February 28th, 1978

Born on February 28th, 1978

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 140 days, exactly on September 14th, 2024, people who were born on February 28th, 1978 will be 17,000 days old!

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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, 1978

46

Benjamin Raich

Austrian alpine ski racer

*February 28th, 1978, Arzl im Pitztal

46

Geoffrey Arend

American film, television, voice and theater actor

*February 28th, 1978, Manhattan

46

James Safechuck

American actor, witness

*February 28th, 1978, Simi Valley

46

Jeanne Cherhal

French singer-songwriter

*February 28th, 1978, Nantes

46

Josep Pacreu

Spanish basketball player

*February 28th, 1978, La Bisbal d'Empordà

46

Gabriel Pereyra

Argentine footballer

*February 28th, 1978, Carlos Pellegrini, Santa Fe

46

Marcos del Cero

Association football player

*February 28th, 1978, Bahía Blanca

46

Mira Luoti

Finnish singer and actress

*February 28th, 1978, Pori

46

Rowen Fernández

South African footballer

*February 28th, 1978, Springs

46

Jefferson Fredo Rodrigues

Brazilian association football player

*February 28th, 1978, Brazil

46

Robert Heffernan

Irish race walker

*February 28th, 1978, Cork

46

Mariano Zabaleta

Argentine tennis player

*February 28th, 1978, Tandil

46

Jamaal Tinsley

American basketball player

*February 28th, 1978, Brooklyn

46

Murali Perumal

German actor

*February 28th, 1978, Bonn

29

Paul Loustau Rodríguez

Spanish actor (1976-2007)

*February 28th, 1978, Spain †November 27th, 2007, Madrid

46

Hisham Sulliman

Arab-Israeli actor of Palestinian descent

*February 28th, 1978, Nazareth

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45

Ask Hasselbalch

Danish film director

*February 28th, 1979, Copenhagen

42

Verena Bentele

German paralympic biathlete and politician (SPD)

*February 28th, 1982, Lindau

43

Craig Cooper

Badminton player

*February 28th, 1981, Wellington

28

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

68

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

48

Ali Larter

American actress and model

*February 28th, 1976, Cherry Hill

55

Robert Sean Leonard

American actor

*February 28th, 1969, Westwood

50

Christine Adams

German pole vaulter

*February 28th, 1974, Georgsmarienhütte

36

Markéta Irglová

Czech singer-songwriter, musician and actress

*February 28th, 1988, Valašské Meziříčí

42

Natalia Vodianova

Russian model

*February 28th, 1982, Nizhny Novgorod

67

John Turturro

American actor (born 1957)

*February 28th, 1957, Brooklyn

29

Quinn Shephard

American actress

*February 28th, 1995, Metuchen

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

76

Bernadette Peters

American actress and singer

*February 28th, 1948, Queens

48

Adam Pine

Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist

*February 28th, 1976, Lismore

38

Kingsley Ben-Adir

British actor

*February 28th, 1986, Gospel Oak

45

Primož Peterka

Slovenian former ski jumper

*February 28th, 1979, Ljubljana

49

Charles Amoah

Ghanaian footballer

*February 28th, 1975, Accra

77

Stephanie Beacham

British actress

*February 28th, 1947, Barnet

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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

46

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

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

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