This Day In History

[Robert Wolfe]

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Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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Births:

02/21/1417 Louis IX, Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt)
02/21/1484 Joachim I Nestor, ruler (Brandenburg, Constitution)
02/21/1556 Sethus Calvisius, composer
02/21/1674 Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer
02/21/1684 Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator)
02/21/1690 Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer
02/21/1710 Willem van Hairs, Fries nobleman/poet (Menschelijk Life)
02/21/1728 Peter III, Kiel Germany, Russian tsar (1761-62), husband of Catherin

02/21/1730 Charles L Fournier, Flemish writer/painter
02/21/1744 Eise J Eisinga, built planetarium Franeker
02/21/1776 Vincenzo Lavigna, composer
02/21/1779 Friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer
02/21/1791 Carl Czerny, composer
02/21/1794 Antonio López de Santa Anna, president of México (1833-36)
02/21/1795 Francisco Manuel da Silva, composer
02/21/1800 John Henry Winder, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1865
02/21/1801 Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda, composer
02/21/1801 John Henry Newman, England, cardinal/author (Dream of Gerontius)
02/21/1802 George Douglas Ramsey, Bvt Major general (Union Army), died in 1882
02/21/1805 David Tod, Governor (Union), died in 1868
02/21/1814 Nicolo Gabrielli, composer
02/21/1815 Ernest Meissonier, French painter/sculptor
02/21/1817 José Zorrilla y Moral, Vallodolid Spain, poet/dramatist (El rey Loco

02/21/1821 Charles Scribner, US, music publisher (Scribner Catalog)
02/21/1829 Johnson Hagood, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898
02/21/1831 Eduard Rappoldi, composer
02/21/1836 Emil Hartmann, composer
02/21/1836 Léo Delibes, Saint-Germain-du-Val France, ballet composer (Coppélia)

02/21/1844 Charles-Marie Widor, Lyons France, composer/prof (Paris Conservatory

02/21/1855 Alice Freeman Palmer, educator (Hall of Fame)
02/21/1856 Hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam)
02/21/1857 Jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium (1907- )
02/21/1861 Pierre Breville, composer
02/21/1867 Otto Hermann Kahn, Banker, organized Metropolitan Opera Co
02/21/1877 Jacob D du Toit [Totius], South Africans poet/theologist)
02/21/1878 Fritz Cortolezis, composer
02/21/1880 Frank Orth, Phila Pa, actor (Boston Blackie, Brothers)
02/21/1881 Savilly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player
02/21/1885 Sacha Guitry, France, actor/playwright (Story of a Cheat)
02/21/1887 Savielly [Xavier] G Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player
02/21/1888 Florence Bates, actress (County Faur, Havana Rose, Strange Alibi)
02/21/1888 Willem Banning, theologist/sociologist (Religious build up)
02/21/1889 Felix Aylmer, actor (Anastasia, Hamlet, Iron Duke, Macbeth, St Joan)

02/21/1893 Andrés Segovia, Linares Spain, classical guitarist
02/21/1893 Vsevolod Pudovkin, Soviet film director/theorist (Mother, Deserter)
02/21/1896 Sylvain Poons, cabaret performer (Bluejackets)
02/21/1900 Sydney Arnold, English comic/actor (Miss Jones & son)
02/21/1902 Arthur D Nock, English/US historian (St Paul)
02/21/1902 Bob [Hśman] Scholte, singer [or 1909]
02/21/1902 John Smallenbroek, Dutch minister of Internal Affairs
02/21/1903 Anaős Nin, Paris, novelist (Winter of Artifice, House of Incense)
02/21/1903 Eric Fogg, composer
02/21/1903 Madeleine Renaud, French actress/theater director (Plaisir)
02/21/1903 Raymond Queneau, [M Presle], French author
02/21/1903 Thomas Yawkey, baseball owner (Boston Red Sox)
02/21/1904 Armand Preud'homme, Flemish organist/poet
02/21/1907 Wystan Hugh Auden, US, poet (Age of Anxiety-Pulitzer 1948)
02/21/1908 Raymond Queneau, [M Presle], French writer
02/21/1909 George G F van Renesse, pianist/music director
02/21/1909 Hans Erni, Switz, painter/sculptor
02/21/1912 Arline Judge, actress (Girls in Chains, Mad Wednesday, Age of Consen

