What are the important events that happened on November 21? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

November 21: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 21 is the 325^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 40 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 8, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,763,683,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectaicosapentagon’ day.

Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 88 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,718 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 21 Historical Events

• 1620 –
  Plymouth Colony settlers sign the Mayflower Compact (November 11, O.S.).
• 1910 –
  Sailors onboard Brazil’s most powerful military units, including the brand-new warships Ship Brazilian battleship, Ship Brazilian battleship, and Ship Brazilian cruiser, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).
• 1916 –
  World War I: A mine explodes and sinks HMHS Britannic in the Aegean Sea, killing 30 people.
• 1964 –
  The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opens to traffic (at the time it is the world’s longest suspension bridge).
• 1967 –
  Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: “I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing.”
• 1970 –
  Vietnam War: Operation Ivory Coast – A joint Air Force and Army team raids the Son Tay prison camp in an attempt to free American prisoners of war thought to be held there.
• 1971 –
  Indian troops, partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas), defeat the Pakistan army in the Battle of Garibpur.
• 1974 –
  The Birmingham Pub Bombings kill 21 people. The Birmingham Six are sentenced to life in prison for the crime but subsequently acquitted.
• 1996 –
  Antonio Salinass in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 33.
• 2009 –
  A mine explosion in Heilongjiang province, northeastern China, kills 108.

Who were born on November 21?

• 1495 –
  John Bale, English churchman (d. 1563)
• 1944 –
  Harold Ramis, American actor/director
• 1948 –
  Alphonse Mouzon, American drummer
• 1952 –
  Lorna Luft, American actress and singer, daughter of Judy Garland
• 1967 –
  Tripp Cromer, American baseball player
• 1975 –
  Aaron Solowoniuk, Canadian drummer
• 1977 –
  Myles Heskett, Australian musician (Wolfmother)
• 1981 –
  Jonny Magallón, Mexican footballer
• 1982 –
  Georgios Kalogiannidis, Greek archer
• 1987 –
  Stefan Glarner, Swiss footballer

Who died on November 21?

• 1566 –
  Annibale Caro, Italian poet (b. 1507)
• 1811 –
  Heinrich von Kleist, German writer (b. 1777)
• 1825 –
  Panos Kolokotronis, Greek fighter in the Greek War of Independence (b. 1800)
• 1958 –
  Mel Ott, American baseball player (b. 1909)
• 1970 –
  Newsy Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1887)
• 1982 –
  John Hargrave, British Social Credit advocate (b. 1894)
• 1995 –
  Noel Jones, British diplomat (b. 1940)
• 2006 –
  Hassan Gouled Aptidon, President of Djibouti (b. 1916)
• 2006 –
  Pierre Amine Gemayel, Lebanese statesman (b. 1972)
• 2009 –
  Konstantin Feoktistov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1926)