🕯️ In Memoriam – Micheline Presle
Born: 22 August 1922
Died: 21 February 2024

Micheline Presle was a major figure of French cinema, active from the 1930s onward. An elegant and expressive actress, she worked across several eras of film while also maintaining a strong presence in theatre and television. Her remarkable longevity and artistic range left a lasting imprint on the history of French cinema.

#InMemoriam #MichelinePresle #FrenchCinema #February21

February 21

This day in history:

• 1929 – In the first battle of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong against the Nationalist government of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.
• 1972 – The Soviet uncrewed spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon.
• 1842 – John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine.
• 1848 – Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto.

Births:

• 1836 – Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (d. 1891)
• 1936 – Barbara Jordan, American lawyer and politician (d. 1996)
• 1867 – Otto Hermann Kahn, German banker and philanthropist (d. 1934)

Deaths:

• 1437 – James I of Scotland (b. 1394; assassinated)
• 1974 – Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman, co-founded Tim Hortons (b. 1930)
• 1994 – Johannes Steinhoff, German general and pilot (b. 1913)

Holidays:

• *Christian feast day:*
• The first day of the Birth Anniversary of Fifth Druk Gyalpo, celebrated until February 23. (Bhutan)
• International Mother Language Day (UNESCO)

Random Article of the day:

Neocrinus decorus

February 21

This day in history:

• 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.
• 1921 – Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup.
• 1919 – German socialist Kurt Eisner is assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing Munich, Germany.
• 1973 – Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 jet killing 108 people.

Births:

• 1992 – Phil Jones, English footballer
• 1953 – William Petersen, American actor and producer
• 1895 – Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)

Deaths:

• 2008 – Ben Chapman, American actor (b. 1928)
• 1999 – Wilmer Mizell, American baseball player and politician (b. 1930)
• 1985 – Louis Hayward, South African-American actor (b. 1909)

Holidays:

• The first day of the Musikahan Festival, celebrated until February 27. (Tagum City, Philippines)
• International Mother Language Day (UNESCO)
• *Christian feast day:*

Random Article of the day:

Teeling Distillery

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#PenQuote #February21 #Ideas #Goals #Dreams #HistoryIsMadeByThese

“There are many whites who are trying to solve the problem. But you never see them going under the label of ‘liberal’. That white person that you see calling himself a liberal is the most dangerous thing in the western hemisphere.”

-Malcolm X 🖤🙏🏿

#RIP #MalcolmX #February21

Song of the Day February 21 2024

In remembrance of the birth of Eunice Kathleen Waymon bka Nina Simone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Simone

Nina Simone - “Mississippi Goddam” (performed live at the The sixth Antibes Juan-les-Pins Jazz Festival Antibes, France July 24 1965)

https://youtu.be/LJ25-U3jNWM?si=Yz0zwd1ragfv0z4s

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #February21 #EuniceKathleenWaymon #NinaSimone #MississippiGoddam #Jazz #LivePerformance #Racism #GeorgeWallace #BlackLivesMatter #BLM #Mississippi #Tennessee #Alabama #1960s

Song of the Day February 21 2024

In remembrance of the birth of Eunice Kathleen Waymon bka Nina Simone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Simone

Nina Simone - “Mississippi Goddam” (performed live at the The sixth Antibes Juan-les-Pins Jazz Festival Antibes, France July 24 1965)

https://youtu.be/LJ25-U3jNWM?si=Yz0zwd1ragfv0z4s

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #February21 #EuniceKathleenWaymon #NinaSimone #MississippiGoddam #Jazz #LivePerformance #Racism #GeorgeWallace #BlackLivesMatter #BLM #Mississippi #Tennessee #Alabama #1960s

#OTD in 1964, the UK flew 24,000 rolls of Beatle Wallpaper to the US.

10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 21 February:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2022/02/21-february.html

#OnThisDay #ThisDayInHistory #21February #February21