Page 10: Historical Events In February - 21
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
1990 On February - 21 32nd Grammy Awards Wind Beneath My Wings, Nick of Time win
1991 Neil Simon's "Lost in Yonkers," premieres at Richard Rodgers Theater in New York NY for 780 performances on this day in history.
1991 On this day in history uSSR announces Iraq agrees to a proposal to end Persian Gulf War US calls the plan unacceptable
1991 Margot Fonteyn, ballerina (1st lady of British Ballet), dies at 71 on this day in history.
1992 On February - 21 kristi Yamaguchi of US wins Olympics gold medal in women's fig skating
1992 On February - 21 eva A Jessye, US singer/actress (Eva Jessye Choir), dies at 97
1993 43rd NBA All-Star Game West beats East 135-132 (OT) at Salt Lake City on February - 21.
1993 On February - 21 sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.15 meters)
1993 On this day in history ferrucci Lamborghini, car maker (Lamborghini), dies at 76
1994 On this day in history frederick Edward Nicklin, architect, dies at 68
1995 On this day in history rAF-pilot Jo Salter is first woman to fly in a tornado
1995 Steve Fossett, a Chicago stockbroker, becomes the first person to make a solo balloon flight across the Pacific, landing in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada on this day in history.
1995 On this day in history robert Bolt, Brit playwright (Doctor Zhivago, Bounty), dies at 70
1996 Soyuz TM-23, launched into orbit on this day in history.
1996 On this day in history horace Leonard Gold, sF writer/editor, dies at 81
1997 On this day in history "Empire Strikes Back, special edition," premieres
1997 STS 82 (Discovery 22) lands on this day in history.
1997 On this day in history kenneth Rowntree, painter, dies at 81
2012 On this day in history yemen voters go to the polls for a presidential election where the only candidate on the ballot paper is vice-president Abd Rabbuh Mansur al-Hadi
2012 On this day in history greek government debt crisis: Eurozone finance ministers reach an agreement on a second, .130-billion Greek bailout.
2013 83 people are killed and 250 are injured in a series of bombing attacks in Damascus, Syria on February - 21.
2014 11 people are killed after a Libyan Air Force plan crashes in Tunisia on this day in history.
2017 Bodies of 87 African migrants wash ashore at Zawiya, Libya on this day in history.
2017 On February - 21 plane crashes into shopping centre in Essendon, Melbourne, Australia killing the five people on board
2018 Indian film star Kamal Haasan launches a new political party - Makkal Needhi Mayyam in Tamil Nadu state on this day in history.
2018 Winter Olympics: Jessie Diggins and Kikkan Randall become the first Americans in history to win a cross country gold medal (team sprint) on this day in history.
2019 SpaceIL launches the Beresheet probe, the world's first privately financed mission to the Moon on February - 21.
2021 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Novak Äoković of Serbia wins a record extending 9th Australian title; dominates Russian Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 on February - 21.
2021 India's BJP party issues resolution country had "defeated COVID under the able, sensitive, committed and visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi â€, massive second wave hits two months later on February - 21.
2023 On this day in history vladimir Putin announces that Russia is suspending its participation in New START, a nuclear arms reduction treaty with the US.
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