February 28th, 1977

Born on February 28th, 1977

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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, 1977

47

Lance Hoyt

American professional wrestler

*February 28th, 1977, Austin

47

Jason Aldean

American country singer

*February 28th, 1977, Macon

47

Artur Wichniarek

Polish footballer

*February 28th, 1977, Poznań

47

Chris Wooding

British children's writer

*February 28th, 1977, Leicester

47

Godfrey Baniau

Papua New Guinean footballer

*February 28th, 1977, Papua New Guinea

47

Reginaldo Estevao

Association football player

*February 28th, 1977, Brazil

47

Ivan Raychev

Bulgarian footballer

*February 28th, 1977, Kavarna

47

Milan Drageljević

Serbian footballer

*February 28th, 1977, Belgrade

47

J. T. Petty

American film director

*February 28th, 1977, Raleigh

47

Gabriel Ortega Sanz

Spanish activist and politician

*February 28th, 1977, Madrid

47

Tarik El Taib

Libyan footballer

*February 28th, 1977, Tripoli

47

Pierre Mignoni

Rugby union player and coach

*February 28th, 1977, Toulon

47

Rodrigo Sopeña

Spanish screenwriter and director

*February 28th, 1977, Gijón

47

Richard Naylor

English footballer (born 1977)

*February 28th, 1977, Leeds

47

Janne Saarinen

Finnish footballer

*February 28th, 1977, Espoo

47

Jean-François Rivière

French footballer

*February 28th, 1977, Mayenne

47

Heykel Megannem

Tunisian handball player

*February 28th, 1977, Moknine

47

Tatyana Levina

Russian sprinter

*February 28th, 1977, Oryol

47

Stéphanie Anseeuw

Belgian politician

*February 28th, 1977, Veurne

47

Mirza Džomba

Croatian handball player

*February 28th, 1977, Rijeka

47

Aaron Aguilera

American professional wrestler and actor

*February 28th, 1977, Orange County

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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

48

Ali Larter

American actress and model

*February 28th, 1976, Cherry Hill

28

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

68

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

50

Christine Adams

German pole vaulter

*February 28th, 1974, Georgsmarienhütte

55

Robert Sean Leonard

American actor

*February 28th, 1969, Westwood

48

Adam Pine

Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist

*February 28th, 1976, Lismore

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

52

Jan Boven

Road bicycle racer

*February 28th, 1972, Delfzijl

29

Quinn Shephard

American actress

*February 28th, 1995, Metuchen

42

Natalia Vodianova

Russian model

*February 28th, 1982, Nizhny Novgorod

46

Benjamin Raich

Austrian alpine ski racer

*February 28th, 1978, Arzl im Pitztal

76

Bernadette Peters

American actress and singer

*February 28th, 1948, Queens

49

Charles Amoah

Ghanaian footballer

*February 28th, 1975, Accra

38

Kingsley Ben-Adir

British actor

*February 28th, 1986, Gospel Oak

77

Stephanie Beacham

British actress

*February 28th, 1947, Barnet

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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

46

Pernille Harder

Badminton player

*September 3rd, 1977, Odder Municipality

47

Wong Choong Hann

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1977, Kuala Lumpur

46

Gail Emms

Badminton player

*July 23rd, 1977, Hitchin

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

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