February 28th, 1979

Born on February 28th, 1979

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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, 1979

45

Ask Hasselbalch

Danish film director

*February 28th, 1979, Copenhagen

45

Primož Peterka

Slovenian former ski jumper

*February 28th, 1979, Ljubljana

45

Chris Hayes

American journalist

*February 28th, 1979, The Bronx

45

Michael Bisping

English mixed martial arts fighter and actor

*February 28th, 1979, Nicosia

45

Sébastien Bourdais

French racecar driver

*February 28th, 1979, Le Mans

45

Ivo Karlović

Croatian tennis player

*February 28th, 1979, Zagreb

45

Sander van Doorn

Dutch DJ and record producer

*February 28th, 1979, Eindhoven

45

Amat Escalante

Spanish film director

*February 28th, 1979, Barcelona

45

Stefan Wessels

German football player

*February 28th, 1979, Rahden

45

Omar de Jesús Borja

Association football player

*February 28th, 1979, Carchi Province

45

Aleksey Savrasenko

Basketball player

*February 28th, 1979, Krasnodar

45

Levi Cash

American pornographic actor

*February 28th, 1979, United States of America

45

Spiros Balomenos

Greek handball player

*February 28th, 1979, Athens

45

Alberto Zapata

Panamanian footballer

*February 28th, 1979, Panama City

45

Remco van der Schaaf

Dutch professional footballer

*February 28th, 1979, Ten Boer

45

Andriy Nesmachniy

Ukrainian footballer

*February 28th, 1979, Bryansk

45

Marc Salyers

American basketball player

*February 28th, 1979, Chicago

45

Élisabeth Bost

French journalist

*February 28th, 1979, Périgueux

45

Hana Horáková

Czech basketball player

*February 28th, 1979, Bruntál

45

Simon Krätschmer

German television presenter and journalist

*February 28th, 1979, Hanau

45

Hélder Rodrigues

Portuguese motocross rider

*February 28th, 1979, Lisbon

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Who's birthday is on February 28th?

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

55

Robert Sean Leonard

American actor

*February 28th, 1969, Westwood

48

Ali Larter

American actress and model

*February 28th, 1976, Cherry Hill

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

29

Quinn Shephard

American actress

*February 28th, 1995, Metuchen

67

John Turturro

American actor (born 1957)

*February 28th, 1957, Brooklyn

67

Gilbert Gottfried

American stand-up comedian (1955–2022)

*February 28th, 1955, Brooklyn †April 12th, 2022, Manhattan

46

Benjamin Raich

Austrian alpine ski racer

*February 28th, 1978, Arzl im Pitztal

76

Bernadette Peters

American actress and singer

*February 28th, 1948, Queens

38

Kingsley Ben-Adir

British actor

*February 28th, 1986, Gospel Oak

39

Esther Lofgren

American rower

*February 28th, 1985, Long Beach

77

Stephanie Beacham

British actress

*February 28th, 1947, Barnet

71

Paul Krugman

American economist (born 1953)

*February 28th, 1953, Albany

48

Adam Pine

Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist

*February 28th, 1976, Lismore

44

Christian Poulsen

Danish footballer

*February 28th, 1980, Asnæs

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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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