About February 21st

Sun Sign
♓ Pisces
Water · Neptune
compassionate, artistic, intuitive, gentle
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Birthstone
Amethyst
Purple
Clarity, calm, inner peace
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Birth Flower
Violet
Primrose
Faithfulness, loyalty, modesty
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Celtic Tree
Ash
Nion
artistic, imaginative, intuitive, free-thinking
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255 Notable deaths

Top causes of death

13 Myocardial Infarction
6 Cancer
5 Gunshot Wound
4 Pneumonia
3 Influenza

Top death years

7 2024
7 2026
7 2025
6 2004
5 1944

Deaths by gender

206 Male
49 Female

Top death places

7 Paris
5 Saint Petersburg
5 Los Angeles
5 New York City
4 Moscow

Top 5 notable deaths.

Malcolm X

American black rights activist (1925–1965).

Born May 19th, 1925 in Omaha.

Died February 21st, 1965 at 39 years old in Manhattan (gunshot wound).

Billy Graham

American christian evangelist (1918–2018).

Born November 7th, 1918 in Charlotte. [ref]

Died February 21st, 2018 at 99 years old in Montreat (Parkinson's disease).

Emma Chambers

English actress (1964–2018).

Born March 11th, 1964 in Doncaster.

Died February 21st, 2018 at 53 years old in Lymington (myocardial infarction).

Peter Tork

American musician and actor (1942–2019).

Born February 13th, 1942 in Washington, D.C..

Died February 21st, 2019 at 77 years old in Mansfield (adenoid cystic carcinoma). [ref]

John Thaw

British actor (1942–2002).

Born January 3rd, 1942 in Longsight.

Died February 21st, 2002 at 60 years old in Luckington (esophageal cancer).

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Top birth years

16 1991
13 1989
13 1977
13 1984
12 1979

Birthdays by gender

456 Male
131 Female

Top birth places

10 London
8 New York City
6 Seoul
5 Budapest
5 Brooklyn

Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time… It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other. Leo Buscaglia