February 1st, 1981

Born on February 1st, 1981

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 15,000 days old!

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on February 1st, 1981?

February 1st, 1981

The Underarm bowling incident of 1981 occurred when Trevor Chappell bowls underarm on the final delivery of a game between Australia and New Zealand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underarm_bowling_incident_of_1981

What else happened on February 1st?

February 1st, 1957

Invented by German engineer Felix Wankel, the first working prototype of the Wankel rotary engine ran for the first time at the research and development department of NSU Motorenwerke AG.

February 1st, 1896

Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème premiered at the Teatro Regio in Turin, Italy, eventually becoming one of the most frequently performed operas internationally.

February 1st, 2021

The Burmese military staged the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, which deposed the democratically-elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, and sparked nationwide protests and a civil war.

February 1st, 2012

Following an Egyptian Premier League match in Port Said, Al Masry fans rioted and violently attacked Al Ahly supporters, resulting in 74 deaths.

February 1st, 2009

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (pictured) became the first female prime minister of Iceland.

February 1st, 2004

During the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, Janet Jackson's breast was exposed by Justin Timberlake in what was later referred to as a "wardrobe malfunction", resulting in an immediate crackdown and widespread debate on perceived indecency in U.S. broadcasting.

February 1st, 2003

All seven crew members aboard Space Shuttle Columbia were killed when the orbiter disintegrated over Texas during reentry.

February 1st, 2001

The Timor Leste Defence Force was established from the erstwhile anti-Indonesian independence movement Falintil.

February 1st, 1985

Aeroflot Flight 7841 crashed shortly after takeoff from Minsk National Airport, killing fifty-eight people on board.

February 1st, 1979

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned from exile and soon led the Iranian Revolution to overthrow the Pahlavi dynasty.

February 1st, 1978

After having served 42 days in prison for the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl, Polish film director Roman Polanski fled the United States before the formal sentencing hearing.

February 1st, 1972

Kuala Lumpur (pictured), the capital of Malaysia, was granted city status.

February 1st, 1960

Four African American students staged the first Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.

February 1st, 1942

Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States federal government, began broadcasting to Germany during World War II.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 1st

Born on February 1st, 1981

43

Alison Viktorin

American voice actor

*February 1st, 1981, Argyle

43

Graeme Smith

South African cricketer

*February 1st, 1981, Johannesburg

43

Pablo Casado Blanco

Spanish politician

*February 1st, 1981, Palencia

43

Nelson Pinto

Chilean footballer

*February 1st, 1981, Santiago

43

Luís Maimona João

Angolan footballer

*February 1st, 1981, Luanda

43

Christian Giménez

Argentine association football player and manager

*February 1st, 1981, Resistencia

43

Hins Cheung

Hong Kong singer-songwriter

*February 1st, 1981, Guangzhou

43

Gustaf Norén

Swedish singer

*February 1st, 1981, Borlänge

43

Jay R Sillona

Singer-songwriter, actor, record producer, model

*February 1st, 1981, Glendale

43

John Gemberling

American actor

*February 1st, 1981, New York City

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 1st?

55

Brian Krause

American actor

*February 1st, 1969, Lake Forest

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

41

Marilou Berry

French actress

*February 1st, 1983, 13th arrondissement of Paris

38

Lauren Conrad

American television personality, author, and fashion designer

*February 1st, 1986, Laguna Beach

30

Harry Styles

English singer, songwriter, and actor

*February 1st, 1994, Redditch

40

Darren Fletcher

Scottish association football player

*February 1st, 1984, Edinburgh

52

Leymah Gbowee

Liberian peace activist

*February 1st, 1972, Monrovia

68

Günter Guillaume

Stasi officer

*February 1st, 1927, Berlin †April 10th, 1995, Petershagen-Eggersdorf

45

Juan Silveira dos Santos

Brazilian soccer player (born 1979)

*February 1st, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

76

Boris Yeltsin

Soviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (1931–2007)

*February 1st, 1931, Butka †April 23rd, 2007, Moscow

42

Thomas Jolly

French actor and theatre director

*February 1st, 1982, Rouen

87

Jale İnan

Turkish classical archaeologist (1914-2001)

*February 1st, 1914, Istanbul †February 26th, 2001, Istanbul

55

Gabriel Batistuta

Argentine association football player

*February 1st, 1969, Reconquista

64

Andreas Asche

German association football player

*February 1st, 1960, Hanover

72

Norbert Barthle

German politician (CDU)

*February 1st, 1952, Schwäbisch Gmünd

100

Cilli Wang

Dutch-Austrian dancer and theater maker (1905-2005)

*February 1st, 1905, Vienna †July 10th, 2005, Vienna

44

Paulo da Silva

Paraguayan footballer

*February 1st, 1980, Asunción

45

Rachelle Lefevre

Canadian actress

*February 1st, 1979, Montreal

42

Gavin Henson

Welsh rugby union player

*February 1st, 1982, Bridgend

72

Paul Carr

American actor (1934–2006)

*February 1st, 1934, New Orleans †February 17th, 2006, Los Angeles

Same year
Born in 1981

42

MS Dhoni

Indian cricket player

*July 7th, 1981, Ranchi

42

Taufik Hidayat

Indonesian badminton player

*August 10th, 1981, Bandung City

43

Vita Marissa

Indonesian badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Jakarta

43

Alistair Casey

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1981, Glasgow

42

Martin de Jonge

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1981, Rotterdam

42

Roger Federer

Swiss tennis player

*August 8th, 1981, Basel

43

Mattias Tesfaye

Danish politician

*March 31st, 1981, Aarhus

42

Beau Bokan

American singer

*November 30th, 1981, Huntington Beach

42

Beyoncé

American singer (born 1981)

*September 4th, 1981, Houston

43

Zhang Jiewen

Badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Guangzhou

42

Gavin Shuker

British politician (born 1981)

*October 10th, 1981, Luton

43

Gong Ruina

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

42

Dorian James

Badminton player

*June 19th, 1981, Cape Town

42

Juliette Ah-Wan

Badminton player

*April 29th, 1981, Victoria

42

Anna Carina

Peruvian musician

*August 14th, 1981, Lima

43

Tom Starke

German association football player

*March 18th, 1981, Dresden

43

Björn Joppien

Badminton player

*January 30th, 1981, Langenfeld

43

Jürgen Wouters

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1981, Gilze en Rijen

42

Miyo Akao

Badminton player

*August 29th, 1981, Hita

42

Marco Vorbeck

German association football player and manager

*June 24th, 1981, Kühlungsborn

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No: With 365 days 1981 is a normal year and no leap year.

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