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21 February 2022
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
United Nations
International Mother Language DaySelected anniversaries
Anniversary
1973 - After accidentally straying into the airspace of the Israeli-occupied Sinai Peninsula, Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 was shot down by two Israeli fighter aircraft, killing 108 of the 113 people on board.Sinai's 1956–1957 and 1967–1982 occupations
Anniversary
1965 - American Black nationalist Malcolm X (pictured) was assassinated while giving a speech in New York City's Audubon Ballroom.Ideology that seeks to develop a Black national identity
Anniversary
1952 - A number of student protesters demanding the establishment of Bengali as an official language were killed by police in Dhaka, East Pakistan.1948–1956 political movement in East Pakistan
Anniversary
1929 - Nanjing decade: In the first battle of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong against the Nationalist government of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.Period in the history of the Republic of China from 1927 to 1937
Anniversary
1919 - Bavarian socialist Kurt Eisner, who had organized the German Revolution that overthrew the Wittelsbach monarchy and established Bavaria as a republic, was assassinated.State in Germany
Historical events
History
2022 - 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.Period of escalating tension between Russia and Ukraine
History
2013 - At least 17 people are killed and 119 injured following several bombings in the Indian city of Hyderabad.Terrorist attacks at a market in India
History
1995 - Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.American businessman, aviator, sailor, and adventurer (1944–2007)
History
1994 - Aldrich Ames is arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for selling national secrets to the Soviet Union in Arlington County, Virginia.American CIA analyst and Soviet spy (1941–2026)
History
1975 - 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.1970s political scandal in the U.S.
History
1974 - The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt.Artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt
History
1973 - Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 jet killing 108 people.Peninsula in Egypt
History
1972 - United States President Richard Nixon visits China to normalize Sino-American relations.President of the United States from 1969 to 1974
History
1972 - The Soviet uncrewed spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon.Country in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
History
1971 - The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna.1971 UN treaty to regulate recreational drugs
Notable births
Born
1994 - Hayley Orrantia, American actress and singer-songwriterAmerican actress and musician (born 1994)
Notable deaths
Died
2026 - Rondale Moore, American football player (born 2000)American football player (2000–2026)
Died
2025 - Clint Hill, American Secret Service agent (born 1932)U.S. Secret Service agent (1932–2025)
Died
2025 - Lynne Marie Stewart, American actress (born 1946)American actress (1946–2025)
Died
2024 - John Bahnsen, United States Army brigadier general and decorated veteran of the Vietnam War (born 1934)United States Army general (1934–2024)
Died
2021 - Mireya Arboleda, Colombian classical pianist (born 1928)Colombian classical pianist (1928–2021)
Died
2021 - Kevin Dann, Australian rugby league player (born 1958)Australian rugby league footballer (1958–2021)
Died
2019 - Stanley Donen, American film director (born 1924)American film director and choreographer (1924–2019)
Died
2019 - Peter Tork, American musician and actor (born 1942)American musician and actor (1942–2019)
Sky
Moon phase
Waning Gibbous
73.1% illuminated
Lunar age: 19.9 days
Sun zodiac
Pisces
2.83 degrees
Constellation: Aquarius
Moon zodiac
Scorpio
1.53 degrees
Constellation: Virgo
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.