February 14th, 1978

Born on February 14th, 1978

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 16,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 129 days, exactly on August 31st, 2024, people who were born on February 14th, 1978 will be 17,000 days old!

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What happened on February 14th?

February 14th, 2011

Arab Spring: The Bahraini uprising began with youth-organized protests on the Day of Rage.

February 14th, 2008

A gunman opened fire into a crowded lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, killing five people and injuring twenty-one others.

February 14th, 1992

Sri Temasek (pictured), the official residence of the prime minister of Singapore, was declared a national monument.

February 14th, 1990

NASA's Voyager 1 space probe took the Pale Blue Dot photograph of Earth (cropped version pictured) from a record distance of 40.5 au (6.06 billion km; 3.76 billion mi).

February 14th, 1989

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran issued a fatwa calling for the death of Salman Rushdie, the author of The Satanic Verses, a novel considered to be blasphemous by some Muslims.

February 14th, 1981

48 people died when a fire broke out during a Valentine's Day dance at a Dublin nightclub.

February 14th, 1979

Adolph Dubs, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan, was kidnapped by unknown agents and killed during a gun battle between Afghan police and the perpetrators.

February 14th, 1961

Lawrencium, the radioactive synthetic element with atomic number 103, was first synthesized at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.

February 14th, 1943

World War II: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's 5th Panzer Army launched a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.

February 14th, 1938

The Singapore Naval Base, the cornerstone of the Singapore strategy, a British naval defence policy, was opened.

February 14th, 1924

The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was renamed as International Business Machines (IBM), later growing into one of the world's largest companies by market capitalization.

February 14th, 1919

The Battle of Bereza Kartuska, the first serious armed conflict of the Polish–Soviet War, took place near present-day Biaroza, Belarus.

February 14th, 1914

The animated film Gertie the Dinosaur was released, later greatly influencing future animators such as the Fleischer brothers and Walt Disney.

February 14th, 1852

The Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, was founded in London.

February 14th, 1804

Serb chieftains elected Đorđe Petrović as their leader and began an uprising against the Ottoman Empire.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 14th

Born on February 14th, 1978

46

Danai Gurira

American actress

*February 14th, 1978, Grinnell

46

Richard Hamilton

American basketball player (born 1978)

*February 14th, 1978, Coatesville

46

Valerio Pinton

Italian rower

*February 14th, 1978, Padua

46

Darius Songaila

Lithuanian basketball player

*February 14th, 1978, Marijampolė

46

Seckou Keita

Senegalese musician

*February 14th, 1978, Ziguinchor

46

Jan Tománek

Czech director and writer

*February 14th, 1978, Prague

46

Michael Granville

American middle distance runner

*February 14th, 1978, Bell Gardens

46

Toby Lee Marshall

American organist

*February 14th, 1978, Minneapolis

46

Justin Murphy

Australian rugby league footballer

*February 14th, 1978, Sydney

46

Floex

Czech musician

*February 14th, 1978, Prague

46

David Garrard

American football player, quarterback

*February 14th, 1978, East Orange

46

Kreshna

Indian actor

*February 14th, 1978, India

46

Anne-Gaëlle Riccio

French TV presenter

*February 14th, 1978, Tours

46

Linas Balčiūnas

Road and track bicycle racer

*February 14th, 1978, Jonava

46

Nicolás Gianella

Argentine basketball player

*February 14th, 1978, La Plata

46

Aleksey Frosin

Russian fencer

*February 14th, 1978, Moscow

46

Nicolás Pavlovich

Argentine footballer

*February 14th, 1978, Balcarce

46

Cornelia Dahlgren

Swedish singer, voice actress, and record producer

*February 14th, 1978, Uppsala

46

Suzana Ansar

English singer and actress

*February 14th, 1978, Leyton

46

Dwele

American singer

*February 14th, 1978, Detroit

46

Lucas Gatti

Argentine footballer

*February 14th, 1978, Buenos Aires

46

Laurie Schwoy

American soccer player

*February 14th, 1978, Baltimore

46

Seo-Young Chu

Korean American academic, poet and activist

*February 14th, 1978, Virginia

46

Jeremiah Palecek

Painter

*February 14th, 1978, Bismarck

46

Antwan Mims

American criminal (born 1978)

*February 14th, 1978, Michigan

46

Dzmitry Chaley

Belarusian footballer

*February 14th, 1978, Minsk

46

Dean Gaffney

British actor

*February 14th, 1978, Hammersmith

46

Carlos Torres Torrija

Mexican actor

*February 14th, 1978, Venezuela

46

Cam Sedgwick

Lacrosse player

*February 14th, 1978, Vancouver

46

Becky Johnson

Canadian comedian

*February 14th, 1978, Vancouver

46

David Montoya

Colombian footballer

*February 14th, 1978, Medellín

46

Amrish Tyagi

Indian political strategist

*February 14th, 1978, Ghaziabad district

46

Francesco Pignata

Italian javelin thrower

*February 14th, 1978, Reggio Calabria

46

Courtney Brown

American football player, defensive lineman, defensive end

*February 14th, 1978, Charleston

37

Andrei Troschinsky

Kazakhstani ice hockey player (1978-2015)

*February 14th, 1978, Oskemen †December 21st, 2015, Pavlodar

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44

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

40

Salakjit Ponsana

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1984, Bangkok

39

Ville Lång

Finnish badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lahti

33

Karol G

Colombian singer-songwriter and businesswoman (1991–)

*February 14th, 1991, Medellín

39

Karin Schnaase

German badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lüdinghausen

32

Elley Duhé

American singer

*February 14th, 1992, Mobile

30

Kristian Blummenfelt

Norwegian triathlete

*February 14th, 1994, Bergen

47

Cadel Evans

Australian road bicycle racer

*February 14th, 1977, Katherine

42

Gita Nabavi

Swedish politician

*February 14th, 1982, Tehran

51

Qin Yiyuan

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1973, Guangxi

90

Herwig Wolfram

Austrian historian

*February 14th, 1934, Vienna

54

Simon Pegg

English actor (born 1970)

*February 14th, 1970, Brockworth

41

Bacary Sagna

French association football player

*February 14th, 1983, Sens

55

Tang Jiuhong

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1969, Anhua County

73

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

32

Özge Bayrak

Turkish badminton player

*February 14th, 1992, Osmangazi

57

Mark Rutte

Prime Minister of the Netherlands since 2010

*February 14th, 1967, The Hague

31

Nyl Yakura

Canadian badminton player

*February 14th, 1993, Toronto

23

Klaudia Pintér

Hungarian beach handball player

*February 14th, 2001, Budapest

32

Christian Eriksen

Danish association football player

*February 14th, 1992, Middelfart

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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

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

45

Yim Bang-eun

Badminton player

*April 25th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

45

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 14th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 14th.

Valentine's Day!

Traditionally Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14 each year.

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Born on February 14th, 1978
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Leap year

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

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