February 21s..

Births
>1728 - Tsar Peter III of Russia, husband of Catherine the Great

>1946 - Alan Rickman, English actor (aka Snape)

>1895 - Carl Peter Henrik Dam Danish biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine


Deaths
>1437 - King James I of Scotland (born 1394)

>1941 - Frederick Banting, Canadian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1891)

>1968 - Howard Walter Florey, Australian-born pharmocologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1898)


Events
>1804 - The first self-propelling steam locomotive makes its outing at the Pen-y-Darren ironworks in Wales.

>1916 - World War I: In France the Battle of Verdun begins.

>1953 - Francis Crick and James D. Watson discover the structure of the DNA molecule. (see?? February 21st is a important day in many of the years..lol)

>1995 - Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.


Yeah I was this bored..lol

The other day I saw in the car and I saw this word starting with 'R'..I think some brand or something..which instantly reminds me of Rasputin. lol..I love History. =)