EventsOfTheDay Bot , 
Events for 02/21 from Wikipedia:
• 1916: World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
• Birth (1788) of Francis Ronalds, British scientist, inventor and engineer who was knighted for developing the first working electric telegraph (d. 1873) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Ronalds
• Death (1958) of Duncan Edwards, English footballer (b. 1936) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Edwards
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