Talk:February 21

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February 21: Daeboreum in Korea (2008); Lantern Festival in the Chinese lunar calendar (2008); Language Movement Day in Bangladesh; International Mother Language Day 1613 – Mikhail I was elected unanimously by the Zemsky Sobor to become Tsar, beginning the Romanov dynasty in Imperial Russia. 1804 – Built by Cornish inventor Richard Trevithick, the first self-propelled steam engine or locomotive (replica pictured) first ran in Wales. 1848 – The Communist Manifesto by communist theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels was first published, becoming one of the world's most influential political tracts. 1958 – British artist Gerald Holtom designed a logo for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament that became more commonly known as the peace symbol. 1971 – The Convention on Psychotropic Substances, a United Nations treaty designed to control psychoactive drugs, was signed at a conference of plenipotentiaries in Vienna. More events: February 20 – February 21 – February 22 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 11:00, June 13, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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21 February 1921 - Zdenek Miler is born. The famous animator, creator of Krtek, known as The European Disney.
21 February 1997 - Star Wars EPISODE V The Empire Strikes Back SPECIAL EDITION is released

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Who's Martin? It definitely looks like this violates "Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not" clause, don't you think? --MavE 11:29, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

" Over 100 concert goers in Rhode Island die in a fire during a performance of the rock band Great White. "

That happend February 20th, click on the link you put there, it even says in the article