November 21st, 1972

Born on November 21st, 1972

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on November 21st, 1972?

November 21st, 1972

Voters in South Korea overwhelmingly approve a new constitution, giving legitimacy to Park Chung Hee and the Fourth Republic.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Chung_Hee

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, 1972

51

Ian Goodison

Jamaican association football player

*November 21st, 1972, Montego Bay

51

Victoria Gabrielle Platt

Actress, singer and producer

*November 21st, 1972, Queens

51

David Tua

New Zealand professional heavyweight boxer

*November 21st, 1972, Apia

51

Rain Phoenix

American actress and musician

*November 21st, 1972, Crockett

51

Bae Seong-woo

South Korean actor

*November 21st, 1972, South Korea

51

Cristian Moreni

Italian racing cyclist

*November 21st, 1972, Asola

51

Rich Johnston

Comic comics columnist and author

*November 21st, 1972, Gloucester

51

Eyal Ran

Israeli tennis player

*November 21st, 1972, Kiryat Ono

51

Oliver Otto

German football player

*November 21st, 1972, Kirchheim unter Teck

51

Franziska Heinz

German handball player

*November 21st, 1972, Magdeburg

28

Thomas Schleicher

Austrian judo fighter

*November 21st, 1972, Salzburg †November 2nd, 2001, Salzburg

51

Paul Fenech

Australian film director

*November 21st, 1972, Australia

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Who's birthday is on November 21st?

48

Jimmi Simpson

American film and television actor

*November 21st, 1975, Hackettstown

54

Olivia Jones

German entrepreneur

*November 21st, 1969, Springe

31

Rian Sukmawan

Badminton player

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

34

Fabian Delph

English association football player (born 1989)

*November 21st, 1989, Bradford

67

Cherry Jones

American actress

*November 21st, 1956, Paris

37

Colleen Ballinger

American comedian, singer and media personality

*November 21st, 1986, Santa Barbara

48

Chris Moneymaker

American poker player

*November 21st, 1975, Atlanta

53

Knud Hilding

Actor

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

32

Diego Demme

German association football player

*November 21st, 1991, Herford

52

Michael Strahan

American football player and media personality (born 1971)

*November 21st, 1971, Houston

58

Bill Oberst, Jr.

American actor

*November 21st, 1965, South Carolina

39

Harald Lie

Norwegian composer

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

58

Björk

Icelandic singer (born 1965)

*November 21st, 1965, Reykjavík

83

Voltaire

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

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

47

Daniel Whiston

English ice dancer

*November 21st, 1976, Blackpool

46

Nicola Ciccone

Canadian francophone singer-songwriter based in Quebec

*November 21st, 1977, Montreal

83

Natalia Makarova

Soviet and American ballet dancer

*November 21st, 1940, Saint Petersburg

33

Andre Blake

Jamaican footballer

*November 21st, 1990, May Pen

82

Juliet Mills

British-American actress

*November 21st, 1941, London

38

Jesús Navas

Spanish footballer

*November 21st, 1985, Los Palacios y Villafranca

Same year
Born in 1972

51

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

51

Maia Sandu

President of Moldova since 2020

*May 24th, 1972, Risipeni

47

Ari Behn

Norwegian author and artist (1972-2019)

*September 30th, 1972, Aarhus †December 25th, 2019, Lommedalen

52

Roland Møller

Danish actor

*March 20th, 1972, Odense

51

Bang Soo-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 13th, 1972, Seoul

52

Heryanto Arbi

Indonesian badminton player

*January 21st, 1972, Kota Kudus

51

Zinedine Zidane

French football manager and former player

*June 23rd, 1972, Marseille

51

Dwayne Johnson

American actor and professional wrestler

*May 2nd, 1972, Hayward

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

51

Eminem

American rapper, record producer and actor (born 1972)

*October 17th, 1972, St. Joseph

52

Milaine Cloutier

Canadian badminton player

*February 16th, 1972, Granby

51

Michael Wiesinger

German association football player and manager

*December 27th, 1972, Burghausen

51

Chris Leslie

British politician (born 1972)

*June 28th, 1972, Keighley

51

Anniken Hauglie

Conservative Norwegian politician

*September 10th, 1972, Oslo

51

Gwyneth Paltrow

American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer

*September 27th, 1972, Los Angeles

51

Steffen Wöller

German luger

*September 10th, 1972, Erfurt

51

Johann von Bülow

German actor

*September 26th, 1972, Munich

51

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

51

Josh Duhamel

American actor

*November 14th, 1972, Minot

52

Ong Ewe Hock

Badminton player

*March 14th, 1972, Penang

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Leap year

Yes: 1972 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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