November 21st, 1532

Born on November 21st, 1532

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 179,000 days old!

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What happened on November 21st?

November 21st, 2015

The Belgian government imposed a four-day security lockdown in Brussels based on information about potential terrorist attacks.

November 21st, 2012

A remote-controlled bomb exploded on a bus in Tel Aviv, Israel, injuring at least 28 people on board.

November 21st, 2009

An explosion in a coal mine in Heilongjiang, China, killed 108 miners.

November 21st, 1977

"God Defend New Zealand" became New Zealand's second national anthem, on equal standing with "God Save the King", which had been the traditional anthem since 1840.

November 21st, 1974

Bombs exploded in two pubs in central Birmingham, England, killing 21 people and leading to the imprisonment of six people who were later exonerated.

November 21st, 1970

Vietnam War: American forces raided the North Vietnamese Sơn Tây prison camp in an attempt to rescue 61 American POWs who were thought to be held there.

November 21st, 1964

The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge (pictured), connecting Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City, opened to traffic as the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time.

November 21st, 1961

La Ronde (pictured), the first revolving restaurant in the United States, was inaugurated.

November 21st, 1959

American disc jockey Alan Freed (pictured), who popularized the term rock and roll, was fired from WABC-AM for his role in the payola scandal.

November 21st, 1950

Two trains collided near Valemount, Canada, killing 21 people; the subsequent trial brought future prime minister John Diefenbaker to greater political attention.

November 21st, 1945

Manzanar, a camp in California for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, was closed.

November 21st, 1922

Rebecca Latimer Felton became the first woman to serve in the United States Senate, albeit for only one day.

November 21st, 1920

Irish War of Independence: On Bloody Sunday in Dublin, the IRA assassinated a group of British intelligence agents, and British forces killed 14 civilians at a Gaelic football match at Croke Park.

November 21st, 1894

First Sino-Japanese War: After capturing the Chinese city of Port Arthur, the Japanese army began a massacre of the city's soldiers and civilians.

November 21st, 1877

Thomas Edison announced his invention of the phonograph, a device able to record and play sound.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 21st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on November 21st?

83

Voltaire

French writer, historian, and philosopher (1694–1778)

*November 21st, 1694, Paris †May 30th, 1778, Paris

32

Diego Demme

German association football player

*November 21st, 1991, Herford

39

Harald Lie

Norwegian composer

*November 21st, 1902, Oslo †May 23rd, 1942, Oslo

53

Knud Hilding

Actor

*November 21st, 1921, Denmark †September 14th, 1975, Denmark

67

Benedict XV

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1914 to 1922

*November 21st, 1854, Pegli †January 22nd, 1922, Apostolic Palace

34

Fabian Delph

English association football player (born 1989)

*November 21st, 1989, Bradford

67

Cherry Jones

American actress

*November 21st, 1956, Paris

83

Natalia Makarova

Soviet and American ballet dancer

*November 21st, 1940, Saint Petersburg

31

Rian Sukmawan

Badminton player

*November 21st, 1984, Semarang †February 27th, 2016

37

Colleen Ballinger

American comedian, singer and media personality

*November 21st, 1986, Santa Barbara

82

Juliet Mills

British-American actress

*November 21st, 1941, London

48

Jimmi Simpson

American film and television actor

*November 21st, 1975, Hackettstown

67

Ralph Meeker

American actor (1920-1988)

*November 21st, 1920, Minneapolis †August 5th, 1988, Woodland Hills

93

Joseph Campanella

American actor (1924–2018)

*November 21st, 1924, New York City †May 16th, 2018, Sherman Oaks

89

Laurence Luckinbill

American actor, playwright, director, and film and television producer

*November 21st, 1934, Fort Smith

78

Goldie Hawn

American actress

*November 21st, 1945, Washington, D.C.

89

Michael Grant

British classicist, numismatist, historian and author (1914-2004)

*November 21st, 1914, London †October 4th, 2004, London

54

Olivia Jones

German entrepreneur

*November 21st, 1969, Springe

68

René Magritte

Belgian painter and sculptor (1898—1967)

*November 21st, 1898, Lessines †August 15th, 1967, Schaerbeek

81

Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul

German politician (SPD)

*November 21st, 1942, Frankfurt

Same year
Born in 1532

57

Jean-Antoine de Baïf

French writer (1532-1589)

*February 19th, 1532, Venice †September 19th, 1589, Paris

56

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester

English nobleman and the favourite and close friend of Queen Elizabeth I (1532-1588)

*June 24th, 1532, Kenilworth †September 4th, 1588, Oxfordshire

35

Anna Marie of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duchess of Prussia

*April 23rd, 1532, Hann. Münden †March 20th, 1568, Guryevsk

64

Georg Lysthenius

German theologian

*January 1st, 1532, Naumburg †January 1st, 1596, Dresden

78

Juan de Ribera

Roman Catholic archbishop and saint (1532-1611)

*March 20th, 1532, Seville †January 6th, 1611, Valencia

63

Francisco de Toledo

Catholic cardinal (1532-1596)

*October 4th, 1532, Córdoba †September 14th, 1596, Rome

73

Marino Grimani

Doge of Venice (1532-1605)

*July 1st, 1532, Venice †December 25th, 1605, Venice

63

John Hawkins

English navigator, admiral, privateer and slave trader (1532-1595)

*January 1st, 1532, Plymouth †November 12th, 1595, Puerto Rico

66

Edzard II, Count of East Frisia

Count of East Frisia (1532–1599)

*June 24th, 1532, Greetsiel †March 1st, 1599, Aurich

76

Martin Schalling the Younger

German theologian (1532-1608)

*April 21st, 1532, Strasbourg †December 29th, 1608, Nuremberg

85

Alphonsus Rodriguez

(1532-1617) lay brother and saint

*July 25th, 1532, Segovia †October 31st, 1617, Palma de Mallorca

53

John Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

Count of Schwarzburg, then Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1532-1586)

*December 20th, 1532, Sondershausen †October 28th, 1586, Arnstadt

43

Wilhelm Xylander

German humanist and classical scholar (1532–1576)

*December 26th, 1532, Augsburg †February 10th, 1576, Heidelberg

52

Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony

Electress consort of Saxony

*November 22nd, 1532, Haderslev †October 1st, 1585, Dresden

83

Owen Günther

German physicist and philosopher

*January 25th, 1532, Eiderstedt †July 8th, 1615, Helmstedt

62

Lorenz Dürnhofer

German deacon and theologian

*January 29th, 1532, Nuremberg †July 18th, 1594, Nuremberg

63

Clara of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Abbess of Gandersheim, later Duchess of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

*November 16th, 1532, Wolfenbüttel †November 23rd, 1595, Herzberg Castle

69

Giulio Antonio Santorio

Catholic cardinal

*June 6th, 1532, Caserta †May 9th, 1602, Rome

60

William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

Astronomer, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1532-1592)

*June 24th, 1532, Kassel †August 25th, 1592, Kassel

40

Joachim Curaeus

German historian (1532-1573)

*October 23rd, 1532, Kożuchów †January 21st, 1573, Głogów

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Leap year

Yes: 1532 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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