballer

*February 28th, 1976, Vlorë

48

Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge

Canadian actor

*February 28th, 1976, Saint-Jérôme

48

Mónica Farro

Uruguayan model, theatre actress & vedette

*February 28th, 1976, Montevideo

48

Lauren Santo Domingo

American magazine editor

*February 28th, 1976, United States of America

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Who's birthday is on February 28th?

42

Verena Bentele

German paralympic biathlete and politician (SPD)

*February 28th, 1982, Lindau

45

Ask Hasselbalch

Danish film director

*February 28th, 1979, Copenhagen

43

Craig Cooper

Badminton player

*February 28th, 1981, Wellington

68

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

28

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

50

Christine Adams

German pole vaulter

*February 28th, 1974, Georgsmarienhütte

55

Robert Sean Leonard

American actor

*February 28th, 1969, Westwood

49

Charles Amoah

Ghanaian footballer

*February 28th, 1975, Accra

52

Jan Boven

Road bicycle racer

*February 28th, 1972, Delfzijl

36

Markéta Irglová

Czech singer-songwriter, musician and actress

*February 28th, 1988, Valašské Meziříčí

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

29

Quinn Shephard

American actress

*February 28th, 1995, Metuchen

76

Bernadette Peters

American actress and singer

*February 28th, 1948, Queens

42

Natalia Vodianova

Russian model

*February 28th, 1982, Nizhny Novgorod

50

Robin Liddell

Scottish racing driver

*February 28th, 1974, Edinburgh

47

Jason Aldean

American country singer

*February 28th, 1977, Macon

77

Stephanie Beacham

British actress

*February 28th, 1947, Barnet

71

Paul Krugman

American economist (born 1953)

*February 28th, 1953, Albany

66

Christina Lathan

East German sprinter

*February 28th, 1958, Altdöbern

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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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