Birthdates Which Occur on February 21:
1417 Louis IX Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt)
1484 Joachim I Nestor elector (Brandenburg, Constitution)
1556 Sethus Calvisius composer
1674 Johann Augustin Kobelius composer
1684 Justus van Effen writer/founder (Holland Spectator)
1690 Christoph Stoltzenberg composer
1710 Willem van Haren Frisian nobleman/poet (Human Life)
1728 Peter III Kiel Germany, Russian tsar (1762)/husband of Catherine
1730 Charles L Fournier Flemish writer/painter
1744 Eise J Eisinga Frisia, built planetarium Franeker
1776 Vincenzo Lavigna composer
1779 Friedrich C von Savigny German lawyer
1785 Karl A Varnhagen von Ense German officer/author (Die Sterner)
1794 Antonio L¢pez de Santa Anna president of M‚xico (1833-36)
1795 Francisco Manuel da Silva composer
1800 John Henry Winder Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1865
1801 Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda composer
and John Henry Newman England, cardinal/author (Dream of Gerontius)
1802 George Douglas Ramsey Bvt Major general (Union Army), died in 1882
1805 David Tod US diplomat/(Gov-R-Ohio, 1861-63)
1814 Nicolo Gabrielli composer
1815 Ernest Meissonier French painter/sculptor
1817 Jos‚ Zorrilla y Moral Vallodolid Spain, poet/dramatist (El rey Loco)
1821 Charles Scribner US, music publisher (Scribner Catalog)
1829 Johnson Hagood Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898
1831 Eduard Rappoldi composer
1836 Emil Hartmann composer
and L‚o Delibes Saint-Germain-du-Val France, ballet composer (Copp‚lia)
1844 Charles-Marie Widor Lyons France, composer/prof (Paris Conservatory)
1855 Alice Freeman Palmer educator (Hall of Fame)
1856 Hendrik P Berlage architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam)
1857 Jules de Trooz baron/premier of Belgium (1907)
1861 Pierre Breville composer
1867 Otto Hermann Kahn Banker, organized Metropolitan Opera Co
1875 Jeanne Calment France, oldest woman on Earth
1877 Jacob D du Toit [Totius] South African poet/theologist
1878 Fritz Cortolezis composer
1880 Frank Orth Phila Pa, actor (Boston Blackie, Brothers)
1881 Savilly Tartakower Austrian/Polish/French chess player
1885 Sacha Guitry France, actor/playwright (Story of a Cheat)
1887 Savielly [Xavier] G Tartakower Austrian/Polish/French chess player
1888 Florence Bates TX, actress (Moon & Sixpence, Love Crazy, San Antonio)
and Willem Banning Dutch theologist/sociologist (Religious Build Up)
1889 Felix Aylmer actor (Anastasia, Hamlet, Iron Duke, Macbeth, St Joan)
1893 Andr‚s Segovia Linares Spain, classical guitarist
and Vsevolod Pudovkin Soviet film director/theorist (Mother, Deserter)
1896 Sylvain Poons Dutch cabaret performer (Blue Jackets)
1898 Vassily Vainonen Russian ballet dancers/choreographer (Gayaneh)
19-- Anthony Spinelli XXX director (Endangered, Dancers, Ecstasy)
and Bronwen Booth London, actress (Andy-One Life to Live, Eternal Evil)
and Patricia Benoit Ft Worth Tx, actress (Nancy-Mr Peepers)
and Woody Brown Dayton Ohio, actor (Cliff-Facts of Life)
1900 Madeleine Renaud French actress/theater director (Plaisir)
and Sydney Arnold English comic/actor (Miss Jones & son)
1902 Arthur D Nock English/US historian (St Paul)
and Bob [H˜man] Scholte Dutch vocalist [or 1909]
and John Smallenbroek Dutch minister of Internal Affairs [or 1909]
1903 Ana‹s Nin Paris, novelist (Winter of Artifice, House of Incense)
and Eric Fogg composer
and Madeleine Renaud French actress/theater director (Plaisir) [or 1900]
and Raymond Queneau [M Presle], French author
and Thomas Yawkey baseball owner (Boston Red Sox)
1904 Armand Preud'homme Flemish organist/poet
1907 Wystan Hugh Auden US, poet (Age of Anxiety-Pulitzer 1948)
1909 George G F van Renesse Dutch pianist/music director