02/21/1912 Nikita Magaloff, Russian/Swiss pianist
02/21/1913 Glenn M Anderson, (Rep-D-CA, 1969- )
02/21/1914 Arnold S Denker, NY, US chess champion (1944-46)
02/21/1914 Hermanus P 'Piet' Mulder, Dutch journalist (Slogan/VARA)
02/21/1914 Zachary Scott, actor (Mildred Pierce, Pretty Baby. Ruthless)
02/21/1915 Ann Sheridan, Denton Texas, actress (Dodge City, Good Sam)
02/21/1915 Godfrey Brown, England, 4 X 400m runner (Olympic-gold-1936)
02/21/1917 Victor GM Marijnen, Dutch premier (1963-65)
02/21/1922 Murray 'the K' Kaufman, NYC DJ (5th Beatle)
02/21/1922 Uros Krek, composer
02/21/1923 Zvi Zeitlin, Dubrovnik Yugoslavia, violinist/prof (Eastman School)
02/21/1924 Robert G Mugabe, premier/president of Zimbabwe
02/21/1925 Al Fann, Cleve, actor (Alvin-He's the Mayor)
02/21/1925 Sam Peckinpah, film director (Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs)
02/21/1926 Hans Andreus, [Johan W van de Zant], poet (Language of the Animals)
02/21/1927 Erma Bombeck, Ohio, humorist (Grass Is Always Greener...)
02/21/1927 Hubert Givenchy, fashion designer
02/21/1927 Hubert de Givenchy, fashion designer (Audrey Hepburn)
02/21/1927 Pierre Mercure, composer
02/21/1931 Larry Hagman, TV actor (I Dream of Jeannie, Dallas)
02/21/1932 Harold V, King of Norway (1990- )
02/21/1933 Nina Simone, [Eunice Waymon], Tyron NC, singer/pianist (Porgy)
02/21/1934 Rue McClanahan, Healdton Okla, actress (Maude, Golden Girls)
02/21/1936 Barbara Jordan, Houston, Tx, (Rep-D-Tx)
02/21/1937 Gary Lockwood, Van Nuys Cal, actor (2001, Survival Zone, Lieutenant)

02/21/1937 Ron Clarke, Australia, runner (held 19 world records)
02/21/1938 Beryl F Anthony Jr, (Rep-D-CA, 1979- )
02/21/1939 Richard Beymer, Iowa, actor (West Side Story, Diary of Anne Frank)
02/21/1940 John Lewis, (Rep-D-Georgia)
02/21/1940 Peter McEnery, England, actor (Game is Over, Moonspinners)
02/21/1942 Margarethe von Trotta, Germany, actress/director (Marianne)
02/21/1943 David Geffin, Brooklyn NY, record producer (Geffin, Asylum)
02/21/1944 Herman de Coninck, Flemish writer/poet (Impossible Work)
02/21/1944 Kitty Winn, Wash DC, actress (Beacon Hill)
02/21/1946 Tricia Nixon Cox, Richard Milhaus' daughter (or 0202)
02/21/1946 Tyne Daly, Madison Wisc, actress (Cagney & Lacey, Angel Unchained)
02/21/1947 Jill Eikenberry, actress (Ann Kelsey-LA Law)
02/21/1947 Olympia J Snowe, (Rep-R-ME, 1979- )
02/21/1948 Larry Ragland, Richmond Va, comedian (Keep on Truckin')
02/21/1949 Jerry Harrison, rock keyboardist (Talking Heads-& She Was)
02/21/1952 J J Brunel, rocker (Stranglers-Dreamtime)
02/21/1953 Christine Ebersole, Park Forest Ill, actress (SNL, Valerie, Tootsie)

02/21/1954 Ivo van Damme, Belgium, 800/1500m dash (Olympic-silver-1976)
02/21/1958 Jack Coleman, Easton Pa, actor (Steven Carrington-Dynasty)
02/21/1958 Jake Steinfeld, exercise expert (Body by Jake)
02/21/1958 Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Princeton NJ, country singer (This Shirt)
02/21/1961 Christopher Atkins, Rye NY, actor (Peter-Dallas, Blue Lagoon)
02/21/1961 Ranking Roger, rock vocalist (English Beat-Drowning)
02/21/1963 Michael Gostigian, Phila Pa, US pentathlete (Olympic-92)
02/21/1964 Alana Soares, Redondo Beach Ca, playmate (Mar, 1983)
02/21/1966 Nikki Charm, XXX actress (Lucky Charm, Only the Best, Strip Search)
02/21/1966 Tommy Hendricks, rocker
02/21/1966 Wendy James, rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen)
02/21/1968 Todd Ferich, computer language expert
02/21/1968 Wendy James, West London England, singer (Revolution Baby)
02/21/1973 Brian Rolston, Flint Mich, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994)
02/21/1975 Troy Slaten, actor (Jerry-Parker Lewis Can't Lose)
02/21/1986 Amedeo, Belgium, son of princess Astrid/arch duke Lorenz


