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{{About|the calendar date|the language movement in Bangladesh|Bengali Language Movement}} {{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[452]] or [[453]] – [[Severianus, Bishop of Scythopolis]], is martyred in Palestine.<ref>{{citation|page=195|last=Butler|first=Alban|title=The lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MXgTAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA195|accessdate=2021-07-26|year=1821|archive-date=2021-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726142956/https://books.google.com/books?id=MXgTAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA195|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1245]] – [[Thomas (bishop of Finland)|Thomas]], the first known [[Bishop of Finland]], is granted resignation after confessing to torture and [[forgery]]. *[[1440]] – The [[Prussian Confederation]] is formed. ===1601–1900=== *[[1613]] – [[Michael I of Russia|Mikhail I]] is unanimously elected [[Tsar]] by a [[Zemsky Sobor|national assembly]], beginning the [[Romanov dynasty]] of [[Imperial Russia]]. *[[1797]] – A force of 1,400 French soldiers [[Battle of Fishguard|invaded Britain]] at [[Fishguard]] in support of the [[Society of United Irishmen]]. They were defeated by 500 British reservists. *[[1804]] – The first self-propelling [[steam locomotive]] makes its outing at the [[Penydarren Ironworks|Pen-y-Darren Ironworks]] in Wales. *[[1808]] – Without a previous declaration of war, Russian troops cross the border to Sweden at [[Abborfors]] in eastern Finland, thus beginning the [[Finnish War]], in which Sweden will lose the eastern half of the country (i.e. Finland) to Russia. *[[1828]] – Initial issue of the [[Cherokee Phoenix]] is the first periodical to use the [[Cherokee syllabary]] invented by [[Sequoyah]]. *[[1842]] – John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the [[sewing machine]]. *[[1848]] – [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] publish ''[[The Communist Manifesto]]''. *[[1861]] – [[Mariehamn]], the capital city of [[Åland]], is founded.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Union of the Baltic Cities|editor=Żaboklicki, Paweł|first=Robert|last=Mann|title=Mariehamn Celebrates|page=34|publisher=The UBC Bulletin|number=1|year=2011}}</ref> *[[1862]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Valverde]] is fought near [[Fort Craig]] in [[New Mexico Territory]]. *[[1874]] – The ''[[Oakland Daily Tribune]]'' publishes its first edition. *[[1878]] – The first [[telephone directory]] is issued in [[New Haven, Connecticut]]. *[[1885]] – The newly completed [[Washington Monument]] is dedicated. *[[1896]] – An Englishman raised in Australia, [[Bob Fitzsimmons]], fought an Irishman, [[Peter Maher (boxer)|Peter Maher]], in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the [[1896 World Heavyweight Championship]] in [[boxing]]. ===1901–present=== *[[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]] – German socialist [[Kurt Eisner]] is [[assassination|assassinated]]. His death results in the establishment of the [[Bavarian Soviet Republic]] and parliament and government fleeing [[Munich]], Germany. *[[1921]] – [[Constituent Assembly of Georgia|Constituent Assembly]] of the [[Democratic Republic of Georgia]] adopts the country's first constitution. * 1921 – [[Rezā Shāh]] takes control of Tehran during a [[1921 Persian coup d'état|successful coup]]. *[[1925]] – ''[[The New Yorker]]'' publishes its first issue. *[[1929]] – In the first battle of the [[Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong]] against the [[Nationalist government]] of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.{{sfnp|Fuller|1943|p=143}} *[[1937]] – The [[League of Nations]] bans foreign national "[[Unlawful combatant|volunteers]]" in the [[Spanish Civil War]]. *[[1945]] – [[World War II]]: During the [[Battle of Iwo Jima]], Japanese [[kamikaze]] planes sink the escort carrier {{USS|Bismarck Sea|CVE-95|6}} and damage the {{USS|Saratoga|CV-3|6}}. * 1945 – World War II: the [[Brazilian Expeditionary Force]] defeat the German forces in the [[Battle of Monte Castello]] on the [[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italian front]]. *[[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 document|identity cards]] in the UK to "set the people free". * 1952 – The [[Bengali Language Movement]] protests occur at the [[University of Dhaka]] in [[East Pakistan]] (now [[Bangladesh]]). *[[1958]] – The CND symbol, aka [[peace symbol]], commissioned by the [[Direct Action Committee]] in protest against the [[Atomic Weapons Research Establishment]], is designed and completed by [[Gerald Holtom]]. *[[1971]] – The [[Convention on Psychotropic Substances]] is signed at [[Vienna]]. *[[1972]] – United States President [[Richard Nixon]] visits China to normalize [[Sino-American relations]]. * 1972 – The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] uncrewed [[Spacecraft|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 people. *[[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. *[[1994]] – [[Aldrich Ames]] is arrested by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] for selling national secrets to the [[Soviet Union]] in [[Arlington County, Virginia]].<ref>[https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/aldrich-ames][[Federal Bureau of Investigation]][https://www.fbi.gov/][https://irp.fas.org/congress/1994_rpt/ssci_ames.htm][https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/tours/scandal/ames.htm]</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Steve Fossett]] lands in [[Leader, Saskatchewan]], Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a [[hot air balloon|balloon]]. *[[2013]] – At least 17 people are killed and 119 injured following [[2013 Hyderabad blasts|several bombings]] in the [[India]]n city of [[Hyderabad]]. *[[2022]] – In the [[prelude to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]] Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] declares the [[Luhansk People's Republic]] and [[Donetsk People's Republic]] as independent from [[Ukraine]], and moves troops into the region. The action is condemned by the [[United Nations]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-02-22|title=Russia strongly condemned at UN after Putin orders troops