February 2nd, 1979

Born on February 2nd, 1979

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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 481 days, exactly on August 19th, 2025, people who were born on February 2nd, 1979 will be 17,000 days old!

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What happened on February 2nd?

February 2nd, 1943

World War II: The Soviet Red Army captured 91,000 tired and starving German soldiers, ending the Battle of Stalingrad, one of the bloodiest battles in human history.

February 2nd, 2012

The passenger ferry MV Rabaul Queen capsized and sank in rough conditions in the Solomon Sea, resulting in at least 88 deaths.

February 2nd, 2009

Omid, Iran's first domestically made satellite, was successfully launched from Semnan Space Center.

February 2nd, 2004

Swiss tennis player Roger Federer became the top-ranked men's singles player, a position he held for a record 237 consecutive weeks.

February 2nd, 1974

The F-16 Fighting Falcon (pictured), the most numerous fixed-wing aircraft currently in military service, made its first flight.

February 2nd, 1972

Protestors burned the British Embassy in Ireland following the massacre of 14 civilians in Derry by British forces.

February 2nd, 1963

113 alleged communists were arrested and detained without trial by Singapore's security agencies.

February 2nd, 1942

The first act of the Norwegian resistance movement took place with the bombing of Oslo East Station by the Osvald Group to protest the inauguration of Vidkun Quisling.

February 2nd, 1934

The Export–Import Bank of the United States, the country's official export credit agency, was established.

February 2nd, 1920

The signing of the Treaty of Tartu ended the Estonian War of Independence, with Soviet Russia agreeing to recognize the country's independence and renounce in perpetuity all rights to its territory.

February 2nd, 1913

New York City's Grand Central Terminal, the world's largest train station by number of platforms, opened immediately after midnight.

February 2nd, 1850

Ute Wars: Brigham Young announced his decision to go to war against the Timpanogos, who were hostile to the Mormon settlement at Fort Utah.

February 2nd, 1709

Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk was rescued by English captain Woodes Rogers and his crew after spending four years as a castaway on an uninhabited island in the Pacific, providing the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe.

February 2nd, 1659

Jan van Riebeeck, the founder of Cape Town, produced the first bottle of South African wine (vineyard pictured).

February 2nd, 1207

Terra Mariana, comprising present-day Estonia and Latvia, was established as a principality of the Holy Roman Empire.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 2nd

Born on February 2nd, 1979

45

Sandy Casar

French cyclist

*February 2nd, 1979, Mantes-la-Jolie

45

Shamita Shetty

Indian actress

*February 2nd, 1979, Mangaluru

45

David Paisley

British actor

*February 2nd, 1979, Falkirk

45

Urmo Aava

Estonian rally driver

*February 2nd, 1979, Tallinn

45

Rubén Pulido

Spanish footballer

*February 2nd, 1979, Madrid

45

Christine Bleakley

NI television presenter

*February 2nd, 1979, Newtownards

45

Lauren Hall

American cyclist

*February 2nd, 1979, Vicksburg

45

Mayer Hawthorne

American musician

*February 2nd, 1979, Ann Arbor

45

Vinnie Anderson

New Zealand rugby league footballer

*February 2nd, 1979, Auckland

45

Olav Råstad

Norwegian footballer

*February 2nd, 1979, Harstad Municipality

45

Laura Anne Jones

British politician (born 1979)

*February 2nd, 1979, Newport

45

Deng Chao

Chinese actor

*February 2nd, 1979, Nanchang

45

Sir Colin

Swiss disc jockey

*February 2nd, 1979, Wädenswil

45

Tomasz Emil Rudzik

German film director and screenwriter (1979-)

*February 2nd, 1979, Cieszyn

45

Claudia Pupeter

German actress

*February 2nd, 1979, Munich

45

Irini Terzoglou

Greek shot putter

*February 2nd, 1979, Serres

45

Motoki Kawasaki

Japanese association football player

*February 2nd, 1979, Oita Prefecture

45

Fani Chalkia

Greek hurdler

*February 2nd, 1979, Larissa

45

Md Mottakin Alam

Indian politician

*February 2nd, 1979, Malda district

45

Towa Oshima

Japanese manga artist

*February 2nd, 1979, Tokyo

45

Todd Soley

American actor

*February 2nd, 1979, Detroit

45

Gloria Bellicchi

Italian model and actor

*February 2nd, 1979, Parma

45

Rajani Kanta Barman

Bangladeshi footballer

*February 2nd, 1979, Bangladesh

45

Phil Warner

English footballer (born 1979)

