What happened this day in history February 21

What are the important events that happened on February 21? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

February 21: Facts & Myths About This Day

February 21 is the 52nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 314 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 8, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,474,560 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘pentacontadigon’ day.

Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 343 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,079 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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February 21: This Day In History

In addition, it’s the first day of the astronomical winter.

February 21 Historical Events

  • 362
    Athanasius returns to Alexandria.
  • 1842
    John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine.
  • 1874
    The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first edition.
  • 1885
    The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
  • 1916
    World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
  • 1921
    Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country’s first constitution.
  • 1945
    World War II: Japanese Kamikaze planes sink the escort carrier Bismarck Sea and damage the Saratoga.
  • 1958
    The Peace symbol, commissioned by Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom.
  • 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.

Who were born on February 21?

  • 1909
    Hans Erni, Swiss painter
  • 1937
    King Harald V of Norway
  • 1961
    Christopher Atkins, American actor
  • 1974
    Roberto Heras, Spanish cyclist
  • 1977
    Kevin Rose, American television host and Internet entrepreneur
  • 1982
    Bernhard Auinger, Austrian racing driver
  • 1984
    David Odonkor, German footballer
  • 1986
    Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
  • 1987
    Ashley Greene, American model and actress
  • 1989
    Jem Karacan, English-born Turkish footballer

Who died on February 21?

  • 1471
    John of Rokycan, Czech Catholic archbishop
  • 1677
    Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher (b. 1632)
  • 1900
    Marthinus Nikolaas Ras, South African Gunmaker (b. 1853)
  • 1941
    Frederick Banting, Canadian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1891)
  • 1968
    Howard Walter Florey, Australian-born pharmacologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1898)
  • 1991
    Dame Margot Fonteyn, English ballet dancer (b. 1919)
  • 2003
    Eddie Thomson, Scottish football player and coach (b. 1947)
  • 2005
    Ara Berberian, American opera singer (b. 1930)
  • 2005
    Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban novelist (b. 1929)
  • 2011
    Bernard Nathanson, American abortionist turned pro-life activist (b. 1926)

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