into eastern Ukraine |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/22/russia-strongly-condemned-at-un-after-putin-orders-troops-into-eastern-ukraine|access-date=2022-02-27|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== * [[921]] – [[Abe no Seimei]], Japanese [[Astrology|astrologer]] (died 1005) *[[1397]] – [[Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy|Isabella of Portugal]] (died 1471) *[[1462]] – [[Joanna la Beltraneja]], princess of Castile (died 1530) *[[1484]] – [[Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg]] (died 1535) *[[1498]] – [[Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland]], English Earl (died 1549) *[[1541]] – [[Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg]] (died 1599) *[[1556]] – [[Sethus Calvisius]], German astronomer, composer, and theorist (died 1615) ===1601–1900=== *[[1609]] – [[Raimondo Montecuccoli]], Italian military commander (died 1680) *[[1621]] – [[Rebecca Nurse]], Massachusetts colonist, executed as a witch (died 1692) *[[1705]] – [[Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke]], English admiral and politician (died 1781) *[[1728]] – [[Peter III of Russia]] (died 1762) *[[1783]] – [[Catharina of Württemberg]] (died 1835) *[[1788]] – [[Francis Ronalds]], British scientist, inventor and engineer who was knighted for developing the first working [[electric telegraph]] (died 1873) *[[1791]] – [[Carl Czerny]], Austrian pianist and composer (died 1857) *[[1794]] – [[Antonio López de Santa Anna]], Mexican general and politician, 8th [[President of Mexico]] (died 1876) *[[1801]] – [[John Henry Newman]], English cardinal (died 1890) *[[1817]] – [[José Zorrilla]], Spanish poet and playwright (died 1893) *[[1821]] – [[Charles Scribner I]], American publisher, founded [[Charles Scribner's Sons]] (died 1871) *[[1836]] – [[Léo Delibes]], French pianist and composer (died 1891) *[[1844]] – [[Charles-Marie Widor]], French organist and composer (died 1937) *[[1860]] – [[Goscombe John]], Welsh-English sculptor and academic (died 1952) *[[1865]] – [[John Haden Badley]], English author and educator, founded the [[Bedales School]] (died 1967) *[[1867]] – [[Otto Hermann Kahn]], German banker and philanthropist (died 1934) *[[1875]] – [[Jeanne Calment]], French super-centenarian, oldest verified person ever (died 1997) *[[1878]] – [[Mirra Alfassa]], French-Indian spiritual leader (died 1973)<ref>{{cite book|first=Samta P.|last=Pandya|title=Faith Movements and Social Transformation: Guru Charisma in India|location=Singapore|publisher=Springer|year=2009|isbn=9789811328220|page=38}}</ref> *[[1881]] – [[Kenneth J. Alford]], English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (died 1945) *[[1885]] – [[Sacha Guitry]], Russian-French actor, director, and playwright (died 1957) *[[1887]] – [[Korechika Anami]], Japanese general and politician, 54th [[Ministry of War of Japan|Japanese Minister of War]] (died 1945) *[[1888]] – [[Clemence Dane]], English author and playwright (died 1965)<ref>{{cite ODNB |title=Ashton, Winifred [pseud. Clemence Dane] (1888–1965), playwright and novelist |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-30475 |year=2004 |access-date=14 January 2021 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/30475}}</ref> *[[1892]] – [[Harry Stack Sullivan]], American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (died 1949) *[[1893]] – [[Celia Lovsky]], Austrian-American actress (died 1979) * 1893 – [[Andrés Segovia]], Spanish guitarist (died 1987) *[[1894]] – [[Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar]], Indian chemist and academic (died 1955) *[[1895]] – [[Henrik Dam]], Danish biochemist and physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1976) *[[1896]] – [[Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'|Nirala]], Indian poet and author (died 1961) *[[1900]] – [[Jeanne Aubert]], French singer and actress (died 1988)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.histoire-vesinet.org/j-aubertbio.htm|title=Biographie de Jeanne Aubert (1900-1988)|website=www.histoire-vesinet.org|access-date=2017-10-24|archive-date=2017-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021061414/http://www.histoire-vesinet.org/j-aubertbio.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Arthur Nock]], English theologian and academic (died 1963) *[[1903]] – [[Anaïs Nin]], French-American essayist and memoirist (died 1977)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Feb. 21: Tyne Daly, Tituss Burgess |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/02/21/Famous-birthdays-for-Feb-21-Tyne-Daly-Tituss-Burgess/3871676746024/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=20 February 2024 |date=21 February 2023}}</ref> * 1903 – [[Raymond Queneau]], French poet and author (died 1976) *[[1907]] – [[W. H. Auden]], English-American poet, playwright, and composer (died 1973)<ref>{{cite web |title=W. H. Auden |url=https://www.bl.uk/people/w-h-auden |website=www.bl.uk |access-date=20 November 2022 |archive-date=9 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209154628/https://www.bl.uk/people/w-h-auden |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[1909]] – [[Hans Erni]], Swiss painter, sculptor, and illustrator (died 2015) *[[1910]] – [[Douglas Bader]], English fighter pilot in World War II (died 1982) *[[1912]] – [[Arline Judge]], American actress and singer (died 1974) *[[1914]] – [[Ilmari Juutilainen]], Finnish soldier and pilot (died 1999) * 1914 – [[Zachary Scott]], American actor (died 1965) * 1914 – [[Jean Tatlock]], American psychiatrist and physician (died 1944) *[[1915]] – [[Claudia Jones]], Trinidad-British journalist and activist (died 1964) * 1915 – [[Ann Sheridan]], American actress and singer (died 1967) * 1915 – [[Anton Vratuša]], Prime Minister of Slovenia (died 2017) *[[1917]] – [[Lucille Bremer]], American actress and dancer (died 1996) * 1917 – [[Tadd Dameron]], American pianist and composer (died 1965) *[[1921]] – [[Zdeněk Miler]], Czech animator (died 2011)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kultura.idnes.cz/zemrel-zdenek-miler-otec-krtecka-ktereho-nam-zavidi-hollywood-p6x-/filmvideo.aspx?c=A111130_175646_filmvideo_jaz |title=Zemřel Zdeněk Miler. Otec Krtečka, kterého nám závidí Hollywood |language=cs |date=30 November 2011 |access-date=21 