February 21

February 21, 1952

Identity cards, introduced at a wartime security measure, were abolished in Britain

February 20, 1941

Eric Liddell, Chariots of Fire, died

February 21, 1893

Peadar O'Donnell, revolutionary and writer, is born in Co. Donegal

February 21, 1842

Intercity railway between Glasgow and Edinburgh opened by Queen Victoria

February 21, 1822

Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, born

February 21, 1804

Richard Trevithick Cornish inventor and engineer demonstrated the first steam driven, died.

February 21, 1803

Edward Despard, Irish republican, executed for attempted overthrow of British Crown

February 21, 1775

Edward Denny, MP for Tralee, Ireland, commits suicide

February 21, 1760

François Thurot lands French forces at Carrickfergus in Belfast Lough