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February 21.
1848. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto.
1916. The Battle of Verdun begins in France during World War I. Fought until December of that year, it was ultimately a French victory, but the exorbitant cost left a deep impression on the French and Germans of teh horrific cost of war. On both sides there were at least a quarter million soldiers killed, and half a million wounded.
1947. Edwin Land introduces the first instant camera -- the "Polariod Land Camera".
1948. NASCAR is incorporated.
1965. Malcolm X is assassinated.
1972. Nixon goes to China to normalize Sino-American relations.
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