What happened this day in history November 21

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

November 21: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 21 is the 326th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 40 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

When this day started, 481,152 hours 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 ‘trihectaicosahexagon’ day.

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

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 69 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 4,353 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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November 21 Historical Events

  • 164 BC
    Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem. This event is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah.
  • 235
    Pope Anterus succeeds Pontian as the nineteenth pope. During the persecutions of emperor Maximinus Thrax he is martyred.
  • 1861
    American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin secretary of war.
  • 1942
    The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (however, the highway is not usable by general vehicles until 1943).
  • 1959
    American disc jockey Alan Freed, who had popularized the term “rock and roll” and music of that style, is fired from WABC-AM radio for refusing to deny allegations that he had participated in the payola scandal.
  • 1962
    The Chinese People’s Liberation Army declares a unilateral cease-fire in the Sino-Indian War.
  • 1967
    Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: “I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing.”
  • 1969
    The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI.
  • 1977
    Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that 'the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem “God Save the Queen” and the poem “God Defend New Zealand”, written by Thomas Bracken, as set to music by John Joseph Woods, both being of equal status as national anthems appropriate to the occasion.
  • 1995
    The Dayton Peace Agreement is initialed at the Wright Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, ending three and a half years of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The agreement is formally ratified in Paris, on December 14 that same year.

Who were born on November 21?

  • 1567
    Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (d. 1621)
  • 1787
    Samuel Cunard, Canadian-born shipping magnate (d. 1865)
  • 1818
    Lewis H. Morgan, American anthropologist (d. 1881)
  • 1908
    Elizabeth George Speare, American author (d. 1994)
  • 1944
    Richard Durbin, American politician
  • 1970
    Justin Langer, Australian cricketer
  • 1976
    Dasha, Czech adult actress
  • 1980
    Elaine Yiu, Hong Kong actress
  • 1982
    Ryan Starr, American singer
  • 1988
    Len Väljas, Canadian cross-country skier

Who died on November 21?

  • 1150
    García Ramírez, King of Navarre
  • 1907
    Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter (b. 1876)
  • 1973
    Thomas Pelly, American politician (b. 1902)
  • 1975
    Gunnar Gunnarsson, Icelandic writer (b. 1889)
  • 1982
    John Hargrave, British Social Credit advocate (b. 1894)
  • 1986
    Jerry Colonna, American comic (b. 1904)
  • 1988
    Pál Kalmár, Hungarian singer (b. 1900)
  • 1994
    Willem Jacob Luyten, Dutch American astronomer (b. 1899)
  • 2006
    Robert Lockwood, Jr., American blues guitarist (b. 1915)
  • 2007
    Noel McGregor, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1931)

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