On February 21st in History
Part III
Part III
On February 21st in 1965 - Former Black Muslim leader El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, aka Malcolm X (born as Malcolm Little), was shot to death in front of 400 people in New York by assassins identified as Black Muslims. He was murdered at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan. His wife, Betty Shabazz, was pregnant with twins and sat in the audience along with his 4-year-old daughter Quibilah. Three men, Norman 3X Butler (Abdul Aziz), Khalil Islam, and Thomas Hagan, connected to the Nation of Islam were convicted for the assassination.
On February 21st in 1970 - Secret peace talks were held between US Sec. of State Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho of North Vietnam.
On February 21st in 1972 - President Nixon began his visit to China as he and his wife arrived in Shanghai. He was the 1st US president to visit a country not diplomatically recognized by the US. He brought along a bottle of Schramsberg sparkling wine from California.
On February 21st in 1975 - Former Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman were sentenced to 2 1/2 to 8 years in prison for their roles in the Watergate cover-up. Mitchell was found guilty of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and perjury. He served 19 months behind bars.
On February 21st in 1989 - President George H.W. Bush called Ayatollah Khomeini's death warrant against "Satanic Verses" author Salman Rushdie "deeply offensive to the norms of civilized behavior."
On February 21st in 1990 - While addressing the US Congress, Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel said his nation welcomed US help after decades of Soviet domination, but also said Europe should eventually "decide for itself" how long American and Soviet troops should remain.
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