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Birthday February 21, 1794 Antonio L¢pez de Santa Anna, president of Mexico (1833-36) |
Birthday February 21, 1893 Andres Segovia, Spanish classical guitarist |
Birthday February 21, 1893 Pudovkin V. Illarionovich, Russian film director (Mother & Deserter) |
Birthday February 21, 1907 W.H. Auden, American poet |
Birthday February 21, 1915 Ann Sheridan |
Birthday February 21, 1925 Sam Peckinpah, film director (The Wild Bunch & Straw Dogs) |
Birthday February 21, 1927 Erma Bombeck, in Ohio -- humorist |
Birthday February 21, 1927 Erma Bombeck is born |
Birthday February 21, 1931 Larry Hagman, TV Actor (I Dream of Jeannie & Dallas) |
Birthday February 21, 1933 Nina Simone, singer & pianist in Tyron NC |
Birthday February 21, 1936 Barbara Jordan ,(D) former rep. Houston Texas |
Birthday February 21, 1947 Tyne Daily, in Madison Wisconsin |
Birthday February 21, 1961 Rockefeller imposter and convicted felon born |
History February 21, 1777 George Weedon is promoted to brigadier general |
History February 21, 1828 Cherokee receive their first printing press |
History February 21, 1848 John Quincy Adams suffers a stroke |
History February 21, 1848 Marx publishes Manifesto |
History February 21, 1862 Battle of Val Verde |
History February 21, 1885 Washington Monument dedicated |
History February 21, 1916 Battle of Verdun begins |
History February 21, 1918 Allied troops capture Jericho |
History February 21, 1926 Garbo’s first U.S. film opens |
History February 21, 1944 Tojo makes himself military czar |
History February 21, 1948 NASCAR founded |
History February 21, 1952 Dick Button wins second Olympic figure skating gold |
History February 21, 1967 Bernard Fall killed by mine in South Vietnam |
History February 21, 1970 Kissinger begins secret negotiations with North Vietnamese |
History February 21, 1971 Tornadoes move across Mississippi River Delta |
History February 21, 1972 Nixon arrives in China for talks |
History February 21, 1972 Nixon visits China |
History February 21, 1972 Nixon in China |
History February 21, 1981 Dolly Parton cements her crossover success as 9 to 5″ hits #1 |
History February 21, 1994 Double agent Aldrich Ames is arrested |