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
- 1789 –North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.
- 1905 –Albert Einstein’s paper, Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?, is published in the journal “Annalen der Physik”. This paper reveals the relationship between energy and mass. This leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc².
- 1910 –Sailors onboard Brazil’s most powerful military units, including the brand-new warships Ship Brazilian battleship, Ship Brazilian battleship, and Ship Brazilian cruiser, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).
- 1962 –The Chinese People’s Liberation Army declares a unilateral cease-fire in the Sino-Indian War.
- 1972 –Voters in South Korea overwhelmingly approve a new constitution, giving legitimacy to Park Chung-hee and the Fourth Republic.
- 1974 –The Birmingham Pub Bombings kill 21 people. The Birmingham Six are sentenced to life in prison for the crime but subsequently acquitted.
- 1980 –A deadly fire breaks out at the MGM Grand Hotel in Paradise, Nevada (now Bally’s Las Vegas). 87 people are killed and more than 650 are injured in the worst disaster in Nevada history.
- 1986 –Iran-Contra Affair: National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary start to shred documents implicating them in the sale of weapons to Iran and channeling the proceeds to help fund the Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
- 2004 –The island of Dominica is hit by the most destructive earthquake in its history. The northern half of the island receives the most damage, especially the town of Portsmouth. It is also felt in neighboring Guadeloupe, where one person is killed.
- 2006 –Anti-Syrian Lebanese Minister and MP Pierre Gemayel is assassinated in suburban Beirut.
Who were born on November 21?
- 1567 –Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (d. 1621)
- 1852 –Francisco Tárrega, father of modern classical guitar (d. 1909)
- 1920 –Stan Musial, American baseball player
- 1937 –Ingrid Pitt, Polish-born British actress (d. 2010)
- 1944 –Earl Monroe, American basketball player
- 1950 –Stephen Geyer, American film and television composer
- 1960 –Brian McNamara, American actor
- 1968 –Sean Schemmel, American voice actor
- 1979 –Vincenzo Iaquinta, Italian footballer
- 1987 –Brian Douwes, Dutch kickboxer and martial artist
Who died on November 21?
- 496 –Pope Gelasius I
- 1652 –Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (b. 1585)
- 1874 –Mariano Fortuny, Spanish painter (b. 1838)
- 1899 –Garret Hobart, 24th Vice President of the United States (b. 1844)
- 1957 –Francis Burton Harrison, American politician (b. 1873)
- 1970 –Newsy Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1887)
- 1974 –Frank Martin, Swiss composer (b. 1890)
- 1986 –Dar Robinson, American film stuntman (b. 1947)
- 1999 –Quentin Crisp, British writer and actor (b. 1908)
- 2007 –Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director and playwright (b. 1921)
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