February 21st, 1988

Born on February 21st, 1988

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 786 days, exactly on June 21st, 2026, people who were born on February 21st, 1988 will be 14,000 days old!

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What happened on February 21st?

February 21st, 1973

After accidentally straying into Israeli-occupied airspace, Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 was shot down by two fighter aircraft, killing 108 of the 113 people on board.

February 21st, 1952

A number of student protesters demanding the establishment of Bengali as an official language were killed by police in Dhaka, East Pakistan.

February 21st, 1929

In the first battle of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong against the Nationalist government of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.

February 21st, 1919

Bavarian socialist Kurt Eisner, who had organized the German Revolution that overthrew the Wittelsbach monarchy and established Bavaria as a republic, was assassinated.

February 21st, 1878

The first telephone directory, consisting of a single page, was issued to fifty subscribers in New Haven, Connecticut.

February 21st, 1866

Lucy Hobbs Taylor (pictured) became the first woman to receive a doctorate from a dental college.

February 21st, 1862

American Civil War: The Confederate Army began an attempt to gain control of the Southwest with a major victory in the Battle of Valverde.

February 21st, 1828

The inaugural issue of the Cherokee Phoenix, the first newspaper in a Native American language, was published.

February 21st, 1746

Jacobite rising of 1745: The siege of Inverness ended with British forces surrendering to the Jacobite army.

February 21st, 1437

King James I of Scotland was murdered at Perth in a failed coup by his uncle and former ally Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl.

February 21st, 2022

In the Russo-Ukrainian crisis Russian President Vladimir Putin declares the Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic as independent from Ukraine, and moves troops into the region. The action is condemned by the United Nations.

February 21st, 2013

At least 17 people are killed and 119 injured following several bombings in the Indian city of Hyderabad.

February 21st, 1995

Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.

February 21st, 1994

Aldrich Ames is arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for selling national secrets to the Soviet Union in Arlington County, Virginia.