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630041021/http://kultura.idnes.cz/zemrel-zdenek-miler-otec-krtecka-ktereho-nam-zavidi-hollywood-p6x-/filmvideo.aspx?c=A111130_175646_filmvideo_jaz |archive-date=30 June 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1921 – [[John Rawls]], American philosopher and academic (died 2002) * 1921 – [[Richard T. Whitcomb]], American aeronautical engineer (died 2009) *[[1924]] – [[Dorothy Blum]], American computer scientist and cryptanalyst (died 1980) * 1924 – [[Thelma Estrin]], American computer scientist and engineer (died 2014) * 1924 – [[Robert Mugabe]], Zimbabwean educator and politician, 2nd [[President of Zimbabwe]] (died 2019) *[[1925]] – [[Sam Peckinpah]], American director and screenwriter (died 1984)<ref>{{cite book|author=Jon Tuska|title=Encounters with Filmmakers: Eight Career Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RHpZAAAAMAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-26305-7|page=293|access-date=2021-04-10|archive-date=2021-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410182049/https://books.google.com/books?id=RHpZAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1925 – [[Jack Ramsay]], American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2014) *[[1927]] – [[Erma Bombeck]], American journalist and author (died 1996)<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1929]] – [[Chespirito]], Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014) *[[1933]] – [[Bob Rafelson]], American film director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2022)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/24/obituaries/bob-rafelson-dead.html|title=Bob Rafelson, Director of 'Five Easy Pieces,' Dies at 89|last=Lim|first=Dennis|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 24, 2022|accessdate=July 24, 2022}}</ref> * 1933 – [[Nina Simone]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2003)<ref>{{cite book|author=David Brun-Lambert|title=Nina Simone: The Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l9AHAQAAMAAJ|year=2009|publisher=Aurum|isbn=978-1-84513-430-3|page=8|access-date=2021-04-10|archive-date=2021-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410182049/https://books.google.com/books?id=l9AHAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1934]] – [[Rue McClanahan]], American actress (died 2010)<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1935]] – [[Richard A. Lupoff]], American author (died 2020) * 1935 – [[Mark McManus]], Scottish actor (died 1994)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Mark McManus |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-mark-mcmanus-1420944.html |website=The Independent |access-date=27 November 2022 |language=en |date=6 June 1994}}</ref> *[[1936]] – [[Barbara Jordan]], American lawyer and politician (died 1996) *[[1937]] – [[Ron Clarke]], Australian runner and politician, [[Mayor of the Gold Coast]] (died 2015) * 1937 – [[Harald V of Norway]]<ref name="UPI"/> * 1937 – [[Gary Lockwood]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> *[[1938]] – [[Bobby Charles]], American singer-songwriter (died 2010) *[[1940]] – [[Peter Gethin]], English racing driver (died 2011)<ref>{{cite news|title=Peter Gethin, winner of the 1971 Italian Grand Prix, dies aged 71|publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymarket Publications]]|work=autosport.com|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/96665|date=5 December 2011|access-date=5 December 2011|archive-date=7 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107121234/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/96665|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1940 – [[John Lewis]], American activist and politician (died 2020)<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1942]] – [[Tony Martin (professor)|Tony Martin]], Trinidadian-American historian and academic (died 2013) * 1942 – [[Margarethe von Trotta]], German actress, director, and screenwriter *[[1943]] – [[David Geffen]], American businessman, co-founded [[DreamWorks Pictures|DreamWorks]] and [[Geffen Records]]<ref name="AP"/> *[[1945]] – [[Maurice Bembridge]], English golfer (died 2024) *[[1946]] – [[Tyne Daly]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP"/> * 1946 – [[Anthony Daniels]], English actor and producer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for February 21, 2023 includes celebrities Jordan Peele, Sophie Turner |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/02/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-february-21-2023-includes-celebrities-jordan-peele-sophie-turner.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=20 February 2024 |date=21 February 2023}}</ref> * 1946 – [[Alan Rickman]], English actor and director (died 2016)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alan Rickman obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/14/alan-rickman-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=14 January 2021 |language=en |date=14 January 2016 |archive-date=14 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114172132/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/14/alan-rickman-obituary |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1946 – [[Bob Ryan]], American journalist and author *[[1947]] – [[Johnny Echols]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1947 – [[Olympia Snowe]], American politician *[[1949]] – [[Frank Brunner]], American illustrator * 1949 – [[Jerry Harrison]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref name="AP"/> * 1949 – [[Ronnie Hellström]], Swedish footballer (died 2022) *[[1950]] – [[Sahle-Work Zewde]], Ethiopian politician and diplomat, 5th [[President of Ethiopia]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sahle-Work Zewde -|url=https://awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu/directory/sahle-work-zewde/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-16|website=Archives of Women's Political Communication - Iowa State University|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116101442/https://awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu/directory/sahle-work-zewde/}}</ref> *[[1951]] – [[Vince Welnick]], American keyboard player (died 2006) *[[1952]] – [[Jean-Jacques Burnel]], English bass player, songwriter, and producer * 1952 – [[Vitaly Churkin]], Russian