This day in History - February 21

407 Historic Events for February 21
1916 Event Battle of Verdun in WW I begins (1 million casualties)
1917 Birth Victor G M Marijnen, Dutch premier (1963-65)
1917 Event British Mendi sinks off Isle of Wight, 627 die
1917 Event Train near Chirurcha Romania catches fire and explodes; 100s die
1918 Event Australians chase Turkish troop out of Jericho, Dutch Palestine
1919 Death Kurt Eisner, premier Bayern (soc), murdered at 51
1919 Death Karl von Hohenzollern, Prince of Belgium, dies
1919 Death Habib Ullah Chan, emir of Afghanistam (1901-19), murdered at 46
1919 Event German National Meeting accepts Anschluss: incorporation of Austria
1919 Event Revolutionary strike in Barcelona
1919 Death Giovanni Bolzoni, composer, dies at 77
1920 Event Darius Milhaud and Jean Cocteau's ballet, premieres in Paris
1922 Event Great Britain grants Egypt independence
1922 Event Airship Rome explodes at Hampton Roads Virginia; 34 die
1922 Birth Uros Krek, composer
1922 Birth Murray "the K" Kaufman, NYC DJ (5th Beatle)
1922 Event WHK-AM in Cleveland OH begins radio transmissions
1923 Birth Lucille Bremer, dancer/actress (Ruthless, Ziegfeld Follies)
1923 Birth Zvi Zeitlin, Dubrovnik Yugoslavia, violinist/prof (Eastman School)
1923 Event Andr‚ Charlot's musical "Rats," premieres in London
1923 Birth Lola Flores, entertainer
1924 Birth Robert G Mugabe, premier/president of Zimbabwe
1924 Death Salvatore Auteri Manzocchi, composer, dies at 78
1925 Death Alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer, dies at 52
1925 Birth Jack Ramsay, NBA coach