November 21st, 1956

Born on November 21st, 1956

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

Born on November 21st, 1956

67

Cherry Jones

American actress

*November 21st, 1956, Paris

67

Alfredo Tena

Mexican footballer

*November 21st, 1956, Mexico City

67

José Ramón de la Morena

Spanish journalist

*November 21st, 1956, Brunete

67

Timothy Stack

American film and television actor and screenwriter

*November 21st, 1956, Doylestown

67

Terri Welles

American model and actress

*November 21st, 1956, Santa Monica

67

Cynthia Rhodes

American actress, singer and dancer

*November 21st, 1956, Nashville

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

32

Diego Demme

German association football player

*November 21st, 1991, Herford

66

Kozo Tashima

Japanese footballer (born 1957)

*November 21st, 1957, Reihoku

53

Knud Hilding

Actor

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

39

Harald Lie

Norwegian composer

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

83

Natalia Makarova

Soviet and American ballet dancer

*November 21st, 1940, Saint Petersburg

82

Juliet Mills

British-American actress

*November 21st, 1941, London

78

Goldie Hawn

American actress

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

48

Jimmi Simpson

American film and television actor

*November 21st, 1975, Hackettstown

31

Rian Sukmawan

Badminton player

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

34

Fabian Delph

English association football player (born 1989)

*November 21st, 1989, Bradford

58

Bill Oberst, Jr.

American actor

*November 21st, 1965, South Carolina

83

Voltaire

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

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

67

Chaïm Nissim

Swiss environmental activist and politician (1949-2017)

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

54

Olivia Jones

German entrepreneur

*November 21st, 1969, Springe

58

Björk

Icelandic singer (born 1965)

*November 21st, 1965, Reykjavík

37

Colleen Ballinger

American comedian, singer and media personality

*November 21st, 1986, Santa Barbara

68

Peter Koppes

Australian guitarist

*November 21st, 1955, Canberra

89

Laurence Luckinbill

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

*November 21st, 1934, Fort Smith

81

Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul

German politician (SPD)

*November 21st, 1942, Frankfurt

93

Joseph Campanella

American actor (1924–2018)

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

Same year
Born in 1956

68

Peter Hook

British bassist

*February 13th, 1956, Salford

67

Charles M. Huber

German actor and politician

*December 3rd, 1956, Munich

68

Sheila McCarthy

Canadian actress

*January 1st, 1956, Toronto

68

Stephan Barratt-Due

Norwegian musician

*June 1st, 1956, Oslo

68

Tom Hanks

American actor and film producer (born 1956)

*July 9th, 1956, Concord

67

Theresa May

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019

*October 1st, 1956, Eastbourne

68

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

23

Ian Curtis

British musician (1956–1980)

*July 15th, 1956, Stretford †May 18th, 1980, Macclesfield

68

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

Norwegian politician

*August 23rd, 1956, Kvam Municipality

68

Ulrike Meyfarth

German former high jumper

*May 4th, 1956, Frankfurt

68

Martyn Ware

English musician

*May 19th, 1956, Sheffield

68

Gunnar Brands

German classical archaeologist

*March 30th, 1956, Duisburg

68

Donna Strickland

Nobel laurate

*May 27th, 1956, Guelph

60

Carrie Fisher

American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)

*October 21st, 1956, Burbank †December 27th, 2016, UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center

68

Justus Carrière

German actor

*May 16th, 1956, Schwerin

68

Michel Houellebecq

French writer

*February 26th, 1956, Saint-Pierre

68

Bryan Cranston

American actor, director, and producer

*March 7th, 1956, Hollywood

68

Imelda Staunton

English actress (born 1956)

*January 9th, 1956, Archway district

67

Andreas Bornschein

German association football player

*November 29th, 1956, Leipzig

68

Inge Aures

German politician

*July 10th, 1956, Presseck

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on November 21st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast days) which are celebrated on November 21st.

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Born on November 21st, 1956
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1956 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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