February 21
People born on this day are Pisces.
- 1952
The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".
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The CND symbol, aka peace symbol, commissioned by the Direct Action Committee in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom.
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The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna.
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United States President Richard Nixon visits China to normalize Sino-American relations.
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The Soviet uncrewed spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon.
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Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 jet killing 108 people.
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The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt.
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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.
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Aldrich Ames is arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for selling national secrets to the Soviet Union in Arlington County, Virginia.
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Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
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At least 17 people are killed and 119 injured following several bombings in the Indian city of Hyderabad.
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In the prelude to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin declares the Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic as independent from Ukraine, and moves troops into the region. The action is condemned by the United Nations.
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2007Leeseo, South Korean singer
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1999Metawin Opas-iamkajorn, Thai actor and singer
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1996Noah Rubin, American tennis player
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1996Sophie Turner, English actress
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1994Hayley Orrantia, American actress and singer-songwriter
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1994Wendy, South Korean singer
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1993Steve Leo Beleck, Cameroonian footballer
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1993Davy Klaassen, Dutch footballer
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1992Phil Jones, English footballer
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1991Joe Alwyn, English actor
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1991Riyad Mahrez, Algerian footballer
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1991Ji So-yun, South Korean footballer
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