diplomat, former [[Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations|Ambassador of Russia to the United Nations]] (died 2017) *[[1953]] – [[Christine Ebersole]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP"/> * 1953 – [[William Petersen]], American actor and producer<ref name="AP"/> *[[1954]] – [[Christina Rees]], British politician<ref>{{cite web |title= Christina Rees MP |url= http://myparliament.info/Member/4525 |website= myparliament.info |publisher= MyParliament |access-date= 21 February 2023 |url-status= usurped |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170811055639/http://myparliament.info/Member/4525 |archive-date= 11 August 2017 }}</ref> *[[1955]] – [[Kelsey Grammer]], American actor, singer, and producer<ref name="AP"/> *[[1958]] – [[Jake Burns]], Northern Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1958 – [[Mary Chapin Carpenter]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"/> * 1958 – [[Kim Coates]], Canadian-American actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1958 – [[Jack Coleman (actor)|Jack Coleman]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1958 – [[Alan Trammell]], American baseball player, coach, and manager *[[1959]] – [[José María Cano]], Spanish singer-songwriter and painter *[[1960]] – [[Plamen Oresharski]], Bulgarian economist and politician, 52nd [[Prime Minister of Bulgaria]] *[[1961]] – [[Christopher Atkins]], American actor and businessman<ref name="AP"/> * 1961 – [[Elliot Hirshman]], American psychologist and academic<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/ootp/images/eh_cv_updated_march_2017.pdf|title=Elliot Hirshman, President|work=San Diego State University|access-date=9 March 2017|archive-date=12 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312041055/https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/ootp/images/eh_cv_updated_march_2017.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1962]] – [[Chuck Palahniuk]], American novelist and journalist * 1962 – [[David Foster Wallace]], American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (died 2008)<ref>{{Cite book |title=A Companion to David Foster Wallace Studies |date=2013 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=9781137078346 |editor-last=Boswell |editor-first=Marshall |series=American Literature Readings in the Twenty-First Century |location=New York, New York |oclc=832399604 |editor-last2=Burn |editor-first2=Stephen|page=94}}</ref> *[[1963]] – [[William Baldwin]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1963 – [[Ranking Roger]], English singer-songwriter and musician (died 2019)<ref>{{cite news |title=Ranking Roger obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/27/ranking-roger-obituary-roger-charlery |access-date=27 March 2019 |newspaper=The Guardian |first=Peter |last=Mason |date=27 March 2019}}</ref> * 1963 – [[Greg Turner]], New Zealand golfer<ref>{{EuroTour player|981}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Mark Kelly]], American astronaut and politician * 1964 – [[Scott Kelly (astronaut)|Scott Kelly]], American astronaut *[[1965]] – [[Mark Ferguson (news presenter)|Mark Ferguson]], Australian journalist *[[1967]] – [[Leroy Burrell]], American runner and coach * 1967 – [[Sari Essayah]], Finnish athlete and politician *[[1969]] – [[James Dean Bradfield]], Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1969 – [[Aunjanue Ellis]], American actress and producer<ref name="AP"/> * 1969 – [[Petra Kronberger]], Austrian skier * 1969 – [[Tony Meola]], American soccer player and manager * 1969 – [[Cathy Richardson]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1970]] – [[Michael Slater]], Australian cricketer and sportscaster *[[1971]] – [[Pierre Fulke]], Swedish golfer<ref>{{cite web |title=Pierre Fulke |url=http://www.espn.com/golf/player/results/_/id/151/pierre-fulke |website=ESPN.com |access-date=14 January 2021 |archive-date=21 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221194900/https://www.espn.com/golf/player/results/_/id/151/pierre-fulke |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1973]] – [[Heri Joensen]], Faroese singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1973 – [[Brian Rolston]], American ice hockey player and coach *[[1974]] – [[Iván Campo]], Spanish footballer *[[1975]] – [[Scott Miller (swimmer)|Scott Miller]], Australian swimmer *[[1976]] – [[Michael McIntyre]], English comedian, actor and television presenter * 1976 – [[Ryan Smyth]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1977]] – [[Steve Francis]], American basketball player * 1977 – [[Rhiannon Giddens]], American musician<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rhiannon Giddens Concert & Tour History (Updated for 2022 - 2023) {{!}} Concert Archives |url=https://www.concertarchives.org/bands/rhiannon-giddens?page=21 |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=www.concertarchives.org}}</ref> *[[1978]] – [[Erick Barkley]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Erick Barkley |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2057/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=20 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1979]] – [[Tituss Burgess]], American actor and singer<ref name="AP"/> * 1979 – [[Carlito (wrestler)|Carlito]], Puerto Rican wrestler<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stars.ign.com/objects/142/14209354_biography.html|title=IGN: Carlito (WWE) Biography|access-date=2008-01-01|website=IGN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211231925/http://stars.ign.com/objects/142/14209354_biography.html|archive-date=2008-12-11|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1979 – [[Pascal Chimbonda]], Guadeloupean-French footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=32113|title=Pascal Chimbonda|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=16 February 2020|archive-date=22 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722220502/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=32113|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1979 – [[Jennifer Love Hewitt]], American actress and producer<ref name="AP"/> * 1979 – [[Jordan Peele]], American actor, comedian, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/> *[[1980]] – [[Brad Fast]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1980 – [[Tiziano Ferro]], Italian singer-songwriter and producer * 1980 – [[Brendan Sexton III]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1980 – [[Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck]], 5th [[King of Bhutan]] *[[1981]] – [[Tsuyoshi Wada]], Japanese baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tsuyoshi Wada |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/tsuyoshi-wada-493159 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=20 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Andre Barrett]], American basketball player * 1982 – [[Chantal Claret]], American singer-songwriter * 1982 – [[Tebogo Jacko Magubane]], South African DJ and producer *[[1983]] – [[Braylon Edwards]], American football player * 1983 – [[Franklin Gutiérrez]], Venezuelan baseball player * 1983 – [[Mélanie Laurent]], French actress *[[1984]] – [[Andy Ellis (rugby union)|Andrew Ellis]], New Zealand rugby player * 1984 – [[David Odonkor]], German footballer * 1984 – [[Marco Paoloni]], Italian footballer * 1984 – [[James Wisniewski]], American ice hockey player *[[1985]] – [[Georgios Samaras]], Greek footballer *[[1986]] – [[Charlotte Church]], Welsh singer-songwriter and actress<ref name="AP"/> *[[1987]] – [[Eniola Aluko]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Eniola Aluko |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/158801/eniola-aluko |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=28 January 2021 |archive-date=21 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221194903/https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/158801/eniola-aluko |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1987 – [[Ashley Greene]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1987 – [[Elliot Page]], Canadian actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Ellen Page: Film Actress (1987–)|url=http://www.biography.com/people/ellen-page-267545 |website=[[Biography.com]] |access-date=March 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403023901/http://www.biography.com/people/ellen-page-267545|archive-date=April 3, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Donté Greene]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Donte Greene |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201590/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=20 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Corbin Bleu]], American actor, model, dancer, film producer and singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Corbin Bleu |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/film-and-television-biographies/corbin-bleu |website=Encyclopedia.com |access-date=February 22, 2019 |archive-date=February 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222152054/https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/film-and-television-biographies/corbin-bleu |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1989 – [[Ian Cole]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ian Cole |url=https://www.nhl.com/canucks/player/ian-cole-8474013 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=20 February 2024}}</ref> * 1989 – [[Federico Fernández (footballer)|Federico Fernández]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Federico Fernández|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/5672/Federico-Fern%C3%A1ndez/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=20 February 2024}}</ref> * 1989 – [[Jake Muzzin]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jake Muzzin |url=https://www.nhl.com/mapleleafs/player/jake-muzzin-8474162 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=20 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Mattias Tedenby]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mattias Tedenby Stats |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/t/tedenma01.html |website=Hockey-Reference.com |access-date=February 22, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=February 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222095236/https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/t/tedenma01.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Joe Alwyn]], English actor<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/person/joe-alwyn|title=Joe Alwyn|work=[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]|location=UK|publisher=Condé Nast|access-date=13 September 2017|archive-date=2018-01-08|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180108224236/http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/person/joe-alwyn|url-status=dead }}</ref> * 1991 – [[Riyad Mahrez]], Algerian footballer * 1991 – [[Ji So-yun]], South Korean footballer * 1991 – [[Solar (singer)|Solar]], South Korean singer, songwriter and actress<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.soompi.com/article/952233wpp/mamamoo-members-try-surprise-solar-birthday-fail|title=MAMAMOO Members' Attempt To Surprise Solar On Her Birthday Almost Succeeds|work=[[Soompi]]|publisher=Uin Kim|date=21 February 2017|access-date=14 April 2025 }}</ref> * 1991 – [[Devon Travis]], American baseball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Devon Travis Stats, Age, Position, Height, Weight, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/devon-travis-581527 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221161610/https://www.mlb.com/player/devon-travis-581527 |archive-date=Feb 21, 2023 |website=MLB.com}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Phil Jones (footballer, born 1992)|Phil Jones]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Phil Jones|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/3820/Phil-Jones/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=20 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Steve Leo Beleck]], Cameroonian footballer * 1993 – [[Davy Klaassen]], Dutch footballer *[[1994]] – [[Tang Haochen]], Chinese tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title= Tang Haochen |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1301511 |website=Olympedia |access-date=14 January 2021 |archive-date=17 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117200457/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1301511 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1994 – [[Hayley Orrantia]], American actress and singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/> * 1994 – [[Wendy (singer)|Wendy]], South Korean singer<ref name="profile">{{cite web |last1=Seong |first1=Jin-hee |date=September 26, 2014 |title= |script-title=ko:[더★프로필] 레드벨벳 웬디 "밥 잘 먹는 사람이 이상형" |trans-title=[The ★ Profile] Red Velvet Wendy "My ideal type is someone who eats well" |url=http://thestar.