November, 21st in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Sunday 21, 2004:
2004 - The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, unleashing massive protests and controversy with regards to the election's integrity.

Thursday 21, 2002:
NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members.

Tuesday 21, 1995:
1995 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 5,000 (5,023.55) for the first time.

Friday 21, 1986:
Iran-Contra Affair: National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary start to shred documents implicating them in the sale of weapons to Iran and channeling the proceeds to help fund the Contras rebels in Nicaragua.

Thursday 21, 1985:
United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Jay Pollard is arrested for spying (he was caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations and was eventually sentenced to life in prison).

Friday 21, 1980:
1980 -Lake Peigneur drained into an underlying salt deposit. A misplaced Texaco oil probe drilled into the Diamond crystal salt mine; water flowing down into the mine eroded the edges of the hole. The whirlpool created sucked the drilling platform, several barges, houses and trees thousands of feet, to the bottom of the dissolving salt deposit.

Wednesday 21, 1979:
The United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan is attacked by a mob and set afire, killing four. (see: Foreign relations of Pakistan)

Thursday 21, 1974:
1974 - George W. Bush is discharged from the US Air Force Reserve.

Saturday 21, 1970:
A joint Air Force and Army team raids the Son Tay prison camp in an attempt to free American POWs thought to be held there (there were zero Americans killed, but the prisoners had already moved to another camp; All US POWs were moved to a handful of central prison complexes as a result of this raid).

Friday 21, 1969:
US President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Sato agree in Washington, DC on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. Under terms of the agreement, the US is to retain its rights to bases on the island, but these are to be nuclear-free.

Tuesday 21, 1967:
Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing."

Saturday 21, 1964:
Second Vatican Council: The third period of the Catholic Church's ecumenical council closes.

Wednesday 21, 1962:
The Chinese People's Liberation Army declared a unilateral cease-fire in the Sino-Indian War.

Saturday 21, 1953:
Authorities at the British Natural History Museum announce that the skull of the "Piltdown Man", held to be one of the most famous fossil skulls in the world, was a hoax.

Saturday 21, 1942:
The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (the highway was not usable by general vehicles until 1943, however).

Friday 21, 1941:
The radio program King Biscuit Time is broadcast for the first time (it would later become the longest running daily radio broadcast in history and the most famous live blues radio program).

Wednesday 21, 1934:
primarily negative bowling outside leg stump to a field of short-leg fieldsmen.

Monday 21, 1927:
Columbine Mine Massacre: 500 striking coal miners, some with their families, were attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes

Tuesday 21, 1922:
Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first woman United States Senator.

Wednesday 21, 1877:
Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound (this is considered to be Edison's first great invention).

Thursday 21, 1861:
American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin secretary of war.

Monday 21, 1791:
Colonel Napoléon Bonaparte is promoted to full general and appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of the French Republic.

Saturday 21, 1789:
North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.

Friday 21, 1783:
In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent, marquis d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight (flight time: 25 minutes, Maximum height: 100m, distance: 9 km).

Saturday 21, 235:
Anterus is elected Pope.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/21-november/on-this-day.html


People born on November 21

1988:
Jamie Mahoney, American rapper and actor (b: November 21, 1988) (Biography of Jamie Mahoney)

1984:
Jena Malone, American actress (b: November 21, 1984) (Biography of Jena Malone)

1980:
Hank Blalock, baseball player (b: November 21, 1980) (Biography of Hank Blalock)

1977:
Jonas Jennings, American football player (b: November 21, 1977) (Biography of Jonas Jennings)

1973:
Brooke Kerr, American actress (b: November 21, 1973) (Biography of Brooke Kerr)

1969:
Ken Griffey, Jr., baseball player (b: November 21, 1969) (Biography of Ken Griffey, Jr.)

