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'''[[February 21]]''': '''[[Language Movement Day]]''' in [[Bangladesh]], '''[[International Mother Language Day]]''' |
'''[[February 21]]''': '''[[Language Movement Day]]''' in [[Bangladesh]], '''[[International Mother Language Day]]'''; '''[[Ash Wednesday]]''' in [[Western Christianity]] ([[2007]]). |
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* [[1613]] - '''[[Michael I of Russia|Mikhail I]]''' was elected unanimously by the [[Zemsky Sobor]] to become [[Tsar]], beginning the [[Romanov]] [[dynasty]] in [[Imperial Russia]]. |
{{*mp}} [[1613]] - '''[[Michael I of Russia|Mikhail I]]''' was elected unanimously by the [[Zemsky Sobor]] to become [[Tsar]], beginning the [[Romanov]] [[dynasty]] in [[Imperial Russia]]. |
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* [[1804]] - Built by '''[[Richard Trevithick]]''', the first self-propelled [[steam engine]] or [[locomotive]] first ran in [[Wales]]. |
{{*mp}} [[1804]] - Built by '''[[Richard Trevithick]]''', the first self-propelled [[steam engine]] or [[locomotive]] first ran in [[Wales]]. |
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* [[1848]] - '''''[[The Communist Manifesto]]'''''<!--, commissioned by the [[Communist League]] and written by founding Communist theorists--> by [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] was first published. |
{{*mp}} [[1848]] - '''''[[The Communist Manifesto]]'''''<!--, commissioned by the [[Communist League]] and written by founding Communist theorists--> by [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] was first published. |
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* [[1952]] - [[Protest]]ers in [[Dhaka]], [[East Pakistan]] walked into military fire in demand of the establishment of the '''[[Bengali language]]''' as an [[official language]]. |
{{*mp}} [[1952]] - [[Protest]]ers in [[Dhaka]], [[East Pakistan]] walked into military fire in demand of the establishment of the '''[[Bengali language]]''' as an [[official language]]. |
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* [[1965]] - [[Black nationalism|Black nationalist]] '''[[Malcolm X]]''' ''(pictured)'' was [[Assassination|assassinated]] in [[New York City]] by members of the [[Nation of Islam]]. |
{{*mp}} [[1965]] - [[Black nationalism|Black nationalist]] '''[[Malcolm X]]''' ''(pictured)'' was [[Assassination|assassinated]] in [[New York City]] by members of the [[Nation of Islam]]. |
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Recent days: [[February 20]] – [[February 19]] – [[February 18]] |
Recent days: [[February 20]] – [[February 19]] – [[February 18]] |
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Revision as of 10:27, 28 January 2007
February 21: Language Movement Day in Bangladesh, International Mother Language Day; Ash Wednesday in Western Christianity (2007).
- 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 (pictured) was assassinated in New York City by members of the Nation of Islam.
Recent days: February 20 – February 19 – February 18
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