February 21

Happy Birthday RIP Clara "Ann" Sheridan(1915–1967) Eunice Waymon("Nina Simone" 1933–2003) Eddi-Rue McClanahan(1934–2010) Alan Rickman(1946–2016) ; David Geffen–73 Anthony Daniels–70 Ellen Tyne Daly–70 Christine Ebersole–63 Allen Kelsey Grammer–61 John "Jack" Coleman–58 Christopher Atkins Bomann–55 William "Billy" Baldwin–53 Jennifer Love Hewitt–37 Brendan Sexton III–36 Elen Philpotts-Page–29 Tuppence Middleton–29 ; 1878 – The first telephone directory was issued, by the District Telephone Co. of New Haven, Connecticut ; 1925 – The New Yorker publishes its first issue