February 21st, 1975

Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 21st

Born on February 21st, 1988

36

Grace Latz

American rower

*February 21st, 1988, Jackson

36

Donte' Greene

American basketball player

*February 21st, 1988, Munich

36

Adil Chihi

Moroccan footballer

*February 21st, 1988, Düsseldorf

36

Vedhika Kumar

Indian actress

*February 21st, 1988, Sollapur

36

Damir Dugonjič

Swimmer

*February 21st, 1988, Ravne na Koroškem

36

Camila Márdila

Brazilian film actress

*February 21st, 1988, Taguatinga

36

Melissa Perrine

Australian disability skier

*February 21st, 1988, Nowra

36

Cenk Gönen

Turkish footballer

*February 21st, 1988, İzmir

36

Benjamin Breault

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 21st, 1988, Pembroke

36

Matthias de Zordo

German javelin thrower

*February 21st, 1988, Bad Kreuznach

36

Sebastian Zielinsky

German footballer

*February 21st, 1988, Cologne

36

Nitai Hershkovits

Israeli jazz musician

*February 21st, 1988, Israel

36

Jaime Ayoví

Ecuadorian footballer

*February 21st, 1988, Esmeraldas

36

Fan Jiachen

Chinese synchronized swimmer

*February 21st, 1988, Beijing

36

Kerwin Peixoto

Peruvian association football player

*February 21st, 1988, Lima

36

Ole-Christian Rørvik

Footballer

*February 21st, 1988, Ålesund Municipality

36

Mathias Moritz

German footballer

*February 21st, 1988, Karlsruhe

36

Kim Jae-hoon

South Korean footballer

*February 21st, 1988, South Korea

36

Gerrit-Jan van Velze

South African rugby union footballer

*February 21st, 1988, Secunda

36

Chiang Chih-Hsien

Taiwanese baseball player

*February 21st, 1988, Taitung County

36

Ávine

Footballer

*February 21st, 1988, Aimorés

36

Laurence Ekperigin

British basketball player

*February 21st, 1988, Brooklyn

36

Pierre-Rudolph Mayard

Canadian soccer player

*February 21st, 1988, Laval

36

Harlem Gnohéré

French footballer

*February 21st, 1988, Paris

36

Niels Vorthoren

Dutch footballer

*February 21st, 1988, Werkendam

36

Marco Maurer

Swiss ice hockey player

*February 21st, 1988, Affoltern am Albis

36

Fileski

Indonesian singer

*February 21st, 1988, Madiun City

36

Beka Gotsiridze

Georgian footballer

*February 21st, 1988, Tbilisi

36

Tuli Goon

Indian female football player

*February 21st, 1988, Kolkata

36

Danielzinho

Brazilian footballer

*February 21st, 1988, São Paulo

36

Jens Möckel

German footballer

*February 21st, 1988, Leipzig

36

Edward Corrie

English tennis player

*February 21st, 1988, Hatfield

36

Tyler Lyons

Baseball player

*February 21st, 1988, Lubbock

36

Giorgi Ganugrava

Association football player

*February 21st, 1988, Tbilisi

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 21st?

35

Corbin Bleu

American actor, model, dancer, film producer and singer-songwriter

*February 21st, 1989, Brooklyn

33

Joe Alwyn

English actor

*February 21st, 1991, Royal Tunbridge Wells

30

Sawan Serasinghe

Sri Lanka-born Australian badminton player

*February 21st, 1994, Galle

37

Kazushi Yamada

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1987, Ehime Prefecture

23

Lalinrat Chaiwan

Badminton player

*February 21st, 2001, Lampang

33

Jelle Maas

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1991, Oosterhout

41

John Moody

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1983, Whangārei

29

Giveon

American R&B singer

*February 21st, 1995, Long Beach

70

Rudolf Simek

Austrian philologist and Germanist

*February 21st, 1954, Eisenstadt

37

Carl Frampton

Northern Irish boxer

*February 21st, 1987, Belfast

37

Joar Leifseth Ulsom

Musher

*February 21st, 1987, Mo i Rana

28

Sophie Turner

British actress

*February 21st, 1996, Northampton

35

Jeremy Ten

Canadian figure skater

*February 21st, 1989, Burnaby

33

Lilith Häßle

German actress

*February 21st, 1991, Berlin

37

Benjamin Verraes

Belgian road cyclist

*February 21st, 1987, Menen

51

Tey Seu Bock

Malaysian badminton coach

*February 21st, 1973, Alor Gajah

44

Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

Fifth and reigning King of Bhutan

*February 21st, 1980, Kathmandu

43

Gerhard Gundermann

German musician

*February 21st, 1955, Weimar †June 21st, 1998, Spreetal

54

Jess Thorup

Danish association football player and manager

*February 21st, 1970, Copenhagen

69

Alan Rickman

British actor and director (1946–2016)

*February 21st, 1946, Hammersmith †January 14th, 2016, London

Same year
Born in 1988

35

Adele

British singer

*May 5th, 1988, Tottenham

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

35

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

35

Ma Jin

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1988, Nantong

35

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

36

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

36

Chan Yun Lung

Badminton player

*February 29th, 1988, Hong Kong

35

Gzuz

German rapper

*June 29th, 1988, Hamburg

36

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

36

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

35

Jérôme Boateng

German association football player

*September 3rd, 1988, West Berlin

35

Pramod Bhagat

Indian para-badminton player

*June 4th, 1988, Attabira

35

Mats Hummels

German association football player

*December 16th, 1988, Bergisch Gladbach

35

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Danish actress

*May 23rd, 1988, Copenhagen

35

Monika Lewczuk

Polish singer-songwriter and former model

*June 10th, 1988, Łomża

36

Gabi Tóth

Hungarian singer

*January 17th, 1988, Tapolca

35

Friðrik Dór

Icelandic singer

*October 7th, 1988, Hafnarfjörður

36

Marcel Schmelzer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Magdeburg

35

Lyna bonasera

Belgian actress

*May 17th, 1988, West Los Angeles

35

Savitree Amitrapai

Badminton player

*November 19th, 1988, Bangkok

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Born on February 21st, 1988
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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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