February 21st, 1977

Born on February 21st, 1977

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1977

47

Steve Francis

American basketball player

*February 21st, 1977, Silver Springs

47

Rhiannon Giddens

American musician (born 1977)

*February 21st, 1977, Greensboro

47

Max von Thun

German-Austrian actor (born 1977)

*February 21st, 1977, Munich

47

Kevin Rose

American entrepreneur and television host

*February 21st, 1977, Redding

47

Tyler Jewell

American snowboarder

*February 21st, 1977, Boston

47

Dmitriy Ovsyannikov

Russian politician

*February 21st, 1977, Omsk

47

Jonathan Safran Foer

American novelist

*February 21st, 1977, Washington, D.C.

47

Cyrine Abdelnour

Lebanese singer, model and actress

*February 21st, 1977, Abadiyeh, Lebanon

47

Rodrigo Gral

Brazilian association football player

*February 21st, 1977, Chapecó

47

Zelda Tinska

Actress

*February 21st, 1977, Belgrade

47

Owen King

American writer

*February 21st, 1977, Maine

47

Nancy Cartonio

Songwriter, musician, producer

*February 21st, 1977, Wichita

47

Fiona Crawford

Softball player

*February 21st, 1977, Sydney

47

Yelena Mikulich

Belarusian rower

*February 21st, 1977, Minsk

47

León Darío Muñoz

Colombian footballer

*February 21st, 1977, Medellín

47

Jon Sandusky

American sports executive

*February 21st, 1977, State College

47

Frank Carilao

Chilean footballer

*February 21st, 1977, Pudahuel

47

Candice Sanders

American model

*February 21st, 1977, Brownsville

47

Branislav Angelovski

Macedonian handball player

*February 21st, 1977, Bitola

47

Ben Ikin

Australian rugby league footballer

*February 21st, 1977, Brisbane

47

Valdenir da Silva Vitalino

Brazilian association football player

*February 21st, 1977, Barra Mansa

47

Chad Hutchinson

American baseball player

*February 21st, 1977, San Diego

47

Daniele Di Donato

Italian footballer

*February 21st, 1977, Giulianova

47

Itoro Umoh-Coleman

American basketball player-coach

*February 21st, 1977, Hephzibah

47

Silke Bachmann

Italian alpine skier

*February 21st, 1977, Tramin an der Weinstraße

47

Kim Soon-hee

South Korean weightlifter

*February 21st, 1977, Hanam

47

Sherrod Gideon

American-football player (1977-)

*February 21st, 1977, Greenwood

47

Toshikazu Yamashita

Olympic rifle shooter

*February 21st, 1977, Komatsushima

47

Smita Bansal

Indian actress

*February 21st, 1977, Jaipur

47

Kethi Kilonzo

Kenyan lawyer

*February 21st, 1977, Makueni County

47

Aitor Blanco

Spanish footballer

*February 21st, 1977, Vitoria-Gasteiz

47

Matej Šnofl

Slovenian footballer

*February 21st, 1977, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Same Day
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

23

Lalinrat Chaiwan

Badminton player

*February 21st, 2001, Lampang

51

Tey Seu Bock

Malaysian badminton coach

*February 21st, 1973, Alor Gajah

70

Rudolf Simek

Austrian philologist and Germanist

*February 21st, 1954, Eisenstadt

41

John Moody

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1983, Whangārei

45

Jennifer Love Hewitt

American actress, producer and singer

*February 21st, 1979, Waco

44

Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

Fifth and reigning King of Bhutan

*February 21st, 1980, Kathmandu

37

Kazushi Yamada

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1987, Ehime Prefecture

54

Jess Thorup

Danish association football player and manager

*February 21st, 1970, Copenhagen

33

Jelle Maas

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1991, Oosterhout

43

Gerhard Gundermann

German musician

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

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

95

Robert Mugabe

2nd president of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017

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

63

Abhijit Banerjee

Indian American economist

*February 21st, 1961, Mumbai

46

Kim Ha-neul

South Korean actress

*February 21st, 1978, Seoul

Same year
Born in 1977

46

Zhang Jun

Chinese badminton player

*November 26th, 1977, Suzhou

46

Florian Stetter

German actor

*August 2nd, 1977, Munich

46

Carsten Linnemann

German economist, politician

*August 10th, 1977, Paderborn

46

Anne Marie Waters

UK far-right politician (1977-)

*August 24th, 1977, Dublin

46

Emmanuel Macron

President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017

*December 21st, 1977, Amiens

46

Vanessa Trump

American model and actress

*December 18th, 1977, New York City

46

Gong Zhichao

Badminton player

*December 15th, 1977, Anhua County

46

Paul Kalkbrenner

German electronic musician

*June 11th, 1977, Leipzig

46

Ji Xinpeng

Chinese badminton player

*December 30th, 1977, Shashi District

47

Wong Choong Hann

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1977, Kuala Lumpur

46

Gail Emms

Badminton player

*July 23rd, 1977, Hitchin

46

Pernille Harder

Badminton player

*September 3rd, 1977, Odder Municipality

46

Melanie Lynskey

New Zealand actress

*May 16th, 1977, New Plymouth

46

José Antonio Crespo

Spanish badminton player

*June 24th, 1977, Arroyo de la Miel

46

Dave McCullen

Musician, music producer

*December 28th, 1977, Bonheiden

47

Shakira

Colombian singer, songwriter and actress

*February 2nd, 1977, Barranquilla

47

Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil

Danish politician

*January 17th, 1977, Zealand

47

Claudia Hiersche

German actress

*February 22nd, 1977, Frankfurt (Oder)

47

Sverre Rotevatn

Norwegian Nordic combined skier

*January 17th, 1977, Lillehammer Municipality

46

Anthony Clark

English badminton player

*November 1st, 1977, Derby

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1977 is a normal year and no leap year.

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