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| February 21st, 2005 (February 21 2005) | Death | Ara Berberian, American opera singer (born in 1930) | |
| February 21st, 2005 (February 21 2005) | Death | Gerard Bessette, Quebec novelist and poet (born in 1920) | |
| February 21st, 2005 (February 21 2005) | Death | Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban novelist (born in 1929) | |
| February 21st, 2005 (February 21 2005) | Death | Eugene Scott, American religious broadcaster (born in 1929) | |
| February 21st, 1995 (February 21 1995) | Event | Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon. | |
| February 21st, 1985 (February 21 1985) | Birth | Bob Burton, American speedcuber | |
| February 21st, 1985 (February 21 1985) | Birth | Georgios Samaras, Greek footballer | |
| February 21st, 1985 (February 21 1985) | Death | Louis Hayward, British actor (born in 1909) | |
| February 21st, 1975 (February 21 1975) | Event | Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison. | John Mitchell Quotes |
| February 21st, 1965 (February 21 1965) | Event | Malcolm X is assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City by members of the Nation of Islam. | Malcolm X Quotes |
| February 21st, 1965 (February 21 1965) | Death | Malcolm X, American black activist (born in 1925) | Malcolm X Quotes |
| February 21st, 1955 (February 21 1955) | Birth | Sir Steven Fayburgh, British diplomat | |
| February 21st, 1955 (February 21 1955) | Birth | Kelsey Grammer, American actor | |
| February 21st, 1945 (February 21 1945) | Event | World War II: Japanese Kamikaze planes sink the escort carrier Bismarck Sea and damage the Saratoga. | |
| February 21st, 1945 (February 21 1945) | Birth | Paul Newton, British musician | |
| February 21st, 1945 (February 21 1945) | Birth | D Anna Fortunato, American mezzo-soprano | |
| February 21st, 1945 (February 21 1945) | Death | Eric Liddell, Scottish runner (born in 1902) | |
| February 21st, 1935 (February 21 1935) | Birth | Mark McManus, Scottish actor (died in 1994) | |
| February 21st, 1935 (February 21 1935) | Birth | Jean Pelletier, French Canadian political operative | |
| February 21st, 1925 (February 21 1925) | Event | The New Yorker publishes its first issue. | |
| February 21st, 1925 (February 21 1925) | Birth | Sam Peckinpah, American director (died in 1984) | |
| February 21st, 1915 (February 21 1915) | Birth | Ann Sheridan, American actress (died in 1967) | |
| February 21st, 1895 (February 21 1895) | Birth | Carl Peter Henrik Dam Danish biochemist, Nobel laureate (died in 1976) | |
| February 21st, 1885 (February 21 1885) | Event | The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated. | |
| February 21st, 1885 (February 21 1885) | Birth | Sacha Guitry, Russian dramatist (died in 1957) | Sacha Guitry Quotes |
| February 21st, 1875 (February 21 1875) | Birth | Jeanne Calment, French supercentenarian and longest-lived human on record (died in 1997) | |
| February 21st, 1865 (February 21 1865) | Birth | John Haden Badley, English school founder (died in 1967) | |
| February 21st, 1715 (February 21 1715) | Death | Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, Governor of the Province of Maryland (born in 1637) | |
| February 21st, 1705 (February 21 1705) | Birth | Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (died in 1781) | |
| February 21st, 1675 (February 21 1675) | Birth | Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (died in 1750) | |
| February 21st, 1595 (February 21 1595) | Death | Robert Southwell, English Jesuit priest and poet (executed) | Robert South Quotes |
| February 21st, 1245 (February 21 1245) | Event | Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after having confessed to torture and forgery. | |
