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February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence PortalCurrent events International holidays February 2 - Candlemas February 5 - Shrove International holidays March 2 - Mothering Sunday (Britain March 7 - Nyepi (Indonesia Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Leap years Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hours 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common PortalCurrent events International holidays February 2 - Candlemas February 5 - Shrove February 2007 is the second month of the year It began on a Thursday and 28 days later ended on a Wednesday. Stories without links will be removed. News stories must be in English February 2005: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August February 2004 was the second month of 2004 in the Gregorian calendar. February 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - February 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - February 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September February 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 313 days remaining until the end of the year (314 in leap years). A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the

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Events

362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. Events By Place Roman Empire Julian gathers an army of 60000 men a fleet of fifty warships and a thousand transport boats Alexandria ( Egyptian Arabic: اسكندريه Eskendereyya; Standard Arabic: ar الإسكندرية Al-Iskandariyya; Ἀλεξάνδρεια
1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after having confessed to torture and forgery. Diocese of Finland was the predecessor of the Catholic diocese of Turku. Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental is intentionally Forgery is the process of making adapting or imitating objects statistics or documents (see False document) with the intent to deceive.
1440 - The Prussian Confederation is formed. The Prussian Confederation (Preußischer Bund or Bund vor Gewalt; Związek Pruski was an organization formed in 1440 by a group of 53 gentry and clergy and 19 cities in
1543 - Battle of Wayna Daga - A combined army of Ethiopian and Portuguese troops defeats a Muslim army led by Ahmed Gragn. The Battle of Wayna Daga (Amharic for "Grape-cultivating altitude" occurred 21 February 1543 east of Lake Tana. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi (c 1506 - February 21, 1543) ("the Conqueror" was an Imam and General of Adal
1613 - Mikhail I is elected unanimously as Tsar by a national assembly, beginning the Romanov dynasty of Imperial Russia. Tsar csar and tzar redirect here For other uses see Tsar (disambiguation. The zemsky sobor (зе́мский собо́р was the first Russian Parliament of the feudal Estates type in the 16th and 17th centuries The House of Romanov (Рома́нов rʌˈmanəf was the second and last imperial Dynasty of Russia, which ruled the country from 1613 to 1917 A dynasty is a succession of rulers who belong to the same family for generations The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya
1743 - The premiere of George Frideric Handel's oratorio, "Samson" takes place in London. Year 1743 ( MDCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a An oratorio is a large Musical composition including an Orchestra, a Choir, and soloists The oratorio was somewhat modeled after the Opera Samson ( HWV 57 is an Oratorio by George Frideric Handel. It was based on a Libretto by Newburgh Hamilton, who based it London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
1804 - The first self-propelling steam locomotive makes its outing at the Pen-y-Darren ironworks in Wales. Year 1804 ( MDCCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a A steam locomotive is a Locomotive powered by Steam. The term usually refers to its use on Railways but can also refer to a "road locomotive" Penydarren was the fourth of the great Ironworks established at Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales.
1842 - John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine. Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A sewing machine is a textile machine used to stitch Fabric or other material together with Thread.
1848 - Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish the Communist Manifesto. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Friedrich Engels (28 November 1820 – 5 August 1895 was a German social scientist and philosopher, who Manifesto of the Communist Party ( often referred to as The Communist Manifesto, was first published on February 21, 1848, and is
1874 - The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first newspaper. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Oakland Tribune is a daily Newspaper published in Oakland California by the Alameda Newspaper Group, a subsidiary of MediaNews A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint.
1878 - The first telephone book is issued in New Haven, Connecticut. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
1885 - The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Washington Monument is a large tall sand-colored Obelisk near the west end of the National Mall in Washington D
1893 - Thomas Edison receives two U. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common S. patents for a "Cut Out for Incandescent Electric Lamps" and for a "Stop Device"
1912 - Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars. A patent is a set of Exclusive rights granted by a State to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Ioannina (Ιωάννινα, often el Γιάννενα or el Γιάννινα / is a city of Epirus, north-western Greece, with a metropolitan population of The Politics of Greece takes place in a large parliamentary representative democratic Republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Greece is the The Balkan Wars were two wars in South-eastern Europe in 1912–1913 in the course of which the Balkan League ( Bulgaria, Montenegro, Greece
1916 - World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Battle of Verdun was one of the most critical battles in World War I on the Western Front, fought between the German and French
1918 - The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Carolina Parakeet ( Conuropsis carolinensis)was the only Parrot species native to the eastern United States. The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, is the second-oldest Zoo in the United States and is located in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1919 - Kurt Eisner, German socialist, is assassinated. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Kurt Eisner ( May 14 1867 in Berlin – February 21, 1919 in München)was a Bavarian Politician AssassiNation is the sixth album by Krisiun, released in 2006 on Century Media. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing Munich, Germany. The Bavarian Soviet Republic, also known as the Munich Soviet Republic ( German: Bayerische Räterepublik or Münchner Räterepublik) was Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
1921 - Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar The Constituent Assembly of Georgia (საქართველოს დამფუძნებელი კრება sak’art’velos damp’udznebeli kreba) was a national The Democratic Republic of Georgia ( DRG; Georgian: საქართველოს დემოკრატიული რესპუბლიკა Sakartvelos
1925 - The New Yorker publishes its first issue. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The New Yorker is an American Magazine that publishes reportage commentary criticism essays fiction satire cartoons and poetry
1937 - Initial flight of the first successful flying car, Waldo Waterman's Arrowbile. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Waldo Dean Waterman ( June 16, 1894 - December 8, 1976) was an inventor and aviation pioneer from San Diego, California. Whatsit was a swept-wing tail-less airplane designed by Waldo Waterman between 1911 (when he first got the idea and 1932 (when the prototype was finally in testing phase
1937 - The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War. The League of Nations was an International organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919–1920 An unlawful combatant or unprivileged combatant/belligerent is a Civilian who directly engages in armed conflict under the International Humanitarian Law The Spanish Civil War was a major conflict in Spain that started after an attempted Coup d'état committed by parts of the army against the government of
1945 - World War II: Japanese Kamikaze planes sink the escort carrier Bismarck Sea and damage the Saratoga. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. ( is a word of Japanese origin which in English usually refers to the Suicide attacks by military aviators from the Empire of Japan against See also List of US Navy ships losses in World War II. Pre-War Years 1928 – 1940 Saratoga, the first fast carrier in the Navy quickly proved the value of her type
1947 - In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of New York Edwin Herbert Land ( May 7 1909 &ndash March 1 1991) was an American Scientist and inventor. Types of Polaroid instant cameras See also List of Polaroid instant cameras Polaroid cameras can be classified by the type of film they use Land cameras are the polaroid cameras made between 1947 and 1983 The first model was invented by Edwin Land, founder of Polaroid. The Optical Society of America (OSA is a scientific society dedicated to advancing the study of Light — Optics and Photonics —in theory and application
1948 - NASCAR is incorporated. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ( NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of Stock cars in the United States.
