Identity cards, introduced at a wartime security measure, were abolished in Britain
February 21, 1952
Eric Liddell, Chariots of Fire, died
February 21, 1941
Peadar O'Donnell, revolutionary and writer, is born in Co. Donegal
February 21, 1893
Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, born
February 21, 1822
Richard Trevithick Cornish inventor and engineer demonstrated the first steam driven, died.
February 21, 1804
Edward Despard, Irish republican, executed for attempted overthrow of British Crown
February 21, 1803
Edward Denny, MP for Tralee, Ireland, commits suicide
February 21, 1775