Page 10: Historical Events In February - 21

1990  On this day in history 32nd Grammy Awards Wind Beneath My Wings, Nick of Time win   

1991  Neil Simon's "Lost in Yonkers," premieres at Richard Rodgers Theater in New York NY for 780 performances on February - 21.   

1991  On this day in history uSSR announces Iraq agrees to a proposal to end Persian Gulf War US calls the plan unacceptable   

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 February - 21.   

1993  On this day in history 43rd NBA All-Star Game West beats East 135-132 (OT) at Salt Lake City   

1993  On this day in history 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  On this day in history rAF-pilot Jo Salter is first woman to fly in a tornado   

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  Robert Bolt, Brit playwright (Doctor Zhivago, Bounty), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1996  Soyuz TM-23, launched into orbit on this day in history.   

1996  On February - 21 horace Leonard Gold, sF writer/editor, dies at 81   

1997  On February - 21 "Empire Strikes Back, special edition," premieres   

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

1997  On this day in history 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  On this day in history greek government debt crisis: Eurozone finance ministers reach an agreement on a second, .130-billion Greek bailout.   

2013  On February - 21 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  Bodies of 87 African migrants wash ashore at Zawiya, Libya on February - 21.   

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

2018  On February - 21 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 this day in history.   

2019  SpaceIL launches the Beresheet probe, the world's first privately financed mission to the Moon on February - 21.   

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 February - 21.   

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 February - 21.   

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1417  Louis IX, Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt) was born on this day in history.   

1484  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. 1750)   

1684  On this day in history birth of justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator)   

1690  Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0556  On this day in history maximianus van Ravenna, bishop (Basilica S Stefano), dies   

1437  Death of King James I of Scotland (b. 1394) on this day in history.   

1471  Death of John of Rokycan, Czech Catholic archbishop on this day in history.   

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

1554  On this day in history hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies   

1595  Death of Robert Southwell, English Jesuit/poet, hanged on February - 21.   

1624  Dirck van Baburen, Dutch painter (Sepulture), dies at about 28 on this day in history.   

1648  Christian IV, king of Denmark/Norway, dies on this day in history.