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What happened in history on this day: February 21?
On February 21 in ...
- 1947 - First broadcast of first US TV soap opera: A Woman to Remember.
- 1964 - CBS airs the 200th episode of TV show Perry Mason.
- 1983 - The 200th episode of TV show The Jeffersons airs.
- 2022 - After 25 seasons on PBS, animated children's TV show Arthur ends.
Births on February 21
- 1880 - Birth of Frank Orth in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Boston Blackie, The Brothers).
- 1888 - Birth of Florence Bates in Texas, USA; actress (Moon and Sixpence, Love Crazy, San Antonio).
- 1889 - Birth of Felix Aylmer; actor (Anastasia, Hamlet, Iron Duke, Macbeth, Saint Joan).
- 1893 - Birth of Vsevolod Pudovkin; Soviet film director/theorist (Mother, Deserter).
- 1897 - Birth of Celia Lovsky in Vienna, Austria; actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau - Star Trek).
- 1900 - Birth of Sydney Arnold; English comic/actor (Miss Jones and Son).
- 1903 - Birth of Madeleine Renaud in Paris, France; actress (Helene, The Longest Day).
- 1912 - Birth of Arline Judge; actress (Girls in Chains, Mad Wednesday, Age of Consent).
- 1915 - Birth of Ann Sheridan in Denton, Texas, USA; actress (Dodge City, Good Sam, Pistols n' Petticoats TV show, Another World TV show).
- 1923 - Birth of Lucille Bremer; dancer/actress (Ruthless, Ziegfeld Follies).
- 1925 - Birth of Al Fann in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor (Alvin - He's the Mayor).
- 1925 - Birth of Sam Peckinpah in Fresno, California, USA; film director (The Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs).
- 1927 - Birth of Patricia Benoit in Fort Worth, Texas, USA; actress (As the World Turns, Nancy - Mr Peepers).
- 1934 - Birth of Rue McClanahan in Healdton, Oklahoma, USA; actress (Maude, Golden Girls).
- 1935 - Birth of Mark McManus; actor (Taggart, Nightstick, 2000 Weeks, 12th Night).
- 1935 - Birth of Rue McClanahan; actress (Golden Girls, Mama's Family).
- 1937 - Birth of Gary Lockwood in Van Nuys, California, USA; actor (2001, Survival Zone, The Lieutenant, Follow the Sun).
- 1939 - Birth of Richard Beymer in Avoca, Iowa; actor (West Side Story, Diary of Anne Frank).
- 1940 - Birth of Peter McEnery in England; actor (Game is Over, The Moonspinners).
- 1942 - Birth of Margarethe Von Trotta in Berlin, Germany; actress/director (Marianne).
- 1943 - Birth of Roberto Faenza; director (Cop Killers, Corrupt).
- 1944 - Birth of Kitty Winn in Washington DC, USA; actress (Beacon Hill).
- 1946 - Birth of Alan Rickman; actor (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves).
- 1946 - Birth of Tyne Daly in Madison, Wisconsin, USA; actress (Cagney and Lacey, Angel Unchained).
- 1953 - Birth of Christine Ebersole in Park Forest, Illinois, USA; actress (Saturday Night Live, Barbara - Valerie, My Favorite Martian, Tootsie, Rachel Gunn RN).
- 1953 - Birth of William L Petersen; actor (Return to Lonesome Dove, C.S.I.).
- 1955 - Birth of Kelsey Grammer in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands; actor (Fraiser Crane - Cheers / Fraiser).
- 1956 - Birth of Woody Brown in Dayton, Ohio, USA; actor (Cliff - Facts of Life, Flamingo Road, Dominion).
- 1958 - Birth of Jack Coleman in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Steven Carrington - Dynasty, Heroes).
- 1961 - Birth of Christopher Atkins in Rye, New York, USA; actor (Peter - Dallas, Blue Lagoon, Rock 'n' Roll Summer Action).
- 1963 - Birth of William Baldwin; actor (Waterfront).
- 1966 - Birth of Bronwen Booth in London, England; actress (Andy - One Life to Live, Glory and Honor).
- 1971 - Birth of Jose Solano; actor (Baywatch).
- 1975 - Birth of Troy Slaten; actor (Jerry - Parker Lewis Can't Lose).
- 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).
- 1987 - Birth of Ellen Page in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Canadian actress (ReGenesis, Pit Pony, Trailer Park Boys).
- 1989 - Birth of Corbin Bleu; American actor and singer (Flight 29 Down).
Deaths on February 21
- 1951 - Anton Roemer, Dutch actor (Gay Death), dies at age 63.
- 1968 - Anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies at age 65.
- 1976 - Frieda Inescort, Scottish actress (Meet Corliss Archer), dies at age 74.
- 1980 - Death of Chester H Lauck at age 78; actor (Lum Edwards - Lum and Abner radio show, Two Weeks to Live, Goin' to Town).
- 1980 - Death of Chester H. Lauck at age 78; actor (Lum & Abner radio show).
- 1985 - Ina Claire, actress/comedienne (Three Broadway Girls), dies of stroke at age 92.
- 1985 - Death of Louis Hayward at age 75 of lung cancer; actor/producer (Lone Wolf TV show, The Pursuers TV show, The Survivors TV show).
- 1991 - Roger Swaybill, actor/writer (Porky's II, Breaking Point), dies at age 47.
- 1992 - Death of Eva A Jessye at age 97; US singer/actress (Eva Jessye Choir).
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