November 21st All Events |
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| November 21st, 2007 (November 21 2007) | Death | Fernando Fernan Gomez, Spanish actor, director, academic and playwright (born in 1921) | |
| November 21st, 2007 (November 21 2007) | Death | Tom Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player (born in 1928) | |
| November 21st, 2007 (November 21 2007) | Death | Noel McGregor, New Zealand cricketer (born in 1931) | |
| November 21st, 2006 (November 21 2006) | Event | Anti-Syrian Lebanese Minister and MP Pierre Gemayel is assassinated in suburban Beirut. | |
| November 21st, 2006 (November 21 2006) | Death | Pierre Amine Gemayel, Lebanese Cabinet minister (assassinated) (born in 1972) | |
| November 21st, 2006 (November 21 2006) | Death | Robert Lockwood, Jr., American blues guitarist (born in 1915) | |
| November 21st, 2005 (November 21 2005) | Death | Alfred Anderson, last Scottish World War I (and Christmas Truce) veteran (born in 1896) | |
| November 21st, 2005 (November 21 2005) | Death | Hugh Sidey, American journalist (born in 1927) | |
| November 21st, 2004 (November 21 2004) | Event | The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, unleashing massive protests and controversy over the election s integrity. | |
| November 21st, 2004 (November 21 2004) | Event | The island of Dominica is hit by the most destructive earthquake in its history. The northern half of the island receives the most damage, especially the town of Portsmouth. It is also felt in neighboring Guadeloupe, where one person is killed as a result. | |
| November 21st, 2004 (November 21 2004) | Event | The Paris Club agrees to write off 80% (up to $100 billion) of Iraq s external debt. | |
| November 21st, 2002 (November 21 2002) | Event | NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members. | |
| November 21st, 2002 (November 21 2002) | Death | Hadda Brooks, American jazz singer, pianist, and composer (born in 1916) | |
| November 21st, 2001 (November 21 2001) | Death | Salahuddin of Malaysia, King of Malaysia (born in 1926) | |
| November 21st, 1999 (November 21 1999) | Death | Quentin Crisp, British writer, raconteur and actor (born in 1908) | Quentin Crisp Quotes |
| November 21st, 1996 (November 21 1996) | Event | A propane explosion at the Humberto Vidal shoe store and office building in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 33. | |
| November 21st, 1996 (November 21 1996) | Death | Abdus Salam, Pakistani physicist and Nobel laureate (born in 1926) | |
| November 21st, 1995 (November 21 1995) | Event | The Dayton Peace Agreement is initialled at the Wright Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, ending three and a half years of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The agreement was formally ratified in Paris, on December 14 that same year. | |
| November 21st, 1995 (November 21 1995) | Event | The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 5,000 (5,023.55) for the first time. | |
| November 21st, 1995 (November 21 1995) | Death | Peter Grant, British rock manager, actor (Led Zeppelin, Bad Company) (born in 1935) | |
| November 21st, 1995 (November 21 1995) | Death | Noel Jones, British diplomat (born in 1940) | |
| November 21st, 1993 (November 21 1993) | Death | Bill Bixby, American actor and director (born in 1934) | |
| November 21st, 1991 (November 21 1991) | Death | Sonny Werblin, former owner of the New York Jets (born in 1907) | |
| November 21st, 1990 (November 21 1990) | Event | Charter of Paris for a New Europe refocusses the efforts of the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europeon post-Cold War issues. | |
| November 21st, 1990 (November 21 1990) | Death | Dean Hart, Canadian professional wrestler (born in 1954) | |
| November 21st, 1988 (November 21 1988) | Event | Canadian federal election, Canadians re-elect the Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney after an election campaign fought mainly over the issue of the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement. Boy Genius Miles Prince Bowlin is born in Texas. | |
| November 21st, 1988 (November 21 1988) | Death | Carl Hubbell, American baseball player (born in 1903) | |
| November 21st, 1986 (November 21 1986) | Event | 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 Contra rebels in Nicaragua. | |
