21st of February 2025
21st of February 2025 is the 52nd day of the year.
This day in history:
1804: First Steam Locomotive Runs - ...more
1848: Marx publishes The Communist Manifesto - ...more
1849: Battle of Gujarat - ...more
1916: Battle of Verdun Begins - ...more
1917: SS Mendi Sunk off Isle of Wight - ...more
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British quote for the day:
If I were compelled to choose between living in west bromwich or florence I would make straight for west bromwich - J B Priestley.
Born today:
John Mercer - 1791, George Lansbury - 1859, W H Auden - 1907, Douglas Bader - 1910, Mark McManus - 1935, Jilly Cooper - 1937, Alan Rickman - 1946, Vanessa Feltz - 1962, Charlotte Church - 1986.
Died today:
James I of Scotland - 1437, Robert Southwell - 1595, Jethro Tull - 1741, Henry Robinson - 1901, Osborne Reynolds - 1912, Eric Liddell - 1945, Frederic Lamond - 1948, Duncan Edwards - 1958, Margot Fonteyn - 1991, Robert Bolt - 1995, John Thaw - 2002.
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