1952 - The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free". Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands For the government of parliamentary systems see Executive (government. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC, PC (Can ( 30 November 1874 An identity document, also called a piece of identification ( ID) is a document used to verify aspects of a person's Identity. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
1952 - In Dhaka, East Pakistan (present Bangladesh) police open fire on a procession of students that was demanding the establishment of Bengali as the official language, killing four people and starting a country-wide protest which led to the recognition of Bengali as one of the national languages of Pakistan. Dhaka (also known as Dacca ( Bangla: ঢাকা ɖʱaka is the Capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka District. East Pakistan ( Bengali: পূর্ব পাকিস্তান Purbo Pakistan, Urdu: مشرقی پاکستان Mashriqi Pakistan) was ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ inc-Latn Bangladesh) officially An official language is a Language that is given a special legal status in a particular Country, State, or other territory The Bengali Language Movement, also known as the Language Movement (ভাষা আন্দোলন Bhasha Andolon) was a political effort in Bangladesh The day was later declared as "International Mother Language Day" by UNESCO. 21 February was proclaimed the International Mother Language Day by UNESCO on 17 November 1999. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on November 16
1953 - Francis Crick and James D. Watson discover the structure of the DNA molecule. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Francis Harry Compton Crick OM FRS (8 June 1916 – 28 July 2004 Ph Deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA) is a Nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known
1958 - The Peace symbol is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom, commissioned by Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gerald Herbert Holtom (c 1914 - 18 September 1985) was a professional designer and artist For the World War II use of this facility see RAF Aldermaston The Atomic Weapons Establishment ( AWE) is responsible for the
1960 - Cuban leader Fidel Castro nationalizes all businesses in Cuba. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13 1926 is a Cuban revolutionary leader who was prime minister of Cuba from December 1959 to December 1976 and then president until
1965 - Malcolm X is assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City by members of the Nation of Islam. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little; May 19 1925 February 21 1965 also known as El-Hajj Malik El- Shabazz, was an African American The Audubon Ballroom was a theatre and ballroom located in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan, north of Harlem. The Nation of Islam ( NOI) (أمة الإسلام Ummah al-Islāmu) is a group founded in Detroit, Michigan,
1970 - Swissair Flight 330: A mid-air bomb explosion and subsequent crash kills 38 passengers and nine crew members near Zürich, Switzerland. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Swissair Flight SR330 was a regularly scheduled flight from Zürich International Airport in Kloten, Switzerland to Tel Aviv, Zürich (, Zürich German: Züri, Zurich, Zurigo; in English generally Zurich) is the largest city in Switzerland and capital of the Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation
1971 - The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is a United Nations Treaty designed to control Psychoactive drugs such as Amphetamines Barbiturates Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria.
1972 - President Richard Nixon visits the People's Republic of China to normalize Sino-American relations. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES
1972 - The Soviet unmanned spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 A spacecraft is a Vehicle or machine designed for Spaceflight. Luna 20 (Ye-8-5 series was an Unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 20
1973 - Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down a Libyan Airlines jet killing 108. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The Sinai Peninsula or Sinai ( Coptic: sina; Egyptian Arabic: sina سينا Arabic, sina'a سيناء For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. A fighter aircraft is a Military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other Aircraft, as opposed to a Bomber, which is designed Libyan Airlines ( Arabic: الخطوط الجوية الليبية transliterated: al-Khutut al-Jawiyah al-Libiyah formerly known as Libyan Arab Airlines
1974 - The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The Suez Canal is a Canal in Egypt. Opened in 1869 it allows Water transportation between Europe and Asia without circumnavigation This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics.
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. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Watergate scandals were a series of Political scandals during the presidency of Richard Nixon that resulted in the Indictment of several of Nixon's The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice (see) concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement John Newton Mitchell (September 1913 &ndash November 9, 1988) was the first United States Attorney General ever to be convicted of illegal activities and See also Executive Office of the President of the United States The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the Official residence Harry Robbins Haldeman (publicly known as H R Haldeman, and informally as Bob Haldeman) ( October 27, 1926 &ndash November 12, Haldeman and Ehrlichman discuss policy 1973png|thumb|200px|right|"The Berlin Wall" of Ehrlichman and Haldeman on April 27, 1973 three days before they would be asked to resign
1995 - Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 James Stephen Fossett (born April 22 1944 missing September 3 2007 declared legally dead February 15 2008 On September 3 2007 Fossett was reported missing after Leader is a Town in southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada, located approximately 350 km directly east of Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions A balloon is a flexible bag filled with a type of Gas, such as Helium, Hydrogen, Nitrous oxide or air.
