February 1st, 1978

Born on February 1st, 1978

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on February 1st, 1978?

February 1st, 1978

After having served 42 days in prison for the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl, Polish film director Roman Polanski fled the United States before the formal sentencing hearing.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Polanski_sexual_abuse_case

What else happened on February 1st?

February 1st, 1957

Invented by German engineer Felix Wankel, the first working prototype of the Wankel rotary engine ran for the first time at the research and development department of NSU Motorenwerke AG.

February 1st, 1896

Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème premiered at the Teatro Regio in Turin, Italy, eventually becoming one of the most frequently performed operas internationally.

February 1st, 2021

The Burmese military staged the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, which deposed the democratically-elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, and sparked nationwide protests and a civil war.

February 1st, 2012

Following an Egyptian Premier League match in Port Said, Al Masry fans rioted and violently attacked Al Ahly supporters, resulting in 74 deaths.

February 1st, 2009

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (pictured) became the first female prime minister of Iceland.

February 1st, 2004

During the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, Janet Jackson's breast was exposed by Justin Timberlake in what was later referred to as a "wardrobe malfunction", resulting in an immediate crackdown and widespread debate on perceived indecency in U.S. broadcasting.

February 1st, 2003

All seven crew members aboard Space Shuttle Columbia were killed when the orbiter disintegrated over Texas during reentry.

February 1st, 2001

The Timor Leste Defence Force was established from the erstwhile anti-Indonesian independence movement Falintil.

February 1st, 1985

Aeroflot Flight 7841 crashed shortly after takeoff from Minsk National Airport, killing fifty-eight people on board.

February 1st, 1979

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned from exile and soon led the Iranian Revolution to overthrow the Pahlavi dynasty.

February 1st, 1972

Kuala Lumpur (pictured), the capital of Malaysia, was granted city status.

February 1st, 1960

Four African American students staged the first Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.

February 1st, 1942

Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States federal government, began broadcasting to Germany during World War II.

February 1st, 1884

The first fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary, a 352-page volume that covered words from A to ant, was published.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 1st

Born on February 1st, 1978

46

Tim Harding

Australian musician

*February 1st, 1978, Springwood

46

Claudia Nystad

German cross-country skier

*February 1st, 1978, Zschopau

46

Tobias Hans

German politician (CDU), former Minister President of Saarland

*February 1st, 1978, Neunkirchen

46

Marion Wagner

German sprinter

*February 1st, 1978, Mainz

46

Dina Jewel

Norwegian pornographic actress

*February 1st, 1978, Jessheim

46

Ken Johnson

American basketball player

*February 1st, 1978, Detroit

46

Bryan Dick

British actor

*February 1st, 1978, Denton Holme

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 1st?

55

Brian Krause

American actor

*February 1st, 1969, Lake Forest

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, London

100

Cilli Wang

Dutch-Austrian dancer and theater maker (1905-2005)

*February 1st, 1905, Vienna †July 10th, 2005, Vienna

41

Marilou Berry

French actress

*February 1st, 1983, 13th arrondissement of Paris

38

Lauren Conrad

American television personality, author, and fashion designer

*February 1st, 1986, Laguna Beach

52

Leymah Gbowee

Liberian peace activist

*February 1st, 1972, Monrovia

30

Harry Styles

English singer, songwriter, and actor

*February 1st, 1994, Redditch

45

Juan Silveira dos Santos

Brazilian soccer player (born 1979)

*February 1st, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

68

Günter Guillaume

Stasi officer

*February 1st, 1927, Berlin †April 10th, 1995, Petershagen-Eggersdorf

40

Darren Fletcher

Scottish association football player

*February 1st, 1984, Edinburgh

47

Libor Sionko

Czech footballer

*February 1st, 1977, Ostrava

76

Boris Yeltsin

Soviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (1931–2007)

*February 1st, 1931, Butka †April 23rd, 2007, Moscow

55

Gabriel Batistuta

Argentine association football player

*February 1st, 1969, Reconquista

45

Rachelle Lefevre

Canadian actress

*February 1st, 1979, Montreal

87

Jale İnan

Turkish classical archaeologist (1914-2001)

*February 1st, 1914, Istanbul †February 26th, 2001, Istanbul

64

Andreas Asche

German association football player

*February 1st, 1960, Hanover

72

Norbert Barthle

German politician (CDU)

*February 1st, 1952, Schwäbisch Gmünd

45

Jason Isbell

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

*February 1st, 1979, Green Hill

47

Kevin Kilbane

Association football player (born 1977)

*February 1st, 1977, Preston

72

Paul Carr

American actor (1934–2006)

*February 1st, 1934, New Orleans †February 17th, 2006, Los Angeles

Same year
Born in 1978

45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

45

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

46

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

46

Yim Bang-eun

Badminton player

*April 25th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

46

Jörn Wollschläger

German biathlete

*March 4th, 1978, Suhl

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Dicky Palyama

Dutch badminton player

*March 26th, 1978, Gouda

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No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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