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Events
362
–
Athanasius
returns to
Alexandria
.
1245
–
Thomas
, the first known
Bishop of Finland
, is granted resignation after having confessed to
torture
and
forgery
.
1440
– The
Prussian Confederation
is formed.
1543
–
Battle of Wayna Daga
– A combined army of
Ethiopian
and
Portuguese
troops defeats a
Muslim
army led by
Ahmed Gragn
.
1613
–
Mikhail I
is elected unanimously as
Tsar
by a
national assembly
, beginning the
Romanov
dynasty
of
Imperial Russia
.
1743
– The premiere of
George Frideric Handel
's
oratorio
, "
Samson
" takes place in
London
.
1804
– The first self-propelling
steam locomotive
makes its outing at the
Pen-y-Darren Ironworks
in
Wales
.
1842
– John Greenough is granted the first
U.S.
patent for the
sewing machine
.
1848
–
Karl Marx
and
Friedrich Engels
publish the
Communist Manifesto
.
1862
–
American Civil War
:
Battle of Valverde
fought near
Fort Craig
in
New Mexico Territory
.
1874
– The
Oakland Daily Tribune
publishes its first
newspaper
.
1878
– The first
telephone book
is issued in
New Haven, Connecticut
.
1885
– The newly completed
Washington Monument
is dedicated.
1913
–
Ioannina
is incorporated into the
Greek state
after the
Balkan Wars
.
1916
–
World War I
: In
France
, the
Battle of Verdun
begins.
1918
– The last
Carolina parakeet
dies in captivity at the
Cincinnati Zoo
.
1919
–
Kurt Eisner
, German socialist, is
assassinated
.
His death results in the establishment of the
Bavarian Soviet Republic
and parliament and government fleeing
Munich
,
Germany
.
1921
–
Constituent Assembly
of the
Democratic Republic of Georgia
adopts the country's first constitution.
1925
–
The New Yorker
publishes its first issue.
1937
– Initial flight of the first successful
flying car
,
Waldo Waterman's
Arrowbile
.
1937 – The
League of Nations
bans foreign national "
volunteers
" in the
Spanish Civil War
.
1945
–
World War II
:
Japanese
Kamikaze
planes sink the escort carrier
Bismarck Sea
and damage the
Saratoga
.
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
.
1948
–
NASCAR
is incorporated.
1952
– The
British
government
, under
Winston Churchill
, abolishes
identity cards
in the
UK
to "set the people free".
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.
The day was later declared as "
International Mother Language Day
" by
UNESCO
.
1953
–
Francis Crick
and
James D.
Watson
discover the structure of the
DNA
molecule.
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
.
1960
–
Cuban
leader
Fidel Castro
nationalizes all businesses in Cuba.
1965
–
Malcolm X
is assassinated at the
Audubon Ballroom
in New York City by members of the
Nation of Islam
.
1970
–
Swissair Flight 330
: A mid-air bomb explosion and subsequent crash kills 38 passengers and nine crew members near
Zürich
,
Switzerland
.
1971
– The
Convention on Psychotropic Substances
is signed at
Vienna
.
1972
–
President
Richard Nixon
visits the
People's Republic of China
to normalize
Sino-American relations
.
1972
– The
Soviet
unmanned
spaceship
Luna 20
lands on the
Moon
.
1973
– Over the
Sinai Desert
,
Israeli
fighter aircraft
shoot down
Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114
jet killing 108.
1974
– The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the
Suez Canal
pursuant to a truce with
Egypt
.
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.
1995
–
Steve Fossett
lands in
Leader, Saskatchewan
,
Canada
becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the
Pacific Ocean
in a
balloon
.
2004
– The first
European political party
organization, the
European Greens
, is established in
Rome
.
2007
–
Italian
Prime Minister
Romano Prodi
resigns from office.
His resignation is rejected by the
President of Italy
,
Giorgio Napolitano
.
Births
1484
– Elector
Joachim I of Brandenburg
(d. 1535)
1556
–
Sethus Calvisius
, German calendar reformer (d. 1615)
1675
–
Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl
, Bavarian politician (d. 1750)
1703
–
Shah Waliullah
, Islamic Scholar and Reformer
1705
–
Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke
, British naval officer (d. 1781)
1721
–
John McKinly
, American physician (d. 1796)
1723
–
Louis-Pierre Anquetil
, French historian (d. 1808)
1728
– Tsar
Peter III of Russia
, husband of
Catherine the Great
(d. 1762)
1783
–
Princess Catharina of Württemberg
, Queen consort of Westphalia (d. 1835)
1791
–
Carl Czerny
, Austrian composer (d. 1857)
1794
–
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
, Mexican president (d. 1876)
1801
–
John Henry Newman
, English Catholic cardinal (d. 1890)
1817
–
Jose Zorrilla y Moral
, Spanish dramatist (d. 1893)
1821
–
Charles Scribner
, American publisher (d. 1871)
1836
–
Léo Delibes
, French composer (d. 1891)
1844
–
Charles-Marie Widor
, French composer (d. 1937)
1860
–
Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod
, Czech journalist (d. 1927)
1860 –
Goscombe John
, Welsh sculptor (d. 1952)
1865
–
John Haden Badley
, English school founder (d. 1967)
1867
–
Otto Hermann Kahn
, German millionaire (d. 1934)
1875
–
Jeanne Calment
, French
supercentenarian
and longest-lived human on record (d. 1997)
1876
–
Pyotr Konchalovsky
, Russian painter (d. 1956)
1878
–
The Mother
, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1973)
1880
–
Waldemar Bonsels
, German writer (d. 1952)
1885
–
Sacha Guitry
, Russian dramatist (d. 1957)
1888
–
Clemence Dane
, British novelist and playwright (d. 1965)
1893
–
Celia Lovsky
, Russian-born actress (d. 1979)
1893 –
Andrés Segovia
, Spanish guitarist (d. 1987)
1895
–
Carl Peter Henrik Dam
Danish biochemist,
Nobel laureate
(d. 1976)
1900
–
Madeleine Renaud
, French theater actress (d. 1994)
1903
–
Fairfax M.