2004 - The first European political party organization, the European Greens, is established in Rome. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " A European political party, formally a political party at European level, informally (especially in academic circles a Europarty, is a type of Political party The European Green Party (or European Greens or EGP) is the Green Political party at European level. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2
2007 - Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi resigns from office. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest (born 9 August 1939 is an Italian politician and statesman He served as President of the Council of Ministers (prime minister of Italy twice from 17 May His resignation is rejected by the President of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano. The President of the Italian Republic (Presidente della Repubblica Italiana is the Head of State of Italy, and as such is intended to represent national unity Giorgio Napolitano (born June 29 1925) is an Italian Politician and former lifetime senator, the eleventh and current President of the Italian
2008 - Aaron Carter was pulled over by police after finding less than 2 ounces of Marijuana in his trunk. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Aaron Charles Carter (born December 7 1987 Carter who has also launched an acting career is known for media reports regarding his personal life including his relationships with Cannabis, also known as marijuana or marihuana, or ganja (from Hindi / Sanskrit: गांजा gānjā hemp) is a
2008 - Advance Wars: Dark Conflict is released in Australia

Births

1484 - Elector Joachim I of Brandenburg (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Advance Wars Days of Ruin (known as Advance Wars Dark Conflict in Europe and Australia and Famicom Wars DS 2 in Japan is For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Joachim I Nestor ( 21 February 1484 – 11 July 1535) was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (1499-1535 1535)
1556 - Sethus Calvisius, German calendar reformer (d. Sethus Calvisius, originally Seth Kalwitz (b February 21, 1556 in Gorsleben, Germany; d 1615)
1675 - Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. Franz Xaver Josef Baron of von Unertl (February 21 1675 in Munich – January 22 1750 in Munich) was a Bavarian politician 1750)
1705 - Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (d. Year 1750 ( MDCCL) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1705 ( MDCCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Edward Hawke 1st Baron Hawke, KB ( February 21 1705 &ndash October 16 1781) was a naval officer of the Royal Navy 1781)
1721 - John McKinly, American physician (d. Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1721 ( MDCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Dr John McKinly ( February 21 1721 &ndash August 21 1796) was an American Physician and Politician from 1796)
1723 - Louis-Pierre Anquetil, French historian (d. Year 1796 ( MDCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1723 ( MDCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Louis-Pierre Anquetil ( February 21, 1723 &ndash September 6, 1808) was a French Historian. 1808)
1728 - Tsar Peter III of Russia, husband of Catherine the Great (d. Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1728 ( MDCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Peter III ( February 21, 1728 – July 17, 1762) (Пётр III Фëдорович Pyotr III Fyodorovitch) was Emperor Catherine II, called Catherine the Great (Екатерина II Великая Yekaterina II Velikaya;) reigned as Empress of Russia for 34 years 1762)
1783 - Princess Catharina of Württemberg, Queen consort of Westphalia (d. Year 1762 ( MDCCLXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Princess Catharina Frederica of Württemberg ( February 21, 1783 - November 29, 1835) was the second wife of Jérôme Bonaparte. 1835)
1791 - Carl Czerny, Austrian composer (d. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Carl Czerny (sometimes Karl; February 21 1791 &ndash July 15 1857 was an Austrian Pianist, Composer and teacher 1857)
1794 - Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Mexican president (d. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón ( February 21, 1794 &ndash June 21, 1876) often known as Santa 1876)
1801 - John Henry Newman, English Catholic cardinal (d. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1801 ( MDCCCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Tuesday Family John Henry Newman was born in London and was the eldest son of John Newman (d 1890)
1817 - Jose Zorrilla y Moral, Spanish dramatist (d. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common José Zorrilla y Moral ( February 21, 1817 - January 23, 1893) was a Spanish Romantic Poet and Dramatist 1893)
1821 - Charles Scribner, American publisher (d. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year 1871)
1836 - Léo Delibes, French composer (d. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap (Clément Philibert Léo Delibes (21 February 1836 &ndash 16 January 1891 was a French Composer of Ballets operas, and other works for the stage 1891)
1844 - Charles-Marie Widor, French composer (d. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Charles-Marie Jean Albert Widor (February 21 1844 &ndash March 12 1937 was a French organist, Composer and teacher 1937)
1860 - Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod, Czech journalist (d. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod ( February 21, 1860, Domažlice – November 3, 1927, Prague) was a Czech naturalistic 1927)
1860 - Goscombe John, Welsh sculptor
1865 - John Haden Badley, English school founder (d. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir William Goscombe John ( February 21 1860 &ndash December 15 1952) was a Welsh sculptor Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year John Haden Badley ( 21 February 1865 &ndash 6 March 1967) author educator and founder of Bedales School, which claims to have become 1967)
1867 - Otto Hermann Kahn, German millionaire (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Otto Hermann Kahn ( February 21, 1867 – March 29, 1934) was an Investment banker, Collector, Philanthropist 1934)
1875 - Jeanne Calment, French supercentenarian and longest-lived human on record (d. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jeanne Louise Calment (ʒan lwiz kalˈmɑ̃ February 21, 1875 – August 4, 1997) She lived in Arles, France A supercentenarian (sometimes hyphenated as super-centenarian) is someone who has reached the age of 110 Years or more something achieved by only one in 1997)
1876 - Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Pyotr Konchalovsky (Petr Petrovich Konchalovsky Пётр Петро́вич Кончало́вский ( February 21 1876 - February 2, 1956 1956)
1878 - The Mother, Indian spiritual leader (d. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1973)
1880 - Waldemar Bonsels, German writer (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Waldemar Bonsels ( 21 February, 1880 in Ahrensburg &ndash 31 July, 1952 in Ambach) was a German writer of children's 1952)
