Page 10: Historical Events In February - 21
Sunday, 15 June 2025
1990 On this day in history 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 On February - 21 margot Fonteyn, ballerina (1st lady of British Ballet), dies at 71
1992 On this day in history kristi Yamaguchi of US wins Olympics gold medal in women's fig skating
1992 Eva A Jessye, US singer/actress (Eva Jessye Choir), dies at 97 on February - 21.
1993 On this day in history 43rd NBA All-Star Game West beats East 135-132 (OT) at Salt Lake City
1993 Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.15 meters) on February - 21.
1993 Ferrucci Lamborghini, car maker (Lamborghini), dies at 76 on this day in history.
1994 On this day in history frederick Edward Nicklin, architect, dies at 68
1995 RAF-pilot Jo Salter is first woman to fly in a tornado on February - 21.
1995 On this day in history steve Fossett, a Chicago stockbroker, becomes the first person to make a solo balloon flight across the Pacific, landing in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada.
1995 On this day in history robert Bolt, Brit playwright (Doctor Zhivago, Bounty), dies at 70
1996 Soyuz TM-23, launched into orbit on February - 21.
1996 Horace Leonard Gold, sF writer/editor, dies at 81 on February - 21.
1997 "Empire Strikes Back, special edition," premieres on February - 21.
1997 STS 82 (Discovery 22) lands on February - 21.
1997 Kenneth Rowntree, painter, dies at 81 on February - 21.
2012 On February - 21 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 Greek government debt crisis: Eurozone finance ministers reach an agreement on a second, .130-billion Greek bailout on this day in history.
2013 On this day in history 83 people are killed and 250 are injured in a series of bombing attacks in Damascus, Syria
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 February - 21.
2017 On February - 21 plane crashes into shopping centre in Essendon, Melbourne, Australia killing the five people on board
2018 On this day in history indian film star Kamal Haasan launches a new political party - Makkal Needhi Mayyam in Tamil Nadu state
2018 On this day in history winter Olympics: Jessie Diggins and Kikkan Randall become the first Americans in history to win a cross country gold medal (team sprint)
2019 SpaceIL launches the Beresheet probe, the world's first privately financed mission to the Moon on this day in history.
2021 On February - 21 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
2021 On February - 21 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
2023 On February - 21 vladimir Putin announces that Russia is suspending its participation in New START, a nuclear arms reduction treaty with the US.
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