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/09/26/2014092601387.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605151119/http://thestar.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/09/26/2014092601387.html |archive-date=June 5, 2017 |access-date=March 1, 2016 |work=The Star}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Noah Rubin (tennis)|Noah Rubin]], American tennis player<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/players/noah-rubin/rc96/overview|title=Noah Rubin | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis|website=ATP Tour|access-date=2021-02-21|archive-date=2020-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115094216/https://www.atptour.com/en/players/noah-rubin/rc96/overview|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1996 – [[Sophie Turner]], English actress<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://winter-is-coming.net/2011/03/interview-with-sophie-turner/ |title=Interview with Sophie Turner |date=31 March 2011 |publisher=Winter-is-coming.net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402010922/http://winter-is-coming.net/2011/03/interview-with-sophie-turner/ |archive-date=2 April 2011 |url-status=dead |access-date=19 September 2011}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Metawin Opas-iamkajorn]], Thai actor and singer<ref>{{cite web |title=Biodata Aktor Thailand Win Metawin Opa-iamkajorn |url=https://dianiopiari.com/biodata-aktor-thailand-win-metawin-opas-iamkajorn/ |website=dianiopiari.com |publisher=Diani Opiari |access-date=17 December 2020 |language=id |date=16 March 2020 |archive-date=20 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320175922/https://dianiopiari.com/biodata-aktor-thailand-win-metawin-opas-iamkajorn/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[4 AD]] – [[Gaius Caesar]], Roman [[Roman consul|consul]] and grandson of [[Augustus]] (born 20 BC) * [[675]] – [[Randoald of Grandval]], [[priory#Other prior and priories|prior]] of the [[Benedictine]] [[monastery]] of [[Grandval, Switzerland|Grandval]] *[[1184]] – [[Minamoto no Yoshinaka]], Japanese [[List of shōguns|shōgun]] (born 1154) *[[1211]] – [[Aymon de Briançon]], archbishop of Tarentaise and crusader<ref>{{cite book |first=Joseph |last=Garin |title=Histoire féodale des seigneurs de Briançon, Savoie (996–1530) |publisher=Librairie M. Papet |year=1942 |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9799152v/f7.item |pages=72–78}}</ref> *[[1267]] – [[Baldwin of Ibelin, Seneschal of Cyprus]] *[[1437]] – [[James I of Scotland]] (born 1394; assassinated)<ref>{{cite book|author=Thomas WATERHOUSE (of Grantham.)|title=A genealogical account of the royal house of Stuart, Kings of Scotland, from the year 1043, to its union with the English Crown, ... also from that time to the commencement of the ... house of Brunswick; and down to the present period|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZqVVAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA44|year=1816|pages=44|access-date=2021-02-21|archive-date=2020-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801123449/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZqVVAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA44|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1471]] – [[Jan Rokycana]], Czech bishop and theologian (born 1396) *[[1513]] – [[Pope Julius II]] (born 1443) *[[1543]] – [[Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi]], Somalian general (born 1507) *[[1554]] – [[Hieronymus Bock]], German botanist and physician (born 1498) *[[1572]] – [[Cho Shik]], Korean poet and scholar (born 1501) *[[1590]] – [[Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick]], English nobleman and general (born 1528) *[[1595]] – [[Robert Southwell (Jesuit)|Robert Southwell]], English priest and poet (born 1561) ===1601–1900=== *[[1677]] – [[Baruch Spinoza]], Dutch philosopher and scholar (born 1632) *[[1715]] – [[Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore]], English politician (born 1637) *[[1730]] – [[Pope Benedict XIII]] (born 1649) *[[1821]] – [[Georg Friedrich von Martens]], German jurist and diplomat (born 1756) *[[1824]] – [[Eugène de Beauharnais]], French general (born 1781) *[[1829]] – [[Kittur Chennamma]], Indian queen and freedom fighter (born 1778)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/printrelease.aspx?relid=148944|title=Rani Chennamma of Kitturu|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2019-02-21|archive-date=2017-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418163405/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/printrelease.aspx?relid=148944|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1846]] – [[Emperor Ninkō]] of Japan (born 1800) *[[1862]] – [[Justinus Kerner]], German poet and physician (born 1786) *[[1888]] – [[William Weston (Australian politician)|William Weston]], English-Australian politician, 3rd [[Premier of Tasmania]] (born 1804) *[[1891]] – [[James Timberlake]], American lieutenant and police officer (born 1846) ===1901–present=== *[[1918]] – [[Incas (parakeet)|Incas]], [[endling|last known]] [[Carolina parakeet]] (h. {{floruit|1885}})<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://johnjames.audubon.org/last-carolina-parakeet|title=The last Carolina Parakeet|date=2015-12-22|work=John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove|access-date=2023-06-26|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The last Carolina parakeet ever, lost in memory and now just lost |last=Sullivan |first=Mallorie |work=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]] |date=February 22, 2018 |access-date=June 26, 2023 |url= https://eu.cincinnati.com/story/news/2018/02/22/last-carolina-parakeet-ever-lost-memory-and-now-just-lost/359375002/ }}</ref> *[[1919]] – [[Kurt Eisner]], German journalist and politician, [[Minister-President of Bavaria]] (born 1867) *[[1926]] – [[Heike Kamerlingh Onnes]], Dutch physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1853) *[[1934]] – [[Augusto