Page 10: Historical Events In February - 21

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

1991  On February - 21 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history soyuz TM-23, launched into orbit   

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 this day in history.   

1997  On February - 21 kenneth Rowntree, painter, dies at 81   

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 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  11 people are killed after a Libyan Air Force plan crashes in Tunisia on this day in history.   

2017  On February - 21 bodies of 87 African migrants wash ashore at Zawiya, Libya   

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

2018  Indian film star Kamal Haasan launches a new political party - Makkal Needhi Mayyam in Tamil Nadu state on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history winter Olympics: Jessie Diggins and Kikkan Randall become the first Americans in history to win a cross country gold medal (team sprint)   

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

2021  On February - 21 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   

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

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

1484  Joachim I Nestor, elector (Brandenburg, Constitution) was born on this day in history.   

1556  Sethus Calvisius, composer was born on February - 21.   

1674  On February - 21 birth of johann Augustin Kobelius, composer   

1675  Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. 1750) was born on February - 21.   

1684  Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator) was born on February - 21.   

1690  On February - 21 birth of christoph Stoltzenberg, composer   

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

0556  Maximianus van Ravenna, bishop (Basilica S Stefano), dies on February - 21.   

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

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  On February - 21 hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies   

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

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

1648  On this day in history christian IV, king of Denmark/Norway, dies