February 21
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Events
- 1440 - The Prussian Confederation is formed.
- 1848 - Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish the Communist Manifesto.
- 1885 - The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
- 1916 - World War I: In France the Battle of Verdun begins.
- 1919 - The short lived Banat Republic is ended by Serbian forces.
- 1925 - The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
- 1937 - The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
- 1953 - Francis Crick and James D. Watson discover the structure of the DNA molecule.
- 1965 - Malcolm X is assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City by members of the Nation of Islam.
- 1972 - President Richard Nixon visits the People's Republic of China to normalize Sino-American relations
- 1973 - Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down a Libyan Airlines jet killing 108.
Births
- 1728 - Tsar Peter III of Russia, husband of Catherine the Great (d. 1762)
- 1924 - Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe dictator
- 1973 - Heri Joensen, Faroese musician (Týr)
Deaths
- 1437 - King James I of Scotland (b. 1394)
- 1919 - Kurt Eisner, German socialist (assassinated) (b. 1867)
- 1965 - Malcolm X, American Black radical (b. 1925)
- 1994 - Johannes Steinhoff, German fighter pilot & NATO commander (b.1913)
