Today in Music & more (February 21)

Singers / Musicians

1836, Leo Delibes (French composer / Lakmé: The Flower Duet)

1933, Nina Simone 

1943, David Geffen (Geffen Records)

1949, Jerry Harrison (TALKING HEADS / guitar)

1952, Jean-Jacques Burnel (THE STRANGLERS / bass)

1957, Άγγελος Διονυσίου (τραγουδιστής)

1958, Mary Chapin Carpenter 

1960, Steve Wynn (DREAM SYNDICATE)

1963, Ranking Roger (THE BEAT, GENERAL PUBLIC)

1980, Tiziano Ferro (Perdono, 2001)

Various

1903, Anaïs Nin (Cuban writer)

1925, Sam Peckinpah (film director)

1934, Rue McClanahan (actress, Golden Girls)

1946, Alan Rickman (actor)

1958, Kim Coates (actor)

1958, Jack Coleman (actor)

1961, Christopher Atkins (actor, The Blue Lagoon)

1963, William Baldwin (actor, Sliver)

1969, Tony Meola (football, USA)

1979, Jennifer Love Hewitt (actress)

1985, Γιώργος Σαμαράς (ποδόσφαιρο)

Died

1965, Malcolm X (human rights activist)

2014, Σάκης Μπουλάς 

2020, Βαγγέλης Πλοιός (ηθοποιός)

Important Dates

1848, The Communist Manifesto is published

1913, Απελευθέρωση Ιωαννίνων 

1985, Δολοφονία Νίκου Μομφεράτου από τη 17Ν

1990, Milli Vanilli receive Grammy Award for Best New Artist