History for February 21

History for February 21 - On-This-Day.com
Zachary Scott 1914, Sam Peckinpah 1925 - Director, Erma Bombeck 1927 - Humorist, columnist, writer 


Alan Rickman 1946, Kelsey Grammer 1955 - Actor ("Cheers", "Frazier"), William "Billy" Baldwin 1963 - Actor ("Backdraft") 


1842 - John J. Greenough patented the sewing machine. 


1848 - The Communist Manifesto was published by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. 


1866 - Lucy B. Hobbs became the first woman to graduate from a dental school. The school was the Ohio College of Dental Surgery in Cincinnati. 


1904 - The National Ski Association was formed in Ishpeming, MI. 


1916 - During World War I, the Battle of Verdun began in France. The battle ended on December 18, 1916 with a French victory over Germany. 


1932 - William N. Goodwin patented the camera exposure meter. 


1947 - Edwin Land demonstrated the Polaroid Land Camera to the Optical Society of America in New York City. It was the first camera to take, develop and print a picture on photo paper all in about 60 seconds. The photos were black and white. The camera went on sale the following year. 


1965 - Malcolm X was assassinated in New York City at the age of 39 by assassins identified as Black Muslims. 


1988 - In Baton Rouge, LA, TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart confessed to his congregation that he was guilty of an unspecified sin. He announced that he was leaving the pulpit temporarily. Swaggart had been linked to an admitted prostitute.