Funny Birthday Facts About February 28, 1947
Did you know that February 28, 1947 was not only a very special day, but also a very unique one? Here are 14 funny facts about this unique day that will help you understand why it's so special. It's very important to pay attention to these facts because otherwise you might miss out on something truly amazing.
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What day were you born on February 28, 1947?
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What day was February 28, 2025?
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Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
28,791 Days
3,780 Weeks
945 Months
78 Years
Your Age in Seconds, Minutes and Hours
Your Upcoming Birthdays for The Next 10 Years
We have calculated and figured out your birthday for the next 10 years. Prepare yourself to welcome your upcoming birthdays with your family and close friends. You will get many gifts from people who love and care about you. There are 64 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 79 years old. There have been 28791 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 9597 days, which is equivalent to 26.29 years. You spent 33.71% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Saturday | 79 Years Old |
| 2027 | Sunday | 80 Years Old |
| 2028 | Monday | 81 Years Old |
| 2029 | Wednesday | 82 Years Old |
| 2030 | Thursday | 83 Years Old |
| 2031 | Friday | 84 Years Old |
| 2032 | Saturday | 85 Years Old |
| 2033 | Monday | 86 Years Old |
| 2034 | Tuesday | 87 Years Old |
| 2035 | Wednesday | 88 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for February 28, 1947?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on February 28
The birthstone for people born on February 28, 1947 is amethyst. In ancient times, it was known as the stone of Bacchus. It was thought to prevent drunkenness, and that wearing it during battle would keep soldiers clear-headed and sharp-witted.
Famous People Born on February 28
When you were born, there were many famous people in history who were born on the same day as you but in different years. The following are famous people in history who commemorate birthdays on February 28
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Stephanie Beacham, English actress |
| 1948 | Bernadette Peters, American actress, singer, and author |
| 1948 | Mercedes Ruehl, American actress |
| 1948 | Mike Figgis, English film director, screenwriter, and composer |
| 1948 | Steven Chu, American physicist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1949 | Ilene Graff, American actress and singer |
| 1949 | Zoia Ceaușescu, Romanian mathematician, daughter of Communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena Ceaușescu (d. 2006) |
| 1953 | Luther Burden, American basketball player (d. 2015) |
| 1953 | Paul Krugman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1953 | Ricky Steamboat, American professional wrestler |
Famous People Died on February 28
Did you know that on February 28
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Freeman Dyson, British-born American physicist and mathematician (b. 1923) |
| 2020 | Joe Coulombe, founder of Trader Joe's (b. 1930) |
| 2020 | Sir Lenox Hewitt, Australian public servant (b. 1917) |
Historical Events on February 28
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on February 28
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1969 | The 1969 Portugal earthquake hits Portugal, Spain and Morocco. |
| 1974 | The British election ended in a hung parliament after the Jeremy Thorpe-led Liberal Party achieved their biggest vote share since 1929. |
| 1975 | In London, an underground train fails to stop at Moorgate terminus station and crashes into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people. |
| 1983 | The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, with almost 110 million viewers. |
| 1985 | The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers. |
| 1986 | Olof Palme, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm. |
| 1993 | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh, starting a 51-day standoff. |
| 1997 | A Turkish military memorandum resulted in the collapse of the coalition government in Turkey. |
| 1997 | An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 1,100 deaths. |
| 2001 | The 2001 Nisqually earthquake, having a moment magnitude of 6.8, with epicenter in the southern Puget Sound, damages Seattle metropolitan area. |
Popular Baby Name on February 28, 1947
In 1947, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, James is the most used. A total of 94,764 baby boys were named James in 1947. The rest were named Robert, John, William and Richard. While the popular baby girl name in 1947 was Linda. There were 99,693 baby girls named Linda that year. While the rest were named Mary, Patricia, Barbara and Sandra. These statistics are obtained from ssa.gov which compiles popular baby names of the last century in United States.
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