Cone
, American advertising executive (d. 1977)
1903 –
Anaïs Nin
, French writer (d. 1977)
1903 –
Raymond Queneau
, French poet and novelist (d. 1976)
1907
–
W.
H.
Auden
, English poet (d. 1973)
1909
–
Hans Erni
, Swiss painter
1910
–
Douglas Bader
, British pilot (d. 1982)
1910 –
Carmine Galante
, Italian-born gangster (d. 1979)
1910 –
Eddie Waring
, British sports commentator (d. 1986)
1913
–
Roger Laurent
, Belgian racing driver (d. 1997)
1914
–
Ilmari Juutilainen
, Finnish fighter pilot (d. 1999)
1915
–
Ann Sheridan
, American actress (d. 1967)
1917
–
Lucille Bremer
, American actress (d. 1996)
1921
–
John Rawls
, American philosopher (d. 2002)
1924
–
Robert Mugabe
, Current president of Zimbambwe
1925
–
Sam Peckinpah
, American director (d. 1984)
1927
–
Erma Bombeck
, American humorist (d. 1996)
1927 –
Hubert de Givenchy
, French fashion designer
1927 –
Pierre Mercure
, French-Canadian musician and composer (d. 1966)
1929
–
Roberto "Chespirito" Carlos Bolaños
, Mexican actor
1929 –
James Beck
, English actor (d. 1973)
1933
–
Nina Simone
, American singer (d. 2003)
1934
–
Rue McClanahan
, American actress
1935
–
Mark McManus
, Scottish actor (d. 1994)
1935 –
Jean Pelletier
, French Canadian political operative
1936
–
Barbara Jordan
, American politician (d. 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. 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. 2006)
1949
–
Jerry Harrison
, American musician
1949 –
Ronnie Hellström
, Swedish footballer
1951
–
Vince Welnick
, American musician (
The Grateful Dead
) (d. 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. 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. 1993)
1961 –
Christopher Atkins
, American actor
1961 –
Martha Hackett
, American actress
1961 –
Bertha Faye
, American wrestler (d. 2001)
1962
–
Vanessa Feltz
, British television presenter
1962 –
Chuck Palahniuk
, American writer
1962 –
David Foster Wallace
, American writer (d. 2008)
1963
–
William Baldwin
, American actor
1964
–
Mark E.
Kelly
and
Scott J.
Kelly
, American astronauts
1964 –
Jane Tomlinson
, British cancer campaigner (d. 2007)
1964 –
Huw Higginson
, British actor
1967
–
Leroy Burrell
, American runner
1969
–
James Dean Bradfield
, Welsh musician
1969 –
Corey Harris
, American musician
1969 –
Aunjanue Ellis
, American actress
1969 –
Tony Meola
, American footballer
1969 –
Eric Wilson
, American musician
1970
–
Michael Slater
, Australian cricketer
1970 –
Fat Pat
, American rapper (
Screwed Up Click
) (d. 1998)
1971
–
Randy Blythe
, American musician
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
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
1980 –
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
, 5th king of
Bhutan
1981 –
Jun Kaname
, Japanese actor
1982 –
Bernhard Auinger
, Austrian racing driver
1982 –
Chantal Claret
, American musician
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
–
Jarrod Atkinson
, Australian rules footballer
1985 –
Bob Burton
, American speedcuber
1985 –
Georgios Samaras
, Greek footballer
1985 –
Jamaal Westerman
, Canadian football player
1985 –
Simon Cusden
, English cricketer
1986
–
Charlotte Church
, Welsh singer
1986 –
Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
1987
–
Ellen Page
, Canadian actress
1987 –
Ashley Greene
, American model and actress
1989
–
Corbin Bleu
, American actor and singer
1989 –
Kristin Herrera
, American actress
1989 –
Scout Taylor-Compton
, American actress
1989 –
Josh Walker
, English footballer
1990 –
Cory Kennedy
, American model
Deaths
1437
– King
James I of Scotland
(b. 1394)
1471
–
John of Rokycan
, Czech Catholic archbishop
1513
–
Pope Julius II
(b. 1443)
1543
–
Ahmed Gragn
, Sultan of Adal
1554
–
Hieronymus Bock
, German botanist (b. 1498)
1595
–
Robert Southwell
, English Jesuit priest and poet (executed)
1668
–
John Thurloe
, English Puritan spy (b. 1616)
1677
–
Baruch Spinoza
, Dutch philosopher (b. 1632)
1715
–
Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore
, Governor of the Province of Maryland (b. 1637)
1730
–
Pope Benedict XIII
(b. 1649)
1788
–
Johann Georg Palitzsch
, German astronomer (b. 1723)
1821
–
Georg Friedrich von Martens
, German diplomat (b. 1756)
1824
–
Eugène de Beauharnais
, son of
Napoleon's wife, Josephine
(b. 1781)
1846
–
Emperor Ninko of Japan
(b. 1800)
1862
–
Justinus Kerner
, German poet (b. 1786)
1901
–
George Francis Fitzgerald
, Irish mathematician (b. 1851)
1919
–
Kurt Eisner
, German socialist (assassinated), leader of socialist revolution of 1918 in
Bavaria
(b.
