Historical Events In February - 21
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1990 On this day in history 32nd Grammy Awards Wind Beneath My Wings, Nick of Time win
1991 On this day in history neil Simon's "Lost in Yonkers," premieres at Richard Rodgers Theater in New York NY for 780 performances
1991 USSR announces Iraq agrees to a proposal to end Persian Gulf War US calls the plan unacceptable on this day in history.
1991 Margot Fonteyn, ballerina (1st lady of British Ballet), dies at 71 on February - 21.
1992 Kristi Yamaguchi of US wins Olympics gold medal in women's fig skating on February - 21.
1992 Eva A Jessye, US singer/actress (Eva Jessye Choir), dies at 97 on February - 21.
1993 On February - 21 43rd NBA All-Star Game West beats East 135-132 (OT) at Salt Lake City
1993 Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.15 meters) on February - 21.
1993 Ferrucci Lamborghini, car maker (Lamborghini), dies at 76 on February - 21.
1994 On this day in history frederick Edward Nicklin, architect, dies at 68
1995 On this day in history rAF-pilot Jo Salter is first woman to fly in a tornado
1995 Steve Fossett, a Chicago stockbroker, becomes the first person to make a solo balloon flight across the Pacific, landing in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada on February - 21.
1995 On this day in history robert Bolt, Brit playwright (Doctor Zhivago, Bounty), dies at 70
1996 Soyuz TM-23, launched into orbit on this day in history.
1996 Horace Leonard Gold, sF writer/editor, dies at 81 on February - 21.
1997 "Empire Strikes Back, special edition," premieres on February - 21.
1997 On February - 21 sTS 82 (Discovery 22) lands
1997 On February - 21 kenneth Rowntree, painter, dies at 81
2012 On February - 21 yemen voters go to the polls for a presidential election where the only candidate on the ballot paper is vice-president Abd Rabbuh Mansur al-Hadi
2012 Greek government debt crisis: Eurozone finance ministers reach an agreement on a second, .130-billion Greek bailout on February - 21.
2013 On this day in history 83 people are killed and 250 are injured in a series of bombing attacks in Damascus, Syria
2014 On this day in history 11 people are killed after a Libyan Air Force plan crashes in Tunisia
2017 On this day in history bodies of 87 African migrants wash ashore at Zawiya, Libya
2017 Plane crashes into shopping centre in Essendon, Melbourne, Australia killing the five people on board on February - 21.
2018 On this day in history indian film star Kamal Haasan launches a new political party - Makkal Needhi Mayyam in Tamil Nadu state
2018 Winter Olympics: Jessie Diggins and Kikkan Randall become the first Americans in history to win a cross country gold medal (team sprint) on February - 21.
2019 SpaceIL launches the Beresheet probe, the world's first privately financed mission to the Moon on this day in history.
2021 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Novak Äoković of Serbia wins a record extending 9th Australian title; dominates Russian Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 on this day in history.
2021 India's BJP party issues resolution country had "defeated COVID under the able, sensitive, committed and visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi â€, massive second wave hits two months later on this day in history.
2023 Vladimir Putin announces that Russia is suspending its participation in New START, a nuclear arms reduction treaty with the US on this day in history.
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