1885 - Sacha Guitry, Russian dramatist (d. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sacha Guitry ( 21 February 1885 &ndash 24 July 1957) was a French film actor director screenwriter and playwright 1957)
1888 - Clemence Dane, British novelist and playwright (d. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Clemence Dane was the Pseudonym of Winifred Ashton ( 21 February 1888 in Blackheath, England, United Kingdom 1965)
1893 - Celia Lovsky, Russian-born actress (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Celia Lovsky ( February 21, 1897 - October 12, 1979) was an Austrian-American actress 1979)
1893 - Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Andrés Torres Segovia 1st Marquess of Salobreña ( 21 February 1893 &ndash 2 June 1987) was a Spanish Classical guitarist 1987)
1895 - Carl Peter Henrik Dam Danish biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Henrik Dam (Full name Carl Peter Henrik Dam) ( February 21, 1895 – April 17, 1976) was a Danish biochemist The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1976)
1900 - Madeleine Renaud, French theater actress (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Madeleine Renaud was a distinguished actress and a major figure in French theater in the 20th century 1994)
1903 - Fairfax M. Cone, American advertising executive (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Fairfax Mastick Cone ( 21 February, 1903 - June 20, 1977) or Fax Cone, was an American Businessperson, advertising 1977)
1903 - Anaïs Nin, French writer (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Anaïs Nin ana'iːs nin (born Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell) ( February 21 1903 - January 14 1977) was 1977)
1903 - Raymond Queneau, French poet and novelist (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Raymond Queneau ( February 21, 1903 &ndash October 25, 1976) was a French Poet and Novelist and the co-founder 1976)
1907 - W. H. Auden, English poet (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973 ˈwɪstən ˈhjuː ˈɔːdən who signed his works W 1973)
1910 - Douglas Bader, British pilot (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, FRAeS, DL, RAF (21 February 1910 1982)
1910 - Carmine Galante, Italian-born gangster (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Carmine Galante aka Lilo and Cigar ( February 21, 1910 – July 12, 1979) was the ranking Capo/ de facto street boss of 1979)
1910 - Eddie Waring, British sports commentator (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Edward Marsden Waring (Eddie Waring (born February 21, 1910 in Dewsbury, Yorkshire &ndash October 28, 1986) was a 1986)
1913 - Roger Laurent, Belgian racing driver (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Roger Laurent ( February 21, 1913 – February 6, 1997) was a Racing driver from Belgium. 1997)
1915 - Ann Sheridan, American actress (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Ann Sheridan ( February 21, 1915 &ndash January 21, 1967) was an American Film actress. 1967)
1917 - Lucille Bremer, American actress (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Lucille Bremer ( February 21 1917 &ndash April 16 1996) was an American Film actress and Dancer 1996)
1924 - Robert Mugabe first President of Zimbabwe
1925 - Sam Peckinpah, American director (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This page contains a list of presidents of Zimbabwe. Canaan Banana was a "figurehead" president but Mugabe has been an executive Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Samuel "Sam" Peckinpah (February 21 1925 &ndash December 28 1984 was an American Film director who achieved iconic status following the release 1984)
1927 - Erma Bombeck, American humorist (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Erma Louise Bombeck ( February 21 1927 – April 22, 1996) born Erma Fiste, was an American Humorist who achieved 1996)
1927 - Hubert de Givenchy, French fashion designer
1927 - Pierre Mercure, French-Canadian musician and composer (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Count Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy (born February 20, 1927) is a French aristocrat and Fashion designer who founded the The Pierre Mercure is (born in Montreal 21 Feb 1927; died in an accident near Avallon France 29 Jan 1966) Canadian Composer 1966)
1929 - Roberto "Chespirito" Carlos Bolaños, Mexican actor
1929 - James Beck, English actor (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roberto Gómez Bolaños (born February 21, 1929) in Mexico City. Stanley James Beck ( 21 February 1973)
1933 - Nina Simone, American singer (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known by her Stage name Nina Simone ( IPA: ninɐ sʌmɞnɑ (February 21 1933 – April 21 2003 was a fifteen-time 2003)
1934 - Rue McClanahan, American actress
1935 - Mark McManus, Scottish actor (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rue McClanahan (born Eddi Rue McClanahan; February 21, 1934) is an Emmy Award -winning American Actress, known for Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mark McManus (born 21 February 1935 in Hamilton, Scotland; died 6 June 1994 in Glasgow) was a Scottish 1994)
1935 - Jean Pelletier, French Canadian political operative
1936 - Barbara Jordan, American politician (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Jean Pelletier (born February 21, 1935, in Chicoutimi Quebec) is a Canadian politician who was formerly mayor of Quebec City, Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Barbara Charline Jordan ( February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996) was an American politician from Texas 1996)
1937 - King Harald V of Norway
1937 - Gary Lockwood, American actor
1940 - John Lewis, American politician and 1960s Civil Rights Movement activist
1940 - Peter Gethin, British racing driver
1941 - James Wong, Hong Kong composer (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Childhood and education When Prince Harald was born in Skaugum he was the first heir to the throne of Norway to be born in Norway for several hundred years Gary Lockwood (born John Gary Yusolfsky on February 21, 1937, in Van Nuys in the San Fernando Valley of southern California Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Robert Lewis (born February 21, 1940) is an American politician and was a leader in the American Civil Rights Movement. Peter Kenneth Gethin (born February 21, 1940) is a former Racing driver from England. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2004)
1942 - Margarethe von Trotta, German actress and film director
1943 - David Geffen, American record producer
1945 - Paul Newton, British musician
1945 - D'Anna Fortunato, American mezzo-soprano
1946 - Tyne Daly, American actress
1946 - Anthony Daniels, British actor
1946 - Alan Rickman, English actor
1946 - Bob Ryan, Boston sports columnist
1946 - Vito Rizzuto, Sicilian-born alleged mafia boss
1947 - Johnny Echols, American musician
1947 - Olympia Snowe, American politician
