February 21st, 2008

Born on February 21st, 2008

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 5,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 94 days, exactly on July 26th, 2024, people who were born on February 21st, 2008 will be 6,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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

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

23

Lalinrat Chaiwan

Badminton player

*February 21st, 2001, Lampang

35

Corbin Bleu

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

*February 21st, 1989, Brooklyn

30

Sawan Serasinghe

Sri Lanka-born Australian badminton player

*February 21st, 1994, Galle

33

Joe Alwyn

English actor

*February 21st, 1991, Royal Tunbridge Wells

29

Giveon

American R&B singer

*February 21st, 1995, Long Beach

70

Rudolf Simek

Austrian philologist and Germanist

*February 21st, 1954, Eisenstadt

33

Jelle Maas

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1991, Oosterhout

28

Sophie Turner

British actress

*February 21st, 1996, Northampton

37

Kazushi Yamada

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1987, Ehime Prefecture

41

John Moody

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1983, Whangārei

43

Gerhard Gundermann

German musician

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

51

Tey Seu Bock

Malaysian badminton coach

*February 21st, 1973, Alor Gajah

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

44

Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

Fifth and reigning King of Bhutan

*February 21st, 1980, Kathmandu

25

Elena Pirrone

Italian racing cyclist

*February 21st, 1999, Bolzano

59

Ute Hankers

German volleyball player

*February 21st, 1965, Bad Iburg

33

Lilith Häßle

German actress

*February 21st, 1991, Berlin

75

Friedrich Karl Kaul

German screenwriter

*February 21st, 1906, Poznań †April 16th, 1981, East Berlin

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15

Cecilia Loffredo

Danish actress

*July 24th, 2008, Copenhagen

15

Jackson Robert Scott

American child actor

*September 18th, 2008, Phoenix

16

Lilly Platt

British environmentalist

*April 18th, 2008, London

15

Iain Armitage

American child actor

*July 15th, 2008, Georgia

16

Emme Muñiz‎

Daughter of Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez

*February 22nd, 2008, Long Island

16

Rayssa Leal

Brazilian skateboarder

*January 4th, 2008, Imperatriz

16

Meilee Condron

American actress

*March 17th, 2008, Connecticut

15

Helena Zengel

German actress

*June 10th, 2008, Berlin

15

Harshaali Malhotra

Indian child actress

*June 3rd, 2008, Mumbai

16

Sienna Belle

Atriz e cantora canadense

*January 26th, 2008, Cambridge

15

GUSTAVOEGATOTV

Brazilian record producer

*December 11th, 2008, Iguatu

15

Sophia Baram

American pair skater

*November 24th, 2008, Beverly Hills

15

Veronika Zhilina

Russian figure skater

*May 15th, 2008, Arkhangelsk

16

Gavin Warren

American actor

*April 17th, 2008, Houston

16

Abby Ryder Fortson

American actress

*March 14th, 2008, Burbank

15

Emma Behn

Norwegian show jumper, youngest child of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and Ari Behn

*September 29th, 2008, Lommedalen

15

Alia De Vercelli

Australian actress

*November 30th, 2008, Australia

16

Raegan Revord

American actress

*January 3rd, 2008, San Diego

15

Sky Brown

British-Japanese skateboarder and surfer

*July 7th, 2008, Miyazaki

16

Nela Lopušanová

Slovak ice and ball hockey player

*February 26th, 2008, Žilina

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Public holidays on February 21st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 21st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on February 21st, 2008
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 2008 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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