1867)
1920
–
Jacinta Marto
, witness of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima (b. 1910)
1926
–
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
, Dutch physicist,
Nobel Prize
laureate (b. 1853)
1934
–
Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino
, Nicaraguan patriot (assassinated) (b. 1895)
1938
–
George Ellery Hale
, American astronomer (b. 1868)
1941
–
Frederick Banting
, Canadian physician, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
(b. 1891)
1944
–
Ferenc Szisz
, Hungarian-born race car driver (b. 1873)
1945
–
Eric Liddell
, Scottish runner (b. 1902)
1946
–
José Streel
, Belgian World War II collaborator (b. 1911)
1949
–
Tan Malaka
, Indonesian nationalist activist and communist leader (b. 1894)
1958
–
Duncan Edwards
, English footballer (b. 1936)
1960
–
Jacques Becker
, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
1965
–
Malcolm X
, Black American civil rights leader (assassinated) (b. 1925)
1966
–
Paul Comtois
, French Canadian politician (b. 1895)
1967
–
Charles Beaumont
, American writer (b. 1929)
1968
–
Howard Walter Florey
, Australian-born pharmacologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
(b. 1898)
1972
–
Bronislava Nijinska
, Polish-Russian ballet dancer (b. 1891)
1972 –
Eugène Tisserant
, French Catholic Cardinal (b. 1884)
1974
–
Tim Horton
, Canadian hockey player (b. 1930)
1978
–
Mieczysław Żywczyński
, Polish historian and priest (b. 1901)
1980
–
Alfred Andersch
, German writer (b. 1914)
1982
–
Murray the K
, American impresario and disc jockey (b. 1922)
1984
–
Michail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov
, Russian writer,
Nobel Prize
laureate (b. 1905)
1985
–
Louis Hayward
, British actor (b. 1909)
1986
–
Helen Hooven Santmyer
, American writer (b. 1895)
1986 –
Shigechiyo Izumi
, Japanese sugarcane farmer and longest-lived man on record (b. 1865)
1987
–
Noel Odell
, English mountaineer, last person to see
Mallory
and
Irvine
alive (b. 1890)
1989
–
Alex Thépot
, French footballer (b. 1906)
1991
– Dame
Margot Fonteyn
, English ballet dancer (b. 1919)
1991 –
Nutan Behl
, Indian actress (b. 1936)
1994
–
Johannes Steinhoff
, German fighter pilot &
NATO
commander (b.
1913)
1996
–
Morton Gould
, American composer (b. 1913)
1999
–
Gertrude B.
Elion
, American scientist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
(b. 1918)
1999 –
Wilmer David Mizell
, baseball player (b. 1930)
1999 –
Ilmari Juutilainen
, Finnish fighter pilot (b. 1914)
2000
–
Antonio Díaz-Miguel
, Spanish basketball coach (b. 1933)
2002
–
Harold Furth
, Austrian-born physicist (b. 1939)
2002 –
John Thaw
, English actor (b. 1942)
2003
–
Eddie Thomson
, Scottish
football
player and coach (b. 1947)
2004
–
John Charles
, Welsh footballer (b. 1931)
2004 –
Guido Molinari
, Canadian artist (b. 1933)
2005
–
Ara Berberian
, American opera singer (b. 1930)
2005 –
Gérard Bessette
, Quebec novelist and poet (b. 1920)
2005 –
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
, Cuban novelist (b. 1929)
2005 –
Eugene Scott
, American religious broadcaster (b. 1929)
2008
–
Sunny Lowry
, First British woman to swim the
English Channel
(b.
1911)
2008 –
Ben Chapman
, American actor (b. 1928)
Holidays and observances
Language Martyrs' Day
– A day celebrated by
Bengali
speaking people for gaining right of
mother tongue
.
International Mother Language Day
(
UNESCO
).
February 21
In the
Roman Catholic
Church:
Saint Peter Damiani
Saint Pepin of Landen
Saint Randoald
External links
BBC: On This Day
On This Day in Canada
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