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2019

The Japanese space probe Hayabusa-2 lands on the asteroid Ryugu to collect rock samples.

1986

The first video game in “The Legend of Zelda” series is released in Japan.

1965

Activist Malcolm X is assassinated in New York at the age of 39.

1948

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, better known as NASCAR, is founded.

1931

The Chicago White Sox and the New York Giants play their first evening exhibition baseball game.

1925

The first issue of The New Yorker magazine is published.

1921

The province of Quebec takes control of alcohol sales within its borders, becoming the only jurisdiction in North America where there is no prohibition.

1878

The first telephone directory is published in New Haven, Connecticut.

1848

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish “The Communist Manifesto” in London.

It happened on… February 21

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