On This Very Day
February 21st
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- 1828
First American Indian newspaper, 'Cherokee Phoenix', published in the US.
- 1842
First known sewing machine patented in the US by John Greenough.
- 1857
Congress outlaws foreign currency as legal tender in the US. View Post →
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- 1882
NYC's 24-hour race begins; winner determined by most mileage in 24 hours.
- 1885
Washington Monument dedicated in Washington, D.C.
- 1968
Baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000.
- 1972
Richard Nixon visits China, the first US President to do so, meeting with Mao Zedong.
- 1978
Electrical workers accidentally discover the Aztec Templo Mayor in Mexico City.
- 1989
US busts a Chinese drug ring, seizing a record 820 lbs of heroin.
- 2018
Completion of Laykyun Sekkya, world's third tallest statue at 116 meters, in Myanmar.
- 2019
Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa-2 lands on asteroid Ryugu to collect rock samples.
- 2022
Australia reopens its international border to vaccinated tourists after 704 days.
- 1878
World's first telephone book issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
- 1848
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish 'The Communist Manifesto'.
- 1965
Malcolm X assassinated in New York City at age 39.
- 2019
SpaceIL launches Beresheet, the first privately funded mission to the Moon.
- 1948
NASCAR is founded.
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