1947 - Victor Sokolov, Russian journalist (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Margarethe von Trotta (born 21 February 1942, Berlin) is a German Film director and a member of the New German Cinema movement Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Geffen (born February 21, 1943) is an American Record executive, Film producer, Theatrical producer and philanthropist Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Paul Newton (born 21 February 1945) was the original bass guitarist for Uriah Heep, and played on the band's first three albums D'Anna Fortunato (born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on February 21 1945 is a noted American Mezzo-soprano. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ellen Tyne Daly (b February 21, 1946) is an American Emmy Award and Tony Award -winning stage and screen actress Anthony Kingsley Daniels (born February 21, 1946) is an English Actor, known for his role as the droid C-3PO in the Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman (born 21 February 1946 is a Tony Award - nominated English Film, Television and stage actor Robert P Ryan (born February 21, 1946 in Trenton New Jersey) is a longtime columnist for the Boston Globe Vito Rizzuto, (born February 21, 1946) known as Montreal's Teflon Don is alleged to be the leading Mafia boss of the Sicilian Mafia in Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the American Civil War general see John Echols. Johnny Echols (born February 21, 1947 in Memphis Tennessee is an American singer/songwriter Olympia Jean Bouchles Snowe McKernan (born February 21, 1947) is the senior United States Senator from Maine. The Very Reverend Archpriest Victor Sokolov ( Виктор Владимирович Соколов) ( February 21, 1947 – March 12, 2006 2006)
1949 - Jerry Harrison, American musician
1949 - Ronnie Hellström, Swedish footballer
1951 - Vince Welnick, American musician (The Grateful Dead) (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jerry Harrison (born Jeremiah Griffin Harrison, 21 February 1949, in Milwaukee Wisconsin) is an American songwriter musician and producer Ronnie Carl Hellström (born February 21, 1949 in Malmo Sweden is a former Swedish football Goalkeeper who has won the Golden ball Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Vince Welnick ( February 21 1951 – June 2 2006) was an American Keyboardist, best known for playing with the band The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. 2006)
1952 - Jean Jacques Burnel, British musician
1953 - Christine Ebersole, American actress
1953 - William Petersen, American actor
1954 - Mike Pickering, English disc jockey and musician
1954 - Ivo Van Damme, Belgian athlete (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jean-Jacques Burnel (born 21 February 1952 in London) also known as J J Burnel, is an Anglo - French Musician and Songwriter Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Christine Ebersole (born 21 February 1953) is an American actress and singer William Louis Petersen (born February 21, 1953) is a Golden Globe and Emmy nominated American Actor and producer best known for playing Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Mike Pickering (born, in Manchester, England) has DJ'ed at The Haçienda, and worked for Factory Records where he signed The Happy Mondays Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Ivo Van Damme ( Dendermonde, February 21, 1954 &ndash December 29, 1976) was a Belgian middle distance runner 1976)
1955 - Sir Steven Fayburgh, British diplomat
1955 - Kelsey Grammer, American actor
1958 - Jake Burns, Irish singer
1958 - Mary Chapin Carpenter, American singer
1958 - Jack Coleman, American actor
1958 - Alan Trammell, baseball player and manager
1959 - José María Cano, Spanish musician
1959 - Emmett McAuliffe, American radio show host and lawyer
1960 - Steve Wynn, American singer (
1961 - Davey Allison, American race car driver (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Sir is an Honorific used as a title (see Knight) and in several other modern contexts Sir Steven Fayburgh KCMG (born 21 February, 1955 in London) is a British Diplomat whose posting have included Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21 1955) is an American Actor best known for his two-decade portrayal of psychiatrist Dr Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jake Burns (born John Burns, 21 February 1958 in Belfast) is a Singer and Guitarist, and is best known as a member Mary Chapin Carpenter (born February 21, 1958) is an American Country music artist John MacDonald "Jack" Coleman (born February 21 1958) is an American Actor and Screenwriter, best known for replacing Alan Stuart Trammell (born February 21, 1958 in Garden Grove California) is a retired American Baseball Shortstop of the The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. José María Cano (born February 21, 1959) is a Spanish songwriter singer and contemporary artist R Emmett McAuliffe Jr is an entertainment lawyer and radio talk show host in St Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Steve Wynn (born February 21, 1960) is a Songwriter based in New York (born in California) Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Carl "Davey" Allison ( February 25, 1961 - July 13, 1993) was a NASCAR Race car Driver, best 1993)
1961 - Christopher Atkins, American actor
1961 - Martha Hackett, American actress
1961 - Bertha Faye, American wrestler (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Christopher Atkins (born Christopher Atkins Bomann on February 21, 1961) is a Golden Globe -nominated American Actor Martha Hackett (born February 21, 1961) is an American Actress. 2001)
1962 - Vanessa Feltz, British television presenter
1962 - Chuck Palahniuk, American writer
1962 - David Foster Wallace, American writer
1963 - William Baldwin, American actor
1964 - Mark E. Kelly and Scott J. Kelly, American astronauts
1964 - Jane Tomlinson, British cancer campaigner (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Vanessa Jane Feltz (born 21 February 1962) is an English Journalist and broadcaster. Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk (ˈpɑːlənɪk born February 21 1962) is an American Transgressional fiction Novelist David Foster Wallace (February 21 1962&ndashSeptember 12 2008 was an American author of novels, Essays and short-stories Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William "Billy" Baldwin (born February 21, 1963) is an American Actor, known for his starring roles in such films as Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Mark Edward Kelly (born February 21, 1964 in Orange New Jersey) is an American Astronaut. This article is about the astronaut Scott J Kelly For the musician Scott Kelly see Scott Kelly (musician Scott Joseph Kelly (born February Jane Emily Tomlinson, CBE ( née Goward; 21 February 1964 &ndash 3 September 2007 was an Amateur English athlete who became 2007)
1967 - Leroy Burrell, American runner
1969 - James Dean Bradfield, Welsh musician
1969 - Tony Meola, American footballer
1969 - Eric Wilson, American musician
1970 - Michael Slater, Australian cricketer
1972 - Seo Taiji, Korean musician
1973 - Heri Joensen, Faroese musician
1973 - Bowie Tsang, Taiwanese singer and TV host
1974 - Iván Campo, Spanish footballer
1974 - Roberto Heras, Spanish cyclist
1974 - Wish Bone, American rapper, (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
1976 - Ryan Smyth, Canadian hockey player
1977 - Steve Francis, American basketball player
1977 - Chad Hutchinson, baseball and football player
