February 21: Day of the Week
February 21, 2019 is the 52nd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 313 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Mokuyōbi.
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Here’s the February calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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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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February 21: This Day in History
In addition, it’s the first day of the astronomical winter.
February 21 Historical Event(s)
- 1848Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto.
- 1913Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
- 1916World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
- 1925The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
- 1937Initial flight of the first successful flying car, Waldo Waterman’s Arrowbile.
- 1948NASCAR is incorporated.
- 1952“ভাষা আন্দোলন”, “Bengali Language Movement” occurred in East Pakistan(now Bangladesh).
- 1973Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 jet killing 108.
- 1974The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt.
- 2004The first European political party organization, the European Greens, is established in Rome.
Who were born on February 21?
- 1867Otto Hermann Kahn, German millionaire (d. 1934)
- 1945Walter Momper, German politician
- 1946Alan Rickman, English actor
- 1947Olympia Snowe, American politician
- 1951Wolfgang Frank, German footballer
- 1980Jim Vandermeer, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980Parthiva Sureshwaren, Indian racing driver
- 1982Chantal Claret, American musician
- 1987Ashley Greene, American model and actress
- 1989Jem Karacan, English-born Turkish footballer
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