February 21

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on February 21. From 1900 until now. February 21 is under the sign of Pisces. Famous birthdays on this day include Alan Rickman (1946), Jennifer Love Hewitt (1979) and Ellen Page (1987). Several movies were released around February 21 over the years, such as Donnie Brasco in 1997 directed by Mike Newell and The Man Without a Past in 2002 directed by Aki Kaurismäki.
But much more happened on February 21 over the years: find out below

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Historical Events

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Holidays

Saint Pepin of Landen
Language Martyrs' Day - A day celebrated by Bengali speaking people for gaining right of mother tongue.
Catholicism - Feast day of Saint Peter Damiani.
Saint Randoald
International Mother Language Day (UNESCO).
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Events

2019 American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War: The United States' allies France and the United Kingdom say they won't keep their troops in Syria after the United States pulls out. (The Washington Post)
2018 Operation Barkhane: Two French soldiers are killed after their armoured vehicle hits a roadside bomb in Mali. (France 24)
2017 War in North-West Pakistan: Multiple suicide bombers kill at least six people near a district court in Charsadda. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claimed responsibility for the attack. (Al Jazeera)
2016 Syrian Civil War: February 2016 Homs bombings: Twin bomb blasts hit the Syrian city of Homs with at least 57 people reportedly killed and more than 100 injured. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility. (Reuters) (AFP via Daily Mail) (BBC)February 2016 Sayyidah Zaynab bombings: At least 83 people are killed and 178 injured in a series of bombings in the Damascus suburb Sayyidah Zaynab, Rif Dimashq Governorate. ISIL again claims responsibility. (AFP via Yahoo! News) (CNN)
2015 Boko Haram: The Nigerian Army recaptures the town of Baga where Boko Haram killed scores of people last month. (BBC)
2014 Euromaidan:: The Ukrainian government and opposition agree to form a unity government and to hold early elections. (The Telegraph)
2013 Syrian civil war:: At least 61 people are killed and more than 200 injured following a car bombing near Syria's Baath Party headquarters in Damascus. Three other bombings kill 22 people and injure 50 others in the suburb of Barzeh, most of them government soldiers. These are the deadliest attacks in the Syrian capital since the outbreak of the civil war. (Reuters) (AP) (BBC) (The Wall Street Journal)
2012 Greek government debt crisis: Eurozone finance ministers reach an agreement on a second, €130-billion Greek bailout.
2011 Arab Spring:
2010 Six Abu Sayyaf Islamic militants, including "most wanted" leader Albader Parad, die after coming into contact with troops at the foot of Mount Tucay in Maimbung, Sulu on Jolo in the Philippines. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters) (BBC)
2009 The Taliban and Pakistan agree to a permanent ceasefire in the war in North-West Frontier Province. (CNN)
2008 Monaco Rare Coins of California sells a 1861 Coronet Paquet Reverse double eagle for US$2.5 million.
2007 Police in Zimbabwe ban rallies in parts of Harare that are seen as strongholds of the opposition party Movement for Democratic Change. (Washington Post)
2006 33 people are killed and dozens are wounded amidst fighting between the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism and Islamic Court in Daynille, Mogadishu, Somalia. (AFP)
2005 A landslide in Indonesia kills at least seven people and hundreds are reported missing (Channel News Asia) (BBC)
2004 The first European political party organization, the European Greens, is established in Rome.
2003 Michael Jordan makes NBA history when he scores 43 points for the Washington Wizards versus the New Jersey Nets, becoming the first player over 40 years old to score 40 or more points in a game, and leading the Wizards to an 89–86 win.
2000 UNESCO holds the inaugural celebration of International Mother Language Day.
1999 The Albertinkatu shootings in Helsinki, Finland: Three men are killed and one is wounded at a shooting range.
1998 Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
1997 Empire Strikes Back, special edition, premieres
1996 Soyuz TM-23 launched into orbit.
1995 RAF-pilot Jo Salter is 1st woman to fly in a tornado
1993 43rd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 135-132 (overtime) at Salt Lake City.
1991 Lost in Yonkers opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 780 performances
