February 21st, 1998

Born on February 21st, 1998

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1998

26

Wilfried Kanga

French and Ivorian association football player

*February 21st, 1998, Montreuil

26

Yemane Haileselassie

Eritrean male steeplechase runner

*February 21st, 1998, Hazega

26

Michaela Hrubá

Czech athletics competitor

*February 21st, 1998, Bořitov

26

Ella-Rae Smith

English actress

*February 21st, 1998, England

26

Ernist Batyrkanov

Kyrgyzstani national footballer, forward

*February 21st, 1998, Karaköl

26

Łukasz Krakowczyk

Association football player

*February 21st, 1998, Rydułtowy

26

Philipp Sander

Football player

*February 21st, 1998, Germany

26

Eike Bansen

Association football player

*February 21st, 1998, Voßwinkel

26

Clément Libertiaux

Association football player

*February 21st, 1998, Namur

26

Brian Leiva

Chilean association football player

*February 21st, 1998, Punta Arenas

26

Kriss Hyseni

Association football player

*February 21st, 1998, France

26

Keemo Paul

Cricketer

*February 21st, 1998, Guyana

26

Adrian Frontzek

German film actor and actor

*February 21st, 1998, Kirchheim

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

23

Lalinrat Chaiwan

Badminton player

*February 21st, 2001, Lampang

30

Sawan Serasinghe

Sri Lanka-born Australian badminton player

*February 21st, 1994, Galle

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

28

Sophie Turner

British actress

*February 21st, 1996, Northampton

29

Giveon

American R&B singer

*February 21st, 1995, Long Beach

33

Jelle Maas

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1991, Oosterhout

25

Elena Pirrone

Italian racing cyclist

*February 21st, 1999, Bolzano

70

Rudolf Simek

Austrian philologist and Germanist

*February 21st, 1954, Eisenstadt

37

Kazushi Yamada

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1987, Ehime Prefecture

41

John Moody

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1983, Whangārei

51

Tey Seu Bock

Malaysian badminton coach

*February 21st, 1973, Alor Gajah

43

Gerhard Gundermann

German musician

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

33

Lilith Häßle

German actress

*February 21st, 1991, Berlin

25

Max Langenhan

German Luger

*February 21st, 1999, Friedrichroda

69

Alan Rickman

British actor and director (1946–2016)

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

95

Robert Mugabe

2nd president of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017

*February 21st, 1924, Kutama †September 6th, 2019, Gleneagles Hospital

54

Jess Thorup

Danish association football player and manager

*February 21st, 1970, Copenhagen

30

Shane Firus

Canadian ice dancer

*February 21st, 1994, Vancouver

44

Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

Fifth and reigning King of Bhutan

*February 21st, 1980, Kathmandu

Same year
Born in 1998

25

Conan Gray

American singer-songwriter

*December 5th, 1998, Lemon Grove

26

Jack Harlow

American rapper from Kentucky (born 1998)

*March 13th, 1998, Louisville

25

Roddy Ricch

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*October 22nd, 1998, Compton

25

Latto

American rapper and singer

*December 22nd, 1998, Columbus

25

Bizarrap

Argentine record producer

*August 29th, 1998, Ramos Mejía

25

Einar Lurås Oftebro

Norwegian nordic combined skier

*August 6th, 1998, Norway

25

Kati-Kreet Marran

Estonian badminton player

*July 13th, 1998, Tartu

26

Yulfira Barkah

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1998, Medan

26

Pornpawee Chochuwong

Badminton player

*January 22nd, 1998, Rayong

25

Nina Chuba

German singer and television actor

*October 14th, 1998, Wedel

25

Zé Felipe

Brazilian sertanejo singer

*April 21st, 1998, Goiânia

25

Luísa Sonza

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 18th, 1998, Tuparendi

25

Kevinho

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*September 15th, 1998, Campinas

26

Paulo Londra

Argentinian rapper and singer

*April 12th, 1998, Córdoba

26

Wos

Argentine rapper, freestyler and actor

*January 23rd, 1998, Buenos Aires

25

Clara Azurmendi

Badminton player

*May 4th, 1998, San Sebastián

25

Chloe Bailey

American singer and actress

*July 1st, 1998, Atlanta

25

Rodion Alimov

Russian badminton player

*April 21st, 1998, Ufa

25

Chloe Bailey

American singer and actress

*July 1st, 1998, Atlanta

24

Hugo Helmig

Danish singer-songwriter

*July 24th, 1998, Aarhus †November 23rd, 2022

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Born on February 21st, 1998
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1998 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1998