November 21st, 1953

Born on November 21st, 1953

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on November 21st, 1953?

November 21st, 1953

The Natural History Museum, London announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_History_Museum,_London

What else 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.

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

Born on November 21st, 1953

70

Fábio Jr.

Brazilian singer and actor

*November 21st, 1953, São Paulo

69

René Weller

German entrepreneur and boxer (1953–2023)

*November 21st, 1953, Pforzheim †August 22nd, 2023, Dillweißenstein

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

34

Fabian Delph

English association football player (born 1989)

*November 21st, 1989, Bradford

67

Cherry Jones

American actress

*November 21st, 1956, Paris

58

Bill Oberst, Jr.

American actor

*November 21st, 1965, South Carolina

71

Lorna Luft

American television, stage and film actress and singer

*November 21st, 1952, Santa Monica

67

Chaïm Nissim

Swiss environmental activist and politician (1949-2017)

*November 21st, 1949, Jerusalem †April 11th, 2017, Geneva

83

Natalia Makarova

Soviet and American ballet dancer

*November 21st, 1940, Saint Petersburg

78

Goldie Hawn

American actress

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

82

Juliet Mills

British-American actress

*November 21st, 1941, London

60

Nicollette Sheridan

English-born American actress

*November 21st, 1963, Worthing

31

Rian Sukmawan

Badminton player

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

57

Troy Aikman

American professional football player

*November 21st, 1966, West Covina

54

Olivia Jones

German entrepreneur

*November 21st, 1969, Springe

47

Robert Drivas

American actor (1935–1986)

*November 21st, 1938, Chicago †June 29th, 1986, New York City

48

Jimmi Simpson

American film and television actor

*November 21st, 1975, Hackettstown

85

Tina Howe

American playwright

*November 21st, 1937, New York City †August 28th, 2023, Manhattan

51

Ian Goodison

Jamaican association football player

*November 21st, 1972, Montego Bay

58

Björk

Icelandic singer (born 1965)

*November 21st, 1965, Reykjavík

37

Colleen Ballinger

American comedian, singer and media personality

*November 21st, 1986, Santa Barbara

55

Tamara Gorski

Canadian actress

*November 21st, 1968, Winnipeg

52

Michael Strahan

American football player and media personality (born 1971)

*November 21st, 1971, Houston

Same year
Born in 1953

70

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

70

John Malkovich

American actor

*December 9th, 1953, Christopher

70

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Haitian politician who became Haiti's first democratically elected president

*July 15th, 1953, Port-Salut

70

Hans Krankl

Austrian footballer

*February 14th, 1953, Vienna

70

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

70

Felix Magath

German association football player and manager

*July 26th, 1953, Aschaffenburg

70

Pierre Franckh

German actor

*May 1st, 1953, Heilbronn

70

Peter Stormare

Swedish actor

*August 27th, 1953, Kumla

70

Xi Jinping

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012

*June 15th, 1953, Beijing

69

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

70

Tony Blair

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

*May 6th, 1953, Edinburgh

70

Peter-Michael Kolbe

West German rower

*August 2nd, 1953, Hamburg

70

Tonnus Oosterhoff

Dutch poet and writer

*March 18th, 1953, Leiden

70

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

70

Pierce Brosnan

Irish actor

*May 16th, 1953, Drogheda

70

Frances Conroy

American actress

*November 13th, 1953, Monroe

70

Jeb Bush

43rd governor of Florida

*February 11th, 1953, Midland

70

Cyndi Lauper

American singer (1953)

*June 22nd, 1953, New York City

70

Tom Barrett

Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1953–)

*December 8th, 1953, Milwaukee

70

Dominique de Villepin

95th Prime Minister of France

*November 14th, 1953, Khemisset

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1953 is a normal year and no leap year.

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