February 2nd, 1988

Born on February 2nd, 1988

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 14,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 946 days, exactly on February 26th, 2029, people who were born on February 2nd, 1988 will be 15,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What 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, 1594

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina dies at the age of 68.

February 2nd, 1725

J. S. Bach led the first performance of his chorale cantata Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125, based on Luther's paraphrase of the Nunc dimittis.

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 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

The Troubles: Protestors burned the British Embassy in Ireland following the massacre of 14 civilians in Derry by British forces.

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.

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

Born on February 2nd, 1988

38

Zosia Mamet

American actress, musician (born 1988)

*February 2nd, 1988, Randolph

38

Brad Peacock

American baseball player

*February 2nd, 1988, Miami

38

Jarrad Seng

Australian photographer

*February 2nd, 1988, Newman

38

Marco Fabbri

Italian ice dancer

*February 2nd, 1988, Milan

38

Saeid Alihosseini

Weightlifter

*February 2nd, 1988, Ardabil

38

Paul Ngue

Cameroonian footballer

*February 2nd, 1988, Yaoundé

38

Meghan Collison

Canadian model

*February 2nd, 1988, Edmonton

38

Jeff Luc

American football player

*February 2nd, 1988, Miami

38

Travis Snider

American baseball player

*February 2nd, 1988, Everett

38

Turgut Doğan Şahin

Turkish footballer

*February 2nd, 1988, Tarsus

38

Tesama Moogas

Israeli athletics competitor

*February 2nd, 1988, Ethiopia

38

Jonathan Grounds

English association football player (born 1988)

*February 2nd, 1988, Thornaby-on-Tees

Same year
Born in 1988

37

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

38

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

38

Sarah Jane Scott

American musician

*February 29th, 1988, Wayne County

38

Ma Jin

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 1988, Nantong

38

Gzuz

German rapper

*June 29th, 1988, Hamburg

37

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

38

Chan Yun Lung

Badminton player

*February 29th, 1988, Hong Kong

38

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

38

Rvssian

Jamaican record producer, singer-songwriter and entrepreneur

*April 12th, 1988, Kingston

38

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

38

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

38

Merve Özbey

Turkish singer

*July 18th, 1988, Istanbul

37

Fuse ODG

Ghanaian-English singer, songwriter and rapper

*December 2nd, 1988, Tooting

38

Fynn Kliemann

German influencer

*May 1st, 1988, Zeven

37

Jérôme Boateng

German association football player

*September 3rd, 1988, West Berlin

38

Andy Mineo

American musician (born 1988)

*April 17th, 1988, Syracuse

38

Pramod Bhagat

Indian para-badminton player

*June 4th, 1988, Attabira

37

Mats Hummels

German association football player

*December 16th, 1988, Bergisch Gladbach

38

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Danish actress

*May 23rd, 1988, Copenhagen

38

Monika Lewczuk

Polish singer-songwriter and former model

*June 10th, 1988, Łomża

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.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on February 2nd, 1988
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1988 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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February 1988