1977 - Kevin Rose, American television host and Internet entrepreneur
1978 - Park Eun-hye, South Korean actress
1978 - Kim Ha Neul, South Korean actress
1978 - Nicole Parker, American actress
1979 - Pascal Chimbonda, French footballer
1979 - Carly "Carlito" Colón, Puerto Rican professional wrestler
1979 - Lonnie Ford, American football player
1979 - Jennifer Love Hewitt, American actress
1980 - Brad Fast, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 - Jim Vandermeer, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 - Parthiva Sureshwaren, Indian racing driver
1980 - Tiziano Ferro, Italian singer
1982 - Bernhard Auinger, Austrian racing driver
1983 - Braylon Edwards, American football player
1983 - Franklin Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player
1984 - Andrew Ellis, New Zealand rugby union player
1984 - David Odonkor, German footballer
1984 - Karina, Japanese model and actress
1985 - Bob Burton, American speedcuber
1985 - Georgios Samaras, Greek footballer
1986 - Charlotte Church, Welsh singer
1986 - Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
1987 - Ellen Page, Canadian actress
1987 - Burgess Abernethy, Australian Actor
1989 - Corbin Bleu, American actor and singer
1989 - Kristin Herrera, American actress
1989 - Scout Taylor-Compton, American actress
1989 - Josh Walker, English footballer

Deaths

1437 - King James I of Scotland (b. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Leroy Russel Burrell (born February 21, 1967) is a former American athlete who twice set the World record for the 100 meters Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Dean Bradfield is the lead Guitarist and vocalist for the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers. Tony Meola (born Antonio Michael Meola on February 21, 1969) is an American Soccer goalkeeper who played for the United Eric Wilson can refer to Eric Wilson (Congressional Candidate, Candidate for Ohio's 1st District * Eric Wilson (bassist, a member of Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Jonathon Slater (born 21 February 1970 Wagga Wagga New South Wales) is a former Australian Cricketer who played in 74 Tests and 42 ODIs Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Seo Tai-ji ( Jeong Hyeon-cheol 정현철( Hanja: 鄭鉉哲, born on February 21, 1972) is a legendary South Korean singer and musician Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Heri Joensen (born February 21, 1973 in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands to the parents Joen Anker Bruun Joensen and Anna Johild Joensen (born as Jacobsen Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Iván Campo Ramos, Iván Campo or Campo (born 21 February 1974 in San Sebastián, Basque Country) is a Spanish Roberto Heras Hernández (born 1 February 1974 in Béjar, Spain) is a Spanish former professional Road bicycle racer Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is an American Hip hop group from the Glenville section of Cleveland Ohio. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ryan Alexander Gordon Smyth (born February 21, 1976 in Banff Alberta) is a Canadian professional Ice hockey player who currently Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Steve D'Shawn Francis (born February 21 1977, in Takoma Park Maryland, U Chad Martin Hutchinson (born February 21, 1977 in San Diego California) is a former American football Quarterback in the NFL Robert Kevin Rose (born February 21, 1977 in California After dropping out he worked for the Department of Energy, at the Nevada Test Site, Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Park Eun-hye is also the real name of Ivy. Park Eun-hye (박은혜 (born February 21, 1978 in South Korea) is a Kim Ha-neul (born February 21, 1978 in Seoul) is a South Korean Actress. Nicole Frances Parker (born February 21, 1978) is Emmy Award winnnig American Actress best known for her work on FOX 's Sketch Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Pascal Chimbonda (born 21 February, 1979 in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe) is a French defender who plays for Sunderland Carlos Edwin "Carly" Colón Jr Currently he is one-half of the WWE Tag Team Champions with his brother Primo Colón on SmackDown Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff Lonnie Ford (born February 21, 1979) is an Arena Football League fullback / Defensive end for the Los Angeles Avengers. Jennifer Love Hewitt (born February 21, 1979) is an American Actress and Singer-songwriter. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Brad Fast (born February 21 1980 in Fort St John, British Columbia) is a professional Ice hockey defenceman Jim Vandermeer (born February 21 1980 in Caroline, Alberta) is a Canadian Professional Ice hockey defenceman who currently Parthiva Sureshwaren (born February 21, 1980) is an Indian race car driver born in Chennai. Tiziano Ferro (born February 21, 1980 in Latina) is an Italian Latin pop singer Bernhard Auinger ( February 21 1982 in Salzburg, Austria) is a Race car driver. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Braylon Jamel Edwards (born on February 21, 1983 in Detroit Michigan) is an American football Wide receiver for the Cleveland Franklin Rafael Gutiérrez (born February 21, 1983 in Caracas Venezuela) is an Outfielder who plays for the Cleveland Indians Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Andrew "Andy" Ellis (born 1984 is a New Zealand Rugby union player who specializes in the position of half-back which is also known as scrum-half David Odonkor (born February 21, 1984 in Bünde, Germany) born to a German mother and Ghanaian father is a German is a Japanese model and Actress. Her birth name is. Born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Bob Burton (born Robert Russell Burton Jr on February 21, 1985) is an American Georgios Samaras (Γιώργος Σαμαράς born 21 February 1985 in Heraklion) is a Greek footballer who currently plays as a Striker for Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Charlotte Maria Church (born 21 February 1986 is a Welsh singer actress and television presenter Prince Amedeo of Belgium Archduke of Austria-Este ( Amedeo Marie Joseph/Josef Carl Pierre Philippe Paola Marcus d'Aviano, born February 21 1986 Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Ellen Philpotts-Page (born February 21 1987 known professionally as Ellen Page, is an Academy Award -nominated Canadian Actress, best known Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Burgess Abernethy (born 21 February 1987) is an Australian actor best known for his role of Zane Bennett in, in which he plays the "bad boy" Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Corbin Bleu Reivers (born February 21, 1989) better known as Corbin Bleu is an American Actor, model, Dancer Kristin Lisa Herrera (born February 21, 1989) is an American Actress. Desariee Starr Compton (born February 21 1989 is an American actor and singer who goes professionally by the name Scout Taylor-Compton. Joshua "Josh" Walker (born 21 February 1989) is a young English footballer. James I ( December 10, 1394 &ndash February 21, 1437) was nominal King of Scots from April 4, 1406, and 1394)
1471 - John of Rokycan, Czech Catholic archbishop
