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)

1543
Battle of Wayna Daga – A combined army of Ethiopian and Portuguese troops defeats a Muslim army led by Ahmed Gragn.
The last Carolina Parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.
In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first “instant camera”, the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
“ভাষা আন্দোলন”, “Bengali Language Movement” occurred in East Pakistan(now Bangladesh).
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.
President Richard Nixon visits the People’s Republic of China to normalize Sino-American relations.
The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt.
Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
The first European political party organization, the European Greens, is established in Rome.

Who were born on ?

Waldemar Bonsels, German writer (d. 1952)
W. H. Auden, English poet (d. 1973)
Lucille Bremer, American actress (d. 1996)
Margarethe von Trotta, German actress and film director
Olympia Snowe, American politician
Ronnie Hellström, Swedish footballer
Steve Francis, American basketball player
Nicole Parker, American actress
Enrique David Mateo, Brazilian footballer
Corbin Bleu, American actor and singer

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