and Hans Erni Switz, painter/sculptor
and Helen O Dickens [Henderson], US physician/gynaecologist
1912 Arline Judge actress (Girls in Chains, Mad Wednesday, Age of Consent)
and Nikita Magaloff Russian/Swiss pianist
and Patrick Murphy English multi-millionaire
1913 Glenn M Anderson (Rep-D-CA, 1969- )
1914 Arnold S Denker NY, US chess champion (1944-46)
and Hermanus P "Piet" Mulder Dutch journalist (Parool/VARA)
1915 Ann Sheridan Denton Texas, actress (Dodge City, Good Sam)
and Godfrey Brown England, 4 X 400m runner (Olympic-gold-1936)
1917 Victor G M Marijnen Dutch premier (1963-65)
1922 Murray "the K" Kaufman NYC DJ (5th Beatle)
and Uros Krek composer
1923 Zvi Zeitlin Dubrovnik Yugoslavia, violinist/prof (Eastman School)
1924 Robert G Mugabe premier/president of Zimbabwe
1925 Al Fann Cleve, actor (Alvin-He's the Mayor)
and Sam Peckinpah Fresno CA, film director (Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs)
1926 Hans Andreus [Johan W van der Zant], Dutch poet (Animal Language)
1927 Erma Bombeck Ohio, humorist (Grass Is Always Greener...)
and Hubert de Givenchy fashion designer (Audrey Hepburn)
and Pierre Mercure composer
1931 Larry Hagman TV actor (I Dream of Jeannie, Dallas)
1932 Harald V King of Norway (1991- )
1933 Nina Simone [Eunice Waymon], Tyron NC, vocalist/pianist (Porgy)
1934 Rue McClanahan Healdton Okla, actress (Maude, Golden Girls)
1936 Barbara Jordan Houston, Tx, (Rep-D-Tx)
1937 Gary Lockwood Van Nuys Cal, actor (2001, Survival Zone, Lieutenant)
and Ron Clarke Australia, runner (held 19 world records)
1938 Beryl F Anthony Jr (Rep-D-CA, 1979- )
1939 Richard Beymer Avoca IA, actor (West Side Story, Diary of Anne Frank)
and Ron Nagle rocker
1940 John Lewis (Rep-D-Georgia)
and Peter McEnery England, actor (Game is Over, Moonspinners)
1941 Charlie Shelburne English earl/large landowner
1942 Margarethe Von Trotta Berlin Germany, actress/director (Marianne)
1943 David Geffin Brooklyn NY, record producer (Geffin, Asylum)
and Roberto Faenza director (Cop Killers, Corrupt)
1944 Herman de Coninck Flemish writer/poet (Impossible Work)
and Kitty Winn Wash DC, actress (Beacon Hill)
1946 Tricia Nixon Cox Richard Milhaus' daughter (or 0202)
and Tyne Daly Madison Wisc, actress (Cagney & Lacey, Angel Unchained)
1947 Olympia J Snowe (Rep-R-ME, 1979- )
1948 Larry Ragland Richmond Va, comedian (Keep on Truckin')
1949 Jerry Harrison Milwaukee, rock keyboardist (Talking Heads)
1951 Michael Cotten rock synthesizer (Tubes)
and Vince Walnick rock keyboardist (Tubes)
1952 J J Brunel rocker (Stranglers-Dreamtime)
1953 Christine Ebersole Park Forest Ill, actress (SNL, Valerie, Tootsie)
1954 Ivo van Damme Belgium, 800/1500m dash (Olympic-silver-1976)
1958 Alan Trammel infiedler (Detroit Tigers)
and Jack Coleman Easton Pa, actor (Steven Carrington-Dynasty)
and Jake Steinfeld exercise expert (Body by Jake)
and Mary-Chapin Carpenter Princeton NJ, country vocalist (This Shirt)
1961 Christopher Atkins Rye NY, actor (Peter-Dallas, Blue Lagoon)
and Ranking Roger rock vocalist (English Beat-Drowning)
and Yobes Ondieki Kenya, 10K runner (world record)
1963 Michael Gostigian Phila Pa, US pentathlete (Olympic-92)
1964 Alana Soares Redondo Beach Ca, playmate (Mar, 1983)
1966 Nikki Charm XXX actress (Lucky Charm, Only the Best, Strip Search)
and Tommy Hendricks rocker
and Wendy James London England, vocalist (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen)
1967 Bas Roorda soccer player (FC Groningen)
and Patrick Lodew˜ks soccer player (PSV/FC Groningen)
1969 Petra Kronberger Austrian alpine skiier (Olympic-gold-1992)
1971 Arco Jochemsen soccer player (SVDB/Vitesse)
1973 Brian Rolston Flint Mich, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994)
