February 21

On This Day In History
	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.
Malcolm X
Biography Of The Day
	Robert Mugabe Robert Mugabe, born this day in 1924, was the first prime minister (1980–87) of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia), its president from 1987, and a black nationalist of Marxist persuasion who established one-party rule.
Robert Mugabe
More Events On This Day In History
	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.
1925	1925 The American weekly magazine The New Yorker began publication under Harold W. Ross.
	1921 Reza Khan (later Reza Shah Pahlavi) overthrew the Qajar dynasty in Iran.
	1916 The Battle of Verdun, one of the most devastating engagements of World War I, began.
	1907 W.H. Auden, one of the foremost English-language poets of his era, was born.
	1885 The Washington Monument was dedicated on the grounds of the Mall in Washington, D.C.
	1876 Abstract sculptor Constantin Brancusi was born in Romania.
1836	1836 French opera and ballet composer Léo Delibes was born in Saint-Germain-du-Val.