February 8th, 1987

Born on February 8th, 1987

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 13,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 394 days, exactly on June 8th, 2025, people who were born on February 8th, 1987 will be 14,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on February 8th?

February 8th, 1948

The closing ceremony of the first Olympics held after World War II was held in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

February 8th, 1250

Seventh Crusade: Louis IX of France was defeated at the Battle of Fariskur and captured by the Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt.

February 8th, 2010

A freak storm triggered a series of avalanches that buried more than 3.5 km (2.2 mi) of road near the Salang Tunnel in Afghanistan, killing 175 people and trapping more than 2,500 travellers.

February 8th, 1983

The Irish-bred race horse Shergar was stolen by gunmen, who demanded a £2 million ransom.

February 8th, 1968

Local police in Orangeburg, South Carolina, fired into a crowd of people who were protesting segregation, killing three and injuring twenty-seven others.

February 8th, 1965

After taking evasive action to avoid a mid-air collision just after taking off from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 84 people on board.

February 8th, 1960

The official groundbreaking of the Walk of Fame took place in Hollywood, California.

February 8th, 1924

Gee Jon became the first person in the United States to be executed by lethal gas.

February 8th, 1910

William D. Boyce (pictured) established the Boy Scouts of America, expanding the Scout Movement into the United States.

February 8th, 1837

Richard Mentor Johnson became the only person ever to be elected Vice President of the United States by the Senate.

February 8th, 1601

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, led a failed rebellion against Queen Elizabeth I of England.

February 8th, 1587

Mary, Queen of Scots (pictured), was executed at Fotheringhay Castle for her involvement in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Elizabeth I of England.

February 8th, 2014

A hotel fire in Medina, Saudi Arabia, kills 15 Egyptian pilgrims with 130 others injured.

February 8th, 2013

A blizzard kills at least 18 and leaves hundreds of thousands of people without electricity in the northeastern United States and parts of Canada.

February 8th, 2010

Over 2 miles (3.2 km) of road are buried after a storm in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan triggers a series of avalanches, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 others.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 8th

Born on February 8th, 1987

37

Javi García

Spanish footballer

*February 8th, 1987, Mula

37

Carolina Kostner

Italian figure skater

*February 8th, 1987, Bolzano

37

Shannon Kook

South African actor

*February 8th, 1987, Johannesburg

37

Benjamin Siksou

French actor and singer-songwriter

*February 8th, 1987, Ivry-sur-Seine

37

Moritz Weltgen

German handball player

*February 8th, 1987, Göppingen

37

Jessica Jerome

American ski jumper

*February 8th, 1987, Jacksonville

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 8th?

35

Bronte Barratt

Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holder

*February 8th, 1989, Brisbane

40

Shelley Thompson

German Association footballer

*February 8th, 1984, Langenfeld

29

Joshua Kimmich

German association football player (born 1995)

*February 8th, 1995, Rottweil

33

Wahbi Khazri

Tunisian and French association football player

*February 8th, 1991, Ajaccio

39

Jens Vilhelmsen

Danish rower

*February 8th, 1985, Fredericia

44

William Jackson Harper

American actor

*February 8th, 1980, Dallas

50

Seth Green

American actor (born 1974)

*February 8th, 1974, Philadelphia

87

Prince Abdul Rahman

First Prime Minister of Malaysia

*February 8th, 1903, Alor Setar †December 6th, 1990, Penang

36

Renato Augusto

Brazilian association football player, born 1988

*February 8th, 1988, Rio de Janeiro

29

Kasper Asgreen

Danish cyclist, born 1995

*February 8th, 1995, Kolding

36

Nozomi Sasaki

Female fashion model, singer and actress from Japan

*February 8th, 1988, Akita

67

Horace Burrell

Jamaican sports executive

*February 8th, 1950, Clarendon Parish †June 6th, 2017, Kingston

58

Bruno Labbadia

German association football player and manager

*February 8th, 1966, Darmstadt

25

James Dean

American actor (1931–1955)

*February 8th, 1930, Marion †September 30th, 1955, Cholame

52

Guillaume Gallienne

French actor

*February 8th, 1972, Neuilly-sur-Seine

55

Mary McCormack

American actress

*February 8th, 1969, Plainfield

39

Pepijn Schoneveld

Dutch actor

*February 8th, 1985, Twello

34

Klay Thompson

American basketball player (born 1990)

*February 8th, 1990, Los Angeles

36

Giancarlo González

Costa Rican association football player

*February 8th, 1988, Desamparados

42

Rory Sutherland

Racing cyclist

*February 8th, 1982, Canberra

Same year
Born in 1987

36

Kendrick Lamar

American rapper, singer and record producer (born 1987)

*June 17th, 1987, Compton

36

Tontowi Ahmad

Indonesian badminton player

*July 18th, 1987, Banyumas

37

Annari Viljoen

Badminton player

*January 16th, 1987, Bloemfontein

36

Vance Joy

Australian singer-songwriter

*December 1st, 1987, Melbourne

36

Jax Jones

English DJ, songwriter, record producer and remixer

*July 25th, 1987, London

36

Kontra K

German rapper

*July 3rd, 1987, Berlin

36

Milan Borjan

Canadian association football player

*October 23rd, 1987, Knin

37

Eva Avila

Canadian singer, songwriter and actress

*February 25th, 1987, Gatineau

36

Lionel Messi

Argentine association football player (born 1987)

*June 24th, 1987, Rosario

36

Philippa Strache

Austrian presenter and politician

*December 1st, 1987, Vienna

36

Rosalie Thomass

German actress

*August 14th, 1987, Munich

36

Vladimir Ivanov

Russian badminton player

*July 3rd, 1987, Kusa

37

Andrew Ellis

Badminton player

*January 21st, 1987, Leeds

36

Shendy Puspa Irawati

Indonesian badminton player

*May 20th, 1987, Nganjuk

36

Sevdaliza

Iranian-Dutch singer-songwriter, record producer, visual artist and director

*September 1st, 1987, Tehran

37

Anna Hopkins

Canadian actress

*February 12th, 1987, Montreal

37

Vaidas Baumila

Lithuanian singer

*March 28th, 1987, Vilnius

37

Megan Sweeney

American luger

*February 17th, 1987, Portland

36

Duda Beat

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*October 8th, 1987, Recife

37

Kevin-Prince Boateng

Ghanaian association football player

*March 6th, 1987, West Berlin

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 8th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 8th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on February 8th, 1987
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1987 is a normal year and no leap year.

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