1975 Troy Slaten actor (Jerry-Parker Lewis Can't Lose)
1986 Amedeo Belgium, son of princess Astrid/arch duke Lorenz
Deaths Which Occured February 21:
556 Maximianus van Ravenna bishop (Basilica S Stefano), dies
1513 Julius II [Giuliano dellea Rovere], Pope (1503-13), dies
1554 Hieronymus Bock German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies
1595 Robert Southwell English Jesuit/poet, hanged
1624 Dirck van Baburen painter (Are), dies at about 28
1648 Christian IV king of Denmark/Norway, dies
1653 Adriaen Peacock pension advisor for Holland, dies at 71
1677 [Benedictus] Baruch Spinoza philosopher, dies
1684 Pieter van de Abeelen mohammed/jeweller, dies at about 75
1689 Isaacus Vossius [Isaac Vos], librarian, dies
1711 Joan van Receiver gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1707-09), dies at 57
1730 Benedict XIII [Pietro F Orsini], Pope (1724-30), dies at 81
1790 Johann Friedrich Kloffler composer, dies at 64
1803 Edward Despard last person drawn & quartered in England
1842 Wojciech Zywny composer, dies at 85
1852 Nikolai Gogol Russian playwright (Dead Soles), dies
1862 Justinus AC Kerner German family doctor/poet/writer, dies at 75
1864 Jeffery Forrest US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
1872 Pavel P Gagarin Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82
1876 Henry John Gauntlett composer, dies at 70
1879 Peter P van Bosse Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69
1884 John Pike Hullah composer, dies at 72
1894 Gustave Caillebotte French shipbuilding designer/painter, dies at 45
1919 Giovanni Bolzoni composer, dies at 77
Habib Ullah Chan emir of Afghanistam (1901-19), murdered at 46
Karl von Hohenzollern Prince of Belgium, dies
Kurt Eisner soc premier Bayern, murdered
1924 Salvatore Auteri Manzocchi composer, dies at 78
1925 Alfred Baldwin Sloan composer, dies at 52
1926 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes physicist (Nobel 1913), dies
1938 Albert Huybrechts composer, dies at 39
George Ellery Hale astronomer, dies
1945 Eric Liddell runner (Olympic-gold 1924), dies at 43
1948 Frederick Archibald Lamond composer, dies at 80
1949 Ernest Walker composer, dies at 78
1951 Anton Roemer actor, dies at 63^
1956 Edwin Franko Goldman composer, dies at 78
1961 Blaise Cendrars [Fr‚d‚ric Sauser-Hall], Switz, poet, dies at 73
1965 Malcolm X [Little], black Moslem leader, assassinated at 39 in NYC
1968 Anthony Asquith British director (Court Martial), dies
1969 Jos‚ de Capriles Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies
1971 Adolph Weiss composer, dies at 79
1976 Florence Ballard rocker (Supremes), dies
Frieda Inescort actress (Meet Corliss Archer), dies at 74
1979 Ray Whitley composer, dies
1980 Chester H Lauck actor (2 Weeks to Live, Goin' to Town), dies at 78
1984 Michail A Sjolochov Russian writer (Ocean Don, Nobel 1965), dies
1985 Eric Autumn cabaret performer, dies at 47^
Ina Claire actress/comedienne (3 Bdwy Girls), dies of stroke at 92
Louis Hayward actor (Lone Wolf, Survivors), dies of lung cancer at 75
1991 Dame Margot Fonteyn ballerina, dies of cancer at 71
Roger Swaybill dies at 47
1992 Eva A Jessye US singer/actress (Eva Jessye Choir), dies at 97
Franc Holden British astronomer (Binary Stars), dies
Jane Pickens Langley Hoving singer, dies at 83
Kate A ter Horst-Arri‰ns nurse (Battle of Arnhem), dies
William S Magginetti dies at 98
1993 Ferruccio Lamborghini auto manufacturer, dies at 76 of heart attack
1995 Robert Bolt Brit playwright (Doctor Zhivago, Bounty), dies at 70
Holidays Which Occur February 21:
Bangladesh Bangladesh Martyrs Day/National Mourning Day (1952)
Religious Observances on February 21:
Christian Feast of Bl Noel
RC Eleonora, wife of English king Henry III
