February 21 - This day in History

February 21: General Interest
1965: Malcolm X assassinated

In New York City, Malcolm X, an African American nationalist and religious leader, is assassinated by rival Black Muslims while addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights... read more


American Revolution
1777 : George Weedon is promoted to brigadier general
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-weedon-is-promoted-to-brigadier-general


Automotive
1948 : NASCAR founded
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nascar-founded


Civil War
1862 : North and South clash at the Battle of Valverde
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-val-verde


Cold War
1972 : Nixon arrives in China for talks
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-arrives-in-china-for-talks


Crime
1961 : Rockefeller imposter and convicted felon born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rockefeller-imposter-and-convicted-felon-born

1994 : Double agent Aldrich Ames is arrested
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/double-agent-aldrich-ames-is-arrested


Disaster
1971 : Tornadoes move across Mississippi River Delta
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tornadoes-move-across-mississippi-river-delta


General Interest
1848 : Marx publishes Manifesto
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marx-publishes-manifesto

1885 : Washington Monument dedicated
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/washington-monument-dedicated

1972 : Nixon in China
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-in-china


Hollywood
1926 : Garbo's first U.S. film opens
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/garbos-first-us-film-opens


Literary
1927 : Erma Bombeck is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/erma-bombeck-is-born


Music
1981 : Dolly Parton cements her crossover success as "9 to 5" hits #1
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dolly-parton-cements-her-crossover-success-as-quot9-to-5quot-hits-351


Old West
1828 : Cherokee receive their first printing press
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cherokee-receive-their-first-printing-press


Presidential
1848 : John Quincy Adams suffers a stroke
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-quincy-adams-suffers-a-stroke


Sports
1952 : Dick Button wins second Olympic figure skating gold
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dick-button-wins-second-olympic-figure-skating-gold


Vietnam War
1967 : Bernard Fall killed by mine in South Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bernard-fall-killed-by-mine-in-south-vietnam

1970 : Kissinger begins secret negotiations with North Vietnamese
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kissinger-begins-secret-negotiations-with-north-vietnamese

1972 : Nixon visits China
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-visits-china


World War I
1916 : Battle of Verdun begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-verdun-begins

1918 : Allied troops capture Jericho
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/allied-troops-capture-jericho


World War II
1944 : Tojo makes himself "military czar"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tojo-makes-himself-military-czar