21 February - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, February 21 is the day number 52 in a given year. February 21 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
February 21 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 1245 | Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, was grantedresignation by Pope Innocent IV after having confessed to torture andforgery. |
| 1437 | King James I of Scotland was murdered at Perth in a failed coupby his uncle and former ally Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl. |
| 1543 | Led by the Ethiopian Emperor Galawdewos, the combined army of Ethiopian and Portuguese troops defeated a Muslim army led by Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi. |
| 1613 | The rule of the Romanov dynasty was established in Russia. |
| 1791 | The United States opened diplomatic relations with Portugal. |
| 1804 | Built by Cornish inventor Richard Trevithick, the first self-propelled steam locomotive first ran in Wales. |
| 1808 | Finnish War: Russian soldiers crossed the border into Finland without declaring war. |
| 1824 | The Chmash rebellion of 1824 began against the Spanish presence in California. |
| 1828 | The inaugural issue of the Cherokee Phoenix, the firstnewspaper in a Native American language, was published. |
| 1842 | John Greenoff got patent rights for sewing machine in US. |
| 1848 | Communist theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publishedThe Communist Manifesto, which became one of the world's mostinfluential political tracts. |
| 1858 | Edwin T. Holmes built the first electric thief alarm (Boston, Mass.). |
| 1862 | Munshi Mehboob Alam, an eminent poet and journalist of Urdu language, was born. |
| 1862 | The federal constitution and the presidency were declared permanent. |
| 1878 | First telephone directory was released in Connecticut, USA. |
| 1896 | The great poet and writer Suryakant Tripathi Nirala was born. |
| 1916 | During World War I, a terrible war broke out between Germany and France. This battle is famous as the War of War. |
| 1918 | The Carolina Parakeet, the only parrot speciesnative to the eastern United States, became extinct when the lastindividual died in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo. |
| 1919 | Bavarian socialist Kurt Eisner, who had organized the German Revolution that overthrew the Wittelsbach monarchy and established Bavaria as a republic, was assassinated. |
| 1921 | Reza Khan seized Tehran to make himself the most powerfulperson in Iran, which eventually led to the establishment of the Pahlavidynasty. |
| 1925 | 621 died at a dynamite depot in Brazil. |
| 1932 | André Tardié became the Prime Minister of France for the third time. |
| 1948 | Bill France, Sr. and several other race car drivers founded NASCAR, the governing body of stock car racing in the United States. |
| 1948 | The draft of the constitution of independent India was presented to the Speaker of the Constituent Assembly. |
| 1952 | Protesters in Dhaka, East Pakistan, walked into militarycrossfire demanding the establishment of the Bengali language as anofficial language. |
| 1952 | A demonstration was held to give Bengali language official language status at Dhaka University in East Pakistan (present-day Dhaka). |
| 1958 | British artist Gerald Holtom designed a logo for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament that became more commonly known as the peace symbol. |
| 1965 | Black nationalist Malcolm X was assassinated while giving aspeech in New York City's Audubon Ballroom. |
| 1965 | Malcolm X, a famous American militant, was killed by a suspected faction of this country. |
| 1971 | The Convention on Psychotropic Substances, a United Nationstreaty designed to control psychoactive drugs, was signed at aconference of plenipotentiaries in Vienna. |
| 1973 | After accidentally having strayed into Israeli airspace, Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 was shot down by two Israeli fighter aircraft. |
| 1973 | In the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shot down the Libyan Arab Airlines plane-114, killing 108 people on board. |
| 1986 | The Government of South Africa opened Johannesburg and Durban to blacks. |
| 1991 | US called the plan unacceptable when U.S.S.R Announces that Iraq agrees to proposal to end Persian Gulf War. |
| 1991 | Indian actress and singer Nutan passed away. |
| 1993 | Sergi Bubka sets the world record in indoor pole vault (6.15m). |
| 1995 | Sarkadji Prison Rebellion in Algeria: Four guards and 96 prisoners were killed in a year and a half. |
| 1996 | Soyuz TM-23 got launched into its orbit. |
| 1998 | Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open was held. |
| 1999 | The Lahore Manifesto was signed by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif. |
| 2001 | U2, Steely Dan, Macy Gray and Sting win major awards at 43rd Grammy Awards. |
| 2010 | The foreign direct investment into China has risen for the sixth consecutive month, up $8.3 billion year-on-year. |
| 2011 | An experimental life-blogging camera was removed from the head of a professor from New York University after his immune system rejected the implant. |
| 2012 | Among the winners in at the 2012 BRIT awards for British popular music there were One Direction, Adele, Coldplay and Ed Sheeran. |
| 2013 | The country will hold parliamentary elections in April 2013, The Egypt’s Government announced. |
| 2013 | The serial blasts in Hyderabad, India, killed 17 people and injured 119. |
| 2014 | President Obama meets with Dalai Lama for the third time even though it was protested from china that this meeting could threaten diplomatic relations. |
Famous Birthdays of February 21:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1959 | José María Cano / Singer / Spain |
| 1969 | James Dean Bradfield / Writer / United Kingdom |
| 1933 | Nina Simone / Writer / United States of America |
| 1974 | Roberto Heras / Cyclist / Spain |
| 1976 | Michael McIntyre / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 1914 | Ilmari Juutilainen / Soldier / Finland |
| 1909 | Hans Erni / Painter / Switzerland |
| 1967 | Leroy Burrell / Runner / United States of America |
| 1914 | Zachary Scott / Actor / United States of America |
| 1976 | Ryan Smyth / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
| 1924 | Robert Mugabe / Politician / Zimbabwe |
| 1893 | Celia Lovsky / Actress / United States of America |
| 1865 | John Haden Badley / Author / United Kingdom |
| 1984 | Marco Paoloni / Footballer / Italy |
| 1915 | Ann Sheridan / Actress / United States of America |
| 1985 | Georgios Samaras / Footballer / Greece |
| 1938 | Bobby Charles / Writer / United States of America |
| 1977 | Owen King / Author / United States of America |
| 1949 | Ronnie Hellström / Footballer / Sweden |
| 1958 | Alan Trammell / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1910 | Douglas Bader / Pilot / United Kingdom |
| 1946 | Tyne Daly / Actress / United States of America |
| 1914 | Jean Tatlock / Physician / United States of America |
| 1894 | Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar / Scientist / India |
| 1609 | Raimondo Montecuccoli / Commander / Italy |
| 1946 | Anthony Daniels / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 1885 | Sacha Guitry / Actor / France |
| 1903 | Raymond Queneau / Poet / France |
| 1878 | Mirra Alfassa / Spiritual Leader / India |
| 1927 | Erma Bombeck / Author / United States of America |
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