César Sandino]], Nicaraguan rebel leader (born 1895) *[[1938]] – [[George Ellery Hale]], American astronomer and academic (born 1868) *[[1941]] – [[Frederick Banting]], Canadian physician and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1891)<ref>{{cite book |last=Stevens |first=James |date=July 6, 2006 |title=The Maw: Searching for the Hudson Bombers |publisher= Trafford |pages=41–43 |isbn=978-1412063845}}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[Ferenc Szisz]], Hungarian-French racing driver (born 1873) *[[1945]] – [[Eric Liddell]], Scottish rugby player and runner (born 1902) *[[1946]] – [[José Streel]], Belgian journalist (born 1911) *[[1947]] – [[Fannie Charles Dillon]], American composer (born 1881)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Julie Anne|last1=Sadie|first2=Rhian|last2=Samuel|title=The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers|location=London|publisher=Macmillan|year=1996|page=143|isbn=978-0-33351-598-3}}</ref> *[[1958]] – [[Duncan Edwards]], English footballer (born 1936) *[[1965]] – [[Malcolm X]], American minister and activist (born 1925)<ref>{{cite book |last=Marable |first=Manning |author-link=Manning Marable |title=Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention |location=New York |publisher=Viking |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-670-02220-5 |title-link=Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention|pages=[https://archive.org/details/malcolmxlifeofre0000mara/page/436 436]–437}}</ref> *[[1967]] – [[Charles Beaumont]], American author and screenwriter (born 1929) *[[1968]] – [[Howard Florey]], Australian pathologist and pharmacologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1898)<ref>{{cite book | author=Fenner, Frank | chapter=Florey, Howard Walter (Baron Florey) (1898–1968) | chapter-url=http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140202b.htm | title=Australian Dictionary of Biography | volume=14 | pages=188–190 | year=1996 | access-date=10 October 2008 | publisher=Melbourne University Press | archive-date=27 July 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080727170749/http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140202b.htm | url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1972]] – [[Zhang Guohua (politician, born 1914)|Zhang Guohua]], Chinese general and politician (born 1914) * 1972 – [[Bronislava Nijinska]], Russian-American dancer and choreographer (born 1891) * 1972 – [[Eugène Tisserant]], French cardinal (born 1884) *[[1974]] – [[Tim Horton]], Canadian ice hockey player and businessman, co-founded [[Tim Hortons]] (born 1930) *[[1980]] – [[Alfred Andersch]], German-Swiss author (born 1914) *[[1982]] – [[Gershom Scholem]], German-Israeli historian and philosopher (born 1897) *[[1984]] – [[Mikhail Sholokhov]], Russian novelist and short story writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1905) *[[1985]] – [[Louis Hayward]], South African-American actor (born 1909) *[[1986]] – [[Helen Hooven Santmyer]], American novelist (born 1895) *[[1991]] – [[Dorothy Auchterlonie Green]], Australian poet, critic, and academic (born 1915) * 1991 – [[Nutan]], Indian actress (born 1936)<ref>{{cite news|title=Nutan dead|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19910222&printsec=frontpage|page=1|access-date=3 June 2017|work=The Indian Express|date=22 February 1991|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011170042/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19910222&printsec=frontpage|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Inge Lehmann]], Danish seismologist and geophysicist (born 1888) *[[1994]] – [[Johannes Steinhoff]], German general and pilot (born 1913) *[[1995]] – [[Robert Bolt]], English dramatist (born 1924)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-10-22|title=OBITUARY : Robert Bolt|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-robert-bolt-1574410.html|access-date=2021-01-12|website=The Independent|language=en|archive-date=2021-01-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117203540/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-robert-bolt-1574410.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Morton Gould]], American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1913) *[[1999]] – [[Gertrude B. Elion]], American biochemist and pharmacologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1918) * 1999 – [[Ilmari Juutilainen]], Finnish soldier and pilot (born 1914) * 1999 – [[Wilmer Mizell]], American baseball player and politician (born 1930) *[[2002]] – [[John Thaw]], English actor and producer (born 1942) *[[2004]] – [[John Charles]], Welsh footballer and manager (born 1931) *[[2005]] – [[Guillermo Cabrera Infante]], Cuban author, screenwriter, and critic (born 1929) * 2005 – [[Zdzisław Beksiński]], Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor (born 1929) *[[2008]] – [[Ben Chapman (actor)|Ben Chapman]], American actor (born 1928) *[[2011]] – [[Dwayne McDuffie]], American author and screenwriter, co-founded [[Milestone Media]] (born 1962) * 2011 – [[Bernard Nathanson]], American physician and activist (born 1926) *[[2012]] – [[H. M. Darmstandler]], American general (born 1922) *[[2013]] – [[Hasse Jeppson]], Swedish footballer (born 1925) *[[2014]] – [[Héctor Maestri]], Cuban-American baseball player (born 1935) * 2014 – [[Matthew Robinson (snowboarder)|Matthew Robinson]], Australian snowboarder (born 1985) * 2014 – [[Cornelius Schnauber]], German–American historian, playwright, and academic (born 1939) *[[2015]] – [[Aleksei Gubarev]], Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (born 1931) * 2015 – [[Sadeq Tabatabaei]], Iranian journalist and politician (born 1943)<ref>[http://www.khabaronline.ir/%28X%281%29S%28enevwlaebei4um0plfivpywm%29%29/detail/401292/Politics/parties صادق طباطبایی درگذشت] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150307204420/http://www.khabaronline.ir/(X(1)S(enevwlaebei4um0plfivpywm))/detail/401292/Politics/parties |date=2015-03-07 }} {{in lang|fa}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Clark Terry]], American trumpet player, composer, and educator (born 1920) *[[2016]] – [[Eric Brown (pilot)|Eric Brown]], Scottish-English captain and pilot (born 1919) *[[2017]] – [[Jeanne Martin Cissé]], Guinean teacher and politician (born 