November 21st, 1959

Born on November 21st, 1959

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What happened on November 21st, 1959?

November 21st, 1959

American disc jockey Alan Freed, who had popularized the term "rock and roll" and music of that style, is fired from WABC radio over allegations he had participated in the payola scandal.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Freed

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_jockey

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, 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, 1959

64

Eulàlia Ramon

Spanish actress

*November 21st, 1959, Barcelona

64

Sergei Ratnikov

Estonian footballer

*November 21st, 1959, Pärnu

20

Jacques Borel

French association football player (1959-1980)

*November 21st, 1959, Carpentras †May 21st, 1980, Moulins

64

John Hackleman

Martial artist

*November 21st, 1959, New York City

64

Scott Terry

American baseball player

*November 21st, 1959, Hobbs

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

67

Cherry Jones

American actress

*November 21st, 1956, Paris

53

Knud Hilding

Actor

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

58

Bill Oberst, Jr.

American actor

*November 21st, 1965, South Carolina

39

Harald Lie

Norwegian composer

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

48

Jimmi Simpson

American film and television actor

*November 21st, 1975, Hackettstown

58

Björk

Icelandic singer (born 1965)

*November 21st, 1965, Reykjavík

54

Olivia Jones

German entrepreneur

*November 21st, 1969, Springe

83

Natalia Makarova

Soviet and American ballet dancer

*November 21st, 1940, Saint Petersburg

34

Fabian Delph

English association football player (born 1989)

*November 21st, 1989, Bradford

82

Juliet Mills

British-American actress

*November 21st, 1941, London

78

Goldie Hawn

American actress

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

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

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

63

Brian McNamara

American actor

*November 21st, 1960, Long Island

51

Ian Goodison

Jamaican association football player

*November 21st, 1972, Montego Bay

67

Chaïm Nissim

Swiss environmental activist and politician (1949-2017)

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

89

Laurence Luckinbill

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

*November 21st, 1934, Fort Smith

59

Liza Tarbuck

British television presenter and actress

*November 21st, 1964, Liverpool

Same year
Born in 1959

64

Jim Kerr

Scottish singer

*July 9th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

56

Nahed Hattar

Jordanian writer

*November 30th, 1959, Amman †September 25th, 2016, Amman

64

Wolfgang Rolff

German association football player and manager

*December 26th, 1959, Lamstedt

64

Mike Pence

Vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 7th, 1959, Columbus

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

64

Jon Fosse

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator

*September 29th, 1959, Haugesund Municipality

64

Donna Strickland

Canadian physicist, 2018 Nobel laurate

*May 27th, 1959, Guelph

64

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

64

Charlie Burchill

Scottish musician and composer

*November 27th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Rolf Mützenich

German politician (SPD)

*June 25th, 1959, Cologne

64

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

64

Bryan Adams

Canadian guitarist

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

64

Carla Antonelli

Spanish actress and activist

*July 12th, 1959, Güímar

64

Johannes Röring

German politician

*May 16th, 1959, Vreden

64

Peter Enders

German politician (1959–)

*May 10th, 1959, Eichen

64

Allison Janney

American actress

*November 19th, 1959, Boston

65

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer

*March 18th, 1959, Paris

64

Stephen Harper

22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015

*April 30th, 1959, Toronto

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No: With 365 days 1959 is a normal year and no leap year.

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