February 21st, 1979

Born on February 21st, 1979

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 499 days, exactly on September 7th, 2025, people who were born on February 21st, 1979 will be 17,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on February 21st?

February 21st, 1973

After accidentally straying into Israeli-occupied airspace, Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 was shot down by two fighter aircraft, killing 108 of the 113 people on board.

February 21st, 1952

A number of student protesters demanding the establishment of Bengali as an official language were killed by police in Dhaka, East Pakistan.

February 21st, 1929

In the first battle of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong against the Nationalist government of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.

February 21st, 1919

Bavarian socialist Kurt Eisner, who had organized the German Revolution that overthrew the Wittelsbach monarchy and established Bavaria as a republic, was assassinated.

February 21st, 1878

The first telephone directory, consisting of a single page, was issued to fifty subscribers in New Haven, Connecticut.

February 21st, 1866

Lucy Hobbs Taylor (pictured) became the first woman to receive a doctorate from a dental college.

February 21st, 1862

American Civil War: The Confederate Army began an attempt to gain control of the Southwest with a major victory in the Battle of Valverde.

February 21st, 1828

The inaugural issue of the Cherokee Phoenix, the first newspaper in a Native American language, was published.

February 21st, 1746

Jacobite rising of 1745: The siege of Inverness ended with British forces surrendering to the Jacobite army.

February 21st, 1437

King James I of Scotland was murdered at Perth in a failed coup by his uncle and former ally Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl.

February 21st, 2022

In the Russo-Ukrainian crisis Russian President Vladimir Putin declares the Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic as independent from Ukraine, and moves troops into the region. The action is condemned by the United Nations.

February 21st, 2013

At least 17 people are killed and 119 injured following several bombings in the Indian city of Hyderabad.

February 21st, 1995

Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.

February 21st, 1994

Aldrich Ames is arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for selling national secrets to the Soviet Union in Arlington County, Virginia.

February 21st, 1975

Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 21st

Born on February 21st, 1979

45

Jennifer Love Hewitt

American actress, producer and singer

*February 21st, 1979, Waco

45

Jordan Peele

American actor, comedian and filmmaker (born 1979)

*February 21st, 1979, New York City

45

Ibán Cuadrado

Spanish footballer

*February 21st, 1979, Salamanca

45

Nathalie Dechy

French tennis player

*February 21st, 1979, Les Abymes

45

Pascal Chimbonda

French association football player

*February 21st, 1979, Les Abymes

45

Bryan Lee O'Malley

Canadian artist

*February 21st, 1979, London

45

Tobias Müller

German voice actor

*February 21st, 1979, Berlin

45

Zaur Tagizade

Association football player from Azerbaijan

*February 21st, 1979, Soviet Union

45

Tituss Burgess

American actor and singer

*February 21st, 1979, Athens

45

Okan Patirer

Turkish actor

*February 21st, 1979, Salzgitter

45

Louis-Philippe Dumoulin

Canadian racecar driver

*February 21st, 1979, Trois-Rivières

45

Maria Annus

Estonian actress

*February 21st, 1979, Tallinn

45

Carlito

Puerto Rican professional wrestler

*February 21st, 1979, Santurce

45

Hari Tokeino

Manga artist

*February 21st, 1979, Chiba Prefecture

45

Leigh Hinton

English rugby union footballer

*February 21st, 1979, Birmingham

45

Linda Obenewaa Akweley Ocloo

Ghanaian politician

*February 21st, 1979, Ghana

45

Andres Pedroso

Tennis player

*February 21st, 1979, New York City

45

Curtis Huppe

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 21st, 1979, Winnipeg

45

Ayumi Hara

Japanese association football player

*February 21st, 1979, Hachioji

45

Josiesley Ferreira Rosa

Footballer

*February 21st, 1979, Uberlândia

45

Alessandro Motti

Italian tennis player

*February 21st, 1979, Correggio

45

Yekaterina Shatnaya

Kazakhstani triathlete

*February 21st, 1979, Almaty

45

Leonardo Price

Argentine middle distance runner

*February 21st, 1979, Trelew

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 21st?

35

Corbin Bleu

American actor, model, dancer, film producer and singer-songwriter

*February 21st, 1989, Brooklyn

33

Joe Alwyn

English actor

*February 21st, 1991, Royal Tunbridge Wells

30

Sawan Serasinghe

Sri Lanka-born Australian badminton player

*February 21st, 1994, Galle

44

Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

Fifth and reigning King of Bhutan

*February 21st, 1980, Kathmandu

23

Lalinrat Chaiwan

Badminton player

*February 21st, 2001, Lampang

41

John Moody

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1983, Whangārei

70

Rudolf Simek

Austrian philologist and Germanist

*February 21st, 1954, Eisenstadt

51

Tey Seu Bock

Malaysian badminton coach

*February 21st, 1973, Alor Gajah

37

Kazushi Yamada

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1987, Ehime Prefecture

33

Jelle Maas

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1991, Oosterhout

54

Jess Thorup

Danish association football player and manager

*February 21st, 1970, Copenhagen

29

Giveon

American R&B singer

*February 21st, 1995, Long Beach

47

Steve Francis

American basketball player

*February 21st, 1977, Silver Springs

29

Hana Ramadhini

Indonesian badminton player

*February 21st, 1995, Tasikmalaya City

43

Gerhard Gundermann

German musician

*February 21st, 1955, Weimar †June 21st, 1998, Spreetal

61

Karl Lauterbach

German politician and Federal Minister of Health

*February 21st, 1963, Düren

28

Sophie Turner

British actress

*February 21st, 1996, Northampton

69

Alan Rickman

British actor and director (1946–2016)

*February 21st, 1946, Hammersmith †January 14th, 2016, London

59

Ute Hankers

German volleyball player

*February 21st, 1965, Bad Iburg

44

Yannick Lupien

Canadian swimmer, Olympic athlete, world championships silver medallist

*February 21st, 1980, Laval

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

Chinese badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

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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