RC Felix, 3rd bishop of Metz
RC Zacharias, patriarch of Jerusalem
1072 RC Commem of St Peter Damian, bishop of Ostia, confessor/doctor
1595 RC Commemoration of St Robert Southwell, English Jesuit, martyr
Things to Remember for February 21:
Biorhythm Health Month-National Meat Month
Flowers-violet & primrose Gem-amethyst
National Cherry-American Heart-TV Sweeps & Black History Month
[Ancient Rome] Kalend‘ Februarius; Kalend Feb
[Plains Indians] Hunger Moon month
25 Days Delta Leonid meteor shower, radiant between ç & ë Leonis
27 Days Astrological sign: Pisces
[Ancient Rome] Feralia, honoring the dead; a d ix Kal Mar
Highlights in History Which Occur February 21:
1431 England begins trial against Joan of Ark
1574 Spanish garrison of Middelburg surrenders
1583 Groningen begins using Gregorian calendar
1613 Michael Romanov, son of Patriarch of Moscow, elected Russian tsar
1673 Michiel A de Ruyter appointed lt-admiral-general of Dutch fleet
1675 Prince Willem III appointed viceroy of Gelderland
1777 English ambassador Joseph Yorke demands dismissal of Governor John
de Graaff for saluting US flag
1782 US congress resolves establishment of a US mint
1797 Trinidad, West Indies surrenders to British
1804 1st locomotive, Richard Trevithick's, runs for 1st time, in Wales
1816 Dutch crown prince Willem weds Russian great monarch Anna Paulowna
1828 1st Indian newspaper in US, Cherokee Phoenix (weekly), Georgia
1842 1st known sewing machine patent in US, John Greenough, Wash DC
1846 1st US woman telegrapher, Sarah G Bagley, Lowell, Mass
1853 US authorizes minting of $3 gold pieces
1857 US issues flying eagle cents
1858 1st electric burglar alarm installed (Boston, Mass)
1861 Navaho indians elects Herrero Grande as chief
1862 Battle of Valverde, NM Terr - CS victory
and Texas Rangers win Confederate victory at Battle of Val Verde, NM
1864 -22] Battle at Okolona, Mississippi
and 1st US Catholic parish church for blacks dedicated, Baltimore
1866 Lucy B Hobbs (Taylor) becomes 1st US woman to earn a DDS degree
1874 Benjamin Disraeli replaces William Gladstone as English premier
and Oakland Daily Tribune begins publication
1878 1st telephone directory (with 50 names) issued, New Haven, Conn
1882 NYC's 24 hour race begins, winner with most mileage in 24 hours
1885 Washington Monument dedicated (Washington, DC)
1887 1st US bacteriology laboratory opens, in Brooklyn
and Oregon becomes 1st US state to make Labor Day a holiday
1895 NC Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Frederick Douglass
1902 Dr Harvey Cushing, 1st US brain surgeon, does his 1st brain operation
1903 Cornerstone laid for US army war college, Washington, DC
1906 A Kopff discovers asteroid #596 Scheila
and M Wolf discovers asteroid #586 Thekla
1907 Hoek van Holland & passenger ship SS Berlin collide (142 dead)
1911 Gustav Mahler conducts his last concerto (Berceuse ‚l‚gique)
1914 White Wolf troops attack Zhanjiang China
1915 20th Russian Army corps surrenders
and World's Fair in SF opens
1916 Battle of Verdun begins (1 million casualties)
and M Wolf discovers asteroid #818 Kapteynia
1917 British Mendi sinks off Isle of Wight, 627 die
and Train near Chirurcha Romania catches fire & explodes; 100s die
1918 Austrians chase Turkish troop out of Jericho, Palestine
1919 Revolutionary strike in Barcelona
1922 Airship Rome explodes at Hampton Roads Virginia; 34 die
and Great Britain gives Egypt independence
and WHK-AM in Cleveland OH begins radio transmissions
1925 1st issue of New Yorker magazine published
and Mass meeting of SPD's Reichsbanner Black-Red-Gold
1927 Franz Lehr's opera "Zarewitsch," premieres
1932 Andr‚ Tardieu becomes premier of France
and Camera exposure meter patented, WN Goodwin