| November 21st, 1986 (November 21 1986) | Death | Marcelino Sanchez, American actor (born in 1957) | |
| November 21st, 1986 (November 21 1986) | Death | Jerry Colonna, American comic (born in 1904) | |
| November 21st, 1986 (November 21 1986) | Death | Dar Robinson, American film stuntman (born in 1947) | |
| November 21st, 1985 (November 21 1985) | Event | United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying (he was caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations and was eventually sentenced to life in prison). | |
| November 21st, 1985 (November 21 1985) | Birth | Jesus Navas, Spanish footballer | |
| November 21st, 1984 (November 21 1984) | Birth | Alvaro Bautista, Spanish motorcycle racer | |
| November 21st, 1984 (November 21 1984) | Birth | Jena Malone, American Actress | |
| November 21st, 1983 (November 21 1983) | Birth | Jamie Langley, English rugby player | |
| November 21st, 1982 (November 21 1982) | Birth | Georgios Kalogiannidis, Greek archer | |
| November 21st, 1982 (November 21 1982) | Birth | Ryan Starr, American singer | |
| November 21st, 1982 (November 21 1982) | Death | John Hargrave, British Social Credit advocate (born in 1894) | |
| November 21st, 1981 (November 21 1981) | Birth | Wesley Britt, American football player | |
| November 21st, 1981 (November 21 1981) | Birth | Piet Rinke, Zimbabwean cricketer | |
| November 21st, 1981 (November 21 1981) | Birth | Jonny Magallon, Mexican footballer | |
| November 21st, 1981 (November 21 1981) | Death | Harry Von Zell, American announcer (born in 1906) | |
| November 21st, 1980 (November 21 1980) | Event | A deadly fire breaks out at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada (now Bally s Las Vegas). 87 people are killed and more than 650 are injured in the worst disaster in Nevada history. | |
| November 21st, 1980 (November 21 1980) | Event | Lake Peigneur drained into an underlying salt deposit. A misplaced Texaco oil probe was drilled into the Diamond Crystal Salt Mine, causing water to flow down into the mine, eroding the edges of the hole. The resulting whirlpool sucked the drilling platform, several barges, houses and trees thousands of feet, to the bottom of the dissolving salt deposit. | |
| November 21st, 1980 (November 21 1980) | Birth | Hank Blalock, American baseball player | |
| November 21st, 1980 (November 21 1980) | Birth | Alec Brownstein, American author, director | |
| November 21st, 1980 (November 21 1980) | Birth | Leonardo Gonzalez, Costa Rican footballer | |
| November 21st, 1980 (November 21 1980) | Birth | Elaine Yiu, Hong Kong Actress | |
| November 21st, 1980 (November 21 1980) | Death | Sara Garcia, Mexican actress (born in 1895) | |
| November 21st, 1979 (November 21 1979) | Event | The United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan is attacked by a mob and set alight, killing four. (see: Foreign relations of Pakistan) | |
| November 21st, 1979 (November 21 1979) | Birth | Stromile Swift, American basketball player | |
| November 21st, 1979 (November 21 1979) | Birth | Alex Tanguay, Canadian hockey player | |
| November 21st, 1979 (November 21 1979) | Birth | Kim Dong Wan, Korean singer (Shinhwa) | |
| November 21st, 1979 (November 21 1979) | Birth | Vincenzo Iaquinta, Italian footballer | |
| November 21st, 1978 (November 21 1978) | Birth | Lucia Jimenez, Spanish actress | |
| November 21st, 1978 (November 21 1978) | Birth | Sara Tanaka, American actress | |
| November 21st, 1977 (November 21 1977) | Event | Minister of Internal Affairs Hon Allan Highet announces that the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem "God Save the Queen" and the poem "God Defend New Zealand", written by Thomas Bracken, as set to music by John Joseph Woods, both being of equal status as national anthems appropriate to the occasion. | Thomas Bracken Quotes |
| November 21st, 1977 (November 21 1977) | Birth | Bruno Berner, Swiss footballer | |
| November 21st, 1977 (November 21 1977) | Birth | Myles Heskett, Australian musician (Wolfmother) | |
| November 21st, 1977 (November 21 1977) | Birth | Jonas Jennings, American football player | |
| November 21st, 1977 (November 21 1977) | Birth | Tobias Sammet, German singer (Edguy) | |
