February 14th, 1979

Born on February 14th, 1979

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What happened on February 14th, 1979?

February 14th, 1979

In Kabul, Setami Milli militants kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabul

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Dubs

What else 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, 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.

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

Born on February 14th, 1979

45

Stefan Rusconi

Swiss pianist

*February 14th, 1979, Zürich

45

Wesley Moodie

South African tennis player

*February 14th, 1979, Durban

45

Laura Waller

American computational imaging researcher

*February 14th, 1979, Kingston

45

Yuichiro Nagai

Japanese association football player

*February 14th, 1979, Shinjuku

45

Audrey Dana

French actress

*February 14th, 1979, Paris

45

Colin Van Ostern

American politician

*February 14th, 1979, Carlsbad

45

Patrick Ramsey

American football player (born 1979)

*February 14th, 1979, Ruston

45

George Stowers

Samoan rugby union player

*February 14th, 1979, Apia

45

Orlando Meléndez

Puerto Rican basketball player

*February 14th, 1979, Ponce

45

Michael Jurack

German judoka

*February 14th, 1979, Straubing

45

Josh Senter

American writer

*February 14th, 1979, Plato

45

Alexander Castro

Costa Rican footballer

*February 14th, 1979, Golfito

45

Pablo Pallante

Uruguayan footballer

*February 14th, 1979, Montevideo

45

Zoran Vasković

Serbian footballer

*February 14th, 1979, Niš

45

Thomas Heary

Irish footballer

*February 14th, 1979, Dublin

45

Scott Sandison

Field hockey player

*February 14th, 1979, Toronto

45

Paolo Ginestra

Italian footballer

*February 14th, 1979, Pergola

45

Leon Morgan

English cricketer (born 1979)

*February 14th, 1979, Willesborough

45

Jamie Fitzgerald

Australian rugby league footballer

*February 14th, 1979, Mudgee

45

Fernando Zamora

Writer

*February 14th, 1979, Boston

45

Cédric Fauré

French footballer

*February 14th, 1979, Toulouse

45

Brad Cruikshank

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 14th, 1979, Kelowna

45

Pavel Yushkov

Russian association football player

*February 14th, 1979, Vyazma

45

Michèle Moser

Swiss female curler

*February 14th, 1979, Glarus

45

Aleksandr Nikulin

Russian association football player

*February 14th, 1979, Samara

45

Nataliya Isachenko

Kazakhstani cross-country skier

*February 14th, 1979, Glubokoye District

45

Scott Borland

American musician

*February 14th, 1979, Richmond

45

Piero Alva

Association football player

*February 14th, 1979, Lima

45

Marko Aleksejev

Estonian high jumper

*February 14th, 1979, Tartu

45

Alexandros Tsoltos

Greek swimmer

*February 14th, 1979, Athens

45

Yoo Gun Hyung

Musician

*February 14th, 1979, Seoul

30

Jocelyn Quivrin

French actor

*February 14th, 1979, Dijon †November 15th, 2009, Saint-Cloud

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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

39

Karin Schnaase

German badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lüdinghausen

33

Karol G

Colombian singer-songwriter and businesswoman (1991–)

*February 14th, 1991, Medellín

46

Danai Gurira

American actress

*February 14th, 1978, Grinnell

32

Elley Duhé

American singer

*February 14th, 1992, Mobile

30

Kristian Blummenfelt

Norwegian triathlete

*February 14th, 1994, Bergen

42

Gita Nabavi

Swedish politician

*February 14th, 1982, Tehran

47

Cadel Evans

Australian road bicycle racer

*February 14th, 1977, Katherine

90

Herwig Wolfram

Austrian historian

*February 14th, 1934, Vienna

51

Qin Yiyuan

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1973, Guangxi

41

Bacary Sagna

French association football player

*February 14th, 1983, Sens

54

Simon Pegg

English actor (born 1970)

*February 14th, 1970, Brockworth

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

31

Nyl Yakura

Canadian badminton player

*February 14th, 1993, Toronto

57

Mark Rutte

Prime Minister of the Netherlands since 2010

*February 14th, 1967, The Hague

23

Klaudia Pintér

Hungarian beach handball player

*February 14th, 2001, Budapest

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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

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

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