BirthFebruary 31988

Cho Kyu-hyun

Cho Kyu-hyun, South Korean singer

In context

When
Wednesday, February 3 198838 years ago
Category
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Era
20th century · 1980s
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Who they were

Cho Kyu-hyun, referred to as Kyuhyun, is a South Korean singer, musical theatre actor, and television host. He debuted as a new member of boy group Super Junior in May 2006. Apart from his group's activities, he has established himself as a musical actor, notably through his participation in the original and Korean versions of stage musicals including The Three Musketeers, Catch Me If You Can, Moon Embracing the Sun, Singin' in the Rain, The Days, Robin Hood, Werther, Mozart!, The Man Who Laughs, Phantom,

Why this date

Cho Kyu-hyun appears on our February 3 calendar for 1988 as a birth entry.

February 3 through the years

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  3. 1998Commutation (law)
  4. 2005Kam Air Flight 904
  5. 2006Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
  6. 2007February 2007 Al-Saydiya market bombing
  7. 2010L'Homme qui marche I
  8. 20142014 Moscow school shooting
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  10. 2023East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment
  11. 20262026 Kwara State attacks

Also in 1988

  • September 9Vietnam Airlines Flight 831Vietnam Airlines Flight 831 crashes in Khu Khot, Thailand, while on approach to Don Muang International Airport, killing 76.
  • March 14Johnson South Reef skirmishChina defeated Vietnam in a naval altercation while attempting to establish oceanographic observation posts on the Spratly Islands.
  • September 12Hurricane GilbertHurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
  • September 13Hurricane GilbertHurricane Gilbert reached a minimum pressure of 888 mb (26.22 inHg) with sustained flight-level winds of 185 mph (295 km/h), making it th…
  • September 188888 UprisingThe 8888 Uprising in Myanmar comes to an end.
  • September 18Henri NamphyGeneral Henri Namphy, president of Haiti, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by General Prosper Avril.
  • September 18Magna Charta UniversitatumThe Magna Charta Universitatum, asserting key principles essential to the free operation of universities, is signed in Bologna by the rec…
  • August 10Civil Liberties Act of 1988The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 became law, authorizing reparations to surviving Japanese Americans interned during World War II.

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February 3 1988 — 38 years ago, on a Wednesday.

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