what happened in 21 of February, in my birthday?

Question

i need to know what events in the world happened in this date, 21 February.

Answer 1

Search for "February 21" in Wikipedia.... believe it or not, there are tons that happened on that date! =)

Here's the link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_21

I hope you find it interesting (I won't bother to copy and paste the whole thing in here 'cuz I think that that's tacky) =)

Good Luck!!!!

Answer 2

Try this link...but for starters...

1173 Pope Alexander III canonizes Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury
1431 England begins trial against Joan of Arc
1564 Philip II routes cardinal Granvelle to Franche-Comté
1574 Spanish garrison of Middelburg Netherlands surrenders
1583 Groningen Netherlands begins using Gregorian calendar
1598 Boris Godunov crowned tsar
1613 Michael Romanov, son of the Patriarch of Moscow, elected Russian tsar
1673 Michiel A de Ruyter appointed Lieutenant-Admiral-General of Dutch fleet
1675 Prince Willem III appointed viceroy of Gelderland
1764 John Wilkes thrown out of English House of Commons for "Essay on Women"

Answer 3

FEBRUARY 21st

On this day in history in 1952, Identity Cards were abolished.
Identity Cards were a crude and ineffective system of individual recognition, introduced during the Second World War, which became the subject of ridicule and were finally abolished.

Compulsory identity cards were introduced at the outbreak of the Second World War, as a temporary measure to combat the supposed threat of German spies. It was imagined that the enemy were parachuting in spies and saboteurs, who were living unrecognised, under the guise of ordinary British people. The Germans did, of course, send spies to Britain, but they easily forged the facile identity documents. Most of the spies were caught out by their total lack of understanding of the British way of life. One agent was discovered when he entered a pub and ordered a coffee. Another gave himself away by wearing spats, in the belief that the British wore the garb of Nineteenth century aristocrats. The identity cards were completely ineffective in combating enemy espionage.

After the war, the government refused to abolish the cards, despite growing public resentment. Public opinion began to demand their abolition after the case of Willcock v Muckle. Clarence Willcock was asked to produce his identity card by a constable, but did not have it about him. He was required to produce it at a police station within seven days but, when he refused to do so, was prosecuted. The Lord Chief Justice described the cards as ‘nothing but an annoyance’ and ‘tended to turn law-abiding citizens into law breakers’. Shortly after this, the government finally scrapped the cards.

Current lawmakers are looking into the possibility of reintroducing these pernicious cards, but there is no doubt that public resentment will prevent their introduction!