February 1st, 2001

Born on February 1st, 2001

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on February 1st, 2001?

February 1st, 2001

The Timor Leste Defence Force was established from the erstwhile anti-Indonesian independence movement Falintil.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timor_Leste_Defence_Force

What else happened on February 1st?

February 1st, 1957

Invented by German engineer Felix Wankel, the first working prototype of the Wankel rotary engine ran for the first time at the research and development department of NSU Motorenwerke AG.

February 1st, 1896

Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème premiered at the Teatro Regio in Turin, Italy, eventually becoming one of the most frequently performed operas internationally.

February 1st, 2021

The Burmese military staged the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, which deposed the democratically-elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, and sparked nationwide protests and a civil war.

February 1st, 2012

Following an Egyptian Premier League match in Port Said, Al Masry fans rioted and violently attacked Al Ahly supporters, resulting in 74 deaths.

February 1st, 2009

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (pictured) became the first female prime minister of Iceland.

February 1st, 2004

During the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, Janet Jackson's breast was exposed by Justin Timberlake in what was later referred to as a "wardrobe malfunction", resulting in an immediate crackdown and widespread debate on perceived indecency in U.S. broadcasting.

February 1st, 2003

All seven crew members aboard Space Shuttle Columbia were killed when the orbiter disintegrated over Texas during reentry.

February 1st, 1985

Aeroflot Flight 7841 crashed shortly after takeoff from Minsk National Airport, killing fifty-eight people on board.

February 1st, 1979

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned from exile and soon led the Iranian Revolution to overthrow the Pahlavi dynasty.

February 1st, 1978

After having served 42 days in prison for the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl, Polish film director Roman Polanski fled the United States before the formal sentencing hearing.

February 1st, 1972

Kuala Lumpur (pictured), the capital of Malaysia, was granted city status.

February 1st, 1960

Four African American students staged the first Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.

February 1st, 1942

Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States federal government, began broadcasting to Germany during World War II.

February 1st, 1884

The first fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary, a 352-page volume that covered words from A to ant, was published.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 1st

Born on February 1st, 2001

23

Keisei Tominaga

Japanese basketball player

*February 1st, 2001, Moriyama-ku

23

Casper Staring

Dutch association football player

*February 1st, 2001, Amsterdam

23

Yegor Chinakhov

Russian ice hockey player

*February 1st, 2001, Perm

23

Naravit Lertratkosum

Thai actor

*February 1st, 2001, Thailand

23

Alexis Alvariño

Argentine footballer

*February 1st, 2001, Gregorio de Laferrere

23

T-Boy Fayia

Canadian soccer player

*February 1st, 2001, Monrovia

23

Omar El Torkey

Egyptian squash player

*February 1st, 2001, Giza

23

Shaun Maswanganyi

South African sprinter (born 2001)

*February 1st, 2001, Soweto

23

Juan Patiño

Colombian footballer (born 2001)

*February 1st, 2001, Puerto Tejada

23

Quincy Kammeraad

Dutch footballer

*February 1st, 2001, Haarlem

23

Ludovic Oucéni

French sprinter

*February 1st, 2001, Villepinte

23

Lautaro Giaccone

Argentine association football player

*February 1st, 2001, San Francisco

23

Eetu Pellikka

Association football player

*February 1st, 2001, Finland

23

Borja Sainz

Spanish footballer

*February 1st, 2001, Leioa

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 1st?

55

Brian Krause

American actor

*February 1st, 1969, Lake Forest

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, London

30

Harry Styles

English singer, songwriter, and actor

*February 1st, 1994, Redditch

38

Lauren Conrad

American television personality, author, and fashion designer

*February 1st, 1986, Laguna Beach

68

Günter Guillaume

Stasi officer

*February 1st, 1927, Berlin †April 10th, 1995, Petershagen-Eggersdorf

41

Marilou Berry

French actress

*February 1st, 1983, 13th arrondissement of Paris

76

Boris Yeltsin

Soviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (1931–2007)

*February 1st, 1931, Butka †April 23rd, 2007, Moscow

22

Brian Brobbey

Dutch association football player (2002-)

*February 1st, 2002, Amsterdam

87

Jale İnan

Turkish classical archaeologist (1914-2001)

*February 1st, 1914, Istanbul †February 26th, 2001, Istanbul

29

Paula Beer

German actress

*February 1st, 1995, Mainz

52

Leymah Gbowee

Liberian peace activist

*February 1st, 1972, Monrovia

100

Cilli Wang

Dutch-Austrian dancer and theater maker (1905-2005)

*February 1st, 1905, Vienna †July 10th, 2005, Vienna

24

Gavin Kilkenny

Irish association football player

*February 1st, 2000, Dublin

72

Norbert Barthle

German politician (CDU)

*February 1st, 1952, Schwäbisch Gmünd

40

Darren Fletcher

Scottish association football player

*February 1st, 1984, Edinburgh

64

Andreas Asche

German association football player

*February 1st, 1960, Hanover

72

Paul Carr

American actor (1934–2006)

*February 1st, 1934, New Orleans †February 17th, 2006, Los Angeles

55

Gabriel Batistuta

Argentine association football player

*February 1st, 1969, Reconquista

22

Marta Fiedina

Ukrainian synchro swimmer

*February 1st, 2002, Kharkiv

27

Park Ji-hyo

South Korean singer

*February 1st, 1997, Guri

Same year
Born in 2001

22

Billie Eilish

American singer-songwriter (born 2001)

*December 18th, 2001, Los Angeles

22

Noa Kirel

Israeli singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, and television host; represented Israel in the 2023 Eurovision

*May 10th, 2001, Haifa

22

Kaia Gerber

American model and actress

*September 3rd, 2001, Los Angeles County

23

Lalinrat Chaiwan

Badminton player

*February 21st, 2001, Lampang

22

Malvika Bansod

Indian badminton player

*September 15th, 2001, Nagpur

22

Martina La Piana

Italian boxer

*November 26th, 2001, Catania

22

Cris MJ

Chilean singer

*September 16th, 2001, La Serena

22

Quevedo

Spanish rapper, singer and songwriter

*December 7th, 2001, Canary Islands

22

Tiago PZK

Argentine rapper and singer

*August 3rd, 2001, Monte Grande

22

Selina Freitag

German ski jumper

*May 19th, 2001, Erlabrunn

22

Fiorella Corimberto

Argentinian Beach handball player

*August 29th, 2001, Buenos Aires

22

Marit van Ede

Dutch Handball player

*December 26th, 2001, Nieuwegein

23

Klaudia Pintér

Hungarian beach handball player

*February 14th, 2001, Budapest

23

Marit Crajé

Dutch Handball player

*January 12th, 2001, Apeldoorn

22

Lil Tjay

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*April 30th, 2001, The Bronx

22

Dana Danilenko

Badminton player

*July 19th, 2001, Lod

22

Zack Tabudlo

Filipino singer-songwriter (born 2001)

*December 6th, 2001, Las Piñas

23

Di Zijian

Chinese badminton player

*February 27th, 2001, Liaoyang

22

Linda Mazri

Badminton player

*December 21st, 2001, El Biar

22

Brian Yang

Badminton player

*November 25th, 2001, Toronto

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 2001 is a normal year and no leap year.

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