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World history notes on Feb twenty first events and birthdays
On February 21 1916 the Battle of Verdun began in France as German forces attacked, but the French prevailed after ten months. The list recounts monarchs assassinated, papal deaths, czarist succession, the Washington Monument dedication, Iwo Jima losses, naval cruises, Malcolm X’s death, Nixon in China, and notable birthdays and thoughts.
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Verdun
France
James II
Julius II
Michelangelo
Sistine Chapel
Mikhail Romanov
Russia
National Assembly
Washington Monument
Fifth Ward
Houston
Texas
Iwo Jima
Bismarck Sea
Gudgeon
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Malcolm X
Harlem
Audubon Ballroom
New York
Nation of Islam
Richard M. Nixon
China
Pat
New York City
Clark Terry
Pine Bluff
Arkansas
Zimbabwe
Robert Mugabe
Hubert de Givenchy
Bob Rafelson
Gary Lockwood
Richard Beymer
Peter McEnery
Kim Coates
Jack Coleman
Christopher Atkins
Ranking Roger
William Baldwin
Michael Ward
Aunjanue Ellis
Corey Harris
Eric Heatherly
Eric Wilson
Tad Kinchla
Blues Traveler
Rhiannon Giddens
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Tituss Burgess
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Brendan Sexton III
Charlotte Church
Ashley Greene
Ellen Page
Corbin Bleu
Hayley Orrantia
Sophie Turner
Adlai E. Stevenson