February 21: Day Of The Week
February 21, 2013 is the 52nd day of the year 2013 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 313 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is jeudi.
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Here’s the February calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
| February | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 1 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | ||
Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
February 21: This Day In History
In addition, it’s the first day of the astronomical winter.
February 21 Historical Events
- 1440 –The Prussian Confederation is formed.
- 1543 –Battle of Wayna Daga – A combined army of Ethiopian and Portuguese troops defeats a Muslim army led by Ahmed Gragn.
- 1804 –The first self-propelling steam locomotive makes its outing at the Pen-y-Darren Ironworks in Wales.
- 1885 –The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
- 1945 –World War II: Japanese Kamikaze planes sink the escort carrier Bismarck Sea and damage the Saratoga.
- 1947 –In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first “instant camera”, the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
- 1972 –The Soviet unmanned spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon.
- 1975 –Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison.
- 1995 –Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
- 2004 –The first European political party organization, the European Greens, is established in Rome.
Who were born on February 21?
- 1876 –Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (d. 1956)
- 1893 –Celia Lovsky, Russian-born actress (d. 1979)
- 1903 –Raymond Queneau, French poet and novelist (d. 1976)
- 1927 –Erma Bombeck, American humorist (d. 1996)
- 1953 –William Petersen, American actor
- 1969 –Tony Meola, American footballer
- 1973 –Bowie Tsang, Taiwanese singer and TV host
- 1975 –Troy Slaten, American actor
- 1986 –Charlotte Church, Welsh singer
- 1989 –Scout Taylor-Compton, American actress
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