Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 21
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February 21: Language Movement Day in Bangladesh, International Mother Language Day; Ash Wednesday in Western Christianity (2007).
- 1613 - Mikhail I was elected unanimously by the Zemsky Sobor to become Tsar, beginning the Romanov dynasty in Imperial Russia.
- 1804 - Built by Richard Trevithick, the first self-propelled steam engine or locomotive (replica pictured) first ran in Wales.
- 1952 - Protesters in Dhaka, East Pakistan walked into military crossfire demanding the establishment of the Bengali language as an official language.
- 1971 - The Convention on Psychotropic Substances, a United Nations treaty designed to control psychoactive drugs, was signed at a conference of plenipotentiaries in Vienna.
Recent days: February 20 – February 19 – February 18
