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21 February 1943 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 21 February 1943 was a Sunday.
- Top Film of 1943
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1943 was For Whom the Bell Tolls.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 21 February is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 21 February 1943 fell in the Year of the Goat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 21 February 1943 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 21 February
- 1937 The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
- 1945 World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, Japanese kamikaze planes sink the escort carrier USS Bismarck Sea and damage the USS Saratoga.
- 1945 World War II: the Brazilian Expeditionary Force defeat the German forces in the Battle of Monte Castello on the Italian front.
- 1947 In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
- 1948 NASCAR is incorporated.
Famous people born on 21 February
- Harald V, King of Norway (1937–2026)
- Elliot Page, Canadian actor (born 1987)
- Sophie Turner, English actress (born 1996)
- Alan Rickman, English actor and director (1946–2016)
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Events of 1943 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '1943 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 1 February – The Currency Commission is renamed the Central Bank of Ireland (under terms of the Central Bank Act 1942); it is not, however, given all the powers expected of a central bank.
- 17 March – Éamon de Valera and his government celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a céilí in the Great Hall of Dublin Castle. de Valera makes the speech "The Ireland That We Dreamed Of", commonly called the "comely maidens" speech.
- 17 March – A British military aircraft crashes at Templeport, Tullyhaw, County Cavan: the pilot and navigator survive.
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Famous Faces Born in the 1940s
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Michael Gambon19 October 1940ActorView their day →Brenda Fricker17 February 1945ActressView their day →Gerry Adams6 October 1948Republican politicianView their day →Phil Lynott20 August 1949Rock musicianView their day →Sinéad Cusack18 February 1948ActressView their day →Rory Gallagher2 March 1948GuitaristView their day →Fionnula Flanagan10 December 1941ActressView their day →Gilbert O'Sullivan1 December 1946Singer-songwriterView their day →Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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