Friday February 21, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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.

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: This Day in History

In addition, it’s the first day of the astronomical winter.

by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and days ago
  • months since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

1440
The Prussian Confederation is formed.
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto.
American Civil War: Battle of Valverde is fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.
The first telephone book is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
World War II: Japanese Kamikaze planes sink the escort carrier Bismarck Sea and damage the Saratoga.
In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first “instant camera”, the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
The Peace symbol, commissioned by Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom.
Swissair Flight 330: A mid-air bomb explosion and subsequent crash kills 38 passengers and nine crew members near Zürich, Switzerland.
The Soviet unmanned spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon.

Who were born on ?

Ann Sheridan, American actress (d. 1967)
King Harald V of Norway
John Lewis, American politician and civil rights activist
Olympia Snowe, American politician
Mary Chapin Carpenter, American singer
Seo Taiji, Korean musician
Brad Fast, Canadian ice hockey player
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, 5th king of Bhutan
Chantal Claret, American musician
Josh Walker, English footballer

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