Deaths:

02/21/ 556 Maximianus van Ravenna, bishop (Basilica S Stefano), dies
02/21/1513 Julius II, [Giuliano dellea Rovere], Pope (1503-13), dies
02/21/1554 Hieronymus Bock, German doctor, founder of modern botany, dies
02/21/1624 Dirck van Baburen, painter (Are), dies at about 28
02/21/1653 Adriaen Peacock, pension advisor for Holland, dies at 71
02/21/1677 [Benedictus] Baruch Spinoza, philosopher, dies
02/21/1684 Pieter van de Abeelen, mohammed/jeweller, dies at about 75
02/21/1689 Isaacus Vossius, [Isaac Vos], librarian, dies
02/21/1711 Joan van Receiver, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1707-09), dies at 57
02/21/1730 Benedict XIII, [Pietro F Orsini], Pope (1724-30), dies at 81
02/21/1790 Johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer, dies at 64
02/21/1803 Edward Despard, last drawn & quartered in England
02/21/1842 Wojciech Zywny, composer, dies at 85
02/21/1862 Justinus AC Kerner, German family doctor/poet/writer, dies at 75
02/21/1864 Jeffery Forrest, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
02/21/1872 Pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82
02/21/1876 Henry John Gauntlett, composer, dies at 70
02/21/1879 Peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69
02/21/1884 John Pike Hullah, composer, dies at 72
02/21/1887 Jean C F Demolombe, [prince l'exégŐse], French lawyer, dies at 82
02/21/1919 Giovanni Bolzoni, composer, dies at 77
02/21/1919 Habib Ullah Chan, emir of Afghanistam (1901-19), murdered at 46
02/21/1919 Karl von Hohenzollern, Prince of Belgium, dies
02/21/1919 Kurt Eisner, soc premier Bayern, murdered
02/21/1924 Salvatore Auteri Manzocchi, composer, dies at 78
02/21/1925 Alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer, dies at 52
02/21/1926 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, physicist (Nobel 1913), dies
02/21/1938 Albert Huybrechts, composer, dies at 39
02/21/1938 George Ellery Hale, astronomer, dies
02/21/1945 Eric Liddell, runner (Olympic-gold 1924), dies at 43
02/21/1948 Frederick Archibald Lamond, composer, dies at 80
02/21/1949 Ernest Walker, composer, dies at 78
02/21/1951 Anton Roemer, actor, dies at 63
02/21/1956 Edwin Franko Goldman, composer, dies at 78
02/21/1961 Blaise Cendrars, [Frédéric Sauser-Hall], Switz, poet, dies at 73
02/21/1965 Malcolm X, [Little], black muslim leader, assassinated at 39 in NYC
02/21/1968 Anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies
02/21/1969 José de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies
02/21/1971 Adolph Weiss, composer, dies at 79
02/21/1976 Florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies
02/21/1976 Frieda Inescort, actress (Meet Corliss Archer), dies at 74
02/21/1979 Ray Whitley, composer, dies
02/21/1980 Chester H Lauck, actor (2 Weeks to Live, Goin' to Town), dies at 78
02/21/1984 Michail A Sjolochov, Russian writer (Ocean Don, Nobel 1965), dies
02/21/1985 Eric Autumn, cabaret performer, dies at 47
02/21/1985 Ina Claire, actress/comedienne (3 Bdwy Girls), dies of stroke at 92
02/21/1985 Louis Hayward, actor (Lone Wolf, Survivors), dies of lung cancer at

