February 2nd, 1980

Born on February 2nd, 1980

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on February 2nd, 1980?

February 2nd, 1980

Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation

What else 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).

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

Born on February 2nd, 1980

44

Lili Zhou

Badminton player

*February 2nd, 1980, Guangxi

44

Nina Zilli

Italian singer and songwriter

*February 2nd, 1980, Piacenza

44

Cyril Garnier

French actor

*February 2nd, 1980, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

44

Oleguer Presas

Spanish footballer

*February 2nd, 1980, Sabadell

44

Teddy Hart

Canadian professional wrestler

*February 2nd, 1980, Calgary

44

Angela Finger-Erben

German TV presenter and journalist

*February 2nd, 1980, Nuremberg

44

Zhang Jingchu

Chinese actress

*February 2nd, 1980, Yong'an

44

Josiah Ng

Malaysian cyclist

*February 2nd, 1980, Manila

44

Gavin Newlands

Scottish politician (born 1980)

*February 2nd, 1980, Paisley

44

Dinesh Lal Yadav

Indian actor/singer/politician

*February 2nd, 1980, Ghazipur

44

Ruy Netto

Brazilian footballer

*February 2nd, 1980, Rio de Janeiro

44

Ronda Curtin

American ice hockey player

*February 2nd, 1980, Roseville

44

Kim Young

South Korean golfer

*February 2nd, 1980, Chuncheon

44

Madaí Pérez

Mexican Olympic marathon runner, Pride of Tlaxcala

*February 2nd, 1980, Tlaxcala

44

Carlos Prieto Martos

Spanish handball player

*February 2nd, 1980, Mérida

44

James Chamanga

Zambian footballer

*February 2nd, 1980, Luanshya

44

James Walbourne

Musical artist

*February 2nd, 1980, Muswell Hill

44

Eugene Perelshteyn

American chess player

*February 2nd, 1980, Zhytomyr

44

Facundo Imboden

Argentine footballer

*February 2nd, 1980, Buenos Aires

44

Serge van den Ban

Football goalkeeper

*February 2nd, 1980, Haarlem

44

Juan Ignacio Mercier

Argentine footballer

*February 2nd, 1980, Campana

44

Mirco Gasparetto

Italian footballer

*February 2nd, 1980, Asolo

44

Eduardo Francisco de Silva Neto

Brazilian association football player

*February 2nd, 1980, Rio de Janeiro

44

Florent Balmont

French association football player

*February 2nd, 1980, Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon

44

Shawn Cable

Canadian lacrosse player

*February 2nd, 1980, Prince George

44

Jenée LaMarque

Writer and film director

*February 2nd, 1980, West Covina

44

Carlos Alberto Rodrigues Gavião

Brazilian association football player

*February 2nd, 1980, Itaqui

44

Lionel Bah

Ivorian footballer

*February 2nd, 1980, Oullins

44

Vangelis Koutsopoulos

Greek footballer

*February 2nd, 1980, Karditsa

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Who's birthday is on February 2nd?

47

Shakira

Colombian singer, songwriter and actress

*February 2nd, 1977, Barranquilla

45

Sandy Casar

French cyclist

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

38

Gemma Arterton

British actress

*February 2nd, 1986, Gravesend

43

Lance Allred

American basketball player

*February 2nd, 1981, Salt Lake City

46

Antje Nikola Mönning

German actress

*February 2nd, 1978, Münster

43

Emre Aydın

Turkish singer

*February 2nd, 1981, Isparta

49

Donald Driver

American football player (born 1975)

*February 2nd, 1975, Houston

28

Zhao Junpeng

Chinese badminton player

*February 2nd, 1996, Nanchang

64

Reinhard Häfner

German association football player and manager (1952–2016)

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

42

Amaël Moinard

Road bicycle racer

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

51

Marissa Jaret Winokur

American actress

*February 2nd, 1973, New York City

64

João César Monteiro

Portuguese film director, actor, writer and film critic

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

39

Melody Gardot

American jazz singer

*February 2nd, 1985, New Jersey

37

Gerard Piqué

Spanish footballer (born 1987)

*February 2nd, 1987, Barcelona

54

Jennifer Westfeldt

American actress

*February 2nd, 1970, Guilford

22

Magnus Johannesen

Danish badminton player

*February 2nd, 2002, Aalborg

37

Jonathan Rea

British motorcycle racer

*February 2nd, 1987, Ballymena

27

Stefan Gartenmann

Danish footballer

*February 2nd, 1997, Roskilde

45

Shamita Shetty

Indian actress

*February 2nd, 1979, Mangaluru

26

Lena Pauels

German association football player

*February 2nd, 1998, Germany

Same year
Born in 1980

43

Kristen Bell

American actress (born 1980)

*July 18th, 1980, Huntington Woods

44

Cai Yun

Chinese badminton player

*January 19th, 1980, Suzhou

43

Jeph Jacques

Comic author and illustrator (1980-)

*June 17th, 1980, Rockville

44

Volker Bruch

German actor

*March 9th, 1980, Munich

43

Julia Hummer

German actress and singer

*April 24th, 1980, Hagen

44

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

43

Dag Inge Ulstein

Norwegian politician

*December 4th, 1980, Sula

43

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

43

Mathias Boe

Danish badminton player

*July 11th, 1980, Frederikssund

43

Sudheer Babu

Indian film actor and former professional badminton player

*May 11th, 1980, Vijayawada

38

Vibeke Skofterud

Norwegian cross country skier

*April 20th, 1980, Askim Municipality †July 29th, 2018, Hove

43

Maya Diab

Lebanese singer, entertainer, actress and television personality

*November 12th, 1980, Beirut

43

Mustafa Ceceli

Turkish singer

*November 2nd, 1980, Ankara

43

Matias Varela

Swedish actor

*November 1st, 1980, Stockholm

43

Roman Weidenfeller

German association football player

*August 6th, 1980, Diez

44

Dani Kind

Canadian actress

*January 10th, 1980, Toronto

43

Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Emir of Qatar

*June 3rd, 1980, Doha

44

Lee Kyung-won

South Korean badminton player

*January 21st, 1980, Changwon

43

Wolke Hegenbarth

Actress

*May 6th, 1980, Meerbusch

44

Charlie Hunnam

British actor

*April 10th, 1980, Newcastle upon Tyne

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, 1980
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1980 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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