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Special Sub-Topic: February 21


This actress from "Cagney and Lacey" was born on February 21, 1946. Her father James and her brother Timothy are also in the acting business. Who is she?

    Tyne Daly. Tyne Daly has appeared in many television shows since the early 70's. Some of these shows include, "Ironside", "The Mod Squad", "Christy", and "Judging Amy".

This singer of the 1994 hit, "Shut Up And Kiss Me", was born on February 21, 1958. Who is she?
    Mary Chapin Carpenter. "Shut Up And Kiss Me" is the only hit by Mary Chapin Carpenter to make it to number one on the US Country chart. Her first album, "Hometown Girl" was released in 1987.

This founder of the Organization of Afro-American Unity was assassinated on February 21, 1965. Who was he?
    Malcolm X. Malcolm Little was born in 1925. He spent six years in a Massachusetts prison for grand larceny and breaking and entering charges. When Malcolm was released from prison he dropped his last name and substituted it with an X. The X was sometimes used as a symbol to mark slaves. It was also used to symbolize the rejection of slave names and the absence of an African name.

On February 21, 1858 Edwin T. Holmes installed the first electric ____________in Boston, Massachusetts.
    burglar alarm. Edwin Holmes invented the burglar alarm. His son, Edward Holmes I wrote a biography about his father titled, "A Wonderful Fifty Years".

The first telephone directory was issued in New Haven, Connecticut on February 21, 1878. How many names were listed?
    50. The first telephone book was actually just a sheet of paper with a list of the fifty subscribers.

Who did Elizabeth Taylor marry on February 21, 1952?
    Michael Wilding. Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Wilding had two children together, Michael Howard and Christopher Edward. The couple divorced in 1957.

On February 21, 1972, this man became the first United States President to visit China. Who was he?
    Richard Nixon. Richard M. Nixon was the thirty-seventh President of the United States. He served from 1969 until his resignation in 1974.

February 21 is the fifty-fifth day of the year.
    False. February 21 is the fifty-second day of the year.

Who did Dudley Moore marry on February 21, 1988?
    Brogan Lane. Dudley Moore was born on April 19, 1935. Moore is most recognized as his role in the 1981 movie "Arthur". He died March 27, 2002 from pneumonia that was caused by Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, a brain disorder that he suffered from.

Jimmy Swaggart confessed his sins in front of his congregation of 7,000 in Baton Rouge, LA on February 21 of what year?
    1988. In 1986 Jimmy Swaggart exposed the affair of a minister named Marvin Gorman. The next year he exposed the affair of televangelist, Jim Bakker. A detective hired by Gorman took photos of a tryst between Jimmy Swaggart and a prostitute, Debra Murphree. Confronted with these pictures, Swaggart had no choice but to confess to his congregation. He was caught with another prostitute in October 1991.


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