February 22nd, 2021

Born on February 22nd, 2021

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 1,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 843 days, exactly on August 15th, 2026, people who were born on February 22nd, 2021 will be 2,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on February 22nd?

February 22nd, 2019

A group broke into the North Korean embassy in Madrid and stole several mobile telephones and digital storage devices.

February 22nd, 2012

A train failed to apply its brakes and crashed through a buffer stop at Once railway station in Buenos Aires, resulting in 51 deaths and more than 700 injuries.

February 22nd, 2011

Bahraini uprising: Tens of thousands of people marched in protest in Manama against the deaths of seven people killed by police and army forces during previous protests.

February 22nd, 2006

Seven men staged the largest cash robbery in Britain at a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent, United Kingdom.

February 22nd, 1997

Scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland announced the existence of Dolly, a female sheep who was the first mammal to have successfully been cloned from an adult cell.

February 22nd, 1983

The play Moose Murders opened and closed on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, becoming the standard of "awfulness" against which all Broadway failures are judged.

February 22nd, 1980

At the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, the United States ice hockey team defeated the Soviet team in an unlikely victory that became known as the Miracle on Ice.

February 22nd, 1959

Lee Petty won the first Daytona 500 NASCAR auto race at the Daytona International Speedway (pictured) in Daytona Beach, Florida.

February 22nd, 1944

World War II: U.S. forces carried out a bombing raid on the Nazi-occupied Dutch city of Nijmegen, killing hundreds of civilians by accident.

February 22nd, 1921

The Bogd Khan was reinstalled as emperor after White Russian forces under Roman von Ungern-Sternberg (pictured) drove the Chinese out of Mongolia.

February 22nd, 1909

The sixteen United States Navy battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by Connecticut (pictured), completed a circumnavigation of the globe.

February 22nd, 1876

The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, named after philanthropist Johns Hopkins, opened.

February 22nd, 1371

Robert II became King of Scots as the first monarch of the House of Stewart.

February 22nd, 1316

The Catalan forces of Ferdinand of Majorca defeated troops loyal to Princess Matilda of Hainaut at the Battle of Picotin on the Peloponnese peninsula in modern-day Greece.

February 22nd, 1974

Samuel Byck attempted to hijack an aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International Airport with the intention of crashing it into the White House to assassinate Richard Nixon, but he was stopped by police.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 22nd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 22nd?

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

29

Lexa

Brazilian singer-songwriter and dancer

*February 22nd, 1995, Rio de Janeiro

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

21

Ridya Aulia Fatasya

Indonesian badminton player

*February 22nd, 2003, Semarang City

59

Claudine Loquen

French painter and sculptor

*February 22nd, 1965, Sainte-Adresse

47

Claudia Hiersche

German actress

*February 22nd, 1977, Frankfurt (Oder)

67

George Washington

President of the United States from 1789 to 1797

*February 22nd, 1732, Westmoreland County †December 14th, 1799, Mount Vernon

21

Isra Hirsi

American environmental activist

*February 22nd, 2003, Minneapolis

62

Kenneth Williams

British actor and comedian (1926–1988)

*February 22nd, 1926, Islington †April 15th, 1988, London Borough of Camden

65

Kyle MacLachlan

American actor

*February 22nd, 1959, Yakima

77

Axel Strøbye

Danish film actor

*February 22nd, 1928, Frederiksberg †July 12th, 2005, Copenhagen

55

Joaquín Cortés

Spanish dancer

*February 22nd, 1969, Córdoba

26

Larkyn Austman

Canadian figure skater

*February 22nd, 1998, New Westminster

39

Frédéric Chopin

Polish composer and pianist (1810-1849)

*February 22nd, 1810, Żelazowa Wola †October 17th, 1849, Paris

81

Horst Köhler

German politician (CDU); president of Germany, 2004–2010

*February 22nd, 1943, Skierbieszów

49

Thomas Meggle

German association football player and manager

*February 22nd, 1975, Munich

49

Drew Barrymore

American actress

*February 22nd, 1975, Culver City

44

Steve Irwin

Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962–2006)

*February 22nd, 1962, Upper Ferntree Gully †September 4th, 2006, Batt Reef

96

Paul Dooley

American actor, writer, and comedian

*February 22nd, 1928, Parkersburg

23

Nicolò Carucci

Italian rower

*February 22nd, 2001, Milan

52

Claudia Pechstein

German speed skater

*February 22nd, 1972, Berlin

71

Nigel Planer

English actor, comedian and writer

*February 22nd, 1953, Westminster

70

Genesis P-Orridge

British artist, musician and writer (1950–2020)

*February 22nd, 1950, Victoria Park †March 14th, 2020, Lower East Side

50

James Blunt

English singer-songwriter

*February 22nd, 1974, Tidworth

53

Lea Salonga

Filipina singer and actress (born 1971)

*February 22nd, 1971, Ermita

24

Timothy Weah

American soccer player

*February 22nd, 2000, Brooklyn

97

John Mills

English actor (1908-2005)

*February 22nd, 1908, Felixstowe †April 23rd, 2005, Denham

37

Sergio Romero

Argentine association football player

*February 22nd, 1987, Bernardo de Irigoyen, Misiones

40

Branislav Ivanović

Serbian association football player

*February 22nd, 1984, Sremska Mitrovica

101

Ernst Jakob Henne

German car and motorcycle racer

*February 22nd, 1904, Weiler-Simmerberg †May 23rd, 2005, Gran Canaria

55

Thomas Jane

American actor

*February 22nd, 1969, Baltimore

88

Olave Baden-Powell

World Chief Guide

*February 22nd, 1889, Chesterfield †June 25th, 1977, Bramley

46

Jules Renard

French author (1864-1910)

*February 22nd, 1864, Châlons-du-Maine †May 22nd, 1910, Bucharest

47

Hakan Yakın

Swiss footballer

*February 22nd, 1977, Basel

36

Heinrich Hertz

German physicist (1857–1894)

*February 22nd, 1857, Hamburg †January 1st, 1894, Bonn

37

Han Hyo-joo

South Korean actress, model and singer

*February 22nd, 1987, Cheongju

72

Arthur Schopenhauer

German philosopher (1788–1860)

*February 22nd, 1788, Gdańsk †September 21st, 1860, Frankfurt

70

Niki Lauda

Austrian former Formula 1 driver (1949–2019)

*February 22nd, 1949, Vienna †May 20th, 2019, Zürich

77

Ted Kennedy

United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1962 to 2009

*February 22nd, 1932, Dorchester †August 25th, 2009, Barnstable

75

Jean-Bedel Bokassa

2nd president (1966–76) and emperor (r. 1976–79) of the Central African Republic

*February 22nd, 1921, Bobangui †November 3rd, 1996, Bangui

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 22nd

Fixed holidays (Birthday of Scouting and Guiding founder Robert Baden-Powell and Olave Baden-Powell, and its related observance, Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 22nd.

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Born on February 22nd, 2021
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Leap year

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