| November 21st, 1977 (November 21 1977) | Birth | Yolande James, Quebec politician | |
| November 21st, 1976 (November 21 1976) | Birth | Dasha, Czech adult actress | |
| November 21st, 1976 (November 21 1976) | Birth | Martin Meichelbeck, German footballer | |
| November 21st, 1976 (November 21 1976) | Birth | Daniel Whiston, British ice skater | |
| November 21st, 1975 (November 21 1975) | Birth | Cherie Johnson, American actress | |
| November 21st, 1975 (November 21 1975) | Birth | Chris Moneymaker, American poker player | |
| November 21st, 1974 (November 21 1974) | Event | The Birmingham Pub Bombings by the IRA kill 21 people. The Birmingham Six were sentenced to life in prison for this but subsequently acquitted. | |
| November 21st, 1974 (November 21 1974) | Birth | Kelsi Marie Osborn, American Singer (SHeDAISY) | |
| November 21st, 1974 (November 21 1974) | Death | John B. Gambling, American radio talk show host (born in 1897) | |
| November 21st, 1974 (November 21 1974) | Death | Frank Martin, Swiss composer (born in 1890) | |
| November 21st, 1973 (November 21 1973) | Birth | Brook Kerr, American actress | |
| November 21st, 1973 (November 21 1973) | Birth | Ines Sastre, Spanish model and actress | |
| November 21st, 1973 (November 21 1973) | Death | Thomas Pelly, American politician (born in 1902) | |
| November 21st, 1972 (November 21 1972) | Birth | Rain Phoenix, American singer/actress | |
| November 21st, 1972 (November 21 1972) | Birth | David Tua, Samoan boxer | |
| November 21st, 1971 (November 21 1971) | Event | Indian troops partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas) defeat the Pakistan army in the Battle of Garibpur. | |
| November 21st, 1971 (November 21 1971) | Birth | Michael Strahan, American football player | |
| November 21st, 1970 (November 21 1970) | Event | Vietnam War: Operation Ivory CoastA joint Air Force and Army team raids the Son Tay prison camp in an attempt to free American prisoners of war thought to be held there. | |
| November 21st, 1970 (November 21 1970) | Birth | Justin Langer, Australian cricketer | |
| November 21st, 1970 (November 21 1970) | Death | Newsy Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey player (born in 1887) | |
| November 21st, 1970 (November 21 1970) | Death | Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, Indian physicist, Nobel laureate (born in 1888) | |
| November 21st, 1969 (November 21 1969) | Event | U.S. President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Sato agree in Washington, D.C. on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. Under the terms of the agreement, the U.S. is to retain its rights to bases on the island, but these are to be nuclear-free. | |
| November 21st, 1969 (November 21 1969) | Birth | Ken Griffey, Jr., American baseball player | |
| November 21st, 1969 (November 21 1969) | Death | Mutesa II of Buganda, President of Uganda (1924) | |
| November 21st, 1968 (November 21 1968) | Birth | Alex James, English bassist | |
| November 21st, 1968 (November 21 1968) | Birth | Christopher Noxon, American journalist | |
| November 21st, 1967 (November 21 1967) | Event | 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." | |
| November 21st, 1967 (November 21 1967) | Birth | Tripp Cromer, American baseball player | |
| November 21st, 1967 (November 21 1967) | Birth | Toshihiko Koga, Japanese Judoka | |
| November 21st, 1967 (November 21 1967) | Death | C. M. Eddy, Jr., American writer (born in 1896) | |
| November 21st, 1966 (November 21 1966) | Birth | Troy Aikman, American football player | |
| November 21st, 1965 (November 21 1965) | Birth | Bjork, Icelandic singer | |
| November 21st, 1965 (November 21 1965) | Birth | Reggie Lewis, American basketball player (died in 1993) | |
| November 21st, 1965 (November 21 1965) | Birth | Alexander Siddig, British actor | |
| November 21st, 1964 (November 21 1964) | Event | The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opens to traffic (at the time it was the world s longest suspension bridge). | |
| November 21st, 1964 (November 21 1964) | Event | Second Vatican Council: The third session of the Roman Catholic Church s ecumenical council closes. | |
| November 21st, 1964 (November 21 1964) | Birth | Olden Polynice, Haitian basketball player | |
