February 21

Events

 * 1878 - First U.S. telephone directory was issued by the New Haven Telephone Company, in New Haven, Connecticut.

Births

 * 1836 - Léo Delibes, French composer (d. 1891)
 * 1844 - Charles-Marie Widor, French composer (d. 1937)
 * 1893 - Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (d. 1987)
 * 1927 - Pierre Mercure, French-Canadian musician and composer (d. 1966)
 * 1933 - Nina Simone, American singer (d. 2003)
 * 1941 - James Wong, Hong Kong composer (d. 2004)
 * 1943 - David Geffen, American record producer
 * 1945 - Paul Newton, British musician
 * 1945 - D'Anna Fortunato, American mezzo-soprano
 * 1949 - Jerry Harrison, American musician
 * 1952 - Jean Jacques Burnel, British musician
 * 1958 - Jake Burns, Irish singer
 * 1958 - Mary Chapin Carpenter, American singer
 * 1959 - José María Cano, Spanish musician
 * 1960 - Steve Wynn, American singer
 * 1969 - James Dean Bradfield, Welsh musician
 * 1971 - Randy Blythe, American musician
 * 1972 - Seo Taiji, Korean musician
 * 1973 - Heri Joensen, Faroese musician
 * 1980 - Tiziano Ferro, Italian singer
 * 1986 - Charlotte Church, Welsh singer