Page 10: Historical Events In February - 21

1990  On February - 21 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 February - 21.   

1991  On February - 21 margot Fonteyn, ballerina (1st lady of British Ballet), dies at 71   

1992  Kristi Yamaguchi of US wins Olympics gold medal in women's fig skating on this day in history.   

1992  Eva A Jessye, US singer/actress (Eva Jessye Choir), dies at 97 on this day in history.   

1993  43rd NBA All-Star Game West beats East 135-132 (OT) at Salt Lake City on February - 21.   

1993  On February - 21 sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.15 meters)   

1993  Ferrucci Lamborghini, car maker (Lamborghini), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1994  On February - 21 frederick Edward Nicklin, architect, dies at 68   

1995  RAF-pilot Jo Salter is first woman to fly in a tornado on February - 21.   

1995  On this day in history steve Fossett, a Chicago stockbroker, becomes the first person to make a solo balloon flight across the Pacific, landing in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada.   

1995  On February - 21 robert Bolt, Brit playwright (Doctor Zhivago, Bounty), dies at 70   

1996  Soyuz TM-23, launched into orbit on February - 21.   

1996  Horace Leonard Gold, sF writer/editor, dies at 81 on February - 21.   

1997  "Empire Strikes Back, special edition," premieres on this day in history.   

1997  STS 82 (Discovery 22) lands on February - 21.   

1997  Kenneth Rowntree, painter, dies at 81 on February - 21.   

2012  On this day in history 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  On February - 21 greek government debt crisis: Eurozone finance ministers reach an agreement on a second, .130-billion Greek bailout.   

2013  83 people are killed and 250 are injured in a series of bombing attacks in Damascus, Syria on this day in history.   

2014  On February - 21 11 people are killed after a Libyan Air Force plan crashes in Tunisia   

2017  Bodies of 87 African migrants wash ashore at Zawiya, Libya on February - 21.   

2017  Plane crashes into shopping centre in Essendon, Melbourne, Australia killing the five people on board on this day in history.   

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  On February - 21 spaceIL launches the Beresheet probe, the world's first privately financed mission to the Moon.   

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  On February - 21 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   

2023  Vladimir Putin announces that Russia is suspending its participation in New START, a nuclear arms reduction treaty with the US on February - 21.   

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1417  On this day in history birth of louis IX, Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt)   

1484  Joachim I Nestor, elector (Brandenburg, Constitution) was born on February - 21.   

1556  On this day in history birth of sethus Calvisius, composer   

1674  Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer was born on February - 21.   

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  Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (d. 1781) was born on February - 21.   

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

1437  On February - 21 death of king James I of Scotland (b. 1394)   

1471  On this day in history 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  On this day in history hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies   

1595  On February - 21 death of robert Southwell, English Jesuit/poet, hanged   

1624  Dirck van Baburen, Dutch painter (Sepulture), dies at about 28 on February - 21.   

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