February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the
Gregorian Calendar. There are 313 days remaining, 314 in
leap years.
Events
Births
- 1728 - Peter III, Tsar or Russia, husband of Catherine the Great (+ 1762)
- 1791 - John Mercer[?], chemist and industrialist (+ 1866)
- 1844 - Charles-Marie Widor, organist and composer (+ 1937)
- 1880 - Waldemar Bonsels[?], writer (+ 1952)
- 1885 - Sacha Guitry[?], dramatist, writer, director, actor (+ 1957)
- 1893 - Andrés Segovia, musician (+ 1987)
- 1895 - Henrik Carl Peter Dam Danish biochemist, winner of the 1943 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (+ 1976)
- 1903 - Anaïs Nin, writer (+ 1977)
- 1907 - W.H Auden[?], English poet
- 1925 - Sam Peckinpah, director (+ 1984)
- 1924 - Robert Mugabe First Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
- 1927 - Erma Bombeck, writer, humorist (+ 1996)
- 1927 - Hubert de Givenchy[?], fashion designer
- 1933 - Nina Simone, singer
- 1936 - Barbara Jordan[?], American politician (+ 1996)
- 1937 - King Harald V of Norway
- 1942 - Margarethe von Trotta[?], actor, film director, writer
- 1943 - David Geffen[?], producer
- 1946 - Tyne Daly[?], actress
- 1946 - Alan Rickman, actor
- 1953 - William Petersen[?], actor
- 1958 - Mary Chapin Carpenter[?], singer
- 1961 - Davey Allison[?], automobile racer (+ 1993)
- 1962 - David Foster Wallace, American author
- 1963 - William Baldwin, actor
- 1979 - Jennifer Love Hewitt[?], actress, singer
- 1986 - Charlotte Church[?], singer
Deaths
Holidays and observances
See Also: January,
February,
March,
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
September,
October,
November,
December
February 20 - February 22 - January 21 - March 21 - more historical anniversaries
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