02/21/1991 Dame Margot Fonteyn, ballerina, dies of cancer at 71
02/21/1992 Franc Holden, British astronomer (Binary Stars), dies
02/21/1992 Jane Pickens Langley Hoving, singer, dies at 83
02/21/1992 Kate A ter Horst-Arriëns, nurse (Battle of Arnhem), dies
02/21/1992 William S Magginetti, dies
02/21/1993 Ferruccio Lamborghini, auto manufacturer, dies at 76 of heart attack



Significant Events:

02/21/1431 England begins trial against Joan of Ark
02/21/1574 Spanish garrison of Middelburg surrenders
02/21/1583 Groningen begins using Gregorian calendar
02/21/1613 Michael Romanov, son of Patriarch of Moscow, elected Russian tsar
02/21/1673 Michiel A de Ruyter appointed lt-admiral-general of Dutch fleet
02/21/1675 Prince Willem III appointed viceroy of Gelderland
02/21/1777 English ambassador Joseph Yorke demands dismissal of Governor John
02/21/1777 de Graaff for saluting US flag
02/21/1782 US congress resolves establishment of a US mint
02/21/1797 Trinidad, West Indies surrenders to British
02/21/1804 1st locomotive, Richard Trevithick's, runs for 1st time, in Wales
02/21/1816 Dutch crown prince Willem weds Russian great monarch Anna Paulowna
02/21/1828 1st Indian newspaper in US, Cherokee Phoenix (weekly), Georgia
02/21/1842 1st known sewing machine patent in US, John Greenough, Wash DC
02/21/1846 1st US woman telegrapher, Sarah G Bagley, Lowell, Mass
02/21/1853 US authorizes minting of $3 gold pieces
02/21/1857 US issues flying eagle cents
02/21/1858 1st electric burglar alarm installed (Boston, Mass)
02/21/1861 Navaho indians elects Herrero Grande as chief
02/21/1862 Battle of Valverde, NM Terr - CS victory
02/21/1862 Texas Rangers win Confederate victory at Battle of Val Verde, NM
02/21/1864 -22] Battle at Okolona, Mississippi
02/21/1864 1st US Catholic parish church for blacks dedicated, Baltimore
02/21/1866 Lucy B Hobbs (Taylor) becomes 1st US woman to earn a DDS degree
02/21/1874 Benjamin Disraeli replaces William Gladstone as English premier
02/21/1874 Oakland Daily Tribune begins publication
02/21/1878 1st telephone directory (with 50 names) issued, New Haven, Conn
02/21/1882 NYC's 24 hour race begins, winner with most mileage in 24 hours
02/21/1885 Washington Monument dedicated (Washington, DC)
02/21/1887 1st US bacteriology laboratory opens, in Brooklyn
02/21/1887 Oregon becomes 1st US state to make Labor Day a holiday
02/21/1895 NC Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Frederick Douglass

02/21/1902 Dr Harvey Cushing, 1st US brain surgeon, does his 1st brain operatio

02/21/1903 Cornerstone laid for US army war college, Washington, DC
02/21/1904 National Ski Association formed, Ishpeming, Mich
02/21/1906 A Kopff discovers asteroid #596 Scheila
02/21/1906 M Wolf discovers asteroid #586 Thekla
02/21/1907 Hoek van Holland & passenger ship SS Berlin collide (142 dead)
02/21/1911 Gustav Mahler conducts his last concerto (Berceuse élégique)
02/21/1914 White Wolf troops attack Zhanjiang China
02/21/1915 20th Russian Army corps surrenders
02/21/1915 World's Fair in SF opens
02/21/1916 Battle of Verdun begins (1 million casualties)
02/21/1916 M Wolf discovers asteroid #818 Kapteynia
02/21/1917 British Mendi sinks off Isle of Wight, 627 die
02/21/1917 Train near Chirurcha Romania catches fire & explodes; 100s die
02/21/1918 Austrians chase Turkish troop out of Jericho, Palestine
02/21/1919 Revolutionary strike in Barcelona
02/21/1922 Airship Rome explodes at Hampton Roads Virginia; 34 die
02/21/1922 Great Britain gives Egypt independence
02/21/1922 WHK-AM in Cleveland OH begins radio transmissions
02/21/1925 1st issue of New Yorker magazine published
02/21/1925 Mass meeting of SPD's Reichsbanner Black-Red-Gold
02/21/1927 Franz Lehár's opera, Zarewitsch, premieres
02/21/1932 André Tardieu becomes premier of France
02/21/1932 Camera exposure meter patented, WN Goodwin
02/21/1934 Nicaraguan patriot Augusto Cesar Sandino assassinated by Natl Guard
02/21/1936 F Rigaux discovers asteroid #1378 Leonce
02/21/1939 Belgian govt of Pierlot forms
02/21/1943 RC bishops protest against spread of Judaism
02/21/1943 Secret Police evacuate Apeld'se Forest, North Auschwitz
02/21/1944 'War As It Happens' news show premieres on NBC (NYC only)
02/21/1945 British Army captures Goch
02/21/1946 Anti-British demonstrates in Egypt
02/21/1947 1st instant developing camera demonstrated in NYC, by E H Land
02/21/1947 Whipper Billy Watson beats Bill Longson, to become wrestling champ
02/21/1950 WOI TV channel 5 in Ames-Des Moines, IA (ABC/PBS) begins broadcastin

