Feb. 21st, Rockefeller imposter and convicted felon born,1961

FEBRUARY 21ST--THIS DAY IN HISTORY

Malcolm X assassinated,1965

AMERICAN REVOLUTION

George Weedon is promoted to brigadier general, 1777

AUTOMOTIVE

NASCAR founded, 1948

CIVIL WAR

North and South clash at the Battle of Valverde,1862

COLD WAR

Nixon arrives in China for talks, 1972

CRIME

Rockefeller imposter and convicted felon born,1961

Double agent Aldrich Ames is arrested, 1994

DISASTER

Tornadoes move across Mississippi River Delta,1971

GENERAL INTEREST

Marx publishes Manifesto, 1848

Washington Monument dedicated, 1885

Nixon in China, 1972

HOLLYWOOD

Garbo’s first U.S. film opens, 1926

LITERARY

Erma Bombeck is born,1927

MUSIC

Dolly Parton cements her crossover success as "9 to 5" hits #1, 1981

OLD WEST

Cherokee receive their first printing press, 1828

PRESIDENTIAL

John Quincy Adams suffers a stroke, 1848

SPORTS

Dick Button wins second Olympic figure skating gold, 1952

VIETNAM WAR

Bernard Fall killed by mine in South Vietnam,1967

Kissinger begins secret negotiations with North Vietnamese, 1970

Nixon visits China, 1972

WORLD WAR I

Battle of Verdun begins,1916

Allied troops capture Jericho, 1918

WORLD WAR II

Tojo makes himself "military czar", 1944