February 21st, 2025

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February 21st, 1973

After accidentally straying into Israeli-occupied airspace, Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 was shot down by two fighter aircraft, killing 108 of the 113 people on board.

February 21st, 1952

A number of student protesters demanding the establishment of Bengali as an official language were killed by police in Dhaka, East Pakistan.

February 21st, 1929

In the first battle of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong against the Nationalist government of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.

February 21st, 1919

Bavarian socialist Kurt Eisner, who had organized the German Revolution that overthrew the Wittelsbach monarchy and established Bavaria as a republic, was assassinated.

February 21st, 1878

The first telephone directory, consisting of a single page, was issued to fifty subscribers in New Haven, Connecticut.

February 21st, 1866

Lucy Hobbs Taylor (pictured) became the first woman to receive a doctorate from a dental college.

February 21st, 1862

American Civil War: The Confederate Army began an attempt to gain control of the Southwest with a major victory in the Battle of Valverde.

February 21st, 1828

The inaugural issue of the Cherokee Phoenix, the first newspaper in a Native American language, was published.

February 21st, 1746

Jacobite rising of 1745: The siege of Inverness ended with British forces surrendering to the Jacobite army.

February 21st, 1437

King James I of Scotland was murdered at Perth in a failed coup by his uncle and former ally Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl.

February 21st, 2022

In the Russo-Ukrainian crisis Russian President Vladimir Putin declares the Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic as independent from Ukraine, and moves troops into the region. The action is condemned by the United Nations.

February 21st, 2013

At least 17 people are killed and 119 injured following several bombings in the Indian city of Hyderabad.

February 21st, 1995

Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.

February 21st, 1994

Aldrich Ames is arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for selling national secrets to the Soviet Union in Arlington County, Virginia.

February 21st, 1975

Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison.

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

Birthdays and future age on February 21st, 2025

36

Corbin Bleu

American actor, model, dancer, film producer and singer-songwriter

*February 21st, 1989, Brooklyn

34

Joe Alwyn

English actor

*February 21st, 1991, Royal Tunbridge Wells

31

Sawan Serasinghe

Sri Lanka-born Australian badminton player

*February 21st, 1994, Galle

24

Lalinrat Chaiwan

Badminton player

*February 21st, 2001, Lampang

71

Rudolf Simek

Austrian philologist and Germanist

*February 21st, 1954, Eisenstadt

30

Hana Ramadhini

Indonesian badminton player

*February 21st, 1995, Tasikmalaya City

30

Giveon

American R&B singer

*February 21st, 1995, Long Beach

38

Kazushi Yamada

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1987, Ehime Prefecture

34

Jelle Maas

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1991, Oosterhout

42

John Moody

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1983, Whangārei

52

Tey Seu Bock

Malaysian badminton coach

*February 21st, 1973, Alor Gajah

29

Sophie Turner

British actress

*February 21st, 1996, Northampton

55

Jess Thorup

Danish association football player and manager

*February 21st, 1970, Copenhagen

72

Christine Ebersole

American actress

*February 21st, 1953, Chicago

79

Tyne Daly

American actress

*February 21st, 1946, Madison

60

Ute Hankers

German volleyball player

*February 21st, 1965, Bad Iburg

64

Abhijit Banerjee

Indian American economist

*February 21st, 1961, Mumbai

70

Rolf Schlierer

German politician

*February 21st, 1955, Stuttgart

45

Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

Fifth and reigning King of Bhutan

*February 21st, 1980, Kathmandu

88

Harald V of Norway

King of Norway

*February 21st, 1937, Skaugum

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