1990 32nd Grammy Awards: "Wind Beneath My Wings", Nick of Time win.
1989 US capture record 820 lbs of heroin ($1 B street value)[dup]
1988 Televangelist Jimmy Swaggert confesses his sins to his congregation
1987 Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Tsumura Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open.
1986 AIDS patient Ryan White returns to classes at Western Middle School
1985 Largest NBA crowd to date: 44,970 (Atlanta Hawks at Detroit Pistons).
1984 Timex withdraws from the home computer business. Timex introduced the British Sinclair Research ZX81 computer to North America as the Timex/Sinclair 1000 in 1982. Priced at $100, then dropped to $50, a lack of software and physical size and memory size limitations dampened initial public enthusiasm.
1983 NBA San Diego Clippers begin a 29-game road losing streak.
1982 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Bent Tree Ladies Golf Classic.
1981 Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, murderer of 13 women, captured
1980 Eric Heiden skates Olympics record 1500 metre in 1:55.44.
1979 Japan launches Hakucho x-ray satellite and Corsa-B (550 / 580 km)
1978 Electrical workers in Mexico City find the remains of the Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan in the middle of the city.
1977 74 Unification Church couples wed in New York City, New York.
1976 Rockabye Hamlet closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 7 performances
1975 John Mitchell, former Chief of Staff Harry R Haldeman, and John D Ehrlichman sentenced to 2.5-8 years.
1974 Israeli forces leave western Suez.
1973 Israeli fighters shoot Libyan aircraft down, killing 108
1972 Richard Nixon becomes 1st US President to visit China
1971 Series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi and Louisiana killing 117.
1970 Pathet Lao conquers Xieng Khuang and Muong Suy in Laos.
1969 Ted Williams signs five-year contract to manage Washington Senators.
1968 150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West Berlin.
1965 In New York City, New York, USA, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X), an African American nationalist and religious leader, is assassinated by rival Nation of Islam members while addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity.
1964 UK flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to US
1963 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1962 Minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen, Netherlands.
1961 Mercury-Atlas 2 reentry test reaches 172 km.
1960 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open.
1958 Portotino opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 3 performances
1957 Dodgers (Ft Worth) and Cubs (LA) trade minor league franchises
1953 Maggie closes at National Theater NYC after 5 performances
1952 Dick Button performs first figure skating triple jump in competition.
1950 WOI TV channel 5 in Ames-Des Moines, IA (ABC / PBS) begins broadcasting
1948 NASCAR is incorporated.
1947 1st broadcast of 1st US TV soap opera A Woman to Remember
1946 Anti-British demonstrations in Egypt.
1945 British Army captures Goch.
1944 War As It Happens news show premieres on NBC TV (NYC only)
1943 German offensive at Western Dorsalgebergte, Tunisia.
1942 US female Figure Skating championship won by Jane Vaughn.
1941 US Senate accepts Omar Bradley's demotion to Brigadier-General.
1939 Belgian government of Pierlot forms.
1937 Initial flight of the first successful flying car, Waldo Waterman's Arrowbile.
1934 Nicaraguan patriot Augusto Cesar Sandino assassinated by National Guard.
1932 Camera exposure meter patented, WN Goodwin.
1931 Alka Seltzer introduced
1925 First issue of New Yorker magazine published.
1922 WHK-AM in Cleveland OH begins radio transmissions
1921 Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution.
1920 The island province of Marinduque in the Philippines archipelago is founded.
1919 German National Meeting accepts Anschluss incorporation of Austria.
1918 Australians chase Turkish troop out of Jericho, Dutch Palestine.
1917 Train near Chirurcha Romania catches fire and explodes; 100s die.
1916 Battle of Verdun (WWI) begins (one million casualties).
1915 20th Russian Army corps surrenders.
1914 White Wolf troops attack Zhanjiang China.
1913 Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
1907 SS Berlin sinks off Hoek van Holland Netherlands (142 dead).
1904 National Ski Association forms in Ishpeming, Michigan
1903 Cornerstone laid for US army war college, Washington DC.
1902 Dr Harvey Cushing, first US brain surgeon, does his first brain operation.
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