On February 21st in History
Part II
Part II
On February 21st in 1864 - Confederate troops under General Nathan Bedford Forrest defeated Union General William Sooy Smith at West Point, Mississippi.
On February 21st in 1885 - The Washington Monument was dedicated by President Chester A. Arthur.
On February 21st in 1903 - The cornerstone was laid for US army war college in Washington, DC.
On February 21st in 1944 - Hideki Tojo, prime minister of Japan, took over as army chief of staff giving himself direct control of the Japanese military. His goverment collapsed when Saipan fell to the U.S. Marines and Army on June 22, 1944. Tojo was convicted of war crimes by an international tribunal and was hanged on December 22, 1948.
On February 21st in 1950 - The United States formally broke relations with Bulgaria.
On February 21st in 1951 - The US Eighth Army launched Operation Killer, a counterattack to push Chinese forces north of the Han River in Korea.
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