Historical Events In February - 21

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 Đoković 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 ”, 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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1417  On February - 21 birth of louis IX, Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt)   

1484  On February - 21 birth of joachim I Nestor, elector (Brandenburg, Constitution)   

1556  On February - 21 birth of sethus Calvisius, composer   

1674  Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer was born on this day in history.   

1675  Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. 1750) was born on this day in history.   

1684  On February - 21 birth of justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator)   

1690  Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer was born on February - 21.   

1705  On February - 21 birth of edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (d. 1781)   

0556  On February - 21 maximianus van Ravenna, bishop (Basilica S Stefano), dies   

1437  Death of King James I of Scotland (b. 1394) on February - 21.   

1471  On February - 21 death of john of Rokycan, Czech Catholic archbishop   

1513  Julius II, [Giuliano dellea Rovere], Pope (1503-13), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1554  Hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies on February - 21.   

1595  Death of Robert Southwell, English Jesuit/poet, hanged on this day in history.   

1624  On this day in history dirck van Baburen, Dutch painter (Sepulture), dies at about 28   

1648  Christian IV, king of Denmark/Norway, dies on February - 21.