1926)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Freland|first1=François-Xavier|title=La Guinée endeuillée par la disparition de Jeanne Martin Cissé, figure de l'indépendance et des droits des femmes|url=http://www.jeuneafrique.com/405868/politique/guinee-endeuillee-disparition-de-jeanne-martin-cisse-figure-de-lindependance-droits-femmes/|work=Jeune Afrique|date=February 22, 2017|access-date=19 February 2019|archive-date=20 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220181448/https://www.jeuneafrique.com/405868/politique/guinee-endeuillee-disparition-de-jeanne-martin-cisse-figure-de-lindependance-droits-femmes/|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Billy Graham]], American evangelist (born 1918)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/the-rev-billy-graham-prominent-christian-evangelist-dead-at-99/|title=The Rev. Billy Graham, prominent Christian evangelist, dead at 99|date=February 21, 2018|publisher=Fox News|access-date=March 2, 2018|archive-date=March 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301062147/http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/21/rev-billy-graham-prominent-christian-evangelist-dead-at-99-fox-news-confirms.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Stanley Donen]], American film director (born 1924)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/feb/23/stanley-donen-director-singin-in-the-rain-dies|title=Stanley Donen, director of Singin' in the Rain, dies aged 94|first=Martin|last=Pengelly|newspaper=The Observer |date=February 23, 2019|via=www.theguardian.com|access-date=February 21, 2021|archive-date=February 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223195206/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/feb/23/stanley-donen-director-singin-in-the-rain-dies|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2019 – [[Peter Tork]], American musician and actor (born 1942)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/obituaries/peter-tork-dead.html|title=Peter Tork, Court Jester of the Monkees, Is Dead at 77|first=Anita|last=Gates|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 21, 2019|access-date=February 21, 2021|archive-date=February 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221220510/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/obituaries/peter-tork-dead.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Mireya Arboleda]], Colombian classical pianist (born 1928)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tiempo|first=Casa Editorial El|date=2021-02-24|title=Obituario: Mireya Arboleda de Cruz|url=https://www.eltiempo.com/vida/mujeres/obituario-mireya-arboleda-de-cruz-569178|access-date=2021-03-17|website=El Tiempo|language=spanish|archive-date=2021-07-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723223151/https://www.eltiempo.com/vida/mujeres/obituario-mireya-arboleda-de-cruz-569178|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Kevin Dann]], Australian rugby league player (born 1958)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrl.com/news/2021/02/21/panthers-mourn-loss-of-kevin-dann/|title=Panthers mourn loss of Kevin Dann|date=February 21, 2021|website=National Rugby League|access-date=February 22, 2021|archive-date=February 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221131900/https://www.nrl.com/news/2021/02/21/panthers-mourn-loss-of-kevin-dann/|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[2024]] – [[John Bahnsen]], United States Army brigadier general and decorated veteran of the Vietnam War (born 1934)<ref>{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Fred |date=February 22, 2024 |title=John C. 'Doc' Bahnsen, 89, among most decorated U.S. combat veterans |url=https://www.morningjournalnews.com/news/local-news/2024/02/john-c-doc-bahnsen-89-among-most-decorated-u-s-combat-veterans/ |work=Morning Journal |location=Lisbon, OH}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Clint Hill (Secret Service)|Clint Hill]], American Secret Service agent (born 1932)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldstein |first1=Richard |title=Clint Hill, Who Sprang to Kennedys' Side as Shots Were Fired, Dies at 93 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/us/clint-hill-dead.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=25 February 2025}}</ref> *2025 – [[Lynne Marie Stewart]], American actress (born 1946)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ruberg |first=Sara |date=February 23, 2025 |title=Lynne Marie Stewart, Miss Yvonne on 'Pee-wee's Playhouse,' Dies at 78 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/arts/television/lynne-marie-stewart-dead.html |access-date=March 1, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== *[[Armed Forces Day#South Africa|Armed Forces Day (South Africa)]] *[[Harald V of Norway|Birthday of King Harald V]] ([[Norway]]) *Christian [[feast day]]: **[[Felix of Hadrumetum]] **[[Pepin of Landen]] **[[Peter Damian]] **[[Randoald of Grandval]] **[[February 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Public holidays in Vanuatu|Father Lini Day]] ([[Vanuatu]]) *[[Language Movement Day]] ([[Bangladesh]]) *[[International Mother Language Day]] ([[UNESCO]])<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015 |archive-date=4 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904233724/https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *The first day of the [[Public holidays in Bhutan|Birth Anniversary of Fifth Druk Gyalpo]], celebrated until February 23. ([[Bhutan]]) *The first day of the [[Tagum City#Cultural activities and festivities|Musikahan Festival]], celebrated until February 27. ([[Tagum City]], Philippines) == References == {{Reflist}} === Works cited === *{{cite book |last = Fuller |first = Joseph V. |title= Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1929, Volume II |url= https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.78859/page/n1 |date= 1943 |publisher= [[United States Government Publishing Office]] |location= [[Washington, D.C.]] }} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/21 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=2|day=21}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/february/21 Historical Events on February 21] {{months}} [[Category:Days of February]]
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