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 52^nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 313 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 8, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 483,360 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 ‘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 361 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 4,445 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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.
• 1885 –
  The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
• 1913 –
  Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
• 1918 –
  The last Carolina Parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.
• 1919 –
  Kurt Eisner, German socialist, is assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing Munich, Germany.
• 1921 –
  Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country’s first constitution.
• 1952 –
  “ভাষা আন্দোলন”, “Bengali Language Movement” occurred in East Pakistan(now Bangladesh).
• 1952 –
  The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to “set the people free”.
• 1970 –
  Swissair Flight 330: A mid-air bomb explosion and subsequent crash kills 38 passengers and nine crew members near Zürich, Switzerland.
• 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?

• 1860 –
  Goscombe John, Welsh sculptor (d. 1952)
• 1885 –
  Sacha Guitry, Russian dramatist (d. 1957)
• 1913 –
  Roger Laurent, Belgian racing driver (d. 1997)
• 1934 –
  Rue McClanahan, American actress (d. 2010)
• 1961 –
  Bertha Faye, American wrestler (d. 2001)
• 1969 –
  Eric Wilson, American musician
• 1969 –
  Tony Meola, American footballer
• 1982 –
  Andre Barrett, American basketball player
• 1989 –
  Corbin Bleu, American actor and singer
• 1989 –
  Jem Karacan, English-born Turkish footballer

Who died on February 21?

• 1715 –
  Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, Governor of the Province of Maryland (b. 1637)
• 1944 –
  Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-born race car driver (b. 1873)
• 1980 –
  Alfred Andersch, German writer (b. 1914)
• 1982 –
  Gershom Scholem, German-born Israeli Jewish philosopher and historian (b. 1897)
• 1991 –
  Dorothy Auchterlonie, Australian academic, literary critic and poet (b. 1915)
• 1999 –
  Ilmari Juutilainen, Finnish fighter pilot (b. 1914)
• 2000 –
  Antonio Díaz-Miguel, Spanish basketball coach (b. 1933)
• 2004 –
  Guido Molinari, Canadian artist (b. 1933)
• 2005 –
  Ara Berberian, American opera singer (b. 1930)
• 2008 –
  Ben Chapman, American actor (b. 1928)