February 1st, 2002

Born on February 1st, 2002

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 8,000 days old!

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on February 1st, 2002?

February 1st, 2002

Daniel Pearl, American journalist and South Asia Bureau Chief of The Wall Street Journal, kidnapped on January 23, is beheaded and mutilated by his captors.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Pearl

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, 2001

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

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.

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

Born on February 1st, 2002

22

Brian Brobbey

Dutch association football player (2002-)

*February 1st, 2002, Amsterdam

22

Marta Fiedina

Ukrainian synchro swimmer

*February 1st, 2002, Kharkiv

22

João Guilherme Ávila

Brazilian actor

*February 1st, 2002, São Paulo

22

David Flakus Bosilj

Slovenian footballer

*February 1st, 2002, Maribor

22

Laishram Premjit Singh

Indian footballer

*February 1st, 2002, Manipur

22

Carson Klein

American soccer player

*February 1st, 2002, Kansas City

22

Sarah Escobar

Sportsperson

*February 1st, 2002, New Jersey

22

Maksym Brama

Ukrainian footballer

*February 1st, 2002, Ukraine

22

Florin Bălan

Romanian association football player

*February 1st, 2002, Bucharest

22

Davide Manarelli

Italian footballer

*February 1st, 2002, Dalmine

22

Abdoulaye Conde

Guinean footballer

*February 1st, 2002, Conakry

22

Saba Sazonov

Russian footballer

*February 1st, 2002, Saint Petersburg

22

Seth Jarvis

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 1st, 2002, Winnipeg

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

87

Jale İnan

Turkish classical archaeologist (1914-2001)

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

52

Leymah Gbowee

Liberian peace activist

*February 1st, 1972, Monrovia

29

Paula Beer

German actress

*February 1st, 1995, Mainz

100

Cilli Wang

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

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

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

23

Keisei Tominaga

Japanese basketball player

*February 1st, 2001, Moriyama-ku

24

Gavin Kilkenny

Irish association football player

*February 1st, 2000, Dublin

27

Park Ji-hyo

South Korean singer

*February 1st, 1997, Guri

19

Lindsay van Zundert

Dutch figure skater

*February 1st, 2005, Etten-Leur

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Born in 2002

22

Josie Nelson

British cyclist

*April 8th, 2002, Burton upon Trent

21

NLE Choppa

American rapper from Tennessee (born. 2002)

*November 1st, 2002, Memphis

21

Alika Milova

Estonian singer-songwriter

*September 5th, 2002, Narva

22

Lil Mosey

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*January 25th, 2002, Mountlake Terrace

21

Lil Tecca

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*August 26th, 2002, Queens

21

João Gomes

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 31st, 2002, Serrita

21

Jasmine Liu

American Samoan beach handball player

*September 2nd, 2002, Vaitogi

22

Trueno

Argentinian rapper and singer

*March 25th, 2002, Buenos Aires

19

Einár

Swedish rapper (2002–2021)

*September 5th, 2002, Stockholm †October 21st, 2021, Hammarby Sjöstad

22

Matteo Romano

Italian singer (2002-)

*March 20th, 2002, Cuneo

22

Indah Cahya Sari Jamil

Badminton player

*March 16th, 2002, Gowa Regency

21

Riko Gunji

Badminton player

*July 31st, 2002, Ebina

21

Rui Hirokami

Badminton player

*July 26th, 2002, Takaoka

22

Christo Popov

Badminton player

*March 8th, 2002, Sofia

21

Cheng Xing

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 2002, Jiujiang, Guangdong

21

Srivedya Gurazada

US American badminton player

*August 15th, 2002, Boston

21

Katharina Fink

Italian badminton player

*November 14th, 2002, Bolzano

21

Jesita Putri Miantoro

Badminton player

*May 1st, 2002, Depok City

22

Ishaan Bhatnagar

Indian badminton player

*February 2nd, 2002, Raipur

21

Myisha Mohd Khairul

Malaysian badminton player

*July 27th, 2002, Johor Bahru

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 2002 is a normal year and no leap year.

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