Born on 21 February 2016

At A Glance

21 February 2016 at a glance

Day of the week

21 February 2016 was a Sunday.

Irish Chart Song in 2016

The Irish chart song for 2016 was “One Dance” by Drake.

Top Film of 2016

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2016 was Captain America: Civil War.

Star sign

The star sign for 21 February is Pisces.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 21 February 2016 fell in the Year of the Monkey.

Birthstone

The birthstone for February is Amethyst.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 21 February 2016 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 21 February

• 1974 The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt.
• 1975 Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison.
• 1994 Aldrich Ames is arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for selling national secrets to the Soviet Union in Arlington County, Virginia.
• 1995 Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
• 2022 In the prelude to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin declares the Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic as independent from Ukraine, and moves troops into the region. The action is condemned by the United Nations.

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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