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Day Of The Week: February 21
February 21, 2025 is the 52nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 313 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Pisces is your zodiac sign. Amethyst is your modern birthstone. Bloodstone is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Day In History: February 21
In addition, it’s the first day of the astronomical winter.
Historical Events: February 21
- 1245 –Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery.
- 1878 –The first telephone book is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
- 1937 –The League of Nations bans foreign national “volunteers” in the Spanish Civil War.
- 1948 –NASCAR is incorporated.
- 1952 –The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to “set the people free”.
- 1965 –Malcolm X is assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City by members of the Nation of Islam.
- 1970 –Swissair Flight 330: A mid-air bomb explosion and subsequent crash kills 38 passengers and nine crew members near Zürich, Switzerland.
- 1972 –President Richard Nixon visits the People’s Republic of China to normalize Sino-American relations.
- 1973 –Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 jet killing 108.
- 2004 –The first European political party organization, the European Greens, is established in Rome.
Who were born on February 21?
- 1817 –Jose Zorrilla y Moral, Spanish dramatist (d. 1893)
- 1865 –John Haden Badley, English school founder (d. 1967)
- 1903 –Fairfax M. Cone, American advertising executive (d. 1977)
- 1927 –Pierre Mercure, French-Canadian musician and composer (d. 1966)
- 1935 –Jean Pelletier, French Canadian political operative
- 1945 –D'Anna Fortunato, American mezzo-soprano
- 1959 –José María Cano, Spanish musician
- 1962 –David Foster Wallace, American writer (d. 2008)
- 1962 –Vanessa Feltz, British television presenter
- 1986 –Charlotte Church, Welsh singer
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