*February 2nd, 1979, Southampton

45

Mekeli Wesley

Fijian-Samoan basketball player

*February 2nd, 1979, Suva

45

Lyndon Bateman

Welsh rugby union player

*February 2nd, 1979, Wales

45

Liam George

Footballer (born 1979)

*February 2nd, 1979, Luton

45

Klaus Mainzer

German rugby union player

*February 2nd, 1979, Heidelberg

45

Andrea van den Hurk

Dutch tennis player

*February 2nd, 1979, Haarlem

45

Fernando Pilar

Brazilian footballer and manager

*February 2nd, 1979, Paraíba

45

Fahad Al-Zahrani

Association football player

*February 2nd, 1979, Saudi Arabia

45

Anne Sofie Madsen

Danish fashion designer

*February 2nd, 1979, Ringe

45

Ksenija Sikunkowa

Belarusian biathlete

*February 2nd, 1979, Kuznechnoye

45

Feliciano Magro

Footballer

*February 2nd, 1979, Zürich

45

Andy Akiho

American musician and composer of contemporary classical music

*February 2nd, 1979, Columbia

45

Anastasia Tsakiri

Greek weightlifter

*February 2nd, 1979, Bologna

45

Virginie Lagoutte-Clément

Professional golfer

*February 2nd, 1979, Montélimar

45

Baadal Nanjundaswamy

Indian painter

*February 2nd, 1979, Mysore

45

Sebastián Calleja

Argentine Footballer

*February 2nd, 1979, Buenos Aires

45

Willie Limond

British boxer

*February 2nd, 1979, Glasgow

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Who's birthday is on February 2nd?

44

Lili Zhou

Badminton player

*February 2nd, 1980, Guangxi

47

Shakira

Colombian singer, songwriter and actress

*February 2nd, 1977, Barranquilla

46

Antje Nikola Mönning

German actress

*February 2nd, 1978, Münster

38

Gemma Arterton

British actress

*February 2nd, 1986, Gravesend

49

Donald Driver

American football player (born 1975)

*February 2nd, 1975, Houston

64

Reinhard Häfner

German association football player and manager (1952–2016)

*February 2nd, 1952, Sonneberg †October 24th, 2016, Dresden

51

Marissa Jaret Winokur

American actress

*February 2nd, 1973, New York City

28

Zhao Junpeng

Chinese badminton player

*February 2nd, 1996, Nanchang

43

Lance Allred

American basketball player

*February 2nd, 1981, Salt Lake City

64

João César Monteiro

Portuguese film director, actor, writer and film critic

*February 2nd, 1939, Figueira da Foz †February 3rd, 2003, Lisbon

43

Emre Aydın

Turkish singer

*February 2nd, 1981, Isparta

54

Jennifer Westfeldt

American actress

*February 2nd, 1970, Guilford

37

Gerard Piqué

Spanish footballer (born 1987)

*February 2nd, 1987, Barcelona

39

Melody Gardot

American jazz singer

*February 2nd, 1985, New Jersey

44

Nina Zilli

Italian singer and songwriter

*February 2nd, 1980, Piacenza

42

Amaël Moinard

Road bicycle racer

*February 2nd, 1982, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

22

Magnus Johannesen

Danish badminton player

*February 2nd, 2002, Aalborg

27

Stefan Gartenmann

Danish footballer

*February 2nd, 1997, Roskilde

37

Jonathan Rea

British motorcycle racer

*February 2nd, 1987, Ballymena

26

Lena Pauels

German association football player

*February 2nd, 1998, Germany

Same year
Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 2nd

Fixed holidays (Christian Feast Day, Earliest day on which Shrove Monday can fall, while March 8 is the latest; celebrated on Monday before Ash Wednesday , Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple or Candlemas) which are celebrated on February 2nd.

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Born on February 2nd, 1979
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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