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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.
- 1804 –The first self-propelling steam locomotive makes its outing at the Pen-y-Darren Ironworks in Wales.
- 1842 –John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine.
- 1885 –The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
- 1919 –Kurt Eisner, German socialist, is assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing Munich, Germany.
- 1937 –Initial flight of the first successful flying car, Waldo Waterman’s Arrowbile.
- 1937 –The League of Nations bans foreign national “volunteers” in the Spanish Civil War.
- 1947 –In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first “instant camera”, the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
- 1972 –The Soviet unmanned spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon.
- 2004 –The first European political party organization, the European Greens, is established in Rome.
Who were born on February 21?
- 1893 –Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (d. 1987)
- 1903 –Raymond Queneau, French poet and novelist (d. 1976)
- 1921 –John Rawls, American philosopher (d. 2002)
- 1937 –King Harald V of Norway
- 1945 –Walter Momper, German politician
- 1949 –Ronnie Hellström, Swedish footballer
- 1955 –Kelsey Grammer, American actor
- 1972 –Seo Taiji, Korean musician
- 1984 –David Odonkor, German footballer
- 1985 –Bob Burton, American speedcuber
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