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–74 Anthony Daniels–71 Ellen Tyne Daly–71 Christine Ebersole–64 Allen Kelsey Grammer–62 John "Jack" Coleman–59 Christopher Atkins Bomann–56 William "Billy" Baldwin–54 Jennifer Love Hewitt–38 Brendan Sexton III–37 Ellen Philpotts-Page–30 Tuppence Middleton–30 Sophie Turner–21; 1878 – The first telephone directory was issued, by the District Telephone Co. of New Haven, Connecticut ; 1925 – The New Yorker publishes its first issue