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02/21/1814
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Nicolo Gabrielli, composer
Type: Birth
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02/21/1815
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Ernest Meissonier, French painter/sculptor
Type: Birth
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02/21/1817
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Jos‚ Zorrilla y Moral, Vallodolid Spain, poet/dramatist (El rey Loco)
Type: Birth
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02/21/1821
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Charles Scribner, US, music publisher (Scribner Catalog)
Type: Birth
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02/21/1828
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1st American Indian newspaper in US, "Cherokee Phoenix," published
Type: Event
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02/21/1829
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Johnson Hagood, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898
Type: Birth
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02/21/1831
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Eduard Rappoldi, composer
Type: Birth
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02/21/1836
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Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer
Type: Birth
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02/21/1836
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Emil Hartmann, composer
Type: Birth
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02/21/1836
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L‚o Delibes, Saint-Germain-du-Val France, ballet composer (Copp‚lia)
Type: Birth
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02/21/1837
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Rosalˇa de Castro, Spanish writer (Canteres Gallegos, Follas Novas)
Type: Birth
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02/21/1842
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1st known sewing machine patented in US, John Greenough, Wash DC
Type: Event
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02/21/1842
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Wojciech Zywny, composer, dies at 85
Type: Death
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02/21/1844
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Charles-Marie Widor, Lyons France, composer/prof (Paris Conservatory)
Type: Birth
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02/21/1846
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1st US woman telegrapher, Sarah G Bagley, Lowell, Mass
Type: Event
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02/21/1852
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[James] Burner Matthews, US playwright/critic (NY Times)
Type: Birth
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02/21/1852
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Nikolai Gogol, Russian playwright (Dead Soles), dies
Type: Death
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02/21/1853
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US authorizes minting of $3 gold pieces
Type: Event
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02/21/1855
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Alice Freeman Palmer, educator (Hall of Fame)
Type: Birth
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02/21/1856
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Hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam)
Type: Birth
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02/21/1857
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Congress outlaws foreign currency as legal tender in US
Type: Event
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02/21/1857
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US issues flying eagle cents
Type: Event
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02/21/1857
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Jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium (1907)
Type: Birth
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02/21/1858
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Edwin T Holmes installs 1st electric burglar alarm (Boston, Mass)
Type: Event
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02/21/1861
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Navaho indians elect Herrero Grande as chief
Type: Event
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02/21/1861
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Pierre Breville, composer
Type: Birth
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02/21/1862
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Confederate Constitution and presidency are declared permanent
Type: Event
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02/21/1862
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Texas Rangers win Confederate victory at Battle of Val Verde, NM
Type: Event
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02/21/1862
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Justinus A C Kerner, German family doctor/poet/writer, dies at 75
Type: Death
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02/21/1864
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-22] Battle at Okolona, Mississippi
Type: Event
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02/21/1864
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1st US Catholic parish church for blacks dedicated, Baltimore
Type: Event
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02/21/1864
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Jeffery Forrest, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
Type: Death
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02/21/1866
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Lucy B Hobbs (Taylor) becomes 1st US woman to earn a DDS degree
Type: Event
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02/21/1867
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Otto Hermann Kahn, Banker, organized Metropolitan Opera Co
Type: Birth
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02/21/1872
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Pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82
Type: Death
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02/21/1874
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Benjamin Disraeli replaces William Gladstone as English premier
Type: Event
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02/21/1874
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Oakland Daily Tribune begins publication
Type: Event
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02/21/1875
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Jeanne Louise Calment, France, world's oldest woman (died at 122)
Type: Birth
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02/21/1876
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Constantin Brancusi, Romanian/French sculptor (Princesse X)
Type: Birth
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02/21/1876
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Henry John Gauntlett, composer, dies at 70
Type: Death
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02/21/1877
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Jacob D du Toit [Totius], South African poet/theologist
Type: Birth
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02/21/1878
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1st telephone book issued, 50 subscribers (New Harbor, Connecticut)
Type: Event
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02/21/1878
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Fritz Cortolezis, composer
Type: Birth
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02/21/1879
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Peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69
Type: Death
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02/21/1880
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Frank Orth, Phila Pa, actor (Boston Blackie, Brothers)
Type: Birth
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02/21/1881
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Savilly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player
Type: Birth
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02/21/1882
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NYC's 24 hour race begins, winner with most mileage in 24 hours
Type: Event
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02/21/1883
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2nd French government of Ferry begins
Type: Event
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02/21/1883
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J M M "Mick" Commaille, cricketer (dual S African cricket/soccer rep)
Type: Birth
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02/21/1884
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John Pike Hullah, composer, dies at 71
Type: Death
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