February 5th, 1981

Born on February 5th, 1981

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 216 days, exactly on November 26th, 2024, people who were born on February 5th, 1981 will be 16,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on February 5th?

February 5th, 2009

The United States Navy guided missile cruiser Port Royal ran aground (pictured) on a coral reef off the island of Oahu.

February 5th, 2008

Eighty-seven tornadoes occurred over the course of the Super Tuesday tornado outbreak across multiple U.S. states, causing 56 deaths and over $1 billion in damage.

February 5th, 2004

At least 21 cockle-gatherers were drowned by an incoming tide in Morecambe Bay, England, prompting the establishment of the British government's Gangmasters Licensing Authority.

February 5th, 2000

Second Chechen War: As the Battle of Grozny came to a close, Russian forces summarily executed at least 60 civilians in Grozny's Novye Aldi suburb.

February 5th, 1958

After a mid-air collision with a fighter plane during a practice exercise off Tybee Island, Georgia, a U.S. Air Force bomber jettisoned a Mark 15 nuclear bomb, which was presumed lost.

February 5th, 1923

Australian cricketer Bill Ponsford made 429 runs to break the world record for the highest first-class score.

February 5th, 1917

The U.S. Congress overrode President Woodrow Wilson's veto to pass the Immigration Act of 1917, establishing new restrictions on immigrants, including the wholesale ban of people from much of Asia.

February 5th, 1913

Claudio Monteverdi's last opera, L'incoronazione di Poppea, was performed theatrically for the first time in more than 250 years.

February 5th, 1909

Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announced his invention of Bakelite (production device pictured), the world's first synthetic plastic.

February 5th, 1869

Prospectors in Moliagul, Australia, discovered the largest alluvial gold nugget ever found, known as the Welcome Stranger.

February 5th, 1861

In a speech before the U.S. Congress, Representative John Edward Bouligny refused to join his fellow Louisiana congressmen in heeding the state's secession convention and resigning.

February 5th, 1818

Charles XIV John (pictured) succeeded to the thrones of Sweden and Norway as the first monarch of the House of Bernadotte.

February 5th, 1637

Ninety-eight sales for rare tulip bulbs were recorded on the last day of tulip mania, a speculative bubble in the Dutch Republic.

February 5th, 2019

Pope Francis became the first pope to celebrate a papal Mass in the Arabian Peninsula.

February 5th, 1985

The mayors of Carthage and Rome signed a symbolic peace treaty to officially end the Third Punic War, 2,134 years after it began.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 5th

Born on February 5th, 1981

43

Ahu Sungur

Turkish actress

*February 5th, 1981, Istanbul

43

Loukas Vyntra

Greek footballer

*February 5th, 1981, Město Albrechtice

43

Mia Hansen-Løve

French film director, Screenwriter

*February 5th, 1981, Paris

43

Sara Michael Foster

American actress

*February 5th, 1981, Los Angeles

43

Zameer Rizvi

Musician

*February 5th, 1981, Lahore

43

Crystle Lightning

Canadian actor and model

*February 5th, 1981, Edmonton

43

Julie Zenatti

French singer

*February 5th, 1981, Paris

43

Nora Zehetner

American actress

*February 5th, 1981, El Paso

43

David Mora

Spanish matador

*February 5th, 1981, Madrid

27

Lee Eon

South Korean actor and model (1981-2008)

*February 5th, 1981, Busan †August 21st, 2008, Hannam-dong

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 5th?

39

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portuguese footballer (born 1985)

*February 5th, 1985, Funchal

32

Neymar

Brazilian association football player

*February 5th, 1992, Mogi das Cruzes

29

Fireboy DML

Nigerian singer

*February 5th, 1995, Ogun State

40

Carlos Tevez

Argentine association football player

*February 5th, 1984, Buenos Aires

82

Dirk Stikker

Politician and badminton player (1897-1979)

*February 5th, 1897, Winschoten †December 23rd, 1979, Wassenaar

46

Samuel Sánchez

Spanish former professional road bicycle racer

*February 5th, 1978, Oviedo

78

Charlotte Rampling

British actress

*February 5th, 1946, Sturmer

48

Abhishek Bachchan

Indian actor and film producer (Born 1976)

*February 5th, 1976, Mumbai

37

Chinedu Ede

German association football player

*February 5th, 1987, Berlin

55

Michael Sheen

Welsh actor

*February 5th, 1969, Newport

60

Laura Linney

American actress (born 1964)

*February 5th, 1964, Manhattan

39

Steve Purdy

American-Salvadoran soccer player

*February 5th, 1985, Bakersfield

85

Larry Hillman

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 5th, 1937, Kirkland Lake †June 3rd, 2022

52

Nicole Humbert

German pole vaulter

*February 5th, 1972, Landau in der Pfalz

47

Ben Ainslie

British competitive sailor

*February 5th, 1977, Macclesfield

49

Giovanni van Bronckhorst

Dutch association football player and manager

*February 5th, 1975, Rotterdam

75

Tom Wilkinson

English actor (1948–2023)

*February 5th, 1948, Leeds †December 30th, 2023, London

38

Vedran Ćorluka

Croatian association football player

*February 5th, 1986, Modran, Derventa

56

Roberto Alomar

Puerto Rican professional baseball player

*February 5th, 1968, Ponce

37

Darren Criss

American actor and singer

*February 5th, 1987, San Francisco

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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Leap year

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

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