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Britannica On This Day February 21 2024
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Britannica On This Day February 21 2024
by Paul Wed 21 Feb 2024, 8:37 am
Featured Event
1965
Malcolm X assassinated
Malcolm X, who articulated concepts of racial pride and black nationalism in the United States, was assassinated this day in 1965 and became an ideological hero after the posthumous release of The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
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2018
American evangelist Billy Graham—whose large-scale preaching missions, known as crusades, and friendship with numerous U.S. presidents brought him to international prominence—died at age 99.Take our Christianity quiz
:copyright: Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
1995
American businessman and adventurer Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon. It was the first of his many aviation records.Take our quiz about the history of flight
NASA
1972
U.S. President Richard M. Nixon paid a state visit to the People's Republic of China, ending a 21-year estrangement between the communist country and the United States.Learn the Secret Service code names of Nixon and other presidents
:copyright: Dennis Brack—Black Star/PNI
1936
American lawyer and politician Barbara Jordan, the first African American congresswoman to come from the Deep South, was born in Houston, Texas.Read about seven female firsts in U.S. politics
Thomas J. O'Halloran—USN&WR/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-U9-32512-12)
1925
The American weekly magazine The New Yorker began publication under Harold W. Ross.Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about magazines
Sakura/Alamy
1921
Reza Khan (later Reza Shah Pahlavi) overthrew the Qājār dynasty in Iran.Take our quiz about the geography of Iran
Keystone/FPG
1916
The Battle of Verdun, one of the most devastating engagements of World War I, began.Sort fact from fiction in our World War I quiz
Classic Vision/age fotostock
1907
W.H. Auden, one of the foremost English-language poets of his era, was born.Test your knowledge of the opening lines of famous poems
Horst Tappe
1903
Author Anaïs Nin, whose literary reputation rests on the eight published volumes of her personal diaries, was born in France.Discover how well you know famous authors
Everett Collection/Shutterstock.com
1893
Spanish musician Andrés Segovia, who was considered the foremost guitarist of his time, was born.Take our music quiz
AP
1885
The Washington Monument was dedicated on the grounds of the Mall in Washington, D.C.How much do you know about iconic monuments?
:copyright: MedioImages/Getty Images
1876
Abstract sculptor Constantin Brancusi was born in Romania.Test your knowledge of art and artists
Courtesy of Philadelphia Museum of Art, the A.E. Gallatin Collection
1866
American Lucy Hobbs Taylor became the first woman to earn a doctorate in dentistry.Take our quiz about firsts in medicine
Kansas Historical Society, copy and reuse restrictions apply (www.kansasmemory.org)
1848
The Communist Manifesto, written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, was first published; the pamphlet became hugely influential.Test your knowledge of famous documents
The British Library (Public Domain)
1836
French opera and ballet composer Léo Delibes, who was the first to write music of high quality for the ballet, was born in Saint-Germain-du-Val.Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about ballet
Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Featured Biography
[size=18]Robert Mugabe
president of Zimbabwe
BornFebruary 21, 1924
Kutama, Zimbabwe
(Born on this day)
DiedSeptember 6, 2019 (aged 95)
Singapore
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David Foster Wallace
American author
1955
Kelsey Grammer
American actor
1937
Harald V
king of Norway
1924
Robert Mugabe
president of Zimbabwe
1921
John Rawls
American philosopher
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