1934 Nicaraguan patriot Augusto Cesar Sandino assassinated by Natl Guard
1936 F Rigaux discovers asteroid #1378 Leonce
1939 Belgian govt of Pierlot forms
1943 RC bishops protest against spread of Judaism
1944 "War As It Happens" news show premieres on NBC TV (NYC only)
1945 British Army captures Goch
1946 Anti-British demonstrates in Egypt
1947 1st instant developing camera demonstrated in NYC, by E H Land
and Whipper Billy Watson beats Bill Longson, to become wrestling champ
1950 WOI TV channel 5 in Ames-Des Moines, IA (ABC/PBS) begins broadcasting
1952 Bangladesh Martyrs Day (martyrs of Bengali Language Movement)
and Dick Button performs 1st figure skating triple jump in competition
and Liz Taylor's 2nd marriage (Michael Wilding)
1953 F Crick & J Watson discover structure of DNA-molecule
and Longest collegiate basketball game (6 OTs) Niagara beats Siena 88-81
1958 Egypt-Syria as UAR elect Nasser president (99.9% vote)
1961 Gabon adopts constitution
and Mercury-Atlas 2 reentry test reaches 172 km
1962 Minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen Neth
1964 UK flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to US
1966 Indonesia's president Sukarno fires General Nasution
1968 150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin
and Baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000
1969 1st launching of heavy N-1 rocket at Baikonur Kazachstan (explodes)
and B Burnasheva discovers asteroid #3406
1970 Pathet Lao conquerors Xieng Khuang & Muong Suy
1971 Series of tornadoes cuts through Miss & La killing 117
1972 Richard Nixon becomes 1st US president to visit China
1973 Chicago Black Hawks, NHL record 262nd game without being shut-out
and Israeli fighters shoot Libyan aircraft down, killing 108
1974 Silver hits record $5.96« an ounce in London
and Yugoslavia adopts constitution
1975 John Lennon releases "Rock 'n' Roll" album
1976 Cardinal Willebrands installed as archbishop of Utrecht
1977 74 Unification Church couples wed in NYC
1979 Japan launches Hakucho x-ray satellite & Corsa-B (550/580 km)
2 Iowa girls HS basketball teams play 4 scoreless quarters
and game was won 4-2 in 4th overtime period
1980 Eric Heiden skates 1500m in 1:55.44
and Hanni Wenzel is 1st Liechtensteiner to win Olymp gold (giant slalom)
and L G Karachkina discovers asteroid #3508 Pasternak
1981 "Yorkshire Ripper" Peter Sutcliffe, murderer of 13 women, captured
and Charles Rocket clearly says "fuck" on Saturday Night Live
and Japan launches Hinotori satellite to study solar flares (580/640 k)
and NASA launches Comstar D-4
1982 Bowell disc asteroid 2634 James Bradley, 2635 Huggins & 2939 Coconino
1983 Donald Davis runs 1 mile backwards in 6 m 7.1 s
and NBA San Diego Clippers begin a 29 game road losing streak
1985 Evert van Benthem wins 13th Friese 11 city skateing race
and Largest NBA crowd to date 44,970 (Atlanta at Detroit)
1986 Tennis star Jimmy Connors fined $20,000 & suspended for 10 weeks
1987 Syrian army marches into Beirut
1988 Actor Dudley Moore marries actress Brogan Lane
and Gustafson skates world record 10km (13:48.20)
and Televangelist Jimmy Swaggert confesses his sins to his congregation
and Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 3 km (4:11.94)
1989 US bust Chinese ring, capture record 820 lbs heroin ($1B st value)
and US capture record 820 lbs of heroin ($1 B street value)
1993 Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.15 m)
1971 Series of tornadoes cuts through Miss. & La. killing 117.
Your Special Reminders for February 21:
1916 5øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1930 68øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 52nd day of the year with 313 days left (Numerology = 5)
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