Born This Day In History 21st February

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Nina Simone


Born: 21st February 1933, Tryon, North Carolina , United States


Died: 21st April 2003, Carry-le-Rouet, France




Known For : Nina Simone best known and remembered for her string of hits in the Sixties and Seventies and often referred to as the "High Priestess of Soul", she was a civil rights activist who advocated violent revolution during the civil rights period as opposed to Martin Luther King's non-violent approach













Tyne Daly


Born: Ellen Tyne Daly 21st February 1946 Madison, Wisconsin, United States




Known For : Tyne Daly is an American actress best known for role as Lacey in the TV series Cagney and Lacey which aired for 7 seasons from 1982 - 1988. While on the show she won 3 Emmys for Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Cagney and Lacey in 1983, 1984, 1985, and 1988. Her other well known TV roles include playing Alice Henderson in Christy and as Maxine McCarty Gray in Judging Amy. She has also appeared in a number of movies including The Enforcer, The Adulteress,