On This Day for February 21 - Malcolm X assassinated, Robert Mugabe is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. February 21 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Robert Mugabe READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1965 Malcolm X assassinated READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2018: American evangelist Billy Graham—whose large-scale preaching missions, known as crusades, and friendship with numerous U.S. presidents brought him to international prominence—died at age 99. [Take our Christianity quiz.] 1995: American businessman and adventurer Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon. It was the first of his many aviation records. [Take our quiz about the history of flight.] 1936: American lawyer and politician Barbara Jordan, the first African American congresswoman to come from the Deep South, was born in Houston, Texas. [ Read about seven female firsts in U.S. politics.] 1916: The Battle of Verdun, one of the most devastating engagements of World War I, began. [Sort fact from fiction in our World War I quiz.] 1907: W.H. Auden, one of the foremost English-language poets of his era, was born. [Test your knowledge of the opening lines of famous poems.] 1903: Author Anaïs Nin , whose literary reputation rests on the eight published volumes of her personal diaries, was born in France. [Discover how well you know famous authors.] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1962 David Foster Wallace American author 1955 Kelsey Grammer American actor 1924 Robert Mugabe president of Zimbabwe 1937 Harald V king of Norway 1794 Antonio López de Santa Anna president of Mexico 1921 John Rawls American philosopher SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2021 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help