| November 21st, 1964 (November 21 1964) | Birth | Liza Tarbuck, British entertainer | |
| November 21st, 1964 (November 21 1964) | Birth | Shane Douglas, American wrestler | |
| November 21st, 1963 (November 21 1963) | Birth | Nicollette Sheridan, British actress | |
| November 21st, 1963 (November 21 1963) | Death | Robert Stroud (The Birdman of Alcatraz), American prisoner (born in 1890) | |
| November 21st, 1962 (November 21 1962) | Event | The Chinese People s Liberation Army declares a unilateral cease-fire in the Sino-Indian War. | |
| November 21st, 1962 (November 21 1962) | Birth | Steven Curtis Chapman, American musician | |
| November 21st, 1962 (November 21 1962) | Birth | Sabine Busch, German athlete | |
| November 21st, 1959 (November 21 1959) | Death | Max Baer, American boxer (born in 1909) | |
| November 21st, 1958 (November 21 1958) | Death | Mel Ott, American baseball player (born in 1909) | |
| November 21st, 1957 (November 21 1957) | Death | Francis Burton Harrison, American political figure (born in 1873) | |
| November 21st, 1956 (November 21 1956) | Birth | Ed Kaz, American journalist | |
| November 21st, 1955 (November 21 1955) | Birth | Cedric Maxwell, American basketball player | |
| November 21st, 1954 (November 21 1954) | Birth | Thomas Rothman, American film executive | |
| November 21st, 1953 (November 21 1953) | Event | Authorities at the British Natural History Museum announce that the "Piltdown Man" skull, held to be one of the most famous fossil skulls in the world, was a hoax. | |
| November 21st, 1953 (November 21 1953) | Death | Larry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (born in 1893) | |
| November 21st, 1952 (November 21 1952) | Birth | Lorna Luft, American actress and singer, daughter of Judy Garland | Judy Garland Quotes |
| November 21st, 1950 (November 21 1950) | Birth | Stephen Geyer, American film & television songwriter | |
| November 21st, 1950 (November 21 1950) | Birth | Alberto Juantorena, Cuban athlete | |
| November 21st, 1948 (November 21 1948) | Birth | George Zimmer, American entrepreneur | |
| November 21st, 1948 (November 21 1948) | Birth | Alphonse Mouzon, American jazzist | |
| November 21st, 1946 (November 21 1946) | Birth | Jacky Lafon, Belgian actress | |
| November 21st, 1945 (November 21 1945) | Birth | Goldie Hawn, American actress | |
| November 21st, 1945 (November 21 1945) | Death | Robert Benchley, American writer and actor (born in 1889) | Robert Ley Quotes |
| November 21st, 1944 (November 21 1944) | Birth | Richard Durbin, American politician | Richard Durbin Quotes |
| November 21st, 1944 (November 21 1944) | Birth | Earl Monroe, American basketball player | |
| November 21st, 1944 (November 21 1944) | Birth | Harold Ramis, American actor/director | |
| November 21st, 1943 (November 21 1943) | Birth | Phil Bredesen, American politician | |
| November 21st, 1943 (November 21 1943) | Birth | Larry Mahan, American rodeo cowboy | |
| November 21st, 1943 (November 21 1943) | Birth | Viktor Sidjak, Russian fencer | |
| November 21st, 1943 (November 21 1943) | Birth | Jacques Laffite, French former racing driver | |
| November 21st, 1942 (November 21 1942) | Event | The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (however, the highway was not usable by general vehicles until 1943). | |
| November 21st, 1942 (November 21 1942) | Birth | Afa Anoa i, Samoan/American wrestler | |
| November 21st, 1942 (November 21 1942) | Birth | Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, German politician | |
| November 21st, 1942 (November 21 1942) | Death | Leopold Graf Berchtold, Austro-Hungarian foreign minister (born in 1863) | |
| November 21st, 1941 (November 21 1941) | Birth | Idil Biret, Turkish pianist | |
| November 21st, 1941 (November 21 1941) | Birth | Juliet Mills, British actress | |
| November 21st, 1941 (November 21 1941) | Death | Henrietta Vinton Davis American elocutionist, dramatist, impersonator, public speaker (born in 1860) | |
| November 21st, 1940 (November 21 1940) | Birth | Dr. John, American musician | |
| November 21st, 1940 (November 21 1940) | Birth | Richard Marcinko, American author | |
| November 21st, 1939 (November 21 1939) | Birth | Budd Dwyer, American politician (died in 1987) | |
| November 21st, 1939 (November 21 1939) | Birth | Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician | |
