02-20-2004, 11:38 PM
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February 21st
1848 ~ 'The Communist Manifesto', written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, published in London.
1893 ~ Birthday of Andrés Segovia, father of the modern classical guitar movement.
1916 ~ Battle of Verdun begins. When concluded, the French and German combatants suffered an estimated 676,000 casualties. (Hard to believe, but true)
1926 ~ Greta Garbo starred in her first U.S. film, 'The Torrent'.
1965 ~ Malcolm X assassinated by three Black Muslim gunmen in New York City.
1970 ~ The Jackson 5 made their TV debut on 'American Bandstand'.
1972 ~ President Nixon began normalizing relations with the People's Republic of China by traveling to Beijing.
1988 ~ TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart resigned his ministry after being photographed taking a prostitute to a motel.
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