1513 - Pope Julius II (b. John of Rokycan, also known as Jan of Rokycany, in Czech language Jan Rokycana, Jan z Rokycana and Jan z Rokycan (c Pope Julius II (5 December 1443 &ndash 21 February 1513 born Giuliano Della Rovere, was Pope from 1503 to 1513 1443)
1543 - Ahmed Gragn, Sultan of Adal
1554 - Hieronymus Bock, German botanist (b. Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi (c 1506 - February 21, 1543) ("the Conqueror" was an Imam and General of Adal Hieronymus Bock, also seen as "Boch" ( 1498 - February 21, 1554) also known under his latinised name Hieronymus Tragus 1498)
1595 - Robert Southwell, English Jesuit priest and poet (executed)
1668 - John Thurloe, English Puritan spy (b. For the diplomat see Robert Southwell (diplomat Saint Robert Southwell (c John Thurloe (June 1616 - 21 February 1668) was a secretary to the council of state in Protectorate England and spymaster for 1616)
1677 - Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher (b. Baruch or Benedict de Spinoza (ברוך שפינוזה Bento de Espinosa Benedictus de Spinoza ( November 24, 1632 – February 21, 1632)
1715 - Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, Governor of the Province of Maryland (b. Year 1715 ( MDCCXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Charles Calvert 3rd Baron Baltimore ( August 27, 1637 - February 21, 1715) was the second Proprietary Governor of the Province 1637)
1730 - Pope Benedict XIII (b. Year 1730 ( MDCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Pope Benedict XIII ( February 2, 1649 &ndash February 21, 1730) born Pietro Francesco Orsini, later Vincenzo Maria Orsini 1649)
1788 - Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (b. Year 1788 ( MDCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Johann Georg Palitzsch ( June 11 1723 &ndash February 21 1788) was a German Astronomer who became famous for discovering 1723)
1821 - Georg Friedrich von Martens, German diplomat (b. Year 1723 ( MDCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Georg Friedrich von Martens (February 22 1756 in Hamburg, Germany – February 21 1821 in Frankfurt, Germany was a German Jurist 1756)
1824 - Eugène de Beauharnais, son of Napoleon's wife, Josephine (b. Year 1756 ( MDCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Eugène Rose de Beauharnais Prince Français Prince of Venice, Viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy, Hereditary Grand Duke of Frankfurt, 1st Duke of Leuchtenberg Joséphine de Beauharnais (born Marie Josèphe Rose de Tascher de la Pagerie June 23 1763 &ndash May 29 1814) was the first 1781)
1846 - Emperor Ninko of Japan (b. Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Emperor Ninkō (仁孝天皇 Ninkō-tennō) (March 16 1800 &ndash February 21 1846 was the 120th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional 1800)
1862 - Justinus Kerner, German poet (b. Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Justinus Andreas Christian Kerner ( September 18, 1786 &ndash February 21, 1862) was a German Poet and medical writer 1786)
1901 - George Francis FitzGerald, Irish mathematician (b. Year 1786 ( MDCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting George Francis FitzGerald ( 3 August 1851 &ndash 21 February 1901) was an Irish professor of "natural and experimental philosophy" 1851)
1919 - Kurt Eisner, German socialist (assassinated), leader of socialist revolution of 1918 in Bavaria (b. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Kurt Eisner ( May 14 1867 in Berlin – February 21, 1919 in München)was a Bavarian Politician Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 1867)
1920 - Jacinta Marto, witness of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima (b. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Francisco Marto ( June 11, 1908 &ndash April 4, 1919) and his sister Jacinta Marto ( March 11, 1910 &ndash 1910)
1926 - Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Heike Kamerlingh Onnes ( September 21, 1853 &ndash February 21, 1926) was a Dutch Physicist. The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1853)
1934 - Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino, Nicaraguan patriot (assassinated) (b. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino ( May 18, 1895 &ndash February 21, 1934) was a Nicaraguan revolutionary and leader of a rebellion 1895)
1938 - George Ellery Hale, American astronomer (b. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Ellery Hale ( June 29 1868 &ndash February 21 1938) was an American solar Astronomer, born in Chicago 1868)
1941 - Frederick Banting, Canadian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frederick Grant Banting KBE MC FRSC ( November 14, 1891 &ndash February 21, 1941) was a The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1891)
1944 - Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-born race car driver (b. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ferenc Szisz ( September 20, 1873 – February 21, 1944) was a Hungarian race car driver and the winner of the first Grand Prix 1873)
1945 - Eric Liddell, Scottish runner (b. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Eric Henry Liddell ( January 16, 1902 – February 21, 1945) was a Scottish athlete and Rugby Union international 1902)
1946 - José Streel, Belgian World War II collaborator (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lucien Alphonse Joseph Streel (commonly known as José Streel) (1911-1946 was a Belgian journalist and supporter of Rexism. 1911)
1949 - Tan Malaka, Indonesian nationalist activist and communist leader (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tan Malaka ( 1894 - February 21 1949) was an Indonesian nationalist activist and communist leader 1894)
1958 - Duncan Edwards, English footballer (b. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Duncan Edwards (1 October 1936 &ndash 21 February 1958 was an English footballer who played for Manchester United and the England national team 1936)
1960 - Jacques Becker, French film director and screenwriter (b. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jacques Becker ( September 15, 1906 - February 21, 1960) was a French Screenwriter and Film director. 1906)
1965 - Malcolm X, American black activist (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little; May 19 1925 February 21 1965 also known as El-Hajj Malik El- Shabazz, was an African American 1925)
1966 - Paul Comtois, French Canadian politician (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Paul Comtois PC ( August 22 1895 &ndash February 21 1966) was a Canadian politician 1895)
1967 - Charles Beaumont, American writer (b. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Charles Beaumont ( January 2, 1929 – February 21, 1967) was a prolific U 1929)
1968 - Howard Walter Florey, Australian-born pharmocologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Howard Walter Florey Baron Florey, OM, FRS, ( September 24, 1898 &ndash February 21, 1968) was an Australian The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1898)
1972 - Bronislava Nijinska, Polish-Russian ballet dancer (b. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also Bronislava Nijinska (Бронислава Фоминична Нижинская Bronislava Fominichna Nizhinskaya; Polish: Bronisława Niżyńska 1891)