1966:
Troy Aikman, American football star (b: November 21, 1966) (Biography of Troy Aikman)

1965:
Björk, Icelandic singer, songwriter, actress (b: November 21, 1965) (Biography of Björk)
Alexander Siddig, British actor (b: November 21, 1965) (Biography of Alexander Siddig)

1963:
Nicolette Sheridan, British actress (b: November 21, 1963) (Biography of Nicolette Sheridan)

1962:
Steven Curtis Chapman, American singer (b: November 21, 1962) (Biography of Steven Curtis Chapman)

1950:
Alberto Juantorena, Cuban athlete (b: November 21, 1950) (Biography of Alberto Juantorena)

1945:
Goldie Hawn, American actress (b: November 21, 1945) (Biography of Goldie Hawn)

1944:
Earl Monroe, American basketball player (b: November 21, 1944) (Biography of Earl Monroe)
Harold Ramis, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, director, and producer (b: November 21, 1944) (Biography of Harold Ramis)
Dick Durbin, American politician (b: November 21, 1944) (Biography of Dick Durbin)

1941:
Juliet Mills, British actress (b: November 21, 1941) (Biography of Juliet Mills)

1940:
Dr. John, American musician (b: November 21, 1940) (Biography of Dr. John)
Richard Marcinko, U.S. Navy SEAL team member and author (b: November 21, 1940) (Biography of Richard Marcinko)

1939:
Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician (b: November 21, 1939) (Biography of Mulayam Singh Yadav)

1938:
Marlo Thomas, American actress (b: November 21, 1938) (Biography of Marlo Thomas)

1936:
Victor Chang, Australian physician (b: November 21, 1936 ; d: July 4, 1991) (Biography of Victor Chang)

1933:
Joseph Campanella, American actor (b: November 21, 1933) (Biography of Joseph Campanella)

1931:
Malcolm Williamson, Australian composer (b: November 21, 1931 ; d: March 2, 2003) (Biography of Malcolm Williamson)

1921:
Joonas Kokkonen, Finnish composer (b: November 21, 1921) (Biography of Joonas Kokkonen)

1920:
Stan Musial, baseball player (b: November 21, 1920) (Biography of Stan Musial)

1916:
Sid Luckman, American football player (b: November 21, 1916 ; d: July 5, 1998) (Biography of Sid Luckman)

1913:
Roy Boulting, English film director and producer (b: November 21, 1913 ; d: November 5, 2001) (Biography of Roy Boulting)

1912:
Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (b: November 21, 1912 ; d: February 11, 1982) (Biography of Eleanor Powell)

1904:
Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist (b: November 21, 1904 ; d: May 19, 1969) (Biography of Coleman Hawkins)

1902:
Foster Hewitt, Canadian radio pioneer (b: November 21, 1902) (Biography of Foster Hewitt)

1898:
René Magritte, Belgian painter (b: November 21, 1898 ; d: August 15, 1967) (Biography of René Magritte)

1878:
Gustav Radbruch, German law professor (b: November 21, 1878) (Biography of Gustav Radbruch)

1870:
Sigfrid Edström, Swedish sports official (b: November 21, 1870 ; d: March 18, 1964) (Biography of Sigfrid Edström)

1860:
Tom Horn, American hitman (b: November 21, 1860) (Biography of Tom Horn)

1854:
Pope Benedict XV (b: November 21, 1854 ; d: January 22, 1922) (Biography of Pope Benedict XV)

1835:
Hetty Green, American businesswoman (b: November 21, 1835) (Biography of Hetty Green)

1787:
Samuel Cunard, Canadian-born shipping magnate (b: November 21, 1787) (Biography of Samuel Cunard)

1768:
Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher, German theologian and philosopher (b: November 21, 1768) (Biography of Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher)

1761:
Dorothy Jordan, British actress and royal mistress (b: November 21, 1761) (Biography of Dorothy Jordan)

1694:
Voltaire, French philosopher (b: November 21, 1694 ; d: May 30, 1778) (Biography of Voltaire)

1692:
Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (b: November 21, 1692 ; d: December 20, 1768) (Biography of Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni)

1567:
Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (b: November 21, 1567 ; d: June 8, 1621) (Biography of Anne de Xainctonge)

1495:
John Bale, English churchman (b: November 21, 1495) (Biography of John Bale)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/21-november/births.html