02/21/1952 Bangladesh Martyrs Day (martyrs of Bengali Language Movement)
02/21/1952 Dick Button performs 1st figure skating triple jump in competition
02/21/1952 Liz Taylor's 2nd marriage (Michael Wilding)
02/21/1953 F Crick & J Watson discover structure of DNA-molecule
02/21/1953 Longest collegiate basketball game (6 OTs) Niagara beats Siena 88-81

02/21/1958 Egypt-Syria as UAR elect Nasser president (99.9% vote)
02/21/1961 Gabon adopts constitution
02/21/1961 Mercury-Atlas 2 reentry test reaches 172 km
02/21/1962 Minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen Neth
02/21/1964 UK flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to US
02/21/1966 Indonesia's president Sukarno fires General Nasution
02/21/1968 150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin
02/21/1968 Baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000
02/21/1969 1st launching of heavy N-1 rocket at Baikonur Kazachstan (explodes)
02/21/1969 B Burnasheva discovers asteroid #3406
02/21/1970 Pathet Lao conquerors Xieng Khuang & Muong Suy
02/21/1971 Series of tornadoes cuts through Miss & La killing 117
02/21/1972 Richard Nixon becomes 1st US president to visit China
02/21/1973 Chicago Black Hawks, NHL record 262nd game without being shut-out
02/21/1973 Israeli fighters shoot Libyan aircraft down, killing 108
02/21/1974 Silver hits record $5.96ź an ounce in London
02/21/1974 Yugoslavia adopts constitution
02/21/1975 John Lennon releases 'Rock 'n' Roll' album
02/21/1976 Cardinal Willebrands installed as archbishop of Utrecht
02/21/1977 74 Unification Church couples wed in NYC
02/21/1979 Japan launches Hakucho x-ray satellite & Corsa-B (550/580 km)
02/21/1980 Eric Heiden skates 1500m in 1:55.44
02/21/1980 Hanni Wenzel is 1st Liechtensteiner to win Olymp gold (giant slalom)

02/21/1980 L G Karachkina discovers asteroid #3508 Pasternak
02/21/1981 'Yorkshire Ripper' Peter Sutcliffe, murderer of 13 women, captured
02/21/1981 Charles Rocket clearly says 'fuck' on Saturday Night Live
02/21/1981 Japan launches Hinotori satellite to study solar flares (580/640 k)
02/21/1981 NASA launches Comstar D-4
02/21/1982 Bowell disc asteroid 2634 James Bradley, 2635 Huggins & 2939 Coconin

02/21/1983 Donald Davis runs 1 mile backwards in 6 m 7.1 s
02/21/1983 NBA San Diego Clippers begin a 29 game road losing streak
02/21/1985 Evert van Benthem wins 13th Friese 11 city skateing race
02/21/1985 Largest NBA crowd to date 44,970 (Atlanta at Detroit)
02/21/1986 Tennis star Jimmy Connors fined $20,000 & suspended for 10 weeks
02/21/1987 Syrian army marches into Beirut
02/21/1988 Actor Dudley Moore marries actress Brogan Lane
02/21/1988 Gustafson skates world record 10km (13:48.20)
02/21/1988 Televangelist Jimmy Swaggert confesses his sins to his congregation
02/21/1988 Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 3 km (4:11.94)
02/21/1989 US bust Chinese ring, capture record 820 lbs heroin ($1B st value)
02/21/1989 US capture record 820 lbs of heroin ($1 B street value)
02/21/1993 Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.15 m)

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