At this time is Friday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2025. There are 313 days left within the yr.
At this time in historical past:
On Feb. 21, 1965, civil rights activist Malcolm X, 39, was shot to demise inside Harlem’s Audubon Ballroom in New York. Three males recognized as members of the Nation of Islam had been convicted of homicide and imprisoned; all had been ultimately paroled. (The convictions of two of the lads had been dismissed in November 2021, when prosecutors stated new proof had undermined the case in opposition to them.)
Additionally on this date:
In 1885, President Chester Arthur devoted the Washington Monument.
In 1911, composer Gustav Mahler, regardless of a fever, carried out the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Corridor in what turned out to be his last live performance. (He died the next Might.)
In 1916, the Battle of Verdun, the longest battle of World Conflict I, started in northeastern France.
In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon started a historic go to to China, the place he met with Chinese language chief Mao Zedong.
In 1973, Israeli fighter planes shot down Libyan Arab Airways Flight 114 over the Sinai Desert, killing all however 5 of the 113 folks on board.
In 1975, former Legal professional Basic John N. Mitchell, former White Home Chief of Workers H.R. Haldeman, and former White Home Home Affairs Adviser John D. Ehrlichman had been sentenced to 2 1/2 to eight years in jail for his or her roles within the Watergate cover-up. (Every ended up serving lower than two years.)
In 1992, Kristi Yamaguchi of the US received the gold medal in ladies’s determine skating on the Albertville Winter Olympics; Midori Ito of Japan received the silver, Nancy Kerrigan of the U.S. the bronze.
In 1995, Chicago adventurer Steve Fossett turned the primary particular person to fly solo throughout the Pacific Ocean by balloon, touchdown in Chief, Saskatchewan, Canada. after a 5,400 mile, four-day flight from South Korea.
At this time’s birthdays:
- Movie and music govt David Geffen is 82.
- Actor Tyne Daly is 79.
- Actor Anthony Daniels is 79.
- Actor William Petersen is 72.
- Actor Kelsey Grammer is 70.
- Nation musician Mary Chapin Carpenter is 67.
- Baseball Corridor of Famer Alan Trammell is 67.
- Actor William Baldwin is 62.
- Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona is 61.
- Actor Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor is 56.
- Musician Rhiannon Giddens is 48.
- Actor Tituss Burgess is 46.
- Actor Jennifer Love Hewitt is 46.
- Filmmaker-comedian Jordan Peele is 46.
- Singer Charlotte Church is 39.
- Actor Elliot Web page is 38.
- Actor Joe Alwyn is 34.
- Actor Sophie Turner is 29.