| November 21st, 1937 (November 21 1937) | Birth | Marlo Thomas, American actress | |
| November 21st, 1936 (November 21 1936) | Birth | Victor Chang, Australian physician (died in 1986) | |
| November 21st, 1935 (November 21 1935) | Birth | Fairuz, Lebanese singer | |
| November 21st, 1933 (November 21 1933) | Birth | Joseph Campanella, American actor | |
| November 21st, 1931 (November 21 1931) | Birth | Revaz Dogonadze, Georgian scientist (died in 1985) | |
| November 21st, 1931 (November 21 1931) | Birth | Malcolm Williamson, Australian composer (died in 2003) | |
| November 21st, 1929 (November 21 1929) | Birth | Laurier LaPierre, Canadian journalist, broadcaster and senator | |
| November 21st, 1929 (November 21 1929) | Birth | Marilyn French, American feminist writer | |
| November 21st, 1927 (November 21 1927) | Event | Columbine Mine Massacre: Striking coal miners were allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes. | |
| November 21st, 1927 (November 21 1927) | Birth | Georgia Frontiere, co-owner of the St. Louis Rams (died in 2008) | |
| November 21st, 1924 (November 21 1924) | Birth | Christopher Tolkien, British author | |
| November 21st, 1924 (November 21 1924) | Death | Florence Harding, American First Lady (born in 1860) | |
| November 21st, 1922 (November 21 1922) | Event | Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first female United States Senator. | |
| November 21st, 1922 (November 21 1922) | Birth | Maria Casares, Spanish-born actress (died in 1996) | |
| November 21st, 1922 (November 21 1922) | Birth | Abe Lemons, American basketball coach | |
| November 21st, 1922 (November 21 1922) | Death | Ricardo Flores Magon, Mexican anarchist (born in 1874). | |
| November 21st, 1921 (November 21 1921) | Birth | Joonas Kokkonen, Finnish composer (died in 1996) | |
| November 21st, 1920 (November 21 1920) | Event | Bloody Sunday during the Anglo-Irish War. | |
| November 21st, 1920 (November 21 1920) | Birth | Ralph Meeker, American actor (died in 1988) | |
| November 21st, 1920 (November 21 1920) | Birth | Stan Musial, American baseball player | |
| November 21st, 1919 (November 21 1919) | Birth | Steve Brodie, American actor (died in 1992) | |
| November 21st, 1916 (November 21 1916) | Event | HMHS Britannic sinks in the Aegean Sea after a mine explodes, killing 30 people. | |
| November 21st, 1916 (November 21 1916) | Birth | Sid Luckman, American football player (died in 1998) | |
| November 21st, 1916 (November 21 1916) | Death | Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria (born in 1830) | |
| November 21st, 1913 (November 21 1913) | Birth | Roy Boulting, British film director (died in 2001) | |
| November 21st, 1912 (November 21 1912) | Birth | Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (died in 1983) | |
| November 21st, 1908 (November 21 1908) | Birth | Elizabeth George Speare, American author (died in 1994) | |
| November 21st, 1905 (November 21 1905) | Event | Albert Einstein s paper, "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", is published in the journal "Annalen der Physik". This paper reveals the relationship between energy and mass. This leads to the mass-energy equivalence formula E = mc?. | Albert Einstein Quotes |
| November 21st, 1904 (November 21 1904) | Birth | Coleman Hawkins, American musician (died in 1969) | |
| November 21st, 1902 (November 21 1902) | Birth | Foster Hewitt, Canadian radio pioneer (died in 1985) | |
| November 21st, 1899 (November 21 1899) | Birth | Jobyna Ralston, American actress (died in 1967) | |
| November 21st, 1899 (November 21 1899) | Death | Garret Hobart, Vice President of the United States (born in 1844) | |
| November 21st, 1898 (November 21 1898) | Birth | Rene Magritte, Belgian painter (died in 1967) | |
| November 21st, 1897 (November 21 1897) | Birth | Mollie Steimer anarchist agitator (died in 1980) | |
| November 21st, 1894 (November 21 1894) | Event | Port Arthur massacre: Port Arthur, Manchuria falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War. | |
| November 21st, 1886 (November 21 1886) | Birth | Harold Nicolson, British diplomat (died in 1968) | |
| November 21st, 1881 (November 21 1881) | Death | Ami Boue, Austrian geologist (born in 1794) | |
