21 November

The 21st o November is the 325t day o the year (326t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 40 days bidin.

 Events 
 1783 - The first flicht in the Montgolfier brithers' het-air balloon taks place ower Paris.
 1789 - North Carolina becomes the 12t state o the Unitit States.
 1916 - Daith o Emperor Franz Joseph I o Austrick.
 1916 - Breetish infirmary ship Britannic is sunk bi a mine in the Aegean Sea, killin 30 fowk.
 1918 - The current Banner o Estonie is adoptit.
 1920 - 31 fowk are kilt on the first "Bloody Sunday", in Dublin, Ireland.
 1964 - The Verrazzano Narrows Brig in New York opens. 
 1974 - The Birmingham Pub Bombins kill 21 fowk.
 2002 - NATO invites Bulgarie, Estonie, Latvie, Lithuanie, Romanie, Slovakie an Slovenie tae become members.
 2004 - Ukraine's Presidential election atween Viktor Yushchenko an Viktor Yanukovych ends in controversy.
 2005 - Israeli Prime Meenister Ariel Sharon stairts his aen Kadima Pairty.
 2009 - A mine splosion in Heilongjiang, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, kills 108 fowk.
 2013 - A supermercat collapse in Riga, Latvie, kills 54 fowk.
 2013 - Euromaidan protests stairt in Ukraine efter Preses Viktor Yanukovych abandons a deal wi the European Union ower closer links tae Roushie.
 2017 - A bomb attack on a mosque in Mubi, Northeastren Nigerie, kills 50 fowk.
 2017 - Robert Mugabe propales his demission as Preses o Zimbabwe efter a 37-year combined rule as Prime meenister an Preses o the kintra.

 Births 
 1694 - Voltaire, French philosopher, playwricht an historian (d. 1778)
 1768 - Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologian, philosopher an biblical scholar (d. 1834)
 1840 - Victoria, Princess Ryal (d. 1901)
 1849 - Andrew Murray, 1st Viscoont Dunedin, Scots politeecian an juidge (d. 1942)
 1854 - Pape Benedict XV (d. 1922)
 1898 - René Magritte, Belgian penter (d. 1967)
 1902 - Isaac Bashevis Singer, Pols-American writer (d. 1991)
 1904 - Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist (d. 1969)
 1936 - Jackie McInally, Scots fitbawer (d. 2016)
 1941 - Dr. John, American sangster (d. 2019)
 1944 - Dick Durbin, American politeecian
 1944 - Harold Ramis, American actor, director an producer (d. 2014)
 1945 - Goldie Hawn, American actress
 1948 - Michel Suleiman, 16t Preses o Lebanon
 1950 - Tommy Craig, Scots fitbawer
 1956 - John Holt, Scots fitbawer
 1965 - Björk, Icelandic sangster, producer an actress
 1985 - Carly Rae Jepsen, Canadian sangster
 1985 - Jesús Navas, Spaingie fitbawer
 1989 - Fabian Delph, Inglis fitbawer
 1992 - Conor Maynard, Inglis sangster

 Daiths 
 1011 - Emperor Reizei o Japan (b. 950)
 1555 - Georg Agricola, German scientist (b. 1490)
 1695 - Henry Purcell, Inglis componer (b. 1659)
 1811 - Heinrich von Kleist, German poet an author (b. 1777)
 1874 - Sir William Jardine, 7t Baronet, Scots naituralist (b. 1800)
 1916 - Emperor Franz Joseph I o Austrick (b. 1830)
 1945 - Jimmy Quinn, Scots fitbawer (b. 1878)
 1970 - C. V. Raman, Indie pheesicist (b. 1888)
 1975 - Gunnar Gunnarsson, Icelandic writer (b. 1889)
 1996 - Abdus Salam, Pakistani pheesicist (b. 1926)
 2005 - Alfred Anderson, Scots Warld War I veteran (b. 1895)

 Halidays 
 Airmed Forces Day (Bangladesh, Greece)
 Warld Telly Day
 The 21st o November is the eat day o the follaein saunts:
St. Gelasius
St. Albert o Louvain
St. Amelberga
St. Digain
St. Heliodorus
St. Hilary
St. Rufus o Rome
St. Maurus

 Fremmit airtins 

Category:Days o the year