February 21: International Mother Language Day; Presidents' Day in the United States and Family Day in Alberta (2005)

Karl Marx

1613 - Mikhail I was elected unanimously by the Zemsky Sobor to become Tsar, beginning the Romanov dynasty in Imperial Russia.
1804 - Built by Richard Trevithick, the first self-propelled steam engine or locomotive first ran in Wales.
1848 - The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels was first published.
1952 - Protesters in Dhaka, East Pakistan walked into military fire in demand of the establishment of the Bengali language as an official language.
1965 - Black nationalist Malcolm X was assassinated in New York City by members of the Nation of Islam.

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