| November 21st, 1878 (November 21 1878) | Birth | Gustav Radbruch, German law professor (died in 1949) | |
| November 21st, 1877 (November 21 1877) | Event | Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound. | |
| November 21st, 1870 (November 21 1870) | Birth | Joe Darling, Australian cricketer (died in 1946) | |
| November 21st, 1870 (November 21 1870) | Birth | Sigfrid Edstrom, Swedish sports official (died in 1964) | |
| November 21st, 1861 (November 21 1861) | Event | American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin secretary of war. | |
| November 21st, 1860 (November 21 1860) | Birth | Tom Horn, American gunman (died in 1903) | |
| November 21st, 1854 (November 21 1854) | Birth | Pope Benedict XV (died in 1922) | |
| November 21st, 1852 (November 21 1852) | Birth | Francisco Tarrega, father of modern classical guitar (died in 1909) | |
| November 21st, 1844 (November 21 1844) | Death | Ivan Krylov, Russian fabulist (born in 1769) | |
| November 21st, 1840 (November 21 1840) | Birth | Victoria, Princess Royal of Great Britain and German Empress (died in 1901) | |
| November 21st, 1835 (November 21 1835) | Birth | Hetty Green, American businesswoman (died in 1916) | |
| November 21st, 1811 (November 21 1811) | Birth | Zeng Guofan, Chinese military (died in 1872) | |
| November 21st, 1811 (November 21 1811) | Death | Heinrich von Kleist, German writer (born in 1777) | |
| November 21st, 1791 (November 21 1791) | Event | Colonel Napoleon Bonaparte is promoted to full general and appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of the French Republic. | Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes |
| November 21st, 1789 (November 21 1789) | Event | North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state. | |
| November 21st, 1787 (November 21 1787) | Birth | Samuel Cunard, Canadian-born shipping magnate (died in 1865) | |
| November 21st, 1783 (November 21 1783) | Event | In Paris, Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier and Francois Laurent, Marquis d Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight. | |
| November 21st, 1775 (November 21 1775) | Death | John Hill, British writer | |
| November 21st, 1768 (November 21 1768) | Birth | Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher, German theologian (died in 1834) | |
| November 21st, 1761 (November 21 1761) | Birth | Dorothy Jordan, British actress (died in 1816) | |
| November 21st, 1744 (November 21 1744) | Birth | Abigail Adams, first lady of the second president of the u.s (died in 1818) | |
| November 21st, 1730 (November 21 1730) | Death | Francois de Troy, French portrait artist | |
| November 21st, 1695 (November 21 1695) | Death | Henry Purcell, English composer | |
| November 21st, 1694 (November 21 1694) | Birth | Voltaire, French philosopher (died in 1778) | Voltaire Quotes |
| November 21st, 1692 (November 21 1692) | Birth | Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (died in 1768) | |
| November 21st, 1652 (November 21 1652) | Death | Jan Brozek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (born in 1585) | |
| November 21st, 1620 (November 21 1620) | Event | Plymouth Colony settlers sign the Mayflower Compact (November 11, O.S.). | |
| November 21st, 1579 (November 21 1579) | Death | Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier | |
| November 21st, 1567 (November 21 1567) | Birth | Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (died in 1621) | |
| November 21st, 1566 (November 21 1566) | Death | Annibale Caro, Italian poet (born in 1507) | |
| November 21st, 1555 (November 21 1555) | Death | Georg Agricola, German scientist (born in 1490) | |
| November 21st, 1495 (November 21 1495) | Birth | John Bale, English churchman (died in 1563) | |
| November 21st, 1361 (November 21 1361) | Death | Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (plague) (born in 1346) | |
| November 21st, 1272 (November 21 1272) | Event | Following Henry III of England s death on November 16, his son Prince Edward becomes King of England. | |
| November 21st, 0496 (November 21 0496) | Death | Pope Gelasius I | |
| November 21st, 0164 (November 21 0164) | Event | Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Events commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah. | |
