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What happened in history on this day: February 21?
On February 21 in ...
- 1911 - Gustav Mahler conducts his last concerto (Berceuse élégique).
- 1923 - André Charlot's musical "Rats" premieres in London.
Births on February 21
- 1844 - Birth of Charles-Marie Widor in Lyons, France; composer/professor (Paris Conservatory).
- 1912 - Birth of Nikita Magaloff; Russian/Swiss pianist (Arkadia 598-Schubert).
- 1923 - Birth of Zvi Zeitlin in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia; violinist/professor (Eastman School).
- 1933 - Birth of Nina Simone [Eunice Waymon] in Tyron, North Carolina, USA; singer/pianist ("I Loves You Porgy").
- 1943 - Birth of David Geffen in Brooklyn, New York, USA; record producer (Geffen, Asylum, Dreamworks SKG).
- 1949 - Birth of Jerry Harrison in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; rock keyboardist (Talking Heads - "And She Was").
- 1951 - Birth of Vince Welnick; rock keyboardist (The Tubes).
- 1952 - Birth of Jean-Jacques Brunel; rock bassist (Stranglers - "Dreamtime").
- 1958 - Birth of Mary-Chapin Carpenter in Princeton, New Jersey, USA; country singer ("This Shirt", "Shooting Straight in the Dark").
- 1961 - Birth of Ranking Roger; rock vocalist (English Beat - "Drowning", General Public).
- 1966 - Birth of Wendy James in London, England; vocalist (Transvision Vamp - "Velveteen").
- 1970 - Birth of Eric Wilson; bassist (Sublime).
- 1973 - Birth of Tad Kinchla; bassist (Blues Traveler).
- 1979 - Birth of Jennifer Love Hewitt in Waco, Texas, USA; American actress and singer (Party of Five, Time of Your Life, The Audrey Hepburn Story, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Ghost Whisperer).
- 1989 - Birth of Corbin Bleu; American actor and singer (Flight 29 Down).
Deaths on February 21
- 1980 - Death of Janet Vogel at age 38 by suicide in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; singer (Skyliners - "Since I Don't Have You" (1959)).
- 1992 - Death of Eva A Jessye at age 97; US singer/actress (Eva Jessye Choir).
- 2001 - Death of Ronnie Hilton at age 75; British singer ("No Other Love", "A Windmill in Old Amsterdam").
- 2003 - Death of Tom Glazer at age 88; folksinger ("On Top of Spaghetti" (1961)).
- 2004 - Death of Bart Howard at age 88 of complications from a stroke in Carmel, New York, USA; songwriter and pianist ("Fly Me to the Moon").
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