THIS DAY IN HISTORY February 21 |
19TH CENTURY 1848 Karl Marx publishes Communist Manifesto 1885 Washington Monument dedicated ART, LITERATURE, AND FILM HISTORY 1981 Dolly Parton cements her crossover success as “9 to 5″ hits #1 CIVIL WAR 1862 Battle of Valverde COLD WAR 1972 President Nixon arrives in China for talks CRIME 1961 Rockefeller imposter and convicted felon born INVENTIONS & SCIENCE 1948 NASCAR founded SPORTS 1952 Dick Button wins second Olympic figure skating gold VIETNAM WAR 1970 Henry Kissinger begins secret negotiations with North Vietnamese WORLD WAR I 1916 Battle of Verdun begins 1918 Allied troops capture Jericho WORLD WAR II 1944 Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo makes himself “military czar” |