November 21st, 1816

Born on November 21st, 1816

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 75,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 248 days, exactly on December 20th, 2024, people who were born on November 21st, 1816 will be 76,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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

39

Harald Lie

Norwegian composer

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

67

Benedict XV

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1914 to 1922

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

53

Knud Hilding

Actor

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

63

Lewis H. Morgan

United States ethnologist (1818-1881)

*November 21st, 1818, Aurora †December 17th, 1881, Rochester

67

Cherry Jones

American actress

*November 21st, 1956, Paris

34

Fabian Delph

English association football player (born 1989)

*November 21st, 1989, Bradford

83

Natalia Makarova

Soviet and American ballet dancer

*November 21st, 1940, Saint Petersburg

82

Juliet Mills

British-American actress

*November 21st, 1941, London

31

Rian Sukmawan

Badminton player

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

37

Colleen Ballinger

American comedian, singer and media personality

*November 21st, 1986, Santa Barbara

67

Ralph Meeker

American actor (1920-1988)

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

32

Diego Demme

German association football player

*November 21st, 1991, Herford

89

Michael Grant

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

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

93

Joseph Campanella

American actor (1924–2018)

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

48

Jimmi Simpson

American film and television actor

*November 21st, 1975, Hackettstown

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.

45

Richard B. Garnett

Confederate Army general

*November 21st, 1817, Essex County †July 3rd, 1863, Gettysburg

68

René Magritte

Belgian painter and sculptor (1898—1967)

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

Same year
Born in 1816

75

Werner von Siemens

German electrical engineer, inventor and industrialist (1816-1892)

*December 13th, 1816, Lenthe †December 6th, 1892, Charlottenburg

78

Gustav Freytag

German writer and politician (1816-1895)

*July 13th, 1816, Kluczbork †April 30th, 1895, Wiesbaden

38

Charlotte Brontë

British novelist and poet (1816-1855)

*April 21st, 1816, Thornton †March 31st, 1855, Haworth

78

Rudolf von Gneist

German politician (1816–1895)

*August 13th, 1816, Berlin †July 22nd, 1895, Berlin

91

Antoine Béchamp

French scientist

*October 16th, 1816, Bassing †April 15th, 1908, Paris

62

Paul Gervais

French paleontologist and entomologist (1816-1879)

*September 26th, 1816, Paris †February 10th, 1879, Paris

59

Charlotte Cushman

American actress (1816-1876)

*July 23rd, 1816, Boston †February 18th, 1876, Boston

66

Arthur de Gobineau

French diplomat and writer known for racial theories (1816–1882)

*July 14th, 1816, Ville-d'Avray †October 13th, 1882, Turin

39

Józef Bohdan Dziekoński

Polish author

*February 7th, 1816, Warsaw †July 3rd, 1855, Paris

72

Auguste Placet

French conductor (1816-1888)

*October 14th, 1816, Paris †December 10th, 1888

68

Henri Dupuy de Lôme

French naval architect (1816-1885)

*October 15th, 1816, Ploemeur †February 1st, 1885

69

Pierre Loison

French sculptor

*July 5th, 1816, Mer †February 3rd, 1886, Cannes

72

Charles de Bouillé

French politician

*August 30th, 1816, Château de Villars †July 8th, 1889, Saint-Honoré-les-Bains

85

Anna Gardner

American abolitionist, poet, teacher

*January 25th, 1816, Nantucket †February 18th, 1901, Nantucket

69

Ram Singh

Indian activist, spiritual leader (1816–1885)

*February 3rd, 1816, Bhaini †March 1st, 1885, Dhaka

61

François Bazin

French opera composer

*September 4th, 1816, Marseille †July 2nd, 1878, Paris

86

Philip James Bailey

British writer and poet

*April 22nd, 1816, Nottingham †September 6th, 1902, Nottingham

78

Hermann Roemer

German jurist, politician, geologist and art collector (1816-1894)

*January 4th, 1816, Hildesheim †February 24th, 1894, Hildesheim

53

George Henry Thomas

United States Army general (1816-1870)

*July 31st, 1816, Southampton County †March 28th, 1870, San Francisco

71

Gaetano Fraschini

Italian tenor (1816-1887)

*February 16th, 1816, Pavia †May 23rd, 1887, Naples

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Leap year

Yes: 1816 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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