1972 - Eugène Tisserant, French Catholic candinal (b. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant ( March 24, 1884 &mdash February 21, 1972) was a French Cardinal of the Roman 1884)
1974 - Tim Horton, Canadian hockey player (b. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Miles Gilbert "Tim" Horton ( January 12, 1930 &ndash February 21, 1974) was a Canadian professional hockey defenceman 1930)
1978 - Mieczysław Żywczyński, Polish historian and priest (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Mieczysław Żywczyński (b 13 January 1901 in Warsaw, d 21 February 1978 in Lublin) was a Polish Historian 1901)
1980 - Alfred Andersch, German writer
1982 - Murray the K, American impresario and disc jockey (b. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Alfred Hellmuth Andersch ( February 4, 1914 &mdash February 21, 1980) was a German writer publisher and Radio editor Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Murray Kaufman ( February 14, 1922 &ndash February 21, 1982) professionally known as Murray the K, was a famous and influential 1922)
1984 - Michail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Michail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov ( Russian: Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович Шо́лохов mʲɪxɐˈil əlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ ˈʂoləxəf ( – The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1905)
1985 - Louis Hayward, British actor (b. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Louis Hayward ( March 19 1909 – February 21 1985) was a British Actor born in South Africa. 1909)
1986 - Helen Hooven Santmyer, American writer (b. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Helen Hooven Santmyer ( November 25 1895 &ndash February 21 1986) was an American Writer. 1895)
1986 - Shigechiyo Izumi, Japanese sugarcane farmer, also the world's oldest man ever (b. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year was a Japanese Supercentenarian and according to Guinness World Records, became the person with the greatest authenticated age in the world after 1865)
1989 - Alex Thépot, French footballer (b. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Alexis (" Alex " Thépot ( July 30, 1906 &ndash February 21, 1989) was a French football 1906)
1991 - Dame Margot Fonteyn, English ballet dancer (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. "Dame Margot" redirects here For the medieval trouvère see Dames Margot and Maroie. 1919)
1994 - Johannes Steinhoff, German fighter pilot & NATO commander (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Johannes Steinhoff ( September 15, 1913 – February 21, 1994) was a German Luftwaffe Fighter ace of The North Atlantic Treaty 1913)
1996 - Morton Gould, American composer (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Morton Gould ( December 10, 1913 &ndash February 21, 1996) was an American Pianist, Composer, conductor 1913)
1999 - Gertrude B. Elion, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Gertrude Belle Elion (January 23 1918 &ndash February 21 1999 was an American biochemist and pharmacologist, and a 1988 recipient of the Nobel The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1918)
1999 - Wilmer David Mizell, baseball player (b. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Wilmer David "Vinegar Bend" Mizell (August 13 1930 - February 21 1999 was an American left-handed Pitcher in Major league baseball who 1930)
2000 - Antonio Díaz-Miguel, Spanish basketball coach (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Antonio Díaz-Miguel ( July 6, 1933 in Alcázar de San Juan, Ciudad Real, Spain – February 21, 2000 in 1933)
2002 - Harold Furth, Austrian-born physicist (b. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Harold P Furth ( January 13, 1930, Vienna - February 21, 2002, Philadelphia) was an Austrian American Physicist 1939)
2002 - John Thaw, English actor (b. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Edward Thaw CBE ( 3 January, 1942 &ndash 21 February, 2002) was an English Actor, who made his début 1942)
2003 - Eddie Thomson, Scottish football player and coach (b. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Eddie Thomson ( February 25, 1947 – February 21, 2003) was a football (soccer player and coach. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered 1947)
2004 - John Charles, Welsh footballer (b. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " For the American football player of the same name see John Charles (American football. 1931)
2004 - Guido Molinari, Canadian artist (b. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Guido Molinari ( October 12, 1933 – February 21, 2004) was a Canadian artist known for his abstract Paintings 1933)
2005 - Ara Berberian, American opera singer (b. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ara Berberian (b Detroit, Michigan, May 14, 1930; d Boynton Beach, Florida, February 21, 2005) 1930)
2005 - Gérard Bessette, Quebec novelist and poet (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gérard Bessette ( February 25, 1920 &ndash February 21, 2005) was a French Canadian author and educator 1920)
2005 - Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban novelist (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Guillermo Cabrera Infante ( April 22, 1929 &ndash February 21, 2005) was a Cuban Novelist, Essayist, Translator 1929)
2005 - Eugene Scott, American religious broadcaster (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Eugene Scott, also known as Dr Gene Scott, ( August 14, 1929 - February 21, 2005) was a United States 1929)
2008 - Sunny Lowry, First British woman to swim the English Channel (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Ethel "Sunny" Lowry MBE (born January 2, 1911, Longsight, Manchester, died February 21 2008) 1911)
2008 - Ben Chapman, American actor (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Benjamin F Chapman Jr ( October 29, 1928 – February 21, 2008) was an American actor best known as playing the Gill-man 1928)

Holidays and observances

Language Martyrs' Day - A day celebrated by Bengali speaking people for gaining right of mother tongue. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Language Movement Day or Language Revolution Day (ভাষা আন্দোলন দিবস Bhasha Andolon Dibosh) which is also referred to as Language A first language (also mother tongue, native language, arterial language, or L1) is the language a human being learns from birth
International Mother Language Day (UNESCO). 21 February was proclaimed the International Mother Language Day by UNESCO on 17 November 1999. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on November 16
February 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

In the Roman Catholic Church:

External links

Feb 20 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb 22 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 6 (March 5 Saint Peter Damian, OSB ( Petrus Damiani, also Pietro Damiani or Pier Damiani; c Pepin (also Peppin, Pipin, or Pippin) of Landen (c 580 &ndash 27 February 640) also called the Elder or Saint Randoald ( Rancald, Randaut) († 